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1992 Master of Fine Arts
Cranbrook Academy of Art, Bloomfield Hills, Michigan
1983 Bachelor of Fine Arts
The Rhode Island School of Design. Providence, Rhode Island
1982 Second Year Art Studies
The Central School of Art and Design. London, England
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PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
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1992 - present
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Artist and designer. Creating studio work, public art installations, small and large scale commissions
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| 1993 - 1995 |
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Thetford Chair Company. Thetford Center, Vermont
Responsible for design and development of indoor - outdoor steel furniture
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| 1993 - 1994 |
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Simon Pearce. Quechee, Vermont
Responsible for product development including lamps, clocks, flatware and textiles
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| 1990 |
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Freelance Textile Design Business. Stockbridge, Massachusetts. Self Employed
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| 1986 - 1989 |
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Liz Claiborne Inc. New York, New York. Textile designer for Claiborne Menswear and Lizwear.
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| 1986 |
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Junichi Arai. Kiryu, Japan.Weave Designer
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| 1985 |
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Jack Lenor Larsen, Inc. New York, New York. Assistant Weave Designer
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| 1983 - 1985 |
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Scalamandre Silks.New York, New York. Weave Designer
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TEACHING EXPERIENCE
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| 2003-2006 |
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Vershare Community Camp. Vershire, Vermont.
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| 2002-2003 |
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Weshire Elementary School. West Fairlee, Vermont.
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| 2001-2002 |
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Vershare Community Camp. Vershire, Vermont.
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| 2000-2001 |
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Artist In Residence. The Salisbury Elementary School. Salisbury, Vermont.
The Ripton Elementary School. Ripton, Vermont. Artist In Residence.
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| 1999 |
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The Bristol High School School. Bristol, Vermont. Artist In Residence.
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| 1998 |
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The Waterford Elementary School. Waterford, Vermont. Artist In Residence.
Newbury Elementary School. Newbury, Vermont. Artist In Residence.
The Putney School. Putney, Vermont. Visiting Artist.
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| 1997 |
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The Mountain School. Vershire,Vermont. Artist In Residence.
Waits River Elementary School East Corinth, Vermont.
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| 1996 |
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Albert Bridge Elementary School. Brownsville, Vermont.
Waits River Elementary School. East Corinth,Vermont. Artist In Residence.
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| 1995 |
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Vershire Elementary School. Vershire, Vermont. Artist In Residence.
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| 1993 |
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Guildhall Elementary School. Guildhall, Vermont. Artist In Residence.
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| 1992 |
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Vershire Elementary School. Vershire, Vermont. Artist In Residence.
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| 1991 |
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The Vermont State Craft Center. Middlebury, Vermont/Montreal, Canada.
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| 1989 |
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Parsons School of Design. New York, New York. Teacher, Textile Department.
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| 1986 - 1989 |
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Youth Action Project. Harlem, New York. Assisted in art projects.
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PUBLIC ART PROJECTS, COMMISSIONS
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| 2006 |
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in process Vermont Law School, South Royalton, Vermont
Working Elizabeth Billings, the 2006 law students, and the administration to deisgn and build an outdoor Amphitheatre and classroom on the school property over looking the White River. Project budget $ 40,000.
Waits River Valley Elementary School, Corinth, Vermont
Working with students from the school to create a long term environmental sculpture that includes a labyrith and outdoor classroom and sculptures made by each of the 275 student in the school on the school property. Project budget $ 32,000.
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| 2005 |
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in process 133 State Street, Montpelier, Vermont
This installation with Elizabeth Billings includes a public art installation on 4 floors of the 133 State Street, a building in the State Capital Complex housing numerous public accounting offices as well as the Vermont State Tax Department.
Waits River Valley Elementary School, Corinth, Vermont
Working with students form the school to create long term environmental sculpture that will chart the weather, temperature and windspeed as well as confugure a component that will respond to solar coditions inspired by the principles of photosynthesis on the school property.
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| 2004 |
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Danville Enhancement Project, Danville, Vermont
Reconstruction of Route 2 and the Danville Green in collaboration with landscape architect David Raphael, Vermont Arts Council, Vermont Agency of Transportation and the Danville community. Completion 2008 - 2009. Commissioned by the Vermont Arts Council.
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| 2003 |
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Lake Champlain Bikeways, along eastern shore of Lake Champlain, Vermont
A site specific collaboration with Andrew Arp, Hector Santos, Elizabth Billings and Lake Champlain Basin Program for sculptural enhancements of the Lake Champlain Bike Trail. The sculpture includes four potential sites as well as an installation located on Isle La Motte. The sculpture on Isle La Motte consist of 120 feet of curvilinear wall made from champlain black stone taken from the local quarry and is in the form of the gastropod fossils found is this stone. Commissioned by Lake Champlain Bikeways.
Kinetic Leaf Sculpture, Commission for Meditech Norwood Office Building, Canton, MA
Permanent installation in the three-story atrium of seven laminated beech leaves.
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| 2001 |
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"Maple, Apple, Birch", Burlington International Airport, Burlington, Vermont
A permanent installation in collaboration with Elizabeth Billings reflecting the northern forest comprised of two large walls of woven and carved wooden panels covering over one hundred linear feet. Commissioned by Burlington City Arts.
Meditech Permanent Collection, Meditech Corporate Office Building, Canton, MA
A commission of carved wooden panels for the Meditech Corporate headquarters.
Court Street Parking Garage, Montpelier, Vermont
Production of a schematic design for a much needed parking facility to be located next to the Pavilion in collaboration with Freeman French Freeman Architects and working closely with a panel comprised of city planners, state politicians, Vermont Department of Buildings and General Services and members of the Montpelier community. Commissioned by the Vermont Arts Council.
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| 1999 |
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Emory A. Hebard State Office Complex, Newport, Vermont
A four part installation in collaboration with Carl Bielenberg, Jeffrey Sass, Eric Oberg and Michael Sacca including a seven foot granite trout at the main entry of the building, a five foot long salmon weathervane crowning the peak of the building, a large kinetic sculpture of beech leaves hanging from the second story down to the first in the main entrance to the building and an eighteen foot wall of indigenous wood, with photographs and etched glass. Commissioned by the Vermont Arts Council.
"Millennium Sculpture", Burlington City Park, Burlington, Vermont
A twenty-seven foot spire of stainless steel resting on four granite posts with an internal pendulum commissioned as a permanent installation by Burlington City Arts to mark the new millennium.
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SELECTED EXHIBITIONS
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| 2006 |
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Tunbridge Public Library.Tunbridge, Vermont
SKH Gallery. Great Barrington, Massachusetts
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| 2005 |
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Chaffee Gallery. Rutland, Vermont
Art and Lifestyles Gallery. Woodstock,Vermont
Bruce LaMont Collection. Philadelphia, Pennsylvannia
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| 2004 |
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Art and Lifestyles Gallery. Woodstock,Vermont
Ava Gallery and Art Center. Lebanon, New Hampshire
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| 2003 |
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Art and Lifestyles Gallery. Woodstock,Vermont
Chaffee Gallery. Rutland, Vermont
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| 2002 |
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Chesterwood. Stockbridge, Massachusetts
June 2002. Seasonal outdoor sculpture installation.
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| 2001 |
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Gold Leaf. The Carving Studio, West Rutland, Vermont
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| 2000 |
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Vermont Studio Center Residency. Johnson, Vermont
Temporary outdoor installation.
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| 1999 |
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Herman Miller Collection. Corporate Office Headquarters, Holland, Michigan
Large carved feet attached to limb of large maple tree.
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| 1998 |
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"Green Mountain Visions." The Works Gallery, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Old Newbury Crafters, Amesbury, Massachusetts
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| 1997 |
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"Verdant Eyes." Brattleboro Museum and Art Center, Brattleboro, Vermont
"Sculpture Fest." Charlet Davenport, Woodstock, Vermont
Outdoor sculpture commission. Installation of a sculpted wooden gate "Pointing the Way."
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| 1996 |
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"Madonna." Exposed. Helen Day Art Center, Stowe, Vermont
Site specific installation of a torso in existing maple tree overlooking the Mt. Mansfield "Madonna."
"In Focus." Cloud Cliff Art Space, Santa Fe, New Mexico
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| 1995 |
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"Sculpture Fest." Vermont Council on the Arts, West Woodstock, Vermont
Outdoor sculpture commission. Installation in existing maple tree "My Feet."
Cloud Cliff ArtSpace, Santa Fe, New Mexico
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| 1992 |
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"Cranbrook Degree Show." Cranbrook Museum of Art, Bloomfield Hills, Michigan
Birmingham Bloomfield Arts Association, Birmingham, Michigan
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| 1991 |
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"18 Times 1." Michigan Design Center, Troy, Michigan
"Recuerdos: Cranbrook/Mexico." Bloomfield Art Association, Birmingham, Michigan
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| 1990 |
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"Cranbrook Fiber Department." Universite Ibero-Americano, Mexico City, Mexico Collections
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COLLECTIONS
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Meditech Permanent Collection, Canton, Massachusetts
Bonnie Williams Reid Martin, Orford, New Hampshire
Charlet Davenport, Woodstock, Vermont
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| AWARDS |
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| 2002 |
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ACEC Certificate of Merit
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| 2000 |
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Vermont Studio Center Residency, Johnson Vermont
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