Commissions & Awards   2011 Toronto School of Art- Artist in Residency Program Redemption Window for Hill-Murray Chapel, Maplewood, Minnesota14'x 8' x 6,' 3D,window-sculpture which has two parts: 34 exterior windows that angle outward from the building andInterior sculpture with 10' glass cross on limestone boulders.     Awarded General Services Administration (GSA) Art In Architecture, Ward Parkway Federal Building Commission, Kansas City, Missouri.Moon Boat and Night Sky Glass, 12' x 12'-6" x 6,' is a glass, steel and rock sculpture of a night sky with sliver moon casting pale yellow reflections in/on diagonal waves of glass, leaning gently towards the 6,' glass row boat perched on limestone rocks.     Alpha & Omega Altar Sculpture and Water Shell Skylight, Edina Community Lutheran Church, Edina, Minnesota     Awarded Percent For Art Commission from national competition,Falling Water Skylight, 14' x 30' x 6,' seven-ton, glass and steel skylight for the Grand Stair Hall of the Minnesota Judicial Center on the State Capitol Grounds, St. Paul, Minnesota     Glass Canopy Window for the Marden Residence, 7'-5" x5' x 1'-8," functioning, glass and steel sculpture with Low-E art glass windows, located on staircase landing, Minneapolis,Minnesota.     CUE Award for Gathering Place, The Minneapolis Committee onUrban Environment Award for "significant achievement in design and aesthetic excellence."     Selected Collections Boston Public Library, Boston, Massachusetts General Services Administration, Western Division, Kansas City, Missouri NYNEX Corporation, New York, New York Collection of Caroline Myss, Chicago, Illinois Collection of Dr. Mona Lisa Schultz, MD, PHD, Yarmouth, Maine Luther College, Decorah, Iowa Amerada Hess Corporation, New York, New York Arthur Anderson & Associates, Chicago, Illinois Florida-Atlantic University, Boca Raton, Florida First Bank Minneapolis Northwest Corporation, Hopkins, Minnesota Midwest Plaza, Minneapolis, Minnesota Prudential Life Insurance Corporation, Golden Valley, Minnesota Collection of Dr. Mona Lisa Schultz, MD, PHD Archbishop Harry Flynn, Archdiocese of St. Paul and Minneapolis Ursuline Sisters of Cleveland, Ohio St. Katherine of Siena Church, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania     Professional Experience   Adjunct Instructor, College of Visual Arts, Saint Paul, MinnesotaInstructor/Facilitator of College of Visual Arts Spring Orientation, 3D WorkshopInstructor/Co-Facilitator of College of Visual Arts Fall Orientation, 3D WorkshopInstructor/Co-Facilitator of College of Visual Arts Spring Orientation, 3D Workshop Artist In Residence at Hill-Murray School, Maplewood, Minnesota     Interviewed by Agence France-Presse, (AFP) about my St. Joan of Arc Scroll Medal.     Guest Speaker, American Institute of Architects Minnesota Conference, Minneapolis, Minnesota: Windows Like The Earth Were Once Thought To Be Flat     Minneapolis College of Art & Design Graduate Seminar held at the artist’s studio     Guest Lecturer, Women In The Arts Lecture Series, College of Saint Catherine, Saint Paul, Minnesota     One of three Jurors, Minneapolis College of Art and Design Student Exhibition: Visual Language, Minneapolis, Minnesota     Artist In Residence at Northeast Middle School, Minneapolis, Directing 6th, 7th and 8th graders in the public art, public education and Service learning collaboration called, The Gathering Place: A Student & Community Partnership.     Public Art Focus Group Panelist, Culture Talks: A Community and Cultural Planning Initiative, Office of the Mayor, Minneapolis, Minnesota     Taught 6 week course: Public Art: Redefining Art, Artist and Spectator at Walker Art Center, Minneapolis, MN     Visiting Artist at the Minneapolis College of Art and Design, Minneapolis, Minnesota     Guest Lecturer at University of Minnesota School of Art, Minneapolis, Minnesota     Guest Lecturer, Arnold Flaten Memorial Lecture Series, St. Olaf College, Northfield, Minnesota     Included in the Regional Women’s Archive, South Dakota Art Museum at South Dakota State University, Brookings, South Dakota     Guest Lecturer, Mankato State University, Mankato, Minnesota     Guest Lecturer for Practicing Criticism In The Visual Arts, Cosponsored by the Center For Arts Criticism and the Minnesota Arts Experience     Guest Juror at the University of Minnesota School of Architecture and Landscape Architecture, Minneapolis, Minnesota     Guest Lecturer, Hamline University, St. Paul, Minnesota     Guest Faculty, Minneapolis College of Art and Design, Invited to teach one year     Education M.F.A., Wayne State University, Detroit, Michigan M.A., Wayne State University, Detroit, Michigan B.F.A., Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan K-12 Art Licensure Program 1992 St. Catherine University, St. Paul, Minnesota Pi Lamda Theta National Honor Society & Professional Association for Education Delta Phi Delta Arts Honor Society, St. Catherine University     Selected Exhibitions   3 Artists in Residence Exhibit, Launch Projects Gallery, Toronto School of Art, Toronto, Ontario Canada Rhythmic Sensation-Visual Sensation, Still Point Art Gallery, Brunswick, Maine Geometric Abstraction, Still Point Art Gallery, Brunswick, Maine College of Visual Arts Faculty Exhibition, St. Paul, Minnesota Franconia Sculpture Park, Schafer, Minnesota Glass & Steel Models, Thomas Barry Fine Arts, Minneapolis, Minnesota The Big Painting Show, Thomas Barry Fine Arts, Minneapolis, Minnesota     Invited to have exhibit at the South Dakota Art Museum, Brookings, South Dakota     Solo, Thomas Barry Fine Arts, Minneapolis, Minnesota     Solo, Kruk Gallery, University of Wisconsin-Superior, Superior , Wisconsin all images copyright ©