grants and awards

1st Place, Photo Division, Edwards Place Fine Craft Fair, Springfield, IL 2004
Silverworks, Savannah College of Art & Design Photo Dept. publication, 2003.
Civic Purchase Award, Old Capitol Art Fair, Springfield, IL, 2001;
Merit Award, 2000.
Historic Shaw Art Fair, St. Louis, MO, 3rd Place, 2-dimensional art, 1999.
Calzaretta Memorial Purchase Award, Cedarhurst Art Fair, Mt. Vernon, IL 1999
Purchase Award, "The Photograph as Art Object," Western Illinois University, Macomb, IL, 1999.
Illinois State Fair, Photo Division, Professional Art Show, 1st place 1999, 1998; 2nd Place 2002 and 1991, 3rd Place 2000 and 1997.
Springfield Area Arts Council Advancement Award to attend Maine Photographic Workshop 1997; additional grants in 1992 and 1991.
Photo Spiva Show, 3rd Place, Spiva Art Center, Joplin, MO, 1991.

solo exhibitions

Sangamo Club, Springfield, IL 2003
Prairie Art Alliance Gallery, Springfield, IL 2003
Strawn Gallery, Jacksonville, IL 2000

group exhibitions

Southern Illinois Artists Open Competition, Mitchell Museum, Mt. Vernon, IL 2005, 2001, 1999, and 1997.
The Photograph as Art Object, Western Illinois University, Macomb, IL 2005, 1999, 1996.
Winter Thaw, Gallery 510, Decatur, IL 2005
Magic Silver 2003, Murray State University, Murray, Kentucky, 2003
Southern Exposure, Pinnacle Gallery, Savannah, GA, 2003
Primordial 1: Water, Art St. Louis Gallery, St. Louis, MO 2003
Art with a Southern Drawl, University of Mobile, Mobile, AL, 2003
Low Country Landscapes, Exhibit A Gallery, Savannah, GA, 2003
Art St. Louis XVIII, Art St. Louis Gallery, 2002
Two Photographers, City Arts Venue, Springfield, IL 2002
Regarding Beauty, Texas Women's University, Denton TX 2002
Photography 2002, Nexus Gallery New York City, 2002
Two-woman show, City Arts Venue, Springfield, IL 2001
Small Works, Savannah College of Art & Design, Savannah, GA, 2001, 2000.
Evocations, Oglethorpe Row Gallery, Savannah, GA 2001
Two-woman show, Lincoln Land Community College, Springfield, IL 2000
A Woman's View, The Mitchell Museum, Trinidad, CO, 2000
LaGrange National Biennial, LaGrange College, LaGrange, GA, 2000, 1998, 1996
First Night Art Exhibit, Stroblen Gallerie, Springfield, iL 1999, 1997, 1996
Southern Illinois University Medical School Gallery, Springfield, IL 1998
On the Road, Springfield Art Association, Springfield, IL, 1996
Magic Silver, Gallery of Art, University of Northern Iowa, Waterloo, IA, 1993
Blatant Image/Silver Eye Gallery, Pittsburgh, PA, 1992

memberships

Society for Photographic Education, Prairie Art Alliance, Peoria Art Guild, McLean County Center for the Arts

education

Graduate work in photography at Savannah College of Art and Design, Savannah, GA 2000-2003
Workshop with Elizabeth Opalenik, Maine Photographic Workshops 1997
Masters of Library Science, University of Illinois, 1990
B.A. in Art, University of Kentucky, 1971