Resumé

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Solo and Three Person Exhibitions
2026
Title and Dates TBD, Arts Center St. Peter, St. Peter, MN
2025
Public Offerings, Artistry Theater and Visual Arts, Bloomington, MN
2023
Drawings & Prints, Lake City Arts Center, Lake City, MN
2022
Patterns, Phipps Center for the Arts, Hudson, WI
2021
Markings, Hutchinson Center for The Arts, Hutchinson, MN
Presently, St. Mary's University, Lillian Davis Hogan Gallery, Winona, MN
2020
Structures, Riverland Community College, Austin, MN
2019
Analagous, with Andy Messerschmidt, MacRostie Center for the Arts, Grand Rapids, MN
2018
Analagous, Paramount Center for the Arts, Gallery St. Germain, St. Cloud, MN
Restoration, Arts Center St. Peter, St. Peter, Minnesota
2016
How to build a Nest, RAC2 gallery, Rochester Art Center, Rochester, MN

Selected Group Exhibitions
2024

Form & Substance: Laurie Cohrs, Lisa Truax, Alexis Zaccariello, Anderson Center, Red Wing, MN

2022

Off Center, Blue Line Arts Center, Roseville, CA International Ceramics Art Competition, (catalog) Juror Rachel Gotlieb, Ruth Rippon Curator of Ceramic at the Crocker Art Museum, Sacramento, CA

2021

Minnesota Women in the Ceramic Arts, (MNWCA) Current Survey of Work, Lillian Davis Hogan Gallery, St. Mary's University, Winona, MN

2020

Alone Together, virtual show, MacRostie Art Center, Grand Rapids, MN

2019

We of Claytopia? Banfill Locke Art Center, Fridley, MN

2018

Political Birthdays, Dream Farm Commons, Oakland, CA
Foursquare, Rochester Community and Technical College, Rochester, MN
Emerging Artists, Lanesboro Center for the Arts, Lanesboro, MN

2017-2016

Recent Works, Gallery 535, Rochester, MN
Through My Eyes, Paramount Center for The Arts, St. Cloud, MN
Fresh Work: MNWCA, Arts Center of St. Peter, St. Peter, MN

25th Annual Exhibition, MacRostie Art Center, Grand Rapids, MN
To Build a Nest, Rochester art Center, Rochester, MN

Public and Community Engaged Work
2024

Seasons Mosaic with community partner The Landing, a day shelter offering support for unhoused folks in Rochester, MN
Textile Art: a multicultural tapestry with community partner IMAA (Intercultural Mutual Assistance Association) SEMAC (Southeastern Minnesota Arts Council) Individual Artist Grant.
Blue Whales, 5' x 20' ceramic mosaic, Community partners: Riverside Elem. 4th Graders, APEX High School for teens in recovery, IMAA, Soldiers Field Pool, Rochester, MN

2023

Mosaic by Many Hands at Gage Elementary, SEMAC School Residency Grant, Rochester, MN
SEMAC Legacy Grant with Mainspring Arts, teaching monthly classes and installation of smallärt gallery, Caledonia, MN

2022

Dahlias, 12' x 20' mural painted at Sargent's on 2nd, Rochester, MN

2021

smallärt gallery, a locked mini gallery in a park to promote art access for neighbors & opportunities for fellow artists, Minnesota State Arts Board Creative Support grant (there are now three, one outside Community Ed. and one in EVEN Hotel, both in Rochester)
Metal Sculptures with ALC (The Alternative Learning Center, a High School for students in Rochester and surrounding cities to attend if they are not thriving in regular HS settings) students. This summer class was an option for students in need of credit recovery because of the pandemic.

2020

Community, Wajahir, Unidad CARES Act Art Grant for mural, 4 8' x 4' panels, Community Partners: Families First, United Way, IMAA & RNeighbors in Friendship Park, Rochester, MN

2019

Reclaim, 1 year sculpture installation through Art4Trails, Rochester, MN
Minnesota State Arts Board Education Grant: Teach Metal Sculpture with ALC Students

2018

Clay Mandalas with ALC. The students made the pieces and they were affixed and epoxied to tables for the students to use at school for schoolwork
Monoprint workshop with ALC Students. Every 9 weeks students get a free day and this workshop was a choice. I worked with all students, not just art students.

Grants, Awards and Workshops
2025

Minnesota State Arts Board Arts Education Grant

2024

SEMAC Individual Established Artist Grant
Minnesota State Arts Board panelist for Individual Artist Initiative Grants
Minnesota Marine Art Museum, Winona, MN: Fall Clay workshop with Lisa Truax
Mainspring Arts. Clay Workshop, Caledonia, MN

2023

Mayor's Medal of Honor, Artistic/Cultural Achievement Award, Rochester, MN
Minnesota State Arts Board panelist for Art Experience Grants FY 2024
MAEd-Beulah Benton Tatum Award-thesis exemplifies reflective practice in a multicultural context and specifically focused on minority or underserved children or adults
Summer art enrichment with The Alternative Learning Center, a Rochester Public School grant to improve mental health
NCECA (National Council for the Education in Ceramic Arts) Conference Presenter, Cincinnati, OH

2022

Presenter at WI/MN art educators conference COLLABORATE, Red Wing, MN

Juror for student show at Winona University, Winona, MN
NCECA Conference Presenter, Sacramento, CA

2021

Juror for student show at St. Mary's University, Winona, MN
Art instruction through 21st Century Learning Grant in Meadow Park Neighborhood

2020

Minnesota State Arts Board Arts Learning Grant
Minnesota State Arts Board panelist for FY 2021 Community Arts Organization grants

2018

Minnesota State Arts Board Artist's Initiative Grant
Minnesota State Arts Board panelist for FY 2019 Artist Initiative Grant

2017

Emerging Artist Grant from Southeastern Minnesota Arts Council

Private Collections
2021

Soft Lining, Lexington, KY

2020

Reclaim, Rochester, MN

2016-7

Nest 1, Los Angeles, Ca, Nest 2 and 3 Rochester, MN

Professional Artists Organizations
2019- present   Minnesota Citizens for the Arts
2018- present NCECA, National Council on Education for the Ceramic Arts
2017- present   Minnesota Women Ceramic Artists

Volunteer
2025-present Minnesota Marine Art Museum, MMAM, Board Member
2024. Cascade Lake Recreation, judge for new sculpture placed in the park
2022 Mentor for juvenile youth at Red Wing Correctional Facility, Red Wing, MN
2019-present Open Table, a food truck that delivers weekly free meals to neighborhoods
2019 Career Day Speaker at The Alternative Learning Center
2018 Broadway Project Public Art Advisory Committee for the City of Rochester

Education
2024 Kansas City Art Institute Educator's Lab, Ceramics with Prof. Elaine Buss (2 credit graduate class)
2022 Masters of Arts in Education, Hamline University, St. Paul, MN
Thesis title: Cultural Relevance in Art Matters: An Accessible Curriculum
Beginning Screen printing, Highpoint Center for Printmaking, Minneapolis MN
2017 Metal Casting with Recyclable Molds with Wayne Potratz, Grand Marias Art Colony
2016. Art Welding, Crossings Center for the Arts, Zumbrota, MN
2014 Etching, Highpoint Center for Printmaking, Minneapolis MN
1991 BFA Painting, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI