| EDUCATION
| 2000 |
M.F.A., California State University, Fullerton |
| 1998 |
M.A., California State University, Fullerton |
| 1996 |
New York State College of Ceramics at Alfred University, Graduate Study |
| 1990 |
B.A., Art History Concentration, California State University, Fullerton |
SELECTED EXHIBITION RECORD
| 2017 |
Emeritus Institute Faculty and Student Fine Arts Exhibition, Saddleback College Library, Mission Viejo, CA
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| 2016 |
Inaugural Exhibition, Leo Freedman Foundation Art Gallery, California State University, Fullerton
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| 2015 |
Just a Few of Our Favorites, Santa Ana College Main Gallery, Santa Ana, CA
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| 2014 |
Kilnopening.edu, American Museum of Ceramic Art, Pomona, CA
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Home Grown, Santa Ana College, Santa Ana, CA
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| 2013 |
Ole, Ann Street Gallery, Newburgh, NY 12550
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La Sierra University Art Faculty Exhibition, Brandstater Gallery, La Sierra University, Riverside, CA
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| 2012 |
Earth Dreams, The Los Angeles Arboretum, Arcadia, CA
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Watershed's Kiln Gods, Baltimore Clayworks, Baltimore, MD
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Kilnopening.edu, American Museum of Ceramic Art, Pomona, CA
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| 2011 |
Clay Today: A Re-Visit, Saddleback College Art Gallery, Mission Viejo, CA
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Come Together for Unity, PsZask Gallery, Rolling Hills Estates, CA
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La Sierra University Art Faculty Exhibition, Brandstater Gallery, La Sierra University, Riverside, CA
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| 2010 |
30th Anniversary Exhibition, Orange County Center for Contemporary Arts, Santa Ana, CA
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Being: The Fundamental Figure, PsZask Gallery, Rancho Palos Verdes, CA
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Kilnopening.edu, American Museum of Ceramic Art, Pomona, CA
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| 2009 |
Ceramic and Glass Invitational, Grand Central Art Center, Santa Ana, CA
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Women 24/7, Avenue 50 Studio, Annex, Highland Park, CA
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| 2008 |
Ancient Ofrenda: Elements of an Altar, Arizona State University Museum of Anthropology, Tempe, AZ
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La Sierra University Art Faculty Exhibition, Brandstater Gallery, La Sierra University, Riverside, CA
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Ceramic and Glass Invitational, Grand Central Art Center, Santa Ana, CA
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Emeritus Institute Fine and Decorative Arts Exhibition, Saddleback College Library, Mission Viejo, CA
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Latino Ceramists, The Folk Tree, Pasadena, CA
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Paper and Clay, Shy Rabbit Contemporary Arts, Pagosa Springs, CO
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| 2007 |
Orange County Contemporary Ceramics, John Wayne Airport, Santa Ana, CA
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Nice Work if You Can Get It, Faculty Exhibition, Rio Hondo College Art Gallery, Whittier, CA
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Ceramics and Glass, Grand Central Art Center, Santa Ana, CA
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21+ Kindred Currents in Clay, Lee and Lee Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
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Local Motion, Grand Central Art Center, Santa Ana, CA
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Continuing the Latino Tradition, Channing Peake Gallery, Santa Barbara, CA
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Kilnopening.edu, American Museum of Ceramic Art, Pomona, CA
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La Sierra University Art Faculty Exhibition, Brandstater Gallery, La Sierra University, Riverside, CA
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| 2006 |
Puro Muerto, Los Angeles Public Library, Central Library, Getty Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
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Clay in California, Muckenthaler Cultural Center, Fullerton, CA |
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Holy Nuptials, Avenue 50 Studio, Highland Park, CA |
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Tree of Life, The Folk Tree, Pasadena, CA |
| 2005 |
Ceramic and Glass Invitational, Grand Central Art Center, Santa Ana, CA |
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Update III, SAC Arts Gallery at the Santora Building, Santa Ana, CA |
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TransFOURmations, 18th Street Arts Center, Santa Monica, CA |
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Tree of Life, El Camino College, Torrance, CA |
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Mirando al Sur, Mirando al Norte, Main Gallery, California State University, Northridge |
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Faculty Exhibition, El Camino College Gallery, Torrance, CA |
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Latino Artists of Los Angeles: Defining Identity, a Smithsonian Institution Affiliations Program, Millard Sheets Gallery, Fairplex, Pomona, CA |
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OCCCA 25th Annniversary Reunion Exhibition, Orange County Center for Contemporaty Art, Santa Ana, CA |
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Ceramics, Fo Guang Yuan Gallery, Hsi Lai Buddhist Temple, Hacienda Heights, CA |
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Translucent
Transcendence, Studio LoDo, Phoenix Center for Contemporary
Art, Phoenix, AZ |
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La
Sierra University Art Faculty Exhibition, Brandstater Gallery,
La Sierra University, Riverside, CA | |
| 2004 |
Kilnopening.edu,
American Museum of Ceramic Art, Pomona, CA |
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Ceramics
Showcase 2004, Grand Central Art Center, Santa Ana, CA |
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Faculty
Exhibition, El Camino College Gallery, Torrance, CA |
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Love:
Whimsy and Wonder, Art from the Heart, a Smithsonian Institution
Affiliations Program, Millard Sheets Gallery, Fairplex, Pomona,
CA |
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Voyages
and Explorations, SCWCA Gallery, The Brewery Art Complex,
Los Angeles, CA |
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Chicano
Art for our Millenium, Mesa Southwest Museum, Mesa, AZ | |
| 2003 |
Beneath
the Surface, Avenue 50 Gallery, Highland Park, CA |
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Latino
Art Exhibition, Armory Center for the Arts, Pasadena,
CA |
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Structures,
Showcase Gallery, South Coast Plaza Village, Costa Mesa, CA |
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Tree
of Life, 30th Anniversary - Dia de los Muertos, Galería
Otra Vez, Self-Help Graphics, Los Angeles, CA |
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Time
Out of Mind, El Camino College Gallery, Torrance, CA |
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Small
Works, SCWCA Gallery, The Brewery Art Complex, Los Angeles,
CA
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Faculty
Exhibition, El Camino College Gallery, Torrance, CA
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Blue,
Mesa College Art Gallery, San Diego Mesa College, San Diego,
CA
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From
The Neck Up: About Face, El Camino College Gallery, Torrance,
CA
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Ceramics
Showcase 2003, Grand Central Art Center, Santa Ana, CA
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| 2002 |
You Break It, You Bought It, Grand Central Art Center, Santa Ana, CA |
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Faculty
Exhibition, El Camino College, Torrance, CA |
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SCWCA@Amor,
Amor Gallery, Alhambra, CA |
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Numbers
and Letters, Latino Art Museum, Pomona, CA |
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LA
Artists/LA Collectors: Contemporary Ceramics, Tom Bradley
International Terminal, Los Angeles International Airport, Los
Angeles, CA |
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Southern
California Ceramics, Ontario International Airport, Ontario,
CA |
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Invited
Artists, Visual Arts Building, The Orange County Fair and
Exposition Center, Costa Mesa, CA |
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Centered
on the Center, Huntington Beach Art Center, Huntington Beach,
CA |
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2001 |
The
Square Show, Ceres Gallery, New York, NY |
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Ceramics
Showcase 2001, Grand Central Art Center, Santa Ana, CA |
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Lofty
Ideas, The Loft Gallery, San Pedro, CA |
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Cross-pollination,
Holland Tunnel, Brooklyn, New York |
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Introspection,
Neally Library, Santa Ana College, Santa Ana, CA |
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Oda
a La Mujer Transformaciónes Cíclicas/Ode to the
Woman: Cycled Transformations, Galería Otra Vez,
Self-Help Graphics, Los Angeles, CA |
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The
Usual Suspects, Orange County Center for Contemporary Art,
Santa Ana, CA |
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Ink
and Clay XXVI, Kellogg University Art Gallery, California
State Polytechnic University, Pomona |
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| 2000 |
Clay
Academia, Tustin Renaissance Gallery, Tustin, CA |
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A
Quiet Dance: The Figure in Clay, Texas Woman's University,
Denton, TX |
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Legacies
and Reflections, Gallery 57, Pomona, CA |
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Ceramics
2000, Grand Central Art Center, Santa Ana, CA |
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By
the Running Foot, Orange County Center for Contemporary
Arts, Santa Ana, CA |
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Environments,
East Gallery, California State University, Fullerton |
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Made
in California, City of Brea Gallery, Brea, CA |
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Ink
and Clay XXVI, Kellogg University Art Gallery, California
State Polytechnic University, Pomona |
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Centered
on the Center, Huntington Beach Art Center, Huntington Beach,
CA |
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| 1999 |
Women
of Color, El Pueblo Gallery, Los Angeles, CA |
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Ceramics,
Grand Central Art Center, Santa Ana, CA |
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Ink
& Clay XXV, Kellogg University Art Gallery, California
State Polytechnic University, Pomona |
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25th
Anniversary Celebration, Eileen Kremen Gallery, Fullerton,
CA |
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| 1998 |
Clay
Experience, Taipei Cultural Center, Taipei, Taiwan |
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Handbuilt
Ceramics, Los Angeles Harbor College, Los Angeles, CA |
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Emerging
Artists, Eileen Kremen Gallery, Fullerton, CA |
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Comment and Celebration, West Gallery, California State
University, Fullerton |
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The
Emotive Vessel, Maria Elias Center for the Arts, Santa Ana,
CA |
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By
the Running Foot, Orange County Center for Contemporary
Art, Santa Ana, CA |
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LACMA
Art and Architecture Tour '98, Los Angeles, CA |
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As
We Are, East Gallery, California State University, Fullerton |
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Culture
y Cultura: How the U.S. - Mexican War Shaped the West, Autry
Museum of Western Heritage, Los Angeles, CA |
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Then
and Now, Fort Worth City Hall, Fort Worth, TX |
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| 1997 |
Sculpture
by Susan Elizalde, Angels Ink Art Project, Downtown Los
Angeles, 7th and Grand, Los Angeles, CA |
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Saber
EsCultura/Sculptural Savvy, Galería Otra Vez, Self-Help
Graphics, Los Angeles, CA |
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Emerging
Artists, Eileen Kremen Gallery, Fullerton, CA |
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The
Dead Remembering the Living, Santora Arts Complex, Santa
Ana, CA |
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The
Art and Influence of Jerry Rothman: Past and Current Work/Past
and Current Students, Tustin Renaissance Gallery, Tustin,
CA |
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Made
in California, City of Brea Gallery, Brea, CA |
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Ink
& Clay XXIII, Kellogg University Art Gallery, California
State Polytechnic University, Pomona (Purchase Award) |
|
| 1996 |
California
Collegiate Ceramic Competition, Riverside Community College
Art Gallery, Riverside, CA |
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Ink
& Clay XXII, Kellogg University Art Gallery California
State Polytechnic University, Pomona |
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Figurative
Clay by Susan Elizalde, Neally Library, Rancho Santiago
College, Santa Ana, CA |
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| 1995 |
City
of Newport Beach Arts Commission Juried Art Exhibit, Newport
Beach City Hall, Newport Beach, CA |
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All
Media '95, Irvine Fine Arts Center, Irvine, CA |
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Ink
& Clay XXI, Kellogg University Art Gallery. California
State Polytechnic University, Pomona |
BIBLIOGRAPHY
- River's Voice: A Journal of Art and Literature. Volume 8, Spring 2007, 18.
Jeno, Heather, "A Tradition of Inquiry." Santa Barbara Independent, Vol. 21, No. 073, June 7-14, 2007, 65.
- CASA Magazine, "Continuing the Latino Tradition," April 2007, 37.
Beyond Heritage, Riverside Art Musedum; Pomona: Millard Sheets Gallery, exhibition catalogue, 2006.
Jaurique, Tlisza, "Corazon Mio No Llores," Chicano Art Magazine, Fall 2006, 29.
Rodriguez, Artemio. Puro Muerto, Los Angeles, 2005.
Venegas, Sybil. Mirando al Sur, Mirando al Norte, exhibition catalogue, Northridge, CA: California State University Northridge Main Gallery, 2005.
MacMullin, Cynthia and Tony Martinez-Burgoyne. Latino Artists of Los Angeles: Defining Identity, exhibition catalogue, Ponoma, CA: Millard Sheets Gallery, 2005.
Keller, Gary D. Triumph of Our Communities: Four Decades of Mexican American Art. Arizona, 2005. Sodders, Lisa M. "Encompassing Mexican Folk Art: New Works All About Inspiration," Daily News, Los Angeles, October 2005.
Crabb, Kevin. "Ancient Rhytms and Primal Cultures: The Sculptural Forms of Patrick Crabb." H Magazine, May/June 2004, Art in the Southern California Gold Coast, 18.
Vayda, Priscilla Fleming. "The Look of Love," Daily Bulletin, September 11, 2004, U, Cover Story.
Keller,
Gary D. Chicano Art for our Millennium. Arizona, 2004,
79-82, 174.
-, "Artist-in-Residence Summer 2003 - Research Project," Skaelskor News, No 3. August 2003, 7.
Keller,
Gary D. Contemporary Chicana and Chicano Art: Artists, Works,
Culture and Education, Arizona, 2002, pp 200-201, 310 (photo)
Art Forum: Contemporary Issues in Art & Architecture, Vol. 21, No. 4, April/May 2001, p 3.
Coffee, Denise. "Two Cultures Become One with Clay." Ceramics Monthly, May 2000, p. 53 (photo).
Tang, Rong. "Beautiful Ceramic Art: 29 Unusual Pieces," China Times, January 6, 1999, 20.
-, Ceramic Art, Issue 23, Spring 1999, (Taiwan, R.O.C.), p. 142 (photo).
Russell, Dylan. "CSUF Artists Look Beyond the Glare." Daily Titan, March 1999, Detour Arts & Entertainment.
Knaff, Devora. "If the Pottery Could Talk." Orange County Register, June 21, 1998. Fine Arts, Encore Art, p. 32.
--, "Cheap Thrills in Orange County." Los Angeles Times, September 24, 1998, Calendar, Section, p. 2 (photo).
--, "Galería Otra Vez Hosts Exhibition of Seven Latino Sculptors in East L.A." The Los Angeles East Side Sun, September 11, 1997.
PUBLICATIONS
"Biomimicry: The Art of Imitating Life," NCECA Journal, Spring 2005.
"Architecture as a Metaphor," NCECA Journal, Spring 2004.
"Monumental Opportunities: Ceramic Art/Public Art," NCECA Journal, Spring 2003.
"Memories of Watershed." The Supply Line, Winter 2000, p. 4.
ARTIST
RESIDENCIES
The
International Museum of Ceramic Art, Guldagergaard, Skaelskor, Denmark.
Watershed Center for Ceramic Arts, Newcastle, Maine.
INTERNATIONAL STUDY
The
International Museum of Ceramic Art, Ceramic Research Center Guldagergaard, Skaelskor, Denmark, Sculpture and Architecture Symposium Participant, Summer 2003.
Art of Taiwan, Taiwan, Republic of China, Winter Intersession 1999.
COLLECTIONS
The Hispanic Research Center, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ
The Dee Roy and Mary M. Jones Collection (permanent Collection of the California State Polytechnic University, Pomona.)
AFFILIATIONS
Southern California
Women's Caucus for Art, Board Member, 1st Vice-President
National Women's Caucus for Art, member
National
Council on Education for the Ceramic Arts (NCECA), member
College Art Association, member
International Sculpture Center, member
AWARDS
| 2008 | Faculty Development Funding Award, Saddleback College, Mission Viejo, CA |
| 2007 | Faculty Development Grant, Saddleback College, Mission Viejo, CA |
| 2001 | Faculty Development Grant, Santa Ana College, Santa Ana, CA |
| 2000 | Scholarship, Orange County Center for Contemporary Art | |
Workshop Scholarship, Nottingham Center for the Arts, San Marcos, California | | 1999 | Funded Residency, Watershed Center for Ceramic Arts, Newcastle, Maine, (Session: Women's Multi-cultural Sculpture Group Interchange), Laguna Clay Scholarship Recipient | | The Leo Freedman Foundation Scholarship in Art | | Best of Show Award, California State University, Fullerton, (Juror: Tim Wride, LACMA) | | Art Alliance Tribute Fund Graduate Grant | | CSUF Graduate Studies, Graduate Equity Fellowship | | 1997 | Purchase Award, Ink and Clay XXIII |
LECTURES AND PRESENTATIONS
| 2004 |
Golden
West College, Fountain Valley, CA |
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Saddleback
College Emeritus Institute, Laguna Woods, CA |
| 2003 |
International
Museum of Ceramic Art, Guldagergaard, Skaelskor, Denmark |
| 2001 |
Art
Forum Lecture Series, Santa Ana College, Santa Ana, CA |
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Self
Help Graphics, Los Angeles, CA |
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Laguna
Woods Potters and Sculptors Club, Laguna Woods, CA |
| 1998 |
Saddleback
College, Mission Viejo, CA |
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Autry
Museum of Western Heritage, Los Angeles, CA |
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| 1997 |
Tertulia,
Self-Help Graphics, Los Angeles, CA |
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| 1996 |
Rancho
Santiago College, Santa Ana, CA |
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
| 2005-Present |
Collaborating Faculty, La Sierra University, Riverside, California |
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| 2005-Present |
Associate Faculty, Saddleback College Emeritus Institute, Mission Viejo, California |
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| 2009 |
Instructor, Coastline College, Fountain Valley, CA |
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| 2006-2007 |
Adjunct Faculty, Rio Hondo College, Whittier, California |
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| 2005-2006 |
Adjunct Faculty, Golden West College, Huntington Beach, California |
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| 2004 |
Part-time Associate Faculty, Saddleback College, Mission Viejo, California |
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| 2002-2006 |
Part-time Instructor: Lecturer, El Camino College, Torrance, California |
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| 2002 |
Adjunct Faculty, Chaffey College, Rancho Cucamonga, California |
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2001-2002 |
Adjunct Faculty, Santa Ana College, Santa Ana, California |
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| 1998-2000 |
Intern, City of Los Angeles Cultural Affairs Department - Public Arts Division |
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| 1996-1998 |
Graduate Assistant, Academic Advisement Center, California State University, Fullerton |
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| 1991 |
Fine and Performing Arts Technician, Rancho Santiago College, Santa Ana, California |
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