Education and Workshops

  • Degree in Art Education from Texas Tech University
  • Advanced work - Studio Art- Univ. of Texas
  • Painting workshop, Toas , N. M.
  • Texas Hill Country Arts Foundation
  • Arrowmont Craft School, Gatlinburg, Tenn.
  • LaGunna Gloria Art Studies, Austin, Tx.
  • Art by the Sound, Seattle, Wash.
  • Southwest Crafts Center, San Antonio, Tx.
  • Art Therapy workshop, Menniger Foundation
  • Fiber Designers of Texas
  • House Stagers Certification, H.S. E. , Dallas, Tx
  • Casa de Mosaica, Puerta Vallarta, Mexico
  • Real Estate License, Texas
  • Toast Masters Certification

Career Experience

  • Taught Art in public, private schools, recreation centers
  • Summer parks programs, refugee & prison programs
  • Art as Therapy--HCA psychiatric Hospital
  • House Stager and Decorator

Volunteer Work

  • Inkind Ministry for Single Moms
  • Hill Country Hill Tribers- taught Burmese Refugees Sewing Skills
  • The Freedom Church- Helping Ex-Offenders find their place in society
  • Founded "Pet-A-Pup" Program- Shoal Creek Psychiatric Hospital
  • Designed Greeting Cards for African Christian College, Swaziland, Africa
  • Designed Greeting Cards for "His Little Ones", Romanian Orphanage
  • Guest Artist since 2005 -present, Laity Lodge, Texas Hills Country, H. E.B. Foundation

Published

  • Texas Homes Magazine
  • Ultra Magazine
  • Needlecraft for Today
  • Cloth, Paper, Scissors
  • Quilting Arts Magazine
  • International Quilt Book, Lone Star Quilts III, A Legacy of Texas Quilts, 1986-2011
  • Beyond Paper Dolls,Book, By Lynne Perella

Invitational and Group Shows

  • Art by Design- The Austin Design Center
  • "Hope Arts" Hope Chapel Group Shows
  • New Braunfels Art League Gallery
  • Casa De Linda Gallery, New Braunfels, Tx
  • North Hills Gallery, 4 Woman Show
  • Laity Lodge Hills Country Gallery, 4 Woman show
  • Marta Stafford Gallery, Marble Falls, Tx (Currently)
  • Dragon Fly Gallery, Austin, Tx 12x12 Show
  • International Quilt Festival, Houston, Tx
  • Texas State Activity Center- Collage Show
  • Wesley Gallery, Dripping Springs, Tx Austin Fiber Arts Show
  • Arts of Rural Texas, Ross Gallery, Austin Fiber Arts Show
  • Art Space AVAA Show- 12x12 show