Education & Professional Development

2016  Indigo Resist Printing with Graham Keegan — Snow Farm, Williamsburg, MA

           Joomchi and Beyond with Jiyoung Chung — Northeast Felting Guild

          Felted Bag with Leiko Uchiyama — Lucky stone Studio, Glen Falls, NY

2015  Pattern Drafting — Massachusetts College or Art and Design, Boston, MA

           Felter’s Fling with Inge Bauer — Snow Farm, Williamsburg, MA

           Folds for Clamp-Dye Resist with Elin Noble — Pro-Chemical & Dye, Fall River, MA

2013  Felter’s Fling with Judit Pocs and Charit Meer — Snow Farm, Williamsburg, MA 

           Imagery in Felt with Lisa Klakulak — New England Felting Supply, Easthampton, MA

           Eco-printing with Vilte Kazlauskaite and Irit Dulman — Felter’s Retreat, Monterrey, CA

2012  Felted Couture with Vilte Kazlauskaite — Italian Felt Academy, Verona, Italy

2011  Felter’s Fling with Chad Alice Hagen & Anna Gunnarsdottir — Snow Farm, Williamsburg, MA

           Felted Bags with Jorie Johnson — Harrisville Design, Harrisville, NH

           Felted Mandalas with Martien van Zulien — New England Felting Supply, Easthampton, MA

           Felted Pods with Andrea Graham — New England Felting Supply, Easthampton, MA

2010  Nuno Felted De-gummed Organza with Renate Maile Markowitz — The Art League, Alexandria, VA

           Felting: Expanding the Possibilities with Renate Maile Maskowitz — The Art League, Alexandria, VA

          Introduction to Felting with Renate Maile-Maskowitz — The Art League, Alexandria, VA

2008-2009 Surface Design with Julie Booth — The Art League, Alexandria, VA

2000-2001 Medical translation and interpretation Degree — Bridging the Gap, Alexandria, VA

                    Legal translation and Interpretation — George Washington University, Washington, DC

1995-1998 BA in Musical Education — Universidad de Cordoba, Cordoba, Spain

Teaching Experience

2017  Printed Nuno Felted Pillows— New England Felting Supply, Easthampton, MA

           Printed Nuno Felted Scarf — New England Felting Supply, Easthampton, MA

           Crater Necklaces — New England Felting Supply, Easthampton, MA  

           Barcelona Vest— New England Felting Supply, Easthampton, MA 

           Wool & Paper Felting  Journey in Peru — Arts & Cultural Travel

2016  Private and Groups felting classes — Lana Handmade Studio, Easthampton, MA

          Textural felting — New England Felting Supply, Easthampton, MA

2015  Lace felting — New England Felting Supply, Easthampton, MA

           Botanical Printing —The Art League, Alexandria, VA 

2014  Botanical Printing — New England Felting Supply, Easthampton, MA

2014  Botanical Printing — Luckystone Studio, Glens Falls, NY

          Botanical Printing — Northeast Fiber Art Center, Willfnston, VT

Exhibitions

2017  Fiber Celebration, Community Creative Center, Fort Collins, CO

           Awakening, Fiberarts Guild of Pittsburgh, Lebanon, PA

           Smithsonian Craft Show, Washington, DC

           Shifting Landscapes, Surface Design Association, Form & Concept Gallery, Santa Fe, NM

           The 8th International Biennial Exhibition of Contemporary Mini Textile Art “Scythia”, Kherson/ Ivano-Frankivs’k, Ukraine

2016  Fiber of Our Being, Northeast Feltmakers Guild Exhibition, Gaelen Gallery, West Orange, NJ

           TVAA National Competition and Exhibit, Mesquite Arts Center, Mesquite, TX

           Craft Forms 2016, Wayne Art Center, Wayne, PA

          The Red Show, CORE New Art Space, Denver, CO

           A Feast on Paper Art, IAPMA 30th Anniversary, Guangzhou, China

          World of Thread Festival, Oakville, ON, Canada

          The 100 Dresses Project, The Gallery at Waynflete School, Portland, ME

          Fiber in the Present Tense, Surface Design Association, The Arsenal Center for the Arts, Watertown, MA

          National All Media, Chico Art Center, Chico, CA

          Fiber Celebration, Community Creative Center, Fort Collins, CO

          Take a Seat, University Museum of Contemporary Art, Amherst, MA

2015 33rd Annual Wallowa Valley Festival of Arts, Joseph, OR

2015-2016 Society of Arts & Crafts, CraftBoston, MA

2013-2015 Paradise City Arts, Northampton MA

                    American Fine Art Show, Brooklyn Museum, NY

2014-2017 American Craft Council Art Show, Baltimore, MD

Publications, Awards & RESIDENCIES

2017 Pentaculum 2017 Artist Residency, Arrowmont School of Arts and Crafts, TN

2016 Fiber Art Now, Vol 6, Issue 1, Fall 2016, Emerging Artist Showcase curated by Marcia Young

          1st place in the Wearable Accessories Category, Fiber Celebration, Community Creative Center, Fort Collins, CO

          Worldwide colors of felt — Textile-link book project

2015 Award of Distinction in Fiber Wearable —CraftBoston, Boston, MA

2014 Martha Stewart Living Magazine — marthastewart.com

          Artist interview for The Gazette — Northampton, MA