1985, Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture, full scholarship
1986, MFA, University of Pennsylvania, scholarship
Completed Apprenticeships:
2003, Moravian Pottery and Tileworks
2004, Fabric Workshop and Museum
Solo Exhibitions:
2011-2012, December-January, A Space, Philadelphia, PA, "New Work", made possible by the Leeway Foundation Transformation Award.
2011, November-December, A Space, Philadelphia, PA, "Salvage Not Ravage".
2010, September and October, Painted Bride Art Center, Philadelphia, PA, "Pardon Me" funded by the Leeway Foundation "Art and Change" Grant.
2010, March-November, Eastern State Penitentiary, Philadelphia, PA, "Pardon Me", portraits with voices of four life-sentenced women, funded by the Eastern State Penitentiary 2010 Season Exhibition Grant.
2004, July-August, Painted Bride Art Center, Philadelphia, PA, reverse glass paintings.
2001, October-December, Bucknell University, Samek Art Gallery, “Portraits of Life-Sentenced Women”, a decade of portraits.
1999, Traveling exhibition of life-sentenced women portraits to: Millersville University, the Girard School, the George School, and Penn Charter.
1994, Philadelphia City Hall Courtyard, “I Face Myself/I Face You”, a tent installation with walls as portraits of life-sentenced women with their voices.
1993, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC, lecture and slide exhibition of portraits of life-sentenced women.
Group Exhibitions:
1995, “Art and the Law”, portrait of life-sentenced Sherri Robinson, West Publishing Annual Exhibition, traveling nationally with the American Bar Conventions. Selected for publication in the ABA Journal.
1991, July-August, Moore College of Art, Levy Gallery, “Doing Life”, my portraits and self-portraits of men and women serving sentences at SCI Muncy and SCI Graterford.
2009, June, Leeway Foundation Art and Change Grant funding the 2010 solo exhibition at the Painted Bride Art Center.
2005, August, PA Council on the Arts Special Opportunity Stipend Funding Painted Bride Solo Exhibition.
2003, August, Leeway Foundation funding a hand-made hand painted tile portrait mural at 44th and Locust St. in West Philadelphia, of life-sentenced Rose Dinkins.
2001, PA Council on the Arts funding a Special Opportunity Stipend to apprentice with a ceramist.
2000, The Leeway Foundation Window of Opportunity Award and the Philadelphia Mural Arts Program funding a hand painted tile mural portrait of life-sentenced Cyd Burger at 3rd and Poplar, in Northern Liberties in Philadelphia.
1998, Puffin Foundation funding website of Cyd Berger, life-sentenced at SCI Cambridge Springs.
1994, New Forms Regional NEA Grant funding City Hall Courtyard Tent.
1994, Women’s Way Discretionary Fund funding City Hall Tent.
1994, Bread and Roses Fund supporting City Courtyard Tent.
1992, Pennsylvania Council on the Arts Individual Fellowship.
Puffin Foundation Ltd. Grant.