Artist Lin Fife

Lin Fife– Artist Statement

“INITIATION MANUAL” is part of a large series of work motivated by my travels and research in Australia. The sacred objects and designs used in traditional Aboriginal initiation ceremonies fascinated me, particularly the tjuringa, flat oval boards incised with arcane symbols.

Since my own culture had not provided me with corresponding rituals, I began to create objects and books on the topic of self-initiation, utilizing materials and memorabilia garnered during my Australian odysseys. This driftwood oval washed up on a beach on Kangaroo Island, the background paper uses soil from a cave in the Kimberleys, and blank pages create a “journal” onto which my awe was stitched.

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Education

Research, i Australian Aboriginal arts/culture

Pyramid Atlantic Prints, Paper and Books, Silver Spring, MD

Fiberworks Center for Textile Arts, Berkeley, CA Instituto Allende, San Miguel de Allende, Mexico

MFA, Southern Illinois University, Carbondale, IL

BA, BED, Southern Colorado State College, Pueblo, CO

Exhibitions

2008 Spirituality, Smokebrush Foundation for the Arts, Colorado Springs, CO
2008 One-person Exhibition, Business of Arts Center, Manitou Springs, CO
2007 Small Works Exhibition, Business of Arts Center, Manitou Springs, CO
2007 Shifting Arcana, Smokebrush Foundation for the Arts, Colorado Springs, CO
2007 Artists’’ Books, Winter Gallery, Monument, CO
2007 UCCS Art Faculty Exhibition, Gallery of Contemporary Art, Colorado Springs, CO
2006 In, On and Of Paper, Foundry Art Centre, St. Charles, MO
2006 Wish You Were Here: Fiber Art Postcards, Tohono Chul Park, Tucson, AZ
2006 IN, ON and OF PAPER, Foundry Art Centre, St. Charles, MO
2006 NUMBERS :Works on/of Paper, Details and Green Shoelaces Gallery, Tucson, AZ
2005 Visual Arts Faculty Exhibition, Gallery of Contemporary Art, UCCS, Colorado Springs, CO
2005 Bound and Unbound, Artists’ Books Exhibition, Tohono Chul Park, Tucson, AZ
2005 Atelier Vis-a-Vis, International Books Arts Exhibition, Marseille, France
2005 Ironies: Small-Scale Constructions, Commonwheel Gallery, Manitou Springs, CO
2005 ABC Darium Exhibition, Details and Green Shoelaces Gallery, Tucson, AZ
2005 Art of the Book, University of Indianapolis, Indianapolis, IN
2005 Garden Exhibition, Business of Art Center, Manitou Springs, CO
2005 In, On and Of Paper, Foundry Art Centre, St. Charles, MO
2005 In, On and Of Paper, Foundry Art Centre, St. Charles, MO
2004 CURRENT CLOTH: Colorado Textile Arts Invitational, Canyon Gallery, Boulder, CO
2004 AKA, Gallery of Contemporary Art, UCCS, Colorado Springs, CO
2004 Collaborative Artists’ Book Show, Details Art and Design Gallery, Tucson, AZ
2004 FACES OF WOMEN, 4TH Annual National Exhibition, Arts Council of Las Vegas, Las Vegas, NM
2004 Uncommon Threads, The Bridge Gallery, Colorado Springs, CO
2003 Visual Arts Faculty Exhibition, Gallery of Contemporary Art, UCCS, Colorado Springs, CO
2003 I-25 Artists’ Alliance Revisited, Sangre de Cristo Arts and Conference Center, Pueblo, CO
2003 MANIFESTATIONS OF THE SACRED, University of Southern Colorado Gallery,
2003 Pueblo, CO, and Gallery of ContemporaryArt, UCCS, Colorado Springs, CO
2003 Paperwork’s Exhibition, Tucson Museum of Art, Tucson, AZ
2003 International Exhibition, The Plantera Group, Colorado Springs, CO
2003 Paperwork’s Exhibition, Tucson Museum of Art, Tucson, AZ
2003 conTEXT: Art and Words, The Art Center, Grand Junction, CO
2003 ART OF THE BOOK EXHIBIT, University of Indianapolis, Indianapolis, IN
2003 BOOK AS ART, Details and Green Shoelaces Gallery, Tucson, AZ
2002 STEPPING OUT, Amazon Women’s Gallery, Women’s Foundation of Southern, Arizona, Tucson, AZ
2002 ART OF THE BOOK EXHIBIT, University of Indianapolis, Indianapolis, IN
2001 VISUAL ARTS FACULTY EXHIBITIONS, Gallery of Contemporary Art, UCCS, Colorado Springs, CO
2000 INOVERMYHEAD, Sonoran Collective for Paper and Book Arts, Tucson, AZ
1999 CULTURAL GATEWAY TO THE ROCKIES, Colorado Springs Airport, CO
1999 ARTESIA: Artists of the Pikes Peak Region, Business of Art Center, Manitou, CO
1999 “…’SCAPES…”, one-person exhibition, The Craftwood Inn, Manitou, CO
1999 PYRAMID ATLANTIC 20TH ANNIVERSARY RETROSPECTIVE, Pyramid Atlantic Studio Gallery, Riverdale, MD
1999 VISUAL ARTS FACULTY EXHIBITIONS, Gallery of Contemporary Art, UCCS, Colorado Springs, CO
1999 ASPECTS OF BIRTH AND DEATH, The Ink People Gallery, Eureka, CA
1999 LOOKING BACK: Art of the Colorado Springs Area, Part III, Colorado Springs, CO
1999 Fine Art Center, Colorado Springs, CO
1999 COLORADO/WYOMING BIENNIAL, Fort Collins Museum for Contemporary Art, Fort Collins, CO
1999 CONTEMPORARY COLORADO, The Art Center, Grand Junction, CO
1999 COLORADO EDUCATORS’ EXHIBITION, Tri-Lakes Center for the Arts, Palmer Lake, CO
1998 SMALL WORKS, UCCS Art Faculty exhibition, The Warehouse Gallery
1998 THREE PAPER INSTALLATIONS, Grant Street Art Center, Denver, CO
1998 RISING TO THE SURFACE, Stevenson Union Gallery, Ashland, OR
1998 COLORADO ’98, Colorado Springs Fine Art Center, Colorado Springs, CO
1997 UP AGAINST A BRICK WALL, The Warehouse Gallery, Colorado Springs, CO
1997 VISUAL ARTS FACULTY EXHIBITIONS, Gallery of Contemporary Art, UCCS, Colorado Springs, CO
1997 FIBER REVISITED, Business of Art Center, Manitou, CO
1997 RETROSPECTIVE 25, Sangre de Cristo Arts and Conference Center, Pueblo, CO
1997 ARTWEST ’97, Artwest Gallery, Jackson Hole, WY
1997 SMALL WORKS NATIONAL, Visual Arts Center, Lake City, CO
1997 FORM ’97, Business of Art Center, Manitou, CO
1997 FREE AT LAST, Central Arts Cooperative, Tucson, AZ
1996 WESTERN AND TRIBAL ARTS OF THE GREAT PLAINS, Oscar Howe Museum, Mitchell, SD
1996 PERSONAL VISIONS III, An Art Space Gallery, Chicago, IL
1995 WICHITA NATIONAL, ’95, Wichita Center for the Arts, Wichita, KS
1993 WOMEN N.O.W., Worthing Gallery, Colorado Springs, CO
1993 WOMEN AND THEIR ART, Phantom Gallery, Colorado Springs, CO
1993 VISUAL ARTS FACULTY EXHIBITIONS Gallery of Contemporary Art, UCCS, Colorado Springs, CO
1993 PAPER TRAILS WEST, Snowgrass Institute, Cashmere, WA
1993 YEAR OF THE CRAFT, Colorado State Fair Grounds, Pueblo, CO
1992 CREATING OURSELVES, Eastern New Mexico University, Las Vegas, NM
1991 SPARK INVITES, Spark Gallery, Denver, CO
1991 WOMEN OF THE WEST, Conroy Gallery, Phoenix, AZ
1991 COLORADO PAPER, Tointon Gallery, Greeley, CO
1991 PAPER PUNCH, 16th Street Mall Gallery, Denver, CO
1991 ART OF THE MASK V, The International Gallery, San Diego, CA
1991 VISUAL ARTS FACULTY EXHIBITIONS, Gallery of Contemporary Art, UCCS, Colorado Springs, CO
1991 CROSSOVERS: Contemporary Fiber Art, Gallery of Contemporary Art, UCCS
1989 BEATEN TO A PULP, International Gallery, San Diego, CA
1989 PAPER: NEW DIRECTIONS, Gallery of Contemporary Art, UCCS
1988 PAPER PLUS, Miriam Perlman Gallery, Chicago, IL
1988 PAPER THICK, traveling paper exhibition: Erie (PA) Museum of Art, Art Museum of Santa Cruz County, Hunter Museum of Art, Chattanooga

Awards

2007 Awarded Emeritus status upon retirement from Professorship
2004 Outstanding Teacher of the Year Award, College of Letters, Arts and Sciences
2004 Participating recipient of Roser Foundation Grant for Visiting Artists
2004/05 Teaching Enhancement Award for Visiting Artists in the Book Arts Courses
2003 UCCS Women’s Committee Mini-Grant, research in Australia
1999 Amazon Award, Women’s Foundation of Southern Arizona, Tucson, AZ
1999 Research and Creative Works Award for research in Aboriginal Women’s Art
1997 Teaching Enhancement Award for Papermaking Program
1996 President’s Fund for the Humanities Grant for Ethnic Minority Art Lecture and Workshop Series
1993 Research and Creative Works award for studio research
1991 Humanities Center Professor/Student Collaborative Research Award
1990 President’s Fund for the Humanities Grant for “Artists’ Dialogue with the Land” Visiting Lecture Series (department application)
1990 Humanities Center Collaborative Professor/Student Research Award
1987 Research and Creative Works award for studio work
President’s Fund for the Humanities Grant for Colorado Paper Symposium

Professional Experience

2008 Curator, THE BOOK: WIDE OPEN, Business of Art Center, Manitou Springs, CO
2007 Curator, ARTISTS’ BOOKS, Winter Gallery, Monument, CO
2007 Artist and Professor Emerita of Visual Art, University of Colorado at Colorado Springs, CO
2004 Juror/Judge, FIBERS THROUGH TIME : In Pursuit of Excellence, Arizona Weavers’ Conference exhibition, Casa Grande, AZ
2002-2004 Coordinator, Foundation curriculum, Visual Arts, UCCS
2003 Student Installation/Exhibition, University Center, UCCS
2001-2002 By-Laws Committee, PaperWorks Collaborative, Tucson, AZ
2001 Visiting Scholar in Anthropology, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ
1995 Curator, Student Artist Exhibitions in Handmade Paper, University Center, UCCS
1994 Artist-in-Residence, Queensland University of Technology, Brisbane, QLD, Australia
1992 Colorado 1% for Art/Art in Public Places Juror
1990 Curator/Juror, COLORADO FIBERARTS INVITATIONAL exhibition, Fort Collins, CO
1981-87 Associate Professor, UCCS; Tenure awarded 1992
1986 Artist-in-Residence, Maryland Institute College of Art, Baltimore, MD
1977 Visiting Instructor, Fiberworks Center for Textile Arts, Berkeley, CA
1975-81 Assistant Professor, UCCS
1973-74 Instructor, Metropolitan State College, Denver, CO
1989 Colorado Paper Symposium, UCCS. Coordinator, Fundraiser, Curator/Installer of exhibition, Facilitator of Workshops and Lectures
1988 Colorado 1% for Art/Art in Public Places Juror
1984 Colorado 1% for Art/Art in Public Places Juror
1979-97 Chair, Fine Arts Department, UCCS
1978 Coordinator/Facilitator, Ethnic Minority Artists Lecture/Workshop Series, UCCS
1975-96 Advisory Board, Gallery of Contemporary Art,
1975-97 UCCS Grant Recipient for organizing/hosting these events

Collections

Kaiser Permanente, Denver, CO
Levi-Strauss & Co, San Francisco, CA
Mirage Hotel/Casino, Las Vegas, NV
American Bell, Denver, CO
German Consulate, Los Angeles, CA
Maryland Fiber Center, Timonium, MD
Memorial Hospital, Colorado Springs, CO
American Federal Bank, Greenville, SC
Amoco Oil Co, Denver, CO
American Institute of Architects, Denver, CO
Slopeside Corp., Vail, CO
Women’s Foundation of Southern Arizona
Sangre de Cristo Arts and Conference
University of Colorado, Colorado Springs, CO
U.S. Communications (Quest), Denver, CO
Adduce Foundation, Colorado Springs, CO

Publications

500 HANDMADE BOOKS, Compendium of international artists’ books, LARK Books, Inc., 2008
“You Said a Mouthful”, exhibition review by John Hazlehurst, The Independent News, Colorado
Springs, CO
ATELIER VIS-À-VIS, Exhibition catalog, International Book Arts exhibition, Marseilles, France
PAPER: MAKING, DECORATING, DESIGNING, Beata Thackeray, Watson-Guptil, NY
THE ART OF PAPERMAKING, Bernard Toale, Davis Publishing, MA
Crossovers: Contemporary Fibers, Exhibition catalog, Sally Perisho, Curator/Essayist
“Paper Thick”, Ian Short, HAND PAPERMAKING, Vol. 3, No. 2, Winter, 1988
Paper Thick, Exhibition catalog, Erie (PA) Art Museum and the Hammermill Foundation
Contemporary Directions in Fiber, Exhibition catalog, Watertower Art Assn., Louisville, KY

Lectures and Workshops

2008 Mixed-media Workshop, Adduce Foundation, Colorado Springs, CO
2007 Book Arts Workshop, Adduce Foundation, Colorado Springs, CO
2007 Gocco Workshop, USSC, Colorado Springs CO
2007 Papermaking and Gocco Workshops, Adduce Foundation, Colorado Springs, CO
2006 Papermaking and Gocco Workshops, Adduce Foundation, Colorado Springs. CO
2006 Book Arts Workshop, Colorado Springs Weavers’ Guild, Colorado Springs,
2003 Gocco printing Workshop, University of Colorado, Colorado Springs, CO
2002 Lecturer: “Women’s Business: The Art of Aboriginal Women”, Women’s Foundation of Southern Arizona, Tucson, AZ
2002 Presentation: “Contemporary Papermaking”, Patron Lecture Series, Sonoran Collective for Paper and Book Arts, Tucson, AZ
2002 Lecturer: “Australian Aboriginal Art and Culture”, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ
2001 Lecturer: “Women’s Business: Contemporary Aboriginal Women’s Art”, The Politics of Gender Series, Colorado Springs Fine Arts Center, Colorado Springs, CO
2000 Lecturer: “Aboriginal Women’s Art”, Curiosity Unlimited Study Series, University of Colorado at Colorado Springs
2000 Exhibition Juror, Business of Art Center, Manitou Springs, CO
1999-02 Lecturer: “Art and Culture of Australia”, Cheyenne Mountain School District, Colorado Springs, CO
1998 Conference Speaker: “Women’s Business: Traditions in Aboriginal Women’s Art”,
1998 4th Annual Women’s Studies Conference, Milwaukee, WI
1998 Public Lecture: “Aboriginal Art and Culture”, (in connection with exhibition of art collection), The Bridge Gallery, Colorado Springs, CO
1997 Visiting Artist: University of Wollongong, Wollongong, NSW, Australia
1997 Lecturer: “Papermaking in the United States”, Quire Paper, Inc., Adelaide, SA, Australia
1997 Guest Lecturer “Personal Developments in Hand Papermaking”, SAVAC (South Australia Visual Arts Committee), Adelaide, SA, Australia
1997 Lecturer: “Contemporary Aboriginal Art”, University of Texas, Austin, TX
1997 Lecturer: Aboriginal Art of Australia”, School District 11 Teachers Organization, Colorado Springs, CO
1994 Artist-in-Residence, Queensland University of Technology, Brisbane, QLD, Australia
1991 Guest Lecturer in Papermaking, Maryland Institute College of Art, Baltimore, MD
1991 Guest Lecturer: “Incan Textiles”, The Textile Museum, Washington, D.C.
1991 Visiting Artist n Papermaking, Southwest Craft Center, San Antonio, TX
1990 Lecturer: “Tribal and Contemporary Masks”, International Gallery, San Diego, CA
1990 Lecturer: “Color and Design in Contemporary Textiles”, Colorado Springs Weavers Guild, Colorado Springs, CO
1990 Papermaking Workshop, Bennett Park Academy, Buffalo, NY
1989 Coordinator/Grant Recipient, Colorado Paper Symposium, UCCS
1989 Guest Instructor in Papermaking, School District 11, Colorado Springs, CO
1988 Visiting Artist, Colorado Paper Conference, University of Northern Colorado, Greeley, CO



	Lin Fife– Artist Statement “INITIATION MANUAL” is part of a large series of work motivated by my travels and research in Australia. The sacred objects and designs used in traditional Aboriginal initiation ceremonies fascinated me, particularly the tjuringa, flat oval boards incised with arcane symbols. Since my own culture had not provided me with corresponding rituals, I began to create objects and books on the topic of self-initiation, utilizing materials and memorabilia garnered during my Australian odysseys. This driftwood oval washed up on a beach on Kangaroo Island, the background paper uses soil from a cave in the Kimberleys, and blank pages create a “journal” onto which my awe was stitched. Resume Education Research, i Australian Aboriginal arts/culture Pyramid Atlantic Prints, Paper and Books, Silver Spring, MD Fiberworks Center for Textile Arts, Berkeley, CA Instituto Allende, San Miguel de Allende, Mexico MFA, Southern Illinois University, Carbondale, IL BA, BED, Southern Colorado State College, Pueblo, CO Exhibitions 2008 Spirituality, Smokebrush Foundation for the Arts, Colorado Springs, CO 2008 One-person Exhibition, Business of Arts Center, Manitou Springs, CO 2007 Small Works Exhibition, Business of Arts Center, Manitou Springs, CO 2007 Shifting Arcana, Smokebrush Foundation for the Arts, Colorado Springs, CO 2007 Artists’’ Books, Winter Gallery, Monument, CO 2007 UCCS Art Faculty Exhibition, Gallery of Contemporary Art, Colorado Springs, CO 2006 In, On and Of Paper, Foundry Art Centre, St. Charles, MO 2006 Wish You Were Here: Fiber Art Postcards, Tohono Chul Park, Tucson, AZ 2006 IN, ON and OF PAPER, Foundry Art Centre, St. Charles, MO 2006 NUMBERS :Works on/of Paper, Details and Green Shoelaces Gallery, Tucson, AZ 2005 Visual Arts Faculty Exhibition, Gallery of Contemporary Art, UCCS, Colorado Springs, CO 2005 Bound and Unbound, Artists’ Books Exhibition, Tohono Chul Park, Tucson, AZ 2005 Atelier Vis-a-Vis, International Books Arts Exhibition, Marseille, France 2005 Ironies: Small-Scale Constructions, Commonwheel Gallery, Manitou Springs, CO 2005 ABC Darium Exhibition, Details and Green Shoelaces Gallery, Tucson, AZ 2005 Art of the Book, University of Indianapolis, Indianapolis, IN 2005 Garden Exhibition, Business of Art Center, Manitou Springs, CO 2005 In, On and Of Paper, Foundry Art Centre, St. Charles, MO 2005 In, On and Of Paper, Foundry Art Centre, St. Charles, MO 2004 CURRENT CLOTH: Colorado Textile Arts Invitational, Canyon Gallery, Boulder, CO 2004 AKA, Gallery of Contemporary Art, UCCS, Colorado Springs, CO 2004 Collaborative Artists’ Book Show, Details Art and Design Gallery, Tucson, AZ 2004 FACES OF WOMEN, 4TH Annual National Exhibition, Arts Council of Las Vegas, Las Vegas, NM 2004 Uncommon Threads, The Bridge Gallery, Colorado Springs, CO 2003 Visual Arts Faculty Exhibition, Gallery of Contemporary Art, UCCS, Colorado Springs, CO 2003 I-25 Artists’ Alliance Revisited, Sangre de Cristo Arts and Conference Center, Pueblo, CO 2003 MANIFESTATIONS OF THE SACRED, University of Southern Colorado Gallery, 2003 Pueblo, CO, and Gallery of ContemporaryArt, UCCS, Colorado Springs, CO 2003 Paperwork’s Exhibition, Tucson Museum of Art, Tucson, AZ 2003 International Exhibition, The Plantera Group, Colorado Springs, CO 2003 Paperwork’s Exhibition, Tucson Museum of Art, Tucson, AZ 2003 conTEXT: Art and Words, The Art Center, Grand Junction, CO 2003 ART OF THE BOOK EXHIBIT, University of Indianapolis, Indianapolis, IN 2003 BOOK AS ART, Details and Green Shoelaces Gallery, Tucson, AZ 2002 STEPPING OUT, Amazon Women’s Gallery, Women’s Foundation of Southern, Arizona, Tucson, AZ 2002 ART OF THE BOOK EXHIBIT, University of Indianapolis, Indianapolis, IN 2001 VISUAL ARTS FACULTY EXHIBITIONS, Gallery of Contemporary Art, UCCS, Colorado Springs, CO 2000 INOVERMYHEAD, Sonoran Collective for Paper and Book Arts, Tucson, AZ 1999 CULTURAL GATEWAY TO THE ROCKIES, Colorado Springs Airport, CO 1999 ARTESIA: Artists of the Pikes Peak Region, Business of Art Center, Manitou, CO 1999 “…’SCAPES…”, one-person exhibition, The Craftwood Inn, Manitou, CO 1999 PYRAMID ATLANTIC 20TH ANNIVERSARY RETROSPECTIVE, Pyramid Atlantic Studio Gallery, Riverdale, MD 1999 VISUAL ARTS FACULTY EXHIBITIONS, Gallery of Contemporary Art, UCCS, Colorado Springs, CO 1999 ASPECTS OF BIRTH AND DEATH, The Ink People Gallery, Eureka, CA 1999 LOOKING BACK: Art of the Colorado Springs Area, Part III, Colorado Springs, CO 1999 Fine Art Center, Colorado Springs, CO 1999 COLORADO/WYOMING BIENNIAL, Fort Collins Museum for Contemporary Art, Fort Collins, CO 1999 CONTEMPORARY COLORADO, The Art Center, Grand Junction, CO 1999 COLORADO EDUCATORS’ EXHIBITION, Tri-Lakes Center for the Arts, Palmer Lake, CO 1998 SMALL WORKS, UCCS Art Faculty exhibition, The Warehouse Gallery 1998 THREE PAPER INSTALLATIONS, Grant Street Art Center, Denver, CO 1998 RISING TO THE SURFACE, Stevenson Union Gallery, Ashland, OR 1998 COLORADO ’98, Colorado Springs Fine Art Center, Colorado Springs, CO 1997 UP AGAINST A BRICK WALL, The Warehouse Gallery, Colorado Springs, CO 1997 VISUAL ARTS FACULTY EXHIBITIONS, Gallery of Contemporary Art, UCCS, Colorado Springs, CO 1997 FIBER REVISITED, Business of Art Center, Manitou, CO 1997 RETROSPECTIVE 25, Sangre de Cristo Arts and Conference Center, Pueblo, CO 1997 ARTWEST ’97, Artwest Gallery, Jackson Hole, WY 1997 SMALL WORKS NATIONAL, Visual Arts Center, Lake City, CO 1997 FORM ’97, Business of Art Center, Manitou, CO 1997 FREE AT LAST, Central Arts Cooperative, Tucson, AZ 1996 WESTERN AND TRIBAL ARTS OF THE GREAT PLAINS, Oscar Howe Museum, Mitchell, SD 1996 PERSONAL VISIONS III, An Art Space Gallery, Chicago, IL 1995 WICHITA NATIONAL, ’95, Wichita Center for the Arts, Wichita, KS 1993 WOMEN N.O.W., Worthing Gallery, Colorado Springs, CO 1993 WOMEN AND THEIR ART, Phantom Gallery, Colorado Springs, CO 1993 VISUAL ARTS FACULTY EXHIBITIONS Gallery of Contemporary Art, UCCS, Colorado Springs, CO 1993 PAPER TRAILS WEST, Snowgrass Institute, Cashmere, WA 1993 YEAR OF THE CRAFT, Colorado State Fair Grounds, Pueblo, CO 1992 CREATING OURSELVES, Eastern New Mexico University, Las Vegas, NM 1991 SPARK INVITES, Spark Gallery, Denver, CO 1991 WOMEN OF THE WEST, Conroy Gallery, Phoenix, AZ 1991 COLORADO PAPER, Tointon Gallery, Greeley, CO 1991 PAPER PUNCH, 16th Street Mall Gallery, Denver, CO 1991 ART OF THE MASK V, The International Gallery, San Diego, CA 1991 VISUAL ARTS FACULTY EXHIBITIONS, Gallery of Contemporary Art, UCCS, Colorado Springs, CO 1991 CROSSOVERS: Contemporary Fiber Art, Gallery of Contemporary Art, UCCS 1989 BEATEN TO A PULP, International Gallery, San Diego, CA 1989 PAPER: NEW DIRECTIONS, Gallery of Contemporary Art, UCCS 1988 PAPER PLUS, Miriam Perlman Gallery, Chicago, IL 1988 PAPER THICK, traveling paper exhibition: Erie (PA) Museum of Art, Art Museum of Santa Cruz County, Hunter Museum of Art, Chattanooga Awards 2007 Awarded Emeritus status upon retirement from Professorship 2004 Outstanding Teacher of the Year Award, College of Letters, Arts and Sciences 2004 Participating recipient of Roser Foundation Grant for Visiting Artists 2004/05 Teaching Enhancement Award for Visiting Artists in the Book Arts Courses 2003 UCCS Women’s Committee Mini-Grant, research in Australia 1999 Amazon Award, Women’s Foundation of Southern Arizona, Tucson, AZ 1999 Research and Creative Works Award for research in Aboriginal Women’s Art 1997 Teaching Enhancement Award for Papermaking Program 1996 President’s Fund for the Humanities Grant for Ethnic Minority Art Lecture and Workshop Series 1993 Research and Creative Works award for studio research 1991 Humanities Center Professor/Student Collaborative Research Award 1990 President’s Fund for the Humanities Grant for “Artists’ Dialogue with the Land” Visiting Lecture Series (department application) 1990 Humanities Center Collaborative Professor/Student Research Award 1987 Research and Creative Works award for studio work President’s Fund for the Humanities Grant for Colorado Paper Symposium Professional Experience 2008 Curator, THE BOOK: WIDE OPEN, Business of Art Center, Manitou Springs, CO 2007 Curator, ARTISTS’ BOOKS, Winter Gallery, Monument, CO 2007 Artist and Professor Emerita of Visual Art, University of Colorado at Colorado Springs, CO 2004 Juror/Judge, FIBERS THROUGH TIME : In Pursuit of Excellence, Arizona Weavers’ Conference exhibition, Casa Grande, AZ 2002-2004 Coordinator, Foundation curriculum, Visual Arts, UCCS 2003 Student Installation/Exhibition, University Center, UCCS 2001-2002 By-Laws Committee, PaperWorks Collaborative, Tucson, AZ 2001 Visiting Scholar in Anthropology, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ 1995 Curator, Student Artist Exhibitions in Handmade Paper, University Center, UCCS 1994 Artist-in-Residence, Queensland University of Technology, Brisbane, QLD, Australia 1992 Colorado 1% for Art/Art in Public Places Juror 1990 Curator/Juror, COLORADO FIBERARTS INVITATIONAL exhibition, Fort Collins, CO 1981-87 Associate Professor, UCCS; Tenure awarded 1992 1986 Artist-in-Residence, Maryland Institute College of Art, Baltimore, MD 1977 Visiting Instructor, Fiberworks Center for Textile Arts, Berkeley, CA 1975-81 Assistant Professor, UCCS 1973-74 Instructor, Metropolitan State College, Denver, CO 1989 Colorado Paper Symposium, UCCS. Coordinator, Fundraiser, Curator/Installer of exhibition, Facilitator of Workshops and Lectures 1988 Colorado 1% for Art/Art in Public Places Juror 1984 Colorado 1% for Art/Art in Public Places Juror 1979-97 Chair, Fine Arts Department, UCCS 1978 Coordinator/Facilitator, Ethnic Minority Artists Lecture/Workshop Series, UCCS 1975-96 Advisory Board, Gallery of Contemporary Art, 1975-97 UCCS Grant Recipient for organizing/hosting these events Collections Kaiser Permanente, Denver, CO Levi-Strauss & Co, San Francisco, CA Mirage Hotel/Casino, Las Vegas, NV American Bell, Denver, CO German Consulate, Los Angeles, CA Maryland Fiber Center, Timonium, MD Memorial Hospital, Colorado Springs, CO American Federal Bank, Greenville, SC Amoco Oil Co, Denver, CO American Institute of Architects, Denver, CO Slopeside Corp., Vail, CO Women’s Foundation of Southern Arizona Sangre de Cristo Arts and Conference University of Colorado, Colorado Springs, CO U.S. Communications (Quest), Denver, CO Adduce Foundation, Colorado Springs, CO Publications 500 HANDMADE BOOKS, Compendium of international artists’ books, LARK Books, Inc., 2008 “You Said a Mouthful”, exhibition review by John Hazlehurst, The Independent News, Colorado Springs, CO ATELIER VIS-À-VIS, Exhibition catalog, International Book Arts exhibition, Marseilles, France PAPER: MAKING, DECORATING, DESIGNING, Beata Thackeray, Watson-Guptil, NY THE ART OF PAPERMAKING, Bernard Toale, Davis Publishing, MA Crossovers: Contemporary Fibers, Exhibition catalog, Sally Perisho, Curator/Essayist “Paper Thick”, Ian Short, HAND PAPERMAKING, Vol. 3, No. 2, Winter, 1988 Paper Thick, Exhibition catalog, Erie (PA) Art Museum and the Hammermill Foundation Contemporary Directions in Fiber, Exhibition catalog, Watertower Art Assn., Louisville, KY Lectures and Workshops 2008 Mixed-media Workshop, Adduce Foundation, Colorado Springs, CO 2007 Book Arts Workshop, Adduce Foundation, Colorado Springs, CO 2007 Gocco Workshop, USSC, Colorado Springs CO 2007 Papermaking and Gocco Workshops, Adduce Foundation, Colorado Springs, CO 2006 Papermaking and Gocco Workshops, Adduce Foundation, Colorado Springs. CO 2006 Book Arts Workshop, Colorado Springs Weavers’ Guild, Colorado Springs, 2003 Gocco printing Workshop, University of Colorado, Colorado Springs, CO 2002 Lecturer: “Women’s Business: The Art of Aboriginal Women”, Women’s Foundation of Southern Arizona, Tucson, AZ 2002 Presentation: “Contemporary Papermaking”, Patron Lecture Series, Sonoran Collective for Paper and Book Arts, Tucson, AZ 2002 Lecturer: “Australian Aboriginal Art and Culture”, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ 2001 Lecturer: “Women’s Business: Contemporary Aboriginal Women’s Art”, The Politics of Gender Series, Colorado Springs Fine Arts Center, Colorado Springs, CO 2000 Lecturer: “Aboriginal Women’s Art”, Curiosity Unlimited Study Series, University of Colorado at Colorado Springs 2000 Exhibition Juror, Business of Art Center, Manitou Springs, CO 1999-02 Lecturer: “Art and Culture of Australia”, Cheyenne Mountain School District, Colorado Springs, CO 1998 Conference Speaker: “Women’s Business: Traditions in Aboriginal Women’s Art”, 1998 4th Annual Women’s Studies Conference, Milwaukee, WI 1998 Public Lecture: “Aboriginal Art and Culture”, (in connection with exhibition of art collection), The Bridge Gallery, Colorado Springs, CO 1997 Visiting Artist: University of Wollongong, Wollongong, NSW, Australia 1997 Lecturer: “Papermaking in the United States”, Quire Paper, Inc., Adelaide, SA, Australia 1997 Guest Lecturer “Personal Developments in Hand Papermaking”, SAVAC (South Australia Visual Arts Committee), Adelaide, SA, Australia 1997 Lecturer: “Contemporary Aboriginal Art”, University of Texas, Austin, TX 1997 Lecturer: Aboriginal Art of Australia”, School District 11 Teachers Organization, Colorado Springs, CO 1994 Artist-in-Residence, Queensland University of Technology, Brisbane, QLD, Australia 1991 Guest Lecturer in Papermaking, Maryland Institute College of Art, Baltimore, MD 1991 Guest Lecturer: “Incan Textiles”, The Textile Museum, Washington, D.C. 1991 Visiting Artist n Papermaking, Southwest Craft Center, San Antonio, TX 1990 Lecturer: “Tribal and Contemporary Masks”, International Gallery, San Diego, CA 1990 Lecturer: “Color and Design in Contemporary Textiles”, Colorado Springs Weavers Guild, Colorado Springs, CO 1990 Papermaking Workshop, Bennett Park Academy, Buffalo, NY 1989 Coordinator/Grant Recipient, Colorado Paper Symposium, UCCS 1989 Guest Instructor in Papermaking, School District 11, Colorado Springs, CO 1988 Visiting Artist, Colorado Paper Conference, University of Northern Colorado, Greeley, CO





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