EDUCATION
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Master of Liberal Studies |
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Arizona
State University, Tempe, AZ, In Progress |
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Studio
Classes in
Visual Arts |
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Mesa Community College
1999-2003 |
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Master
of Fine Arts (in Creative
Writing) |
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Arizona State
University,
Tempe, AZ,
May 1990 |
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Bachelor
of Arts (in Spanish) |
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University of Michigan,
Ann Arbor,
MI,
May 1968 |
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
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Chandler
Center
for the Arts, Chandler,
AZ,
2007
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Shemer Art Center and Museum, City of Phoenix, Phoenix, AZ 2006 |
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Mayo
Clinic, Scottsdale, AZ
2006
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Chandler-Gilbert
Community College 2005
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GROUP
EXHIBITIONS
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Herberger Theater
Gallery, Phoenix,
AZ 2007
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Vision Gallery, Chandler,
AZ 2007
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Gates Project Exhibition, Firehouse at Fort Mason Center, San Francisco, CA |
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9th
Annual Artlink Juried Exhibition, Phoenix, AZ 2005 |
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Vision
Gallery, Chandler, AZ,
2005
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Shemer
Art Center
and Museum, Coloring
Outside the Lines, Phoenix,
AZ,
2005
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Dinnerware
Contemporary Arts, Salon des Refuses,
invitational, in collaboration with the Tucson Museum of Art, Tucson,
AZ,
2005
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Vision
Gallery, Chandler, AZ, 2004
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City
of Tempe Post Office Gallery, Tempe,
AZ,
2004
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Vision
Gallery, Chandler, AZ,
Spring Arts Show, 2004
(Acrylics)
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7th
Annual Artlink Juried Exhibition, Phoenix,
AZ,
2003
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ART IN PERMANENT COLLECTIONS
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Shemer
Art Center
and Museum, City of Phoenix,
Phoenix, AZ
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Westin
Kierland
Resort
and Spa, Herberger Ballroom, Scottsdale, AZ |
AWARDS |
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Best of Show, Gates Project Exhibition, Firehouse at Fort Mason Center, San Francisco, CA 2006 |
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Best
of Show, Gates Project Exhibition, Firehouse at Fort Mason Center,
San Francisco, CA, 2006 |
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Arizona
Commission on the Arts, Artist’s Career Advancement Grant, Mentorship
with John Armstrong, Master Printer, 2005 |
TEACHING |
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Artist Roster,
Arizona Commission on the Arts 1987-present |
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Faculty Associate, Arizona State University,
English Department, intermittent |
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Teaching Assistant, Arizona State University,
English Department1985-1989 |
ART PUBLICATIONS (about the art)
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Phoenix New Times.
Wynter Holden.
Review of "The Girls." September 28, 2006.
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Arizona Republic. Roberta
Burnett. Arts
Column. December 30, 2005.
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East Valley
Tribune. “In
the East Valley, art turns up in
unexpected places.”
online, May 21, 2004. |
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Mesa Legend. “Artwork to be
shown in ballroom of Scottsdale resort.
September
16, 2003,
1+. |
READING SERIES |
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Founder and Moderator, Tempe Poetry in April, now
in our 8th season sponsored by Tempe Cultural Services, Tempe Public
Library, Wal-Mart, Wildflower Bread Company, Hayden’s Ferry Review |
POETRY ANTHOLOGIES |
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Fever Dreams:
Contemporary Arizona
Poetry, “Alna the Night Nurse,” U of A Press, 1997 |
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Fever Dreams:
Contemporary Arizona
Poetry, “Bog Man,” U of A Press, 1997 |
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Yellow
Silk II, “Bed,” Warner
Books 2000 |
POETRY PUBLICATIONS |
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Chicago
Review, “When a Woman’s Hair Catches Fire,” nominated for the Pushcart Prize |
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Chicago
Review, “The Principle of Plenitude” |
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Hayden’s Ferry Review, “Sound Eye and Coyote Dick at Apache Lake” |
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The
Laurel Review, “Alna the Night Nurse” |
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The
Laurel Review, “Coyote
Dick and the Woman in the Garden: Temptation and
Expulsion” |
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The Laurel Review, “The Lessons
of Salt” |
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The
Laurel Review, “The Ocean, a Dress” |
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MARGIN: Exploring Modern Magical Realism, “In the Dawn,” nominated for the Pushcart
Prize |
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MARGIN: Exploring Modern Magical Realism, “One Core and Another,” nominated for the Pushcart
Prize |
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Mississippi Review, “Castalia” |
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National
Forum, “Ici Hall" |
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North American Review, “A Dock in Cozumel” |
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Passages
North, “Bog Man” |
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Yellow Silk, “The Whale Hanna and
the Ferry Voksa” |
POETRY AWARDS
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Runner up, “Discovery/”The Nation,” four times |
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Finalist book manuscript
- National Poetry Series
- The Ohio State Press/The Journal Prize
- New Issues
- Carnegie Mellon (twice)
- Barnard's New Women Poets
- Snake Nation
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Semi-finalist book manuscript
- Samuel Morse French (twice)
- Anhinga
- Sarabande
- Bluestem
- The Brittingham Prize (five times)
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PROFESSIONAL
ASSOCIATIONS |
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Nelson
Fine Arts Center |
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Scottsdale
Museum of Contemporary Arts |
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Shemer
Arts Center and Museum |