CV
Education + Studies
1973-1976 West Surrey College of Art and Design, Farnham, Surrey, England
Diploma in Art & Design: First Class Honors
Renamed: University of the Creative Arts - Farnham
1972-1973 Gloucester College of Art & Design, Gloucester, England
1992-1997 Transformational Arts Institute, Claremont, CA, Imaginations Wisdom
Intensive group and individual exploration of creativity and the imagination
through dream work, storytelling, movement, poetry, music, and mythology led by Edith Sullwold
1995-1997 Pacifica Graduate Institute, Summerland, CA
DreamTending Workshops led by Stephen Aizenstat
May 2013 Eco-Print Workshop with India Flint in Inverness, CA
Jan/Feb 2017 Eco-Print workshop with India Flint, Maui, Hawaii
Selected Work Experience
2014 – present Mending as Metaphor
Leading mending workshops and developing a mending practice
1995 – 2016 President of greenscreen®
architectural trellising company responsible for the development of a modular
recycled steel trellis panel used to create “green walls”
1979 – present acmestudios, Los Angeles, CA
consulting and collaborating with John Souza on color, tile,
and textile choices for architectural projects
1980 - 1985 Representation by Carol Sheff
for commissioned weavings and art work
1983 – 1986 Knitwear design and art direction
assistant to Renee Tener for Renee Tener for Jeanne Pierre
Selected Shows
February 2025 Art Division Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
Artist’s Sketchbooks – group show
Dec 2024 – Dec.2025 Los Angeles international Airport - United Terminal
Welcome Blanket Show
June 2024 Art Division Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
Head Show – group show || Gaza Rug
July 2016 The Last Bookstore
Gather and Transform – group fiber show
September 2021 Textile Arts Los Angeles, Helms Bakery District Gallery
Tricksters and Transformation – group fiber show
August 2016 El Camino College Art Gallery
Thread - group show
October 2015 Municipal Art Museum Barnsdall Park, Los Angeles, CA
Fiberlicious – group fiber show
April 2015 Freehand Gallery LA, CA
Annual Jewelry Show
September 2011 Craft in America and Freehand
Pacific Standard Time – Art in L.A. 1945-1980 – group show
September 2010 Craft in America Study Center – Los Angeles, CA
Rugs: Recycle and Re-Envision – solo show
August 2005 Freehand – Los Angeles, CA
Freehand 25 - group show
October 2001 Freehand – Los Angeles, CA
Freehand At Home - group show
September 1987 California Crafts Museum – San Francisco, CA
Another State of Mind – group show
February 1984 Functional Art - Beverly Hills, CA
Nontraditional Quilts & Bedroom Tableau - group installation.
May 1983 University of Judaism – Los Angeles, CA
Standing Screens - solo show
October 1982 Freehand – Los Angeles, CA
At the Loom - group show
August 1981 Downey Museum of Art – Downey, CA
Fiber Structure – National Juried Show
February 1981 Museum of North Orange County – Fullerton, CA
Fiber Works - group show
March 1980 Mandell Gallery – Los Angeles, CA
group show
December 1979 The Women’s Building – Los Angeles, CA
group show
November 1979 Zenith Gallery – Washington, D.C.
group show
March 1979 Huggins / Holmes Gallery – Los Angeles, CA
color Xerox show
August 1978 Craft & Folk Art Museum – Los Angeles, CA
window display of woven banners
May 1977 George Meany Labor Studies Center – Silver Springs, MD
Six California Artists - group show
February 1977 Royal Institute of British Architects – London, England
Selected work of faculty & students of West Surrey College of Art & Design – group show
Selected collections
Security Pacific Bank, Solvang, CA
Hyatt Regency, Long Beach, CA
Hyatt Regency, Austin and Fort Worth, Texas
Hyatt Regency, Chicago, IL
Wells Fargo Bank, Del Mar, CA
Sheraton Plaza, La Reina, Los Angeles, CA
Deryn O’Connor Farnham, Surrey, UK
Elizabeth Mandell, Los Angeles, CA
Richard and Mary Ewen, Austin, Texas
Selected Teaching and Community
various Workshops including mending, quilting, and cochineal dyeing for Art Division, LA CA
October 2019 Mending Circle – Portland Textile Month
2014 to present Initiated Mending as Metaphor /mending circles in Los Angeles
2014 Advisor to Textile Society of America board for 14th Biennial Symposium in Los Angeles
2012 Helped organize Vandana Shiva Event – Loyola Marymount, Los Angeles, CA
2012-2013 Mentoring and collaboration with Sophia Winitsky
2010-present Textile Camp, explorations in plant foraging/ natural dyeing with Jan Zeitlin in Sebastopol, CA
2010 Educational workshops in conjunction with Rugs: Recycle and Re-Envision 2010
2008-2010 Various workshops in elementary schools with children in Shibori paper dyeing
2002-2006 Worked as a facilitator with the Council Program at Palms Middle School
1993-2011 Initiated dream group, a collective to explore dreams and imagination
1983 Taught Introduction to Textile Design through USC continuing education program
1977-1979 Assistant to Catherine Heerman at Barnsdall Park / children’s art classes and gallery guide
1979 Worked with children at Westland School on a group dyeing and weaving project