EDUCATION:

Temple University, 2008, Master of Education, Secondary Education.

Albright College, 1999, BA, English-French-Women's Studies.

Fleisher Arts Memorial, 1999-Ongoing, Watercolor, Ceramics, Painting.

PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS:

National Women's Caucus for Art, National Exhibitions Committee

Women's Caucus for Art, Philadelphia Chapter, Co-President, Membership and Publicity Chair

Women's Caucus for Art, DC Chapter, Member, Web Site Committee, Guest Speaker

District of Columbia Arts Center, Washington, DC, Member

Fabric Workshop Museum, Philadelphia, PA, Member

Woman Made Gallery, Chicago, IL, Member

Philadelphia Museum of Art, Member

TEACHING EXPERIENCE:

2008-Present, RELA and Expressive Arts, Discovery Charter School, Philadelphia, PA.

2008, Crafting  a Personal Narrative. Philadelphia Immigration Conference, Central High School Students at Temple University,

2008, RELA.  Shaw Middle School.  Co-teaching grant sponsored by the Philadelphia Education Fund.

2003-2004, Deconstructed Breath Verse and Poetry. Philadelphia Shakespeare Festival.

2004, Lincoln Legacy Project, Mural Arts Program.

SELECTED SHOWS: 

2009

Plastic at the Plastic, Plastic Club, Philadelphia, PA.

Nexus Zine Radio, Nexus Gallery.  Philadelphia, PA.

Sketchbook Project, Art House Gallery, Atlanta, GA.



Sketchbook Project, Museum of Contemporary Art DC, Washington, DC

Sketchbook Project, Chris' Jazz Cafe, Philadelphia, PA.



Sketchbook Project, Laconia Gallery, Boston, MA.

Sketchbook Project, Antena Gallery, Antena Gallery, Chicago, IL

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Sketchbook Project, Soulard Art MarketSt. Louis, MO
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Sketchbook Project, 3rd Ward, Brooklyn, NY.

Sketchbook Project, Museum of Design Atlanta (MODA), Atlanta, GA

Sketchbook Project, Chicago Art Source Gallery, Chicago, IL

Women Helping Women:  Stitch by Stitch, Florissant Valley Contemporary Art Gallery, St. Louis, MO

Women Helping Women:  Stitch by Stitch, Riverside Gallery, Webster Groves, MO

Women Helping Women:  Stitch by Stitch, Edison Gallery, Washington, DC

2008

Women Helping Women:  Stitch by Stitch, Portland City Hall, Portland, OR

AR(t)CEVIA International Art Festival, Arcevia, Italy.

Postcard Art Connection, National Postal Museum Show, Washington, DC

My Voice. For Democratic National Convention. RappCity Art. Pine, CO

Libertad Para El Pueblo Saharaui. Sahara Libre. Artifariti. La oficina de ideas libres. Madrid, Spain.

Concentrated Experimental Poetry, la Galería del MEC, Montevideo, Uruguay

Girls Gotta Run: Fall Collaborative Exhibit, the DC Women's Caucus for the Arts, Municipal Center Galleries, Takoma Park, MD

Utopian Library, Viraggio (LU), Italy 

rEVOLUTION, Feminist Art Project, Duderstadt Gallery, University of Michigan

United Nations Postcard Show, WCA Art Waves International, CAA Convention and at the Janette Kennedy Gallery

Environmental Distress, Redding Gallery, Wilmington, DE

Women Helping Women:  Stitch by Stitch, Redding Gallery, Wilmington, DE

Women Helping Women:  Stitch by Stitch, Grace Episcopal Church, Merchantville, NJ

Women Helping Women:  Stitch by Stitch, Art on the Park Members Gallery, Upstairs Gallery, Lakeland, FL

Women Helping Women:  Stitch by Stitch, Pamplin Gallery, Public Library, Bartow, FL

Public Art Lion, Deals, Media, PA

Inliquid's Art for the Cash Poor, Philadelphia, PA

Lion Artists, Penn State Brandywine Campus Library

2007

Wish You Were Here 6, AIR Gallery, New York, NY

Wall Mountables, District of Columbia Arts Center, Washington, DC.

Art Star Craft Bazaar, Philadelphia, PA

Inliquid's Art for the Cash Poor, Philadelphia, PA

Eris Temple, Philadelphia, PA

2006

Group Show, Dress Project, High Wire Gallery, Philadelphia, PA. (funded with grant from 5 County Arts Fund)

Group Show, "Le Viel Engreux," the Auberge, Brussels, Belgium.

 Group Show, Holy Family College, Philadelphia, PA.

2005

Group Show, “Dissonance,” Philadelphia Fringe Festival, Philadelphia, PA.

Group Show, Design Store, Media, PA.

2004

Group Show, Multeity, Zonk Arts, Women’s Caucus for Art, Philadelphia, PA.

Group Show, Videohouse, Emerald City, Philadelphia, PA.

Solo Show, Oils and Sprays, Café Soliel, Philadelphia, PA.

Solo Show, A-pop-ca-lipstick Burlesque Spectacle, Church of Divine Energy, Philadelphia, PA.

2004-2007, Art for the Cash Poor,Inliquid, Philadelphia, PA.

2004

Women's Caucus for Art, Picturing Women Conference, Bryn Mawr College.

2003

editing and film exhibition design, "Shocking!" The Art and Fashion of Elsa Schiaparelli, Philadelphia Museum of Art, Museum de la Mode, Paris.

2002

production work and editing,"Thomas Eakins: A Sharp Eye on Nature"

2001

production work and editing, "Sunkaraku: The Japanese Tea House at the Philadelphia Museum of Art"(screened on WYBE, WHYY, National Muse Award)

2000

"Japanese Tea Ceremony," film screening, New at Noon, Philadelphia Museum of Art.

"Wall Power," film exhibition, Fleisher Arts Memorial.

1999

"Fog Full of Grace," film screening, Berks Film Festival, Reading, PA.

"Let's Work Together,"; "Zoey," "Siren Song," photography at juried show, Freedman Gallery, Reading, PA. Gallery Director's Award.

1998

"Can I Have a Box?," "Timelines" sculpture & photography at juried show, Freedman Gallery, Reading, PA.

FEATURED PUBLICATIONS (1992-present):

Weave

Black Robert Journal

Helix

Parlor

Nth Position, UK

The Feminist Journal

Magnaphone Magazine

Paper Tiger Press (Brisbane, Australia)

www.hingeonline.com (Philadelphia)

www.venuszine.com (Chicago)

www.smallspiralnotebook.com (New York)

www.deaddrunkdublin.com (Dublin, Ireland)

Amherst Press (Amherst, MA)

University of Judaica Press (CA)

Seventeen Magazine

Doylestown Patriot

The Agon

Philadelphia Writers--PAW Print Magazine

PAINT Magazine (contributing staff writer)

FEATURED BIBLIOGRAPHY:

“Burlesque-A-Go-Go.” Arts Picks, City Paper.

Pressler’s Miscellaney, Philadelphia Weekly.

“Film Junkie.” Albright College Alumni Publication.

Literary Fan Magazine, Underground Literary Alliance.

FEATURED PERFORMANCES:

1992-2002 Pebble Hill Peace Center, Doylestown, PA

1992-2002 Prufrock, Lambertville, NJ

1992-2002 Karla's Restaurant (4 time slam champion), New Hope, PA

1992 Cafe Arielle, Doylestown, PA

1993 Doylestown Inn, Doylestown, PA

1995 Bucks County Free Library (HS Poet Laureate Showcase), Doylestown, PA

1995 Montgomery County Community College, PA

1995-1999 Albright College, Reading, PA

"Boucher," Directed and starred in own screenplay.

"Kate," Taming of the Shrew, Shakespeare.

"Hero," Much Ado About Nothing, Shakespeare.

"Naomi", Naomi in the Living Room, Christopher Durang.

Various, Marsha Norman Showcase, Marsha Norman.

"Betty/William," Cloud Nine, Carol Churchill.

Various, Cabaret Series.

1996 Bordentown Poetry Slam, Bordentown, NJ

1997-98 Sorbonne, Paris, France

1997 Cat Cat Club (slam champion), Paris, France

1997 Salon Salon, Reading, PA

1998 Sahara Restaurant, West Reading, PA

1997 Fire and Ice, Reading, PA

1997 Chef Alan's Restaurant, West Reading, PA

1998 Morgantown Public Library, Morgantown, PA

1998 Princeton University, Princeton, NJ

2000 Borders, Reading, PA

2000 Borders, Princeton, NJ

2000 Borders, Philadelphia, PA

2003 Philadelphia Ethical Society, Philadelphia, PA

2004 Bryn Mawr College (presented at Picturing Women Symposium), Bryn Mawr, PA

2004 Robin's Bookstore, Philadelphia, PA

Women's Spoken Word Series

Verve Poetry Series

2004 Rotunda, West Philadelphia, PA

2004 C.O.D.E., West Philadelphia, PA

Director, filmmaker, performer in "Avant-Pop-Ca-Lipstick Burlesque"

2004 Community Education Center, West Philadelphia, PA

2004 Kelly Writers House, U of Penn, West Philadelphia, PA

2004 Philadelphia Sketch Club, Philadelphia, PA

2004 Adrienne Theatre Playground: Ellipsis Cabaret, Philadelphia, PA

2004 Wilma Theatre, Philadelphia, PA

2004 Clark Park Festival for World Peace, Philadelphia, PA

2006-2007 Panoramic Poetry, October Gallery, Philadelphia, PA

2007 Temple of Eris, Philadelphia, PA

2007 Sigma Tau Delta, National Convention, Pittsburgh, PA