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INSTALLATION/ PERFORMANCE:

 

2019      SCULPTURE THREE WOMAN EXHIBIT St. Tammany Art Association, Covington LA May 2019

2019      POST MODERN TO POST KATRINA EXHIBITION -PORTAGE BIKE ROLL PROJECT 

               The Historic New Orleans Collection Museum New Orleans, LA March-October 2019  

2018      SCULPTURE EXHIBIT Levee Gallery Monroe, LA October 2018

2018      PORTAGE BIKE ROLL The Historical New Orleans Collection New Orleans, LA   April 2018

2018      SCULPTURE EXHIBIT   Saladino Gallery, Covington, LA     April 2018

2018      ARTIST ALLIANCE EXHIBIT   Acadiana Arts Council:  Lafayette, LA April 2018

2017      SCULPTURE EXHIBIT New Orleans Art Center: New Orleans, LA   March 2018

2015      Sculpture: TWO WOMAN EXHIBIT Hood Gallery Covington, LA   March 2015

2015      Memoirs of the Sistahood- Chapter 4: Sacred Trails, PERFORMANCE/SCULPTURE EXHIBITION, 

              Side Street Studio Arts, Going Dutch Dance Festival:  Chicago, IL  July 2015

2013      Memoirs of the Sistahood- Chapter 4: Sacred Trails, Tank Drama                                                

              GALLERY PERFORMANCE/INSTALLATION CONTEMPORARY ARTS CENTER,  

              New Orleans, LA      August 2013 

2013      Sculpture - COMMISION FOR ON SITE SCULPTURE CONSTRUCTION WITH PUBLIC, 

              Alexandria Museum of Art: Alexandria, LA.   May 2013

2012     Installation: Cajun Prayer Flags- SITE SPECIFIC INSTALLATION, 

             Collaboration  with Jan Gilbert: The Front,  New Orleans, LA      June 2012

2012     Memoirs of the Sistahood- PRODUCTION CONTEMPORARY ARTS CENTER   

             New Orleans, LA     March 2012.

2011     Memoirs of the Sistahood- PRODUCTION AT DIVERSE WORKS ARTSPACE

             Houston, TX   November 2011.

2010     Three Person Show, BRUNNERS GALLERY, Covington, LA. Oct 2010.

2009     Memoirs of the Sistahood House- Chapter Two- PRODUCTION AT

             BARNVELDER MOVEMENT ARTS COMPLEX, Houston,TX .     October, 2009.

2009     Memoirs of the Sistahood,-PRODUCTION AT CONTEMPORARY ART S
             CENTER, New Orleans, LA. April 2009

2008     Installation: ON SITE OUTDOOR COLLABORATION, Backyard Paths in a

             Katrina Damaged Neighborhood  New Orleans LA   

             during Prospect 1   November 2008

2008     Two Person Show- SHAW CENTER FOR THE ARTS, Baton Rouge, LA

             Mixed Media Sculpture, July-August 2008. 

2008     Sculpture Celebration – SHAW CENTER FOR THE ARTS, Baton Rouge, LA. Wooden Sculpture.  October 2007.

2007     Memoirs of the Sistahood – PRODUCTION AT DIVERSEWORKS ARTSPACE, Houston, TX.  December 2007.

2005     Two Person Show – BRUNNER GALLERY, Covington, LA.  Sculpture.  March –May 2005. 

2003     Two Person Show – CENTRE’DE ARTS, Lafayette, LA.  Festival de International.  April-May 2003.

2003     Shared Stories, Diverse Expressions – ST TAMMANY ARTS COMMISSION PROJECT, exhibit traveled around parish.  March 2002 –                 June 2003. 

2003     Group Show – BRUNNER GALLERY, Covington, LA.  Sculpture/Wall Fetish.  June – July 2003. 

2002     Two Person Show – BRUNNER GALLERY, Covington, LA.  Sculpture/Wall Fetish.  September – October 2003.

2002     Solo Exhibit – d.o.c.s. GALLERY, New Orleans, LA.  Sculpture/Wall Fetish.  April – May 2002. 

2001     Two Person Show – GALLERIA DE SUENOS, Lafayette, LA.  April – May 2001. 

2000     Two Person Show – d.o.c.s. GALLERY, New Orleans, LA.  Figurative Sculpture.  January 2000. 

2000     Woman 2000:  An Exhibit of Strength – ST TAMMANY ART ASSOCIATION, Covington, LA.  May-June 2000. 

1998     Two Person Show – d.o.c.s. GALLERY, New Orleans, LA.  Sculpture Boxes.  January – February 1998.

1996     Sculpture Invitational – UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHEAST, Hammond, LA.  Sculpture.  October 1996.

1995     Mixed Media – Juried Competition, SLIDELL CULTURAL ARTS CENTER Slidell, LA.  National Competition.  January – February 1996.

1994     Public Exhibit – TEXACO BUILDING, New Orleans, LA.  Sculpture.  October 1994

1993     Contemporary Crafts in the Urban Environment – NEW ORLEANS MUSEUM OF ART, GROUP INVITATIONAL.  Mixed Media.                             September – November 1993.

1993     Public Exhibit – CITY PARK IN NEW IBERIA, New Iberia, LA.  Outdoor Sculpture, City Park Tribute to the Trees.  August 1993.

1990     Environmental Unrest Exhibit – PLACE ST. CHARLES, New Orleans, LA.  Invitational Group Exhibit.  December 1990.

1989     Fiber and Clay – LAFAYETTE ARTIST ALLIANCE GALLERY, Lafayette, LA.  Sculpture.  October – November 1989. 

1988     Stage Set – INTERNATIONAL FESTIVAL, Lafayette, LA.  Moving South Modern Dance.  April 1998. 

1987     Stage Set – CONTEMPORARY ARTS CENTER, New Orleans, LA.  Moving South Dance Co.  October 1987.

1987     Public Exhibit – FIRST NATIONAL BANK, Lafayette, LA.  Outdoor Sculpture.  May 1987

1987     Performance Art – DOWNTOWN MAIN ST., Lafayette, LA, Jefferson St. Café.  May 1987

1986     Sculpture Symposium ’89 Invitational – HOUSTON TEXAS MUSEAM OF FINE ARTS, Houston, TX. October 1986.

1981     Two Person Show – UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA IN SANTA BARBARA GALLERY, Santa Barbara, CA.  Clay, Performance Art.                       March  – April 1981.

1981     Group Exhibit – Santa Barbara GALLERY, Santa Barbara, CA.  Clay.  June – July 1981.

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GRANTS FOR PERFORMANCE/ HONORS:

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2018     Helis Foundation Grant through The Historical New Orleans Collection 

              Portage Bike Roll:  art/ architecture tour

              Art of the City Post Modern to Post-Katrina Exhibition

              New Orleans Tricentennial 

 

2011     DIVERSE WORKS ARTSPACE, Houston, TX   

              Performance Arts Residency 

              Memoirs of the Sistahood- Chapter Three:     Ava Maria

2009     NATIONAL PERFORMANCE NETWORK RESIDENCY GRANT 

              Recipient of a residency to create a multi-disciplinary arts performance/ 

              workshop conducted at  New Orleans Creative Center for the Arts.

2007     DIVERSE WORKS ARTSPACE, Houston, TX.  

              Recipient of a residency to create a multi-disciplinary arts performance.  

2007     SCULPTURE CELEBRATION 2007, Shaw Center for the Arts, Baton Rouge, LA.  

               Awarded 2nd place Outdoor Sculpture. 

2005      STUDY OF TEXTILES/WOOD CARVING.  Bali, Indonesia.

2002      OUTDOOR SCULPTURE.  Commissions in California, Colorado, and Louisiana. 

2002      BROWN GRANT.  Educational grant to create an outdoor sculpture with students. 

1987     LOUISIANA DIVISION OF THE ARTS

              Recipient of a Cultural Arts Grant to create two stage sets for a modern dance company. 

1972     Study of Art throughout Europe with the Foreign Study League. 

 

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EMPLOYMENT:

 

2017      TALENTED ARTS INSTRUCTOR – St. Tammany public school systems.  Teach accelerated sculpture courses to talented secondary                   level art students.  September 1994 –2017.

1993      ART TEACHER – New Orleans Public School, taught art program focusing on student exploration of personal and social issues,

              primary grades.  September 1989 – May 1993. 

1991     ART TEACHER – Orff Center, New Orleans, LA instructor of art, music and movement to children.  June – August 1991.

1990     TEACHER – NEW ORLEANS MUSEUM OF ART CHILDRENS PROGRAM.  Taught children art studio classes based on current

             exhibits/museum tours. Summer 1990. 

1989     PROGRAM COORDINATOR – Children’s House Montessori, New Orleans, LA.  Created a summer camp performance program

             incorporating art, music and movement.  Summer 1989.

1987     ADJUNCT INSTRUCTOR – University of Lafayette in Louisiana, taught adult education beginning sculpture class with emphasis on

             mask making.  Fall 1987. 

1981     ART TEACHER – Goleta Community Center, Goleta, CA.  Helped set up ceramic studio and taught clay classes to all age levels.

             October 1979 -May 1981. 

1979     SAIL MAKER – Windward Sails, Oxnard, CA.  Construction of sails/sailboat racing.  December 1976 – August 1979. 

1976     SHIP FITTER – Breaux’s Bay Craft, Loreauville, LA.  Welder, hundred foot crew boats. December 1976-1977.