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— Fashion, costume design, fibers and fabric.
— Education
Master of Fine Arts: Theatre Arts, University of Idaho
Bachelor of Science: Clothing, Textiles and Design, University of Idaho
— Employment
2017- Present: Professor of Theatre Arts, Costuming, Eastern Oregon University
2016-2017: Profesora de Fashion, Textiles & Design, Universidad de Monterrey
2007- 2015: Assistant Professor of Theatre Arts, Costuming, Eastern Oregon University
Fine Print
Art Exhibitions
2023, Pile Paragons, TuftCon, Bok Building, Philadelphia, PA, Juried by Queleasha Wood
2023 Artfort, Treefort Music Festival, Boise, ID
2022-2023 The Big, Art Center East, La Grande, OR
2022 40th Annual Wallowa Valley Festival of Arts, Josephy Center for Arts and Culture, Joseph, OR
2022 Artfort, Treefort Music Festival, Boise, ID
2022 Nature in the Abstract, Josephy Center for Arts and Culture, Joseph, OR, 1st place in Interpretations of Nature
2021-2022 The Big, Art Center East, La Grande, OR
2021 Don’t Quit Your Day Job, Columbia Center for the Arts, Hood River, OR
2021 Little Works, Josephy Center for Arts and Culture, Joseph, OR
2021 Fever Dream, Columbia Center for the Arts, Hood River, OR
2021 Artfort, Treefort Music Festival, Boise, ID
2021 11th Annual International Juried Exhibition, Gallery 110, Seattle, WA, Juried by Shamim Momin
2021 Fifth Annual Fiber Arts and Jewelry Exhibit, Art Center East, La Grande, OR
2020 The Big, Art Center East, La Grande, OR
2020 Abstract Only! 10th Anniversary, Hawai’i Island Art Alliance, Wailoa Center, Hilo, HI, Juried by Codie King
2020 Botanical (online), Las Laguna Gallery, Laguna Beach, CA
2020 The 13th International Textile Art Biennial “Scythia”, Ivano-Frankivs’k, Ukraine
2019 The Big, Art Center East, La Grande, OR
2019 Black and White, Columbia Center for the Arts, Hood River, OR
2019 Functional Art, Columbia Center for the Arts, Hood River, OR
2019 Fiber Goes Vogue, Art Center East, La Grande, OR
2017 1000 Words, Columbia Center for the Arts, Hood River, OR
2017 Raw Materials: Textile, Metal and Stone, Art Center East, La Grande, OR
Presentations//Research
2023 Tufting the Natural World, 11th European Conference on Arts and Humanities (ECAH2023), London, UK
2019 Ballet Folklórico: Traditional costumes, history and culture, Nineteenth International Conference on Diversity in Organizations, Communities and Nations, Patras, Greece
2018 Ballet Folklórico: Traditional costumes, history and culture, Hawaii International Conference on Arts and Humanities, Honolulu, HI
2014 The Natural Dyeing Method of the Zapotec of Mexico, Asian Conference on the Arts & Humanities, Osaka, Japan
2013 The Natural Dyeing Method of the Zapotec of Mexico, Colloquium Series, Eastern Oregon University
2013 The Natural Dyeing Method of the Zapotec of Mexico, Hawaii International Conference on Arts and Humanities, Honolulu, HI
Awards
2020 Faculty Scholars Full Summer Stipend, Eastern Oregon University
2019 Faculty Scholars Partial Summer Stipend, Eastern Oregon University
2014 Faculty Scholars Full Summer Stipend, Eastern Oregon University
2012 Faculty Scholars Summer Stipend, Eastern Oregon University
2006 KCACTF Meritorious Achievement Award: Costume Design, The Country Wife