AWARDS and HONORS
The Next Picture Show, Dixon IL
2008 - "River Reflections" juried show - Honorable Mention
Phidian Art Show, Dixon IL
2008 - Harold Cook Memorial Award - Best Floral
2006 – Harold Cook Memorial Award – Best Floral
2003 – First National Bank in Amboy/Dixon Award
1998 – Haymarket Guild of Artists Honorable Mention Award
1997 – Ann Roe – Kathryn Gronberg Memorial Award – Best Wildlife Subject
1996 – Harold Cook Memorial Award – Best Floral
“Nuts About Art” Show, Dixon IL
2007 - Honorable Mention 3D
2005 – Second Place 2D
2004 – Honorable Mention 2D
2003 – Honorable Mention 2D
Grand Detour Fine Arts Festival, Grand Detour, IL
2004 – Continuing the Tradition Award
Green Lake Fine Arts Show, Green Lake, WI
2003 – Award of Excellence
Illinois Alliance for Arts Education – Public and Community Service Award – 2006
Illinois Art Education Association – Art Administrator/Supervisor of the Year Award - 2003
EXHIBITIONS & JURIED ART SHOWS
49th Art in the Part, Columbia, MO - June 2007
Joliet Fine Art Festival of the Masters, Joliet, IL - June 2007
One of a Kind Show and Sale, Chicago IL – December 2005. December 2006
Lincolnshire Art Festival, Lombard, IL - July 2006
Buffalo Grove Invitational Fine Art Festival, Buffalo Grove, IL - July 2006
"Art at The Glen Town Center", Glenview, IL - August 2006
Grand Detour Arts Festival, Grand Detour IL – September 2000 – 2003, 2005, 2006
“Nuts About Art”, Dixon IL – July 1996 - 2007
Yorktown Art Festival, Lombard IL – June 2005
Green Lake Fine Arts Show, Green Lake, WI – August 2001 – 2004
The Fields Project Fine Arts Festival, Oregon IL – June 2003 - 2004, 2006 - 2007
GROUP SHOWS
The Next Picture Show Art Center, Dixon, IL – (Juried) - 2008 - "Regional Art Survey IV"; "Sculpture, Clay Fiber"; "Be Still"; "I am
Woman"; "Farms & Barns 3".
Freeport Arts Center, Freeport, IL - "4th Annual Regional Juried Exhibition" - November 2007 - January 2008
The Next Picture Show Art Center, Dixon, IL – (Juried) - 2007 - "Art on the Rock", Regional Survey
of Art III", "She",
2006 - "Survey of Regional Art II ", “Farms and Barns” , “Architecture and History”, "Summer Celebration", "Particular Places"
Phidian Art Show, Dixon IL – 1996 - 2007
Illinois Art Education Association Invitational Art Show – 2002 (DeKalb), 2001(St. Charles), (DeKalb) 1999
“Women of Influence” breast cancer benefit show/silent auction – DeKalb and Sterling IL - 2002
WORKSHOPS PRESENTED
The Next Picture Show Art Center, Dixon, IL - Glass Etching - June 25, 2008
The Next Picture Show Art Center, Dixon, IL - Silkpainting - June 7, 2008
The River Arts Center, Clinton, Iowa - Silkpainting - May 3, 2008 and June 18, 2008
The Corner Gallery, Sterling, IL - Silkpainting - June 2007
The Next Picture Show Art Center, Dixon IL – Silkpainting – April 2006
Kishwaukee Valley Art League, DeKalb IL – Silkpainting (Demonstration) – April 2006 and March 2000
Meeting the Challenge Fine Arts Conference – Sauk Valley College, Dixon IL, Weaving - January 2006; Mixed Media (Ink and
Watercolor) - January 2005; Silkpainting – January 2000 and 2001
Palisades Art League, Savanah IL – Mixed Media (Ink and Watercolor) – June 2005
“Art Focus” – NW Council Illinois Art Education Association Conference at Northern Illinois University, DeKalb IL –
Silkpainting – January 2000
The Next Picture Show, Dixon IL
2008 - "River Reflections" juried show - Honorable Mention
Phidian Art Show, Dixon IL
2008 - Harold Cook Memorial Award - Best Floral
2006 – Harold Cook Memorial Award – Best Floral
2003 – First National Bank in Amboy/Dixon Award
1998 – Haymarket Guild of Artists Honorable Mention Award
1997 – Ann Roe – Kathryn Gronberg Memorial Award – Best Wildlife Subject
1996 – Harold Cook Memorial Award – Best Floral
“Nuts About Art” Show, Dixon IL
2007 - Honorable Mention 3D
2005 – Second Place 2D
2004 – Honorable Mention 2D
2003 – Honorable Mention 2D
Grand Detour Fine Arts Festival, Grand Detour, IL
2004 – Continuing the Tradition Award
Green Lake Fine Arts Show, Green Lake, WI
2003 – Award of Excellence
Illinois Alliance for Arts Education – Public and Community Service Award – 2006
Illinois Art Education Association – Art Administrator/Supervisor of the Year Award - 2003
EXHIBITIONS & JURIED ART SHOWS
49th Art in the Part, Columbia, MO - June 2007
Joliet Fine Art Festival of the Masters, Joliet, IL - June 2007
One of a Kind Show and Sale, Chicago IL – December 2005. December 2006
Lincolnshire Art Festival, Lombard, IL - July 2006
Buffalo Grove Invitational Fine Art Festival, Buffalo Grove, IL - July 2006
"Art at The Glen Town Center", Glenview, IL - August 2006
Grand Detour Arts Festival, Grand Detour IL – September 2000 – 2003, 2005, 2006
“Nuts About Art”, Dixon IL – July 1996 - 2007
Yorktown Art Festival, Lombard IL – June 2005
Green Lake Fine Arts Show, Green Lake, WI – August 2001 – 2004
The Fields Project Fine Arts Festival, Oregon IL – June 2003 - 2004, 2006 - 2007
GROUP SHOWS
The Next Picture Show Art Center, Dixon, IL – (Juried) - 2008 - "Regional Art Survey IV"; "Sculpture, Clay Fiber"; "Be Still"; "I am
Woman"; "Farms & Barns 3".
Freeport Arts Center, Freeport, IL - "4th Annual Regional Juried Exhibition" - November 2007 - January 2008
The Next Picture Show Art Center, Dixon, IL – (Juried) - 2007 - "Art on the Rock", Regional Survey
of Art III", "She",
2006 - "Survey of Regional Art II ", “Farms and Barns” , “Architecture and History”, "Summer Celebration", "Particular Places"
Phidian Art Show, Dixon IL – 1996 - 2007
Illinois Art Education Association Invitational Art Show – 2002 (DeKalb), 2001(St. Charles), (DeKalb) 1999
“Women of Influence” breast cancer benefit show/silent auction – DeKalb and Sterling IL - 2002
WORKSHOPS PRESENTED
The Next Picture Show Art Center, Dixon, IL - Glass Etching - June 25, 2008
The Next Picture Show Art Center, Dixon, IL - Silkpainting - June 7, 2008
The River Arts Center, Clinton, Iowa - Silkpainting - May 3, 2008 and June 18, 2008
The Corner Gallery, Sterling, IL - Silkpainting - June 2007
The Next Picture Show Art Center, Dixon IL – Silkpainting – April 2006
Kishwaukee Valley Art League, DeKalb IL – Silkpainting (Demonstration) – April 2006 and March 2000
Meeting the Challenge Fine Arts Conference – Sauk Valley College, Dixon IL, Weaving - January 2006; Mixed Media (Ink and
Watercolor) - January 2005; Silkpainting – January 2000 and 2001
Palisades Art League, Savanah IL – Mixed Media (Ink and Watercolor) – June 2005
“Art Focus” – NW Council Illinois Art Education Association Conference at Northern Illinois University, DeKalb IL –
Silkpainting – January 2000
