EDUCATION

1989 -1991 • U.C. Santa Cruz • 
Certificate in Graphic Design & Production • Santa Cruz CA

2005 – 2011 annually• Art & Soul • 
4 day Mixed Media Art Retreats • Asilomar CA & Portland OR

 

ARTISTIC SKILLS

Mixed-Media:  Reuse Art, Assemblage, and Layered Collage

Printmaking:  Linoleum prints, and Mono prints

Drawing and Painting

Fabric Arts:  Sewing, Felting and Costume Making

Jewelry Making

Process Art Making

Installation Art

 

 

BOARD POSITIONS

 2006 – 2008 • Materials Exchange Center for Community Arts 
Board Secretary

2011- 2016 • Eugene Springfield Art Project • Board President

2017 – 2020 • Centro Latino Americano • Board President

 

ART CURATION

2015 to Present • Broadway Commerce Center •  Eugene OR 

2014 to Present • Lincoln Gallery •  Eugene OR 

September 2016 • Living Threads •  Eugene OR 

September 2017 • Sacred Seeds Eugene, OR

2008 to 2014 • MECCA Gallery •  Eugene OR 

EXHIBITIONS

October 2021 Fiesta Cultural • Group Show •
City of Eugene Window Exhibitions • Eugene OR

October 2020 Dia de los Muertos • Juried Group Show •
Maude Kerns Art Center • Eugene OR

March 2020 A Swarm of Bees • Invitational Group Show •
Viking Braggot • Eugene OR

October 2018 Dia de los Muertos • Juried Group Show • 
Maude Kerns Art Center • Eugene OR

September 2017 Dreams • Dual Show • 
Townshend’s Teahouse • Eugene OR

February 2016 My Heart is Everywhere • Solo Installation •
The Lincoln Gallery • Eugene OR

August 2015 You Me We • Solo Show • 
Eugene Piano Academy • Eugene OR

March 2014 Imagination Reigns • Dual Show • 
Eugene Springfield Art Project Gallery• Eugene OR

October 2012 Reclammunication • Dual Show • 
Piano Academy• Eugene OR

WORK HISTORY

January 2014 – Present • Director of the Arts & Culture Program 
Oregon Supported Living Program • Eugene OR

2015 – Present • Cultural Coordinator 
Broadway Commerce Center • Eugene OR

 2008 – 2013 • Executive Director of MECCA 
Materials Exchange Center for Community Art • 
Eugene OR

2007 – Present •  Workshop Instructor 
Independent Contractor • Eugene OR

EVENT COORDINATION

2012 & 2013 • Annual Raise a Glass to MECCA Art Auction  • Eugene OR 

2014 – 2016 • Annual Springfield Art & Chalk Fest  • Springfield OR 

2016 – 2019 • Annual So Small Miniature Art Auction • Eugene OR 

2018 • Meet Me in the Zocalo Cultural Arts Event • Eugene OR 

PUBLIC ART

2017  • Playable Public Art Piano • City Cultural Services • Eugene OR

VOLUNTEER ROLES

2021 • Eugene Farmers Market Public Art Panel  • City of Eugene • Eugene OR

2017 – 2018 • S.L.U.G. Queen • Santa Frida Babosita • Eugene OR 

2016 & 2019 • Juror for Dia de los Muertos Exhibition • 
Maude Kerns Art Center • Eugene, OR

2013, 2015, 2016, 2017 & 2019 • Lead First Friday Art Walks & Springfield Mural Tour • Lane Arts Council • Eugene OR 

2015 & 2017 • Lead Second Friday Art Walk  • Emerald Art Center • Springfield OR 

PHILANTHROPY

2012 – 2014 • Donated jewelry for MECCA’s annual benefit event – Raise a Glass • Eugene OR

2014 – 2019 • Donate artwork annually for the So Small Miniature Art Auction 
Benefit for the OSLP Arts & Culture Program • Eugene OR 

In collaboration with the ArtChics – a women’s art group I’ve belonged to since 2002,
I have contributed to the following projects:

2006 • Created & donated a mosaic mural to BRING Recycling for their Planet Improvement Center • Eugene OR

2007 • Created and donated a clay quilt to the Center for Community Counseling
for their lobby • Eugene OR

2004 – Present • coordinate and donate artwork for the ArtChics annual art sale benefitting various local arts programs, raising over $45,000 • Eugene OR

GRANT PANELS

2016 • Community Arts Grants • Lane Arts Council • Eugene OR

2021 • Downtown Program Fund • City Cultural Services  • Eugene OR

2021 • Arts Builds Communities • Oregon Arts Commission • Oregon

PRESENTATIONS

October 2021 • Photo Presentation of the cultural celebration of Dia de los Muertos in Oaxaca & Chiapas, Mexico • Maude Kerns Art Center  Eugene OR 

October 2018, 2019 & 2020 • Created family ofrendas as part of the Dia de los Exhibitions • Maude Kerns Art Center  Eugene OR 

 September 2019 • Photo Presentation of the cultural art and artisans of Oaxaca Mexico •  Eugene Public Library Eugene OR 

October 2019 • Photo Presentation of the cultural celebration of Dia de los Muertos in Oaxaca & Chiapas, Mexico • Eugene Public Library  Eugene OR 

Oct. 2017 & 2018 • Photo Presentation of the cultural celebration of Dia de los Muertos in Oaxaca Mexico • Jordan Schnitzer Museum of Art • Eugene OR