Resume
Education
Masters Degree in Art Education, University of Kansas
Bachelor of Art Education, University of Kansas
Bachelor of Fine Arts, University of Kansas with majors in Painting and Art History
Exhibitions
Heartland Artist Exhibition, Merriam, Kansas, 2023, Juried.
Illinois Watercolor National, Dixon, Illinois, 2022, Juried
Watercolor Now! an Exhibition of WHS Members, Lindsborg, Kansas, 2022.
Watercolor USA, Springfield, Missouri, 2022, Juried.
"Healing", InterUrban ArtHouse, Overland Park, Kansas, 2022, Juried.
Heartland Artist Exhibition, Merriam, Kansas, 2022, Second Place, Juried.
Open Theme Annual 2021, Webster Arts, St. Louis, Missouri, 2021, Juried.
Heartland Artist Exhibition, Merriam, Kansas, 2021. Juried.
"Everything You Love", Kansas City Stockyard Gallery, Kansas City, Missouri, 2021, Juried.
FALC 26th Annual Juried Exhibition, Cary, North Caroline,2021, Juried.
Art At The Center, Overland Park, Kansas, 2021, Juried.
Illinois Watercolor Societh 37th National Exhibition 2021, Juried.
"Show Us Your Stuff", Images Art Gallery, Overland Park, Kansas, 2021, Juried.
Images Art Gallery Annual Art Show., Overland Park, Kansas 2020, Juried.
Watercolor NOW! Margaret Harwell Art Museum, Poplar Bluff, Missouri, 2020.
State of the Arts, R.G. Endres Gallery, Prairie Village, Kansas, 2020, Juried.
Kansas City Artists Coalition Member Show, Kansas City, Missouri, 2020.
"The Art of Kindness", Buttonwood Art Space, Kansas City, Missouri, 2020, Juried.
Watercolor USA, Springfield,Missouri, 2020, Juried.
"Wall of Fame", Tim Murphy Gallery, Merriam, Kansas, 2020, Juried.
Heartland Artist Exhibition, Merriam, Kansas, 2020, Juried. Award of Merit.
Art At The Center Annual Exhibition, Overland Park, Kansas, 2020, Juried.
"Who Does She Think She Is" Exhibit, InterUrban Arthouse, Overland Park, Kansas, 2020. Juried.
Senior Arts Council Annual Exhibit, Tim Murphy Art Gallery, Merriam, Kansas, 2020.
Group Show, 2010 Gallery, Prairie Village, Kansas 2019.
Group Show, Jones Gallery, Kansas City, Missouri, Juried. 2019
Kansas Watercolor National, Wichita, Kansas, Juried. Second Place. 2019
Look Me In The Eye: Portraits of Kansas City, Epsten Gallery, Overland Park, Kansas 2019, Juried.
State of the Arts, R.G. Endres Gallery, Prairie Village, Kansas 2019. Juried.
Watercolor USA, Springfield, Missouri, 2019, Juried.
Global Association of Watercolor Artists, 2019, Juried. Award.
State of Senior Art, R.G. Endres Gallery, Prairie Village, Kansas 2019, Juried. First Place.
Images Art Gallery Annual Art Show, Overland Park, Kansas, 2019, Juried.
Heartland Artist Exhibition, Merriam, Kansas, 2019. Juried.
Group Show, Senior Arts Council, Lenexa, Kansas, 2019.
State of the Arts Exhibition, R.G. Endres Gallery, Prairie Village, Kansas, 2018, Juried.
Kansas Watercolor National Exhibition, Wichita, Kansas, 2018, Juried.
Paper Birch Landing Contemporary Art, "Farm and Rural Life", North Kansas City, MO, 2018, Juried.
2018 Images Art Gallery Annual Art Show, Overland Park, Kansas, Honorable Mention, Juried.
41st International Watermedia Exhibition, Houston, Texas, 2018, Juried.
Heartland Artist Exhibition, Merriam, Kansas, 2018, Juried.
KCAC Members Show, Buttonwood Art Space, Kansas City, Missouri, 2017, Juried.
Kansas Watercolor National, Wichita, Kansas, 2017, Juried.
State of the Arts, Prairie Village, Kansas, 2017, Juried.
Heartland Artist Exhibition, Merriam, Kansas, 2017, Juried.
One Woman Exhibition, Kansas City Artist Coalition, Kansas City, Missouri, 2016.
KCAC 40th Anniversary River Market Regional Invitational Exhibition, Kansas City, Missouri, 2016, Juried.
"The Art of Human Movement", Buttonwood Art Gallery, Kansas City, Missouri, 2016, Juried.
Illinois Watercolor Society 32nd National Exhibition, Dixon, Illinois, 2016. Memorial Award, Juried.
Senior Arts Counsel, Prairie Village Enders Art Gallery, 2016, First Place, Juried.
Watercolor USA, Springfield, Missouri, 2016. Juried.
2016 Art At The Center, Overland Park, Kansas, Juried.
12th Annual Images Art Gallery Show, Overland Park, Kansas. 2016, Juried.
Society of Watercolor Artists 2016 International Watermedia Juried Art Exhibition, Fort Worth, Texas, Juried.
Heartland Artist Exhibition, Merriam, Kansas, 2016, Juried.
Kansas City Artist Coalition Sweetart Auction, 2016.
Kansas Watercolor Society National Exhibition, Wichita, Kansas. 2015. Juried.
"Public Hanging", Kansas City Artists Coalition, Missouri. 2015.
"Scapes II" International Competition, Art-Competition.net. 2015. Honorable Mention. Juried.
Bicycle Series Exhibit, One Woman Show, Sunflower Medical Building, Mission, Kansas, 2015.
Watercolor USA, Springfield, Missouri, 2015. Juried.
Heartland Artist Exhibition, Merriam, Kansas , 2015. Juried.
Missouri Watercolor Society Members Exhibition, St. Louis, Missouri, 2014.
Kansas Watercolor Society National Exhibition , Wichita, Kansas, 2014, Juried.
State of the Arts, Prairie Village, Kansas, 2014, Juried.
Missouri Watercolor Society International, Fulton, Missouri, 2014. Juried.
Prairie Village Enders Gallery, Overland Park, Kansas, 2014, First Place watercolor.
Art At The Center, Overland Park, Kansas, 2014, Juried.
Kansas Watercolor Society, Wichita, Kansas. 2013. Juried.
“Public Hanging”, Kansas City Artists Coalition, Missouri. 2013
36th National Watermedia Oklahoma Exhibition, Oklahoma City. 2013. Juried.
Watercolor USA, Springfield, Missouri. 1989, 2013. Juried.
Heartland Artist Exhibition, Merriam, Kansas. 2013. Juried.
Kansas Watercolor Society, Wichita, Kansas. 2012. Juried.
“Public Hanging”, Kansas City Artists Coalition, Missouri. 2012.
“State of the Arts”, Prairie Village, Kansas Art Show. 2011. Juried.
KCPT 19 Art Auction, Kansas City, Missouri. 2003, 04, 05.
Teacher As Artist Exhibit, Springfield, Missouri. 2001, 02.
Kansas Watercolor Society Five State Exhibition, Wichita, Kansas. 1989, 90, 91. Juried.
One Woman Show, Central Exhange, Kansas City, Missouri. 1991.
4th Annual Artist/Teacher Exhibition, Avila College, Kansas City, Missouri. 1991.
Kansas Watercolor Society Member Show, Wichita, Kansas. 1991.
Annual Spiva Competition, Joplin, Missouri. 1974, 88, 89, 90, 91. Juried.
“The Art of Baseball”, Kaw Valley Arts Council, Kansas City, Kansas. 1990.
“Meeting for Peace,” a Soviet-American Exhibit, Lawence, Kansas. 1990.
Art In The Woods, Overland Park, Kansas. 1986, 88, 90. Juried.
KCAC Re: Members, Kansas City Artist Coalition, Kansas City, Missouri. 1990.
“Gallery”, Kaw Valley Arts Council, Kansas City, Kansas. 1987, 89, 90. Juried.40th
Annual Competition,
Joplin, Missouri. 1990. Juried.
Parkville 11th Annual Art Show, Parkville, Missouri. 1989. Juried
One Woman Exhibit of Watercolors, Public Library, Kansas City, Kansas. 1990.
One Woman Exhibit, Parkville Fine Arts Gallery, Parkville, Missouri. 1989. Juried.
Watercolor USA, Springfield, Missouri. 1989. Juried.
Northwest Missouri State University Regional Art Teachers Exhibition, Maryville, Missouri.
1989. Juried.
Art Education Connection Exhibit, Kansas City, Missouri. 1988, 89. Juried.
Kaw Valley Watercolor Invitational, Kansas City, Kansas. 1988. Juried.
One Woman Exhibit, Gallery V, Kansas City, Missouri. 1988.
KCAC Annual Exhibit, Kansas City, Missouri. 1976, 77, 78, 79, 86. Juried.
Mid Four Annual Juried Art Exhibition, Nelson-Atkins Museum, Kansas City, Missouri. 1987. Juried.
Art Education Faculty and Graduate Student Exhibit, Univ. of Kansas, Lawrence. 1982.
Selected Painters,
Mulvane Art Center,Topeka, Kansas. 1979, 80. Juried.
Male/Female: The Human Figure, Batman Gallery, Kansas City, Missouri. 1979, 80. Juried.
Women Artists ’79 Paperworks, Lawrence, Kansas. Juried.
One Woman Show, Unitarian Gallery, Kansas City, Missouri. 1979. Juried.
Group Show, City Hall, Kansas City, Missouri. 1979.
Billboard Art Project, Municipal Art Commission, Kansas City, Missouri. 1978. Juried.
30 Miles of Art, Nelson-Atkins Museum, Kansas City, Missouri. 1978. Juried.
Kansas One, Hutchinson, Kansas. 1978. Juried.
Mid-Four Annual Juried Art Exhibition, Nelson-Atkins Museum, Kansas City, Missouri. 1987.
One Woman Show, Public School Employees Credit Union, Kansas City, Kansas. 1976.
Kansas City Contemporary Artists, Grand Avenue Gallery, Kansas City, Missouri. 1975.
River Quay Artists Show, Angerer Gallery, Kansas City, Missouri. 1974, 75.Universal Arts, Inc.,
Kansas City, Kansas.1975.
Corgeit Gallery, Inc., Kansas City, Kansas. 1974
Harry M. Carter Gallery, Kansas City, Missouri. 1974.
Kansas City, Kansas Public Library. 1974.
Carthage Art Museum Fall Exhibition, Missouri. 1973. Juried.
Museum of Art, Springfield, Missouri. 1973.
One Woman Exhibition, Parkhouse Galleries, Wellington, Kansas. 1969.
Texas Women’s University, Denton, Texas. 1968.
University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa. 1967.
Public Collections
MOCSA, Kansas City, Missouri
Kansas City Police Department, Missouri
Howard Tours, Inc., Oakland, California
Berkeley Travel Agency, Berkeley, California
Monroe-Sweda, San Francisco, California
Texas Woman’s University, Denton, Texas
Publications and Honors
First Place, State of the Arts, R.G. Endres Gallery, Prairie Village, Kansas, 2019
Second Place, Kansas Watercolor National, Wichita, Kansas, 2019
Honorable Mention, Images Art Gallery Annual Exhibition, 2018.
Charles Strissel Memorial Award for artistic excellence, Illinois Watercolor Society, 2016.
In 2015, I was invited to be included in the "Artist Initiative", which describes and preserves
the details of established Kansas City artists' careers. Spencer Library, Nelson Atkins Museum,
Kansas City, Missouri.
These files are searchable in the library's catalog and internationally at WorldCat.org.
A judge for the Scholastic Arts Competition, 2003.
Schoolarts, "The Brick Wall Relief", Worcester, Minnesota. 1994.
Pi Beta Phi Scholarship to Arrowmont Arts and Crafts School, Gatlinburg, Tennessee. 1994.
Secondary Art Guide for Kansas City, Kansas School District. 1990.
A founder of the Kansas City Artist Coalition, 1975.
Kansas City Artist Coalition Newsletter: Publisher, 1975-78;
Editorials and Critical Reviews for the Kansas City Artist Coalition, 1975-1981.
Honored by Mayor Richard L. Berkeley and The Municipal Arts Commission as one of the 12 most influential artists in
Kansas City. 1979.
Secretary of the River Quay Artists Association, 1974-75.
Elementary Art Guide, Sarcoxie, Missouri School District. 1973.
Memberships
Kansas City Artists Coalition
Missouri Watercolor Society
Western States Art Federation
Oklahoma Watercolor Society
Watercolor USA Honor Society
Field Work
Watercolor Workshops, Taos, New Mexico.
Fused Glass and Silk Painting Workshops, Arrowmont Arts and Crafts School, Gatlinburg, Tennessee.