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 EDUCATION                                                   
MFA Pratt Institute                                      

 Long Island, NY 
                                                                                                
AFFILIATIONS

SAATCHI ART Online
Surface Design Association

Florida CraftArt

-Jentel Foundation WY Residency Sept 2022

- Hambidge Center for the Arts GA Residency September 2019

- Tyrone Guthrie Centre Annaghmakerrig, Ireland Residency June 2018 
- Weir Farm National Historic Site. CT Artist in Residence April 2017
- Hambidge Center for the Arts. GA Residency September 2016
 - Brush Creek Foundation. Wyoming Residency January 2016
- Millay Colony for the Arts. NY Residency September 2014
- Weir Farm/ Connecticut: Artist in Residence February 2012           
- Florida Artist Group Elizabeth Morse Genius Foundation   
  Award Big Arts, Sanibel, FL Jan 2010
- John Ringling Towers (Sarasota FL) Individual Artist Award:   Visual Art  2010
- Hermitage Artist Retreat/ Fine Art Society of Sarasota FL Residency    2010

 SELECTED EXHIBITS

Art Center Sarasota "She Persisted" FL Sept 2021

Olivet Nazarene University Bourbonnais, IL  "Sanctuary" SOLO Jan- April 2021
SPAACES Sarasota "Rough Around the Edges"April 2021
Weir Farm NHS "On the Pandemic" Fellows' virtual exhibit Feb-March 2021
Florida Craftart St Petersburg "Contemporary Fiber in Florida" March-Aug  2020
Gaze Modern Sarasota "Intro" June/July 2019
Ringling College Art + Design Sarasota FLAG"Beauty of the Small" June 2019
Craftart "Juried Members Show" St Petersburg FL May 2019
Weir Farm NHS "Women's Sphere: Six Artists" Wilton CT May-Oct 2019
Yale Institute of Sacred Music New Haven CT "Ineffable"curated by Jon Seals.March-June 2019
Gaze Modern Sarasota FL  "Shoplift" February 2019 
621 Gallery Tallahassee "Sanctuary" SOLO Jan 2019
Basch/Smith/Galleries RCAD Sarasota "Petticoat Painters" July 2018
Art Center Sarasota "Florida's Finest" June 2018
Art League of Daytona Beach "Petticoat Painters" Feb 2018
M Chapel Projects Sarasota “The World Within” Dec 2017
Arts Alliance Sarasota “Petticoat Painters” Nov 2017
Palmetto Art Center "Construct" October 2017
Art Center Sarasota  "Florida's Finest" July 2017

Art Center Sarasota “A Delicate Balance” 2 PERSON Lyon / Pierce Oct.2015

Selby Gallery Ringling College of Art + Design "Defining Abstraction" 

July 2015
Fine Art Society Sarasota “Creators + Collectors 2015 Tour” Galleria
Florida CraftArt St. Petersberg, FL  2015 (ongoing)
Art Center Manatee Bradenton, FL “Who we are” Jan 2015
Artspace Gallery Anna Maria, FL “Round About” Feb 2014
University of North Carolina, Wilmington, NC “Mending-New Uses for Old Traditions” March 2014
Harmony Gallery Sarasota, FL “Recent Work” SOLO Feb 2013 
Urban Alchemist Brooklyn, NY “small stories” July 2012
Selby Gallery. Ringling College of Art+Design. Sarasota, FL “Florida Artist Group” May 2012  (Honorable Mention)
Morean Art Center St Petersburg FL “Upcycled” Dec-Jan 2012 (Featured)
Maitland Art & History Museum FL “Florida Artists Group” Sept 2011
Chautauqua Institute, NY “54th Contemporary Art” July 2011
Selby Gallery. Ringling College of Art+Design. Sarasota “WCA Juried” (Merit Award) May 2011
Saw Palm: Florida Literature and Art. Published by University of South Florida 2011
Betty Bolivar Art Gallery “Inaugural Exhibit” Sarasota, FL 2010
Big Arts, Sanibel Island, FL“FLAG Symposium” Jan 2010 (Award Winner) 
Leepa Rattner Museum, Tarpon Springs, FL “FLAG 2009 Exhibit” May 2009 group
Florida Craftsmen Gallery, St. Petersburg, FL March 2009 (Featured)
Manatee Community College, Bradenton, FL “WCA Project 4x6” Feb 2009 group
Studio at Gulf and Pine, Anna Maria, FL “The Nature of Florida” Nov 2009 group
Peter Paul Gallery, Sarasota, FL Oct 2007 “On the Edge” group
Sarasota County Arts Council (Center for Arts &Humanities) June-July 2007 “Seeking a Center” (solo)
Art Center Artisan’s Home Tour Feb 2007 Sarasota FL
Harmony Gallery: Florida West Coast Symphony, Sarasota FL Oct .2006” Map, Maze, and Mandala” SOLO
Essex Art Center, Laurence, MA Mar 2005 “Mandala-Seeking a Center” group
Art Center Sarasota,  Sarasota, FL "Abstract" Feb 2005
Pierce Exhibits 1968-2005 download.pdf