Professional Resume

PROFESSIONAL & VOLUNTEER EXPERIENCE
2006 -present Grief Counselor - HOSPICE OF LARIMER COUNTY, Fort Collins, CO

2007 Art Therapy Facilitator - COLORADO STATE UNIVERSITY, Fort Collins, CO, Workshop for "Apartment Life" department

2004 - present Art Teacher - ARVADA CENTER FOR THE ARTS, Arvada, CO

2006 Grief Counselor - CHRYSALIS GRIEF CENTER, Greeley, CO

2005 - 2006 Professional Internship - HOSPICE OF LARIMER COUNTY, Fort Collins, CO

2005 - Clinical Practicum - COMMUNITY SUPPORT SERVICES, BOULDER COUNTY MENTAL HEALTH, Boulder CO

2005 - Artist in Residence - ST. VRAIN SCHOOL DISTRICT. Longmont, CO

2004 - Group Facilitator - BOULDER COUNTY MENTAL HEALTH, Boulder, CO Soft Voices, art based group for adults with mental illness

2003 - 2004 Artist Mentor - NAROPA UNIVERSITY COMMUNITY ART STUDIO, Boulder, CO Art group for adults with mental illness

2004 Teacher - NAROPA UNIVERSITY, Boulder CO, Silk Painting workshop

2004 Teacher - PROJECT YES, Lafayette, CO, Art based workshop for "at risk" teens

2002 - 2004 Group facilitator - WINGS SEMINARS, Eugene, OR & CENTER FOR ATTTITUDINAL HEALING, Sausalito, CA

2006 Art Teacher - SILK PAINTERS INTERNATIONAL CONFRENCE, Santa Fe Community College, Santa Fe, NM

Teacher/ facilitator - UNITED METHODIST CHURCH, Longmont, CO, Workshop to create silk banners for the church sanctuary

2001 - 2003 Art Teacher - UNIVERSITY OF OREGON Crafts Center, Eugene, OR

2001 - 2003 Art Teacher - AMAZON ART CENTER, Eugene, OR

1990 - 2000 General Manager - TUDOR GUILD AT THE OREGON SHAKESPEARE FESTIVAL, Ashland, OR

EDUCATION & HONORS
M.A. in Transpersonal Counseling Psychology, Art Therapy, Naropa University, Boulder, CO. 2006

B.F.A. in Fine Arts, University of Oregon, Eugene,OR 2003 California College of Art, Berkley, CA 1974-1976

Watercolor study, Sienna Italy, August 2002

Watercolor study, Queretaro, Mexico June/July 2002

2001 - Received a Ford Foundation Scholarship for undergraduate and graduate studies