EDUCATION

Master of Fine Arts - University of Washington School of Art, Seattle, WA, 1994

Scholarship: Semester Internship - City of London Polytechnic, London 1986

Bachelor of Fine Arts - University of Kansas, Lawrence, Kansas 1985

TEACHING EXPERIENCE

Manchester Community College, Manchester, CT.  
(2008 - 2011)

• Taught Drawing 1 and Advanced Drawing as adjunct faculty
• Wrote, evaluated and updated core curriculum
  Developed and implemented (and re-evaluated) assessment lessons.
• Developed a Library Study Project which encouraged students to experience, evaluate and write about images from art history from their personal perspective.
• Pioneered an annual drive to petition for funding to expand the college library's collection of drawing books and online visual resources.
• Investigated ways for students to explore methods of preparation and display of their work; learning to see beyond the studio work toward the presentation of their work as a whole.
• Worked with department chair and drawing teaching staff to consistently evaluate approaches to grading and grading rubrics.
• Helped students review and evaluate their developing body of work and prepare for portfolio reviews as part of a transfer or application process to art schools.
• Participated in student wide critiques, generally supporting the broader art community of the college in dialoging about art and the making process.
• Prepared and hung works for  student exhibitions.
• Participated in Faculty Exhibitions and table discussions about my work.
  
  

Nuveen Community Center for the Arts, Montague, MI.  (2002 & 2003)

• Taught a variety of introductory painting and drawing classes.
  
  

University of Washington Extension, Seattle, WA.  (1995 & 1996)

• Taught Introduction to Drawing.  Created curriculum, formats for critiquing and grading rubrics and assessment for drawing courses.
  
  

North Seattle Community College, Seattle, WA. (1995)

• Taught Introduction to Painting.  Created curriculum, formats for critiquing and grading rubrics and assessment for this painting course.

Seniors Making Art   (1996)

• Taught a collage and mixed media class to elderly residents living in an in-care facility. The internationally renowned glass artist Dale Chihuly started this program, providing much needed arts for seniors in the community.

University of Washington School of Art Graduate Program, Seattle, WA. (1993 - 1994)

• Taught Drawing (Winter, Fall & Spring); Taught Painting (Winter)

AEON Intercultural Corporation, Matsue, Japan (1990-1991)

• Foreign teaching staff for English language
  school (ESL)  
• Taught a wide variety of private lessons to professionals delivering papers abroad in English.
• Taught year long company lessons at Mitsubishi Corporation.  
• Taught a variety of conversational and test-prep lessons for students in middle school, high school and beyond.

YOGA TEACHING EXPERIENCE;
200 HOUR YOGA TEACHER CERTIFICATION

Martha Parrish Bush Yoga - Entrepreneurial yoga business (2012 - present)

• Teaching 12 hrs/wk of private and small group yoga lessons throughout the Main Line and surrounding Philadelphia area.  
• As a way of giving back to the community, I donate all funds generated from a 'Community Yoga Class'  offered seasonally at the United Church of Christ at Valley Forge to the Great Valley Food Cupboard

Freedom Valley YMCA, Phoenixville, PA, Yoga Instructor     (2012 - present)

Samadhi Yoga, Manchester, CT    (2010 & 2011)

Granby Yoga, Granby, CT      (2010 & 2011)

YOGA for FOOD, East Granby, CT (2008-2011)

Taught weekly community yoga class donating all money and food to local food pantry.  


RELATED EXPERIENCE

Visual Arts Committee, Urban Institute of Contemporary Art (UICA), Grand Rapids, MI  (2002 - 2004)
Chair in '03-'04.  

• Bolstered the VAC's mission to present and promote the best new art, national and international in scope.
• Generated ideas for exhibitions and evaluated yearly call for entries which sourced exhibitions for the coming year.
• Responsible for providing a context for this often challenging contemporary work.

Great Lakes Regional Biennial Art Exhibition at South Bend Regional Museum of Art (2003)

• Juror for the exhibition. Encompassing work from Illinois, Indiana, Michigan and Ohio.
• Reviewed over 400 works, made the selection for the work for the exhibition and designated best of show and merit awards.
  
  
  

AWARDS, HONORS  and GRANTS

• 1st Place Award for Works on Paper, Falling Bunny Series, Art Association of Harrisburg, 84th International Juried Exhibition, Harrisburg, PA (2012) Juror: Robert Cozzolino, Senior Curator & Curator of Modern Art Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, Philadelphia
• Artists Fellowship Grant, Connecticut Commission on Culture & Tourism, Grant in the area of painting. $5,000. (2008)
• Jurors Award, Center on Contemporary Art (COCA), Seattle, WA, Northwest Annual (1995); Juror: Laura Trippi
• University of Washington School of Art Graduate Representative, School of Art Graduate Board Co-chair: MFA Exhibitions Committee
• University of Kansas Scholarship, semester internship abroad, work and study at Air and Space Gallery, London, UK. (1986)
• Nordstrom Scholarship, University of Kansas (1983 and 1984)
• Recipient of the University of Kansas Art Department's Highest Honor - Lockwood Scholarship (1984 -$3,600)(1985 - $4000)
• Undergraduate representative, University of Kansas Visiting Artists Committee (1985)

REVIEWS AND COVERAGE

• "Gallery Gazing,"  Soyon Im, Seattle Weekly, May 21, 1998, p.47
• "Through the Eye of the Needle," Soyon Im, Eastside Weekly, August 27, 1997, pp.33 & 34
• "Dehesive at Soil," Marilu Knode, AORTA Contemporary Art And Culture, Vol.1 No. 5, Summer 1997, pp. 14 - 15.  
• "Center on Contemporary Art, Northwest Annual," Matthew Kangas, Sculpture, review, July - August, 1995, p.46.
• "Intriguing Show Captures the Contemporary Art Scene," Matthew Kangas, Seattle Times, Tempo Section, April 7, 1995, p.H-22
• "COCA Puts Shabby Past Behind it," Regina Hackett, Seattle Post-Intelligencer, Lifestyle - Arts and Entertainment, April 3, 1995, pp. E1 & E3
• "Center on Contemporary Art Northwest Annual," Tom McTaggart, Seattle Weekly, Gallery reviews, April 19, 1995, p.55
• "Tutus and Tea Bags, The Northwest Annual at COCA," Sheila Farr, Seattle Weekly
• One of my pieces (Dangle-Twisty) is part of the Tacoma Museum’s permanent collection.  They publish  an occasional newsletter with stories written about the pieces on display by their visitors.  See page 6 in this .PDF.  
• Roundups, "MFA Thesis Exhibit," E. Bryant, Reflex, Vol.8, No. 4, Aug/Sept, 1994, p. 19
  
  
  

LIST OF EXHIBITIONS  

• Art Association of Harrisburg, 84th International Juried Exhibition, Harrisburg, PA 2012
• 3rd Street Gallery, Philadelphia, PA. February 2012  Community Exhibition
• Chester County Art Association Exhibition: Contemporary Media, West Chester, PA 2012
• PHX Gallery, Group Show, Phoenixville, PA. 2011
• Manchester Community College, Faculty Exhibition, Manchester CT. 2011, 2008, 2007
• Connecticut Commission on Culture & Tourism Artists Fellowship Exhibition. 2008.
• Real Art Ways, Art Auction, Hartford, CT. 2008, 2007, 2006, 2005.
• Tacoma Art Museum, Telling Stories: Selections from the Permanent Collection, Tacoma, WA. 2006.
• Artworks Gallery, Hartford, CT., Group Show, Juror: Ulla Surland. 2004.
• "The Funnel," UICA Visual Art Committee Show, Urban Institute of Contemporary Art, Grand Rapids, MI. 2003
• UICA Visual Artist's Committee Show, UICA, Grand Rapids, MI. 2002.
• "East of Eden," Henry Art Gallery, Invitational Exhibition, Seattle, WA.  2000.
• Howard House, Group Show, Seattle, WA. 1999.
• "Settlers," Kirkland Art Center, Kirkland, WA - curator: Norah Flatley.  1999.
• "Art 2 Go," Henry Art Gallery, Seattle, WA.  1999.
• "Seemingly Doin'," Howard House, Seattle, WA - solo exhibition.  1998.
• "Art on the Line," Henry Art Gallery's Paper Anniversary Bash, Henry Art Gallery, University of Washington campus, Seattle, WA.  1998.        
• "They Shoot Painters...Don't They?" 5th Annual Painting Marathon& Live Auction, Center on Contemporary Art, Seattle, WA. 1997.
• "Sutures and Other Handwork," Kirkland Art Center, curator: Susan Zoccola, Kirkland, WA. 1997.
• "Drawings...an Annual Bi-Coastal Invitational," Meyerson & Nowinski Art Associates, Seattle, WA - Dehesive - collaborative drawings with Carol Bolt &Jaq Chartier. 1997.
• "DEHESIVE 2" Collaborations with Carol Bolt & Jaq Chartier and recent solo works, SOIL Gallery, Seattle, WA. 1997.
• "SOIL Group Exhibition," The Wonderful World of Art, Seattle, WA. 1996.
• "SOIL - A 19 Member Artist Collective" - Group Show, The Speakeasy Cafe, Seattle, WA. 1996.
• Faculty Show, North Seattle Community College Gallery, Seattle Community College,
• Seattle, WA. 1995.
• "Art Reach '95," Showroom Division, National Congress of Art & Design; Juror - Summer Brown, Director of the National Congress of Art & Design, Salt Lake City, Utah. 1995.
• "Real Life," SOHO 20 Gallery, Juror - Laura Trippi, Senior Curator of The New Museum of Contemporary Art, New York. 1995.
• Lead Gallery, Group Exhibition, Lead Gallery, Seattle, WA. 1995.
• Northwest Annual, Center On Contemporary Art, Seattle, WA, Juror: Laura Trippi - Curator, New Museum of Contemporary Art, NY (Jurors Award - Best of Show) . 1995.
• Master of Fine Arts Exhibition, Henry Art Gallery, University of Washington, Seattle, WA. 1994.

My Work & Life Experience