Creative Experience
Collaborative Public Projects (* denotes projects made with kids)
Publications
“Go, Planes, Go!” (board book) Little Bigfoot, 2021
“Go, Trucks, Go!” (board book) Little Bigfoot, 2021
"The Snow Dancer" (picture book) Two Lions, 2020
"Five on the Bed" (picture book) West Margin Press, 2020
"Go, Boats, Go!" (board book) Little Bigfoot, 2020
“Go, Bikes, Go!” (board book) Little Bigfoot, 2019
“Go, Bikes, Go!” Oregon Reads Anthology, pg 5-6, Graphic Arts Books, 2016
Monthly Contributions, VivaScriva.com “Writing and the Critique Process”, 2011-2015
“Children Flooding the Streets” “Debt in Developing Countries”, “Divided Olympics”, “Blue Nile Pandemic”, “All in a Days Work” ( narratives for competition), Future Problem Solving Program International, 2006-2011
“The Rain Stomper” (picture book) Marshall Cavendish, 2008
Selected Exhibitions
24 Preludes & Fugues for Painters, paper collage, Muse Art & Design, Portland, 2013
Creative Heroes (solo show) paper collage, Palio’s, Portland, 2013
Paper Art, West Linn Public Library, West Linn, OR, 2012
Women’s History (solo show), Albina Community Bank, Portland, 2012
All Our Children, paintings, Gallery for Good, Portland, 2009
An Artist a Day, collage, Muse Art & Design, Portland, 2009-2010
Keep Portland Weird, multimedia, City Hall, Portland, 2008
Recycled Art (solo show), multimedia, Cascadia Homes Gallery, Portland, 2007
The Ideas of Children (solo show), paintings, Spielwerk Toy Store, Portland, 2007
Portraits of Burnside (solo show), multimedia, B-Street Gallery, Portland, 2006
Recent prints and paintings, Opal Rose Gallery, LaGrande, OR, 2006
Slivers of Portland, (solo show) paintings and collage, Keystone Gallery, Portland, 2005
Awards & Honors
Oregon Literary Fellowship (young adult literature), Literary Arts, Portland, 2015
Career Opportunity Grant (literature), Oregon Arts Commission, 2010
Oregon Spirit Award (picture book), Oregon Council of Teachers of English, 2009
Artist Honorarium, B-Street Gallery, Portland, 2006
Artist Residency, Caldera, Portland, 2005
Oregon Literary Fellowship (young readers), Literary Arts, Portland, 2003
- Common Threads, perforated steel panels, Beaverton Arts Center, 2020. With artists Van Cooley, Sara Siestreem (Hanis Coos) and Antwoine Thomas, this black and white design celebrates Beaverton's creative history
- Vibrant Cities Don’t Burn, acrylic on tyvek, Portland Fire Department, 2020. With Antwoine Thomas, mural portrays nature and people working in harmony and Portland's growing diversity.
- Bonding With Books support materials, Children’s Book Bank, Portland, OR, 2017-2019. Collaborated with design team to provide paper-cut illustrations and character mascot for reading support materials
- I-Spy Murals, Doernbecher Children’s Hospital, Portland, OR, 2012-2016. Designed with nurses to distract and engage patients in exam rooms and hallways
- DIY Portland, acrylic mural, Southeast Portland Tool Library, 2016
- Going to the Library, Sunnyside Library, Clackamas, OR, 2013, Life-size steel silhouettes commissioned by the Clackamas County Arts Alliance, created with metal fabricator Matt Cartwright
- *Values Silhouettes, acrylic/paper mural, East Orient Elementary, Gresham, OR, 2013
- *The 12 Disciplines, acrylic/pellon mural, Nellie Muir Elem, Woodburn, OR, 2012. Part of a two-month residency, in collaboration with photographer Sam Slater
- The Eyes of All, acrylic mural, 162nd & SE Stark Street, Portland, OR, 2012. Community project with artist Antwoine Thomas and 100 + volunteers for The Rosewood Initiative.
- Office Mural, Rockwood Building, Gresham, OR, 2012. Co-created with artist William Hernandez for nonprofit Human Solutions
- Workers Culture, VOZ Workers’ Rights Education Center, Portland, OR, 2011-2012. Murals co-created with day-laborers at VOZ Workers' Center with recycled house paint
- *Science Murals, paper collage, East Orient Elementary, Gresham, OR, 2010-2012
- *Our Neighborhood, paper mural, Rigler Middle School, Portland, OR, 2010
- *A Day at Reame, Reame Children’s Shelter, Sao Goncalo, Brazil, 2010. Mural residency completed with thirty residents and staff in two days
- *Hallway Installations, acrylic/paper, Spring Mtn Elem, Happy Valley, OR, 2009-2012
- Turning the Page, paper mural, Tualatin Public Library, Tualatin, OR, 2008. 8x8 foot recycled paper mural, commisioned for the Children's Room of the Tualatin Public Library, assisted by elementary school students
- Children of the World, acrylic mural, Vernon Elementary, Portland, 2009
- *Peace Mural, paper, Augustana Academy, Augustana Lutheran Church, Portland, 2008
- *The Animals Arrive, paper mural, Legacy Emmanuel Children’s, Portland, 2008
- *Children’s Garden, recycled paint mural, Luscher Farms Gardens, Tigard, OR, 2008
Publications
“Go, Planes, Go!” (board book) Little Bigfoot, 2021
“Go, Trucks, Go!” (board book) Little Bigfoot, 2021
"The Snow Dancer" (picture book) Two Lions, 2020
"Five on the Bed" (picture book) West Margin Press, 2020
"Go, Boats, Go!" (board book) Little Bigfoot, 2020
“Go, Bikes, Go!” (board book) Little Bigfoot, 2019
“Go, Bikes, Go!” Oregon Reads Anthology, pg 5-6, Graphic Arts Books, 2016
Monthly Contributions, VivaScriva.com “Writing and the Critique Process”, 2011-2015
“Children Flooding the Streets” “Debt in Developing Countries”, “Divided Olympics”, “Blue Nile Pandemic”, “All in a Days Work” ( narratives for competition), Future Problem Solving Program International, 2006-2011
“The Rain Stomper” (picture book) Marshall Cavendish, 2008
Selected Exhibitions
24 Preludes & Fugues for Painters, paper collage, Muse Art & Design, Portland, 2013
Creative Heroes (solo show) paper collage, Palio’s, Portland, 2013
Paper Art, West Linn Public Library, West Linn, OR, 2012
Women’s History (solo show), Albina Community Bank, Portland, 2012
All Our Children, paintings, Gallery for Good, Portland, 2009
An Artist a Day, collage, Muse Art & Design, Portland, 2009-2010
Keep Portland Weird, multimedia, City Hall, Portland, 2008
Recycled Art (solo show), multimedia, Cascadia Homes Gallery, Portland, 2007
The Ideas of Children (solo show), paintings, Spielwerk Toy Store, Portland, 2007
Portraits of Burnside (solo show), multimedia, B-Street Gallery, Portland, 2006
Recent prints and paintings, Opal Rose Gallery, LaGrande, OR, 2006
Slivers of Portland, (solo show) paintings and collage, Keystone Gallery, Portland, 2005
Awards & Honors
Oregon Literary Fellowship (young adult literature), Literary Arts, Portland, 2015
Career Opportunity Grant (literature), Oregon Arts Commission, 2010
Oregon Spirit Award (picture book), Oregon Council of Teachers of English, 2009
Artist Honorarium, B-Street Gallery, Portland, 2006
Artist Residency, Caldera, Portland, 2005
Oregon Literary Fellowship (young readers), Literary Arts, Portland, 2003
Teaching Experience
Presenter (writing workshops in various genres)
Wordstock, Portland, OR
Society of Children’s Book Writers and Illustrators Conference, Oregon chapter
The Nature of Words “Week of Words” Program, Bend, OR
Oregon Coast Children’s Book Writers Conference, Oceanside, OR
Willamette Writer’s Conference, Portland, OR
South Coast Writer’s Conference, Gold Beach, OR
Artist-in-Residence
Co-Director/Art Teacher, Augustana Academy, Portland, OR, 2004-2006
Developed and taught month-long visual art workshops for 3rd-8th grade students in rotating mediums, including drawing/painting, building, book arts, writing, and theater. Secured funding sources and developed financial sustainability. Designed marketing materials, quarterly newsletters, class brochures, and web content
Wordstock, Portland, OR
Society of Children’s Book Writers and Illustrators Conference, Oregon chapter
The Nature of Words “Week of Words” Program, Bend, OR
Oregon Coast Children’s Book Writers Conference, Oceanside, OR
Willamette Writer’s Conference, Portland, OR
South Coast Writer’s Conference, Gold Beach, OR
Artist-in-Residence
- Multnomah County Libraries, 2007-present, Arts workshops based on picture book illustrations and literary themes
- VOZ Workers Rights Education Project, 2010 —2013, Taught classes, organized visiting artists for community cente
- The Right Brain Initiative, Portland, OR, 2009–2013, 1-3 month residencies for k-12 students focused on murals and writing projects
- Lot Whitcomb Elementary, Milwaukie, OR, 2006-2008, Designed curriculum, taught arts lessons to twenty-four K-6 classrooms on a rotating schedule, providing teachers with curriculum tie-ins when possible
- Additional Programs for short-term residencies: Beaverton City Library's "Creative Aging Program, Candlelighters Association, Luscher Farms Gardens, Mudeye Puppet Company, Nature of Words Literary, No School Art School, Reame Children’s Shelter, Sisters Middle School, Legacy Emmanuel, Children’s Hospital, Saturday Academy, SUN after-school program
Co-Director/Art Teacher, Augustana Academy, Portland, OR, 2004-2006
Developed and taught month-long visual art workshops for 3rd-8th grade students in rotating mediums, including drawing/painting, building, book arts, writing, and theater. Secured funding sources and developed financial sustainability. Designed marketing materials, quarterly newsletters, class brochures, and web content
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