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EDUCATION

1985             MFA Cranbrook Academy of Art, Bloomfield Hills, Michigan
1971             MA George Washington University, Washington D.C.
1969             Croatian language diploma University of Zagreb, Zagreb, Croatia
1968             BA Kansas State University, Manhatten, Kansas.


PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

1996           Studio artist. Auburn Hills, MI
1985-95      Associate Professor of Art. Department of Art. Berea College.
                     Berea, KY
1977-83      Studio artist and translator. Zagreb, Croatia
1971-76      Head of Foreign Desk. Croatia Cancer Society. Zagreb, Croatia

AWARDS AND GRANTS

2003Best of Show. "Visions VII" Cathedral Basilica of the Assumption, Cincinnati, OH
2002First Place. "Celestial Navigation" Convergence 2002. Vancouver, Canada
Best of Show. "MLH 12th Biennial Fiber Show" Alfred Berkowitz Gallery. Dearborn, MI
2001Best of Show. "Crossed Connections" T.L.D. Design Center & Gallery. Westmont, IL
Third Place. Michigan Annual XXIX. Mount Clemens, MI
2000 Creative Artist Grant. Michigan Council for the Arts and Cultural Affairs
1998           Dorcas Stevens Award for Handweaving&First Place Award in 2 D.
"Fiber Celebration '98," Estes Park, CO
ArtServe Michigan Artist Residency in School Fellowship.
Residency Fellowship. Ragdale Foundation. Lake Florest, IL
1997 Creative Artist Grant. Michigan Council for Arts and Cultural Affairs.
Residency Fellowship. Ragdale Foundation. Lake Forest, IL.
Handweavers' Guild of America Award
1995 American Tapestry Alliance Award of Excellence Honorable Mention.
Exhibition "The Wichita National 1995"
1994 Kentucky Foundation for Women Fellowship in the Visual Arts
1993 Juror's Commendation Award. "BASF Sixth National Fiber Arts Show"
Second Place Award. "Focus: Tapestry of the Southeast."
1992 Kentucky Foundation for Women Fellowship Residency at Virginia Center for the Creative Arts. Summer.
1989-90 Indo-American SubCommission Fellowship. Research on textiles in India.
American Institute of Indian Studies Fellowship. (unable to accept).
1987 Fulbright - Hays Fellowship in India with Eastern Kentucky University. "Seminar on Traditional and Popular Culture." Summer.
1985 The Banff Art Center, Tuition Grant. Summer. Banff, Canada
1982 Mose Pijade Award (First runner-up). Croatian Association of Applied Arts and Design. Zagreb, Croatia.
Poster Award for the Invitational Yugoslav Exhibition of Tapestries. Tapestry selected for exhibition poster. Slovene Gradec, Slovenia

SOLO EXHIBITIONS


2002           Paint Creek Center for the Arts, Rochester, MI
2000Centre Regional d'Art Textile. Angers, France
1996The Guild Gallery. Ann Arbor, MI
Paint Creek Center for the Arts, Rochester, MI
1995 Doris Ulmann Gallery. Berea, KY
1989Worthington Arts Council, Worthington, OH
1988 University of Kentucky Art Museum. Lexington, KY
East Hall Gallery. University of Michigan. Ann Arbor, MI
1987 Doris Ullman Gallery. Berea, KY
1984 Dars Gallery. Zagreb, Croatia
1981 Ulrich Gallery. Zagreb, Croatia

COLLECTIONS

                    The Lincoln National Corporation, Fort Wayne IN
                    University of Kentucky Art Museum, Lexington, KY
                    Berea College Library, Berea, KY
                    Private: United States, Croatia, Norway

PUBLICATIONS

2003            American Craft. 63(Feb/Mar) 76
Fiberarts. 29(Jan/Feb) 60 (Tapestry:A Day in a Page of Life).
2002 Who's Who of American Women. Marquis Who's Who. 23rd Edition.
2001 Surface Design 25 (Winter) 55. (Tapestry: Shadow)
Courage Card CD Cover. Minneapolis, MN
Directory of Michigan Artists III. ISBN 0-9709064-3-9, Lake, MI.
2000           Fiberarts 27 (Nov/Dec.2000) 56. (Tapestry:Burst of Spirit)
Surface Design 24(Summer) 51. Review. Group exhibition.
Who's Who of American Women. Marquis Who's Who. Millennium Edition.
Courage Card Catalogue. 3(October 2000) 18.
1999 Fiberarts Design Book Six. Lark Books, Asheville, NC (Tapestry: Inner Spaces)
1998 Who's Who of American Women. Marquis Who's Who. 21st Edition
Shuttle Spindle & Dyepot. 29 (Summer 1998) 19 (Tapestry: Inner Spaces)
1996 Fiberarts. 23 (Nov./Dec. 1996) 21. (Tapestry: Circles of Infinity)
Shuttle Spindle & Dyepot. 27 (Spring 1996) 19. (Tapestry: Silence of Two)
1995 Fiberarts Design Book Five. Lark Books, New York: Sterling Publishing Co. (Tapestry: Zagreb Flower Market)
1994 CIFA. Exhibition video. Adams Art Gallery, Fredonia, NY
1991 Surface. 15 (Spring 1991) 27. (Embroidery: The Shepherdess)
1990 American Tapestry Today. Exhibition video. Victorian Video Productions. Potaluma, CA

PUBLICATIONS ( Articles written by artist)

2000           "Regional Center of Textile Arts." International Tapestry Journal. 3(August,2000)34.
"Sending your Artwork Overseas." Tapestry Topics. XVI (Summer,2000)5.
1997 "It's a Child's World." Fiberarts. 23 (Jan/Feb. 1997) 17.
1996 "Nepalese Textiles." Book Review. Shuttle Spindle & Dyepot. (Fall 1996) 8.
1995 "The Karuppur Sari of South India: A Lost Fabric Revived." Shuttle Spindle & Dyepot. (Spring 1995) 42-44.
"Center for Creative Weaving in India." Fiberarts. 20 (Jan/Feb 1995) 21.
1990 "Textiles of India: Weaving, Dyeing and Printing." Tapestry Topics. 9 (October 1990) 1.

SELECTED JURIED OR INVITATIONAL EXHIBITIONS
(since 1990)

2004    "Monologues/Meditations" Krasl Art Center, St. Joseph, MI

2003         "Visions VII" Cathedral Basilica of the Assumption, Cincinnati, OH
"Meditations/Monologues" Ann Arbor Art Center, Ann Arbor, MI
"American Tapestry Alliance IV" Carlsbad, CA & Ukrainian Institute of of Modern Art, Chicago, IL
"Fiber Arts 2003" Gallery 510, Decatur, IL
"The Tapestry Group" Good Goods Gallery, Saugatuck, MI
"Without Restraints: Reshaping Familiar Forms in Fiber" BBAC, Birmingham, MI

2002           "American Tapestry Alliance" Richard Art Gallery, Vancouver, Canada
"Crafts National 36" Zoller Gallery, University Park, PA
"New Wave" Convergence 2002, Vancouver, Canada
"Celestial Navigation" Convergence 2002, Vancouver, Canada
"Plain Arts IV International Juried Exhibition" Pittsburg, KS
"MLH 12th Biennial Fiber Show" Alfred Berkowitz Gallery, Dearborn, MI
2001"Fiberart International 2001" Pittsburgh Center for the Arts, Pittsburgh, PA
"Crossed Connections" T.L.D. Design Center & Gallery, Westmont, Il.
"Remembering: Fiber Art Salutes the Past"Textile Center of Minnesota, St. Paul, MN
"Michigan Annual XXIX" The Art Center, Mt. Clemens, MI
"Half-Passed 12: Moments in Tapestry" Creative Arts Center, St. Charles, IL
"Fiber Celebrated '01" Nora Eccles Harrison Museum, Logan, Utah
2000"American Tapestry Alliance" Bayeux Gallery, Denver, CO
"The Blue Show" Jean Paul Slusser Gallery, Ann Arbor, MI
"Celebrating the Spirit: An Interfaith Exhibition" Cathedral Basilica of the Assumption, Cincinnati, OH
"Eleventh Biennial Fiber Show" EllaSharp Museum, Jackson, MI
1999"The Woven Image: 20th Century Tapestry" Ukrainian Institute of Modern Art,Chicago, IL
"Grateful Threads" Delaplaine Visual Arts Center, Frederick, MD
"Infusion Exhibit"Herman Miller Cranbrook Alumni Art Collection, Holland, MI
"ITNET 2000: Tapestry at the Millennium' http://www.alaska.net/-itnet
1998"Overtones" Convergence '98, Atlanta, GA
"ANA 27" Holter Museum of Art, Helena, MT
"Fiber Celebration '98" Art Center of Estes Park, Este Park, CO
"Muse of the Millennium" Nordic Heritage Museum, Seattle, WA
"ITNET 4: Tapestries 40/100" http://www.alaska.net/~itnet
1997"Fiberart International'97" Pittsburgh Center for the Arts, Pittsburgh, PA
"Fiber Celebrated '97" Lincoln Center, Fort Collins, CO
"Crafts National 31" Zoller Gallery, University Park, PA
"Materials: Hard & Soft" Meadow s Gallery, Denton, TX
"ITNET 3: Small Format" http://www.alaska.net/-itnet
"USA Craft Today 97" Silvermine Guild Gallery, New Canaan, CT
"Art and Healing" Artwest Gallery, Jackson, WY
"2 x 2 x 2" Gallery Ten, Rockford, Il
"Small Expressions" Canton Museum of Art, Canton, OH
"Abstract Concepts: Stretching the Boundaries of Realism" Maude Kerns Art Center, Eugene, OR
"Women's Works Art Exhibit" Old Court House Art Center, Woodstock, IL
"Paper/Fiber XX" Arts Center, Iowa City, IA
"National Spring Faculty Invitational" Sandra Blain Gallery,Gatlinburg, TN
"Clay, Fiber, Wood, Metal, Glass" Octagon Center for Arts, Ames, IA
"Duo Exhibition" Michigan Dept. of Consumer & Industry Services, Lansing, MI
1996"Crafts National 30" Zoller Gallery, University Park, PA
"Small Works" Eclectic Gallery, Tucson, AZ
"Small Mattersof Great Importance" Hopper House Art Center, Nyack, NY
"Small Expressions" Gango Gallery, Portland, OR
"Small Works '96" Sullivan County Museum, Hurleyville, NY
"Timeless Expressions" Convergence '96. Portland, OR
"Healing Works" Woman Made Gallery, Chicago, Il
"Paper/Fiber XIX" Arts Center, Iowa City, IA
"Women's Vision" Corvallis Arts Center, Corvallis, OR
1995"Fiber Celebrated '95" Tucson Museum of Art,Tucson, AZ
"Ana 24" Holter Museum of Art, Helena, MT
"Materials: Hard & Soft" Center for the Visual Arts, Denton, TX
"Fyberspace" Galeria Mesa, Mesa, AZ
"Small Expressions" Tohono Chul Park Gallery, Tucson, AZ
"Ebb and Flow:Crafts that Celebrate Water" Vermont Craft Center, Burlington, VT
"Eighth National Fiber Arts Show" BASF Carpet Fibers, Dalton, GA
"Kentucky Foundation for Women:10th Anniversary Celebration of Women Visual Artists" (Invitational) UK Art Museum, Lexington, KY
"1995 Wichita National" Wichita Center for Arts, Wichita, KS
"Threads" Catskill Gallery, Catskill, NY
"Fiberart International '95" Pittsburg Center for the Arts, Pittsburgh, PA
"The Essential Textile" The Guilford Handcraft Center, Guilford, CT
"Trends &Traditions" Richards and Westbrook Galleries, Atlanta, GA
"Abstractions in Fiber"(Invitational) Kentucky Art and Craft Gallery, Louisville, KY
1994"Patterns" Vermont State Craft Center at Frog Hollow, Middlebury, VT
"Chautauqua International for Fiber Art" Adams Art Gallery, Fredonia, NY
"Secret Garden" Thomas Center Gallery, Gainesville, FL
"Small Expressions" Minneapolis College of Art & Design Gallery, Minneapolis, MN; Pacific Cultural Foundatation, Taipei, Taiwan; and Textile Museum, Taichung, Taiwan
"Paper/Fiber XVII" Arts Center, Iowa City, IA
"Fiber at the End of the Century" Corvallis Arts Center, Corvallis, OR
"Greater Midwest International" Art Center Gallery, Warrensburg, MO
1993"Materials: Hard & Soft" Meadows Gallery, Denton, TX
"Sixth National Fiber Arts Show" BASF Carpet Fibers, Dalton, GA
"Small Expressions" Hearst Center for the Arts, Cedar Falls, IA
"Fiber Art Kentucky" (Invitational) Headley-Whitney Museum, Lexington, KY
"Focus: Tapestry of the Southeast" North Georgia College, Dahlonega, GA
1992-90"Small Expressions" The Farrell Collection, Washington, D.C.
"Fifth National Fiber Arts Show" BASF Carpet Fibers, Dalton, GA
"Fiber Celebration 1991" Intimate Gallery, Ft. Collins, CO
"American Tapestry Today" Syntex Gallery, Palo Alto, CA
"Form and Content" (Invitational) Florence O'Donnell Wasmer Gallery, Pepper Pike, OH

WORKSHOPS, COURSES & RESIDENCIES TAUGHT

2002          Tapestry Workshop. Michigan League of Handweavers. Holland, MI
2001Tapestry and Design & Color Workshops, Michigan League of Handweavers, Holland MI
Artist at Work. Detroit Institute of Arts. Detroit, MI
2000Tapestry Workshop. Michigan League of Handweavers. Ortonville, MI
Artist-in-Resident. Alcott Elementary School.Pontiac, MI
1999 Tapestry and Design & Color Workshops. Michigan Fiber Festival. Hastings, MI
1998 Artist-in-Resident. Robert Frost Elementary School. Pontiac, MI
Tapestry Workshop: A Way of Expression. Center for Fiber Arts. Tarrytown, NY
1997 Tapestry Workshop: A Way of Expression. Arrowmont School of Arts & Crafts, Gatlinburg, TN
Artist-in-Resident. Herrington Elementary School. Pontiac, MI
1996 Tapestry Workshop. The Deemer House, Smicksburg, PA
Tapestry Workshop. Detroit Institute of Art, Detroit, MI
Tapestry Course. Paint Creek Center for Arts, Rochester, MI
Tapestry Workshop. Imagine/Render Center, Oxford, MI
Tapestry Course. Berea College, Berea, KY
Artist-in-Resident, Deerfield Elementary School, Auburn Hills, MI

LECTURES

2002           Opening Lecture. Goldstein Museum of Design. St. Paul, MN
Keynote Speaker. O.H.S. SW Regional Seminar. Lemington, Canada
Invited Speaker. 21st Annual U.P. Weaver's Exchange. Calumet. MI
2001Invited Speaker. "International Fiberart Forum," Pittsburgh, PA
2000Invited Speaker. "Arts & Culture in Michigan Communities," Lansing, MI
Lecture. Michigan Handweavers' Guild, Detroit,MI
1999 Lecture. Center for Creative Studies. Detroit, MI
Lecture. Woodland Weavers and Spinners Guild, Grand Rapids, MI
1998 Lecture. Duneland Weavers' Guild, Porter, IN
1997 Lecture. Handweavers' Guild. Kalamazoo, MI
Lecture. Michigan Handweavers' Guild. Detroit, MI
Lecture. Fiber Department. Cranbrook Academy of Art.Bloomfield Hills, MI
Lecture. PEO. Auburn Hills, MI
Lecture. Bloomfield HIlls High School. West Bloomfield HIlls, MI
1996 Lecture. Ann Arbor Fiberarts Guild. Ann Arbor, MI
1995 Invited Speaker. "Design Solutions Seminar," American Tapestry Alliance, Lima, Ohio

CURATOR & JUDGE

2000              Michigan Surface Design Exhibition, Ann Arbor, MI (Judge)
1999              "10th Annual CCS/Hagopian Rug DesignCompetition, Detroit, MI (Judge)
1998              "Merging Boundaries" Ann Arbor Art Center, Ann Arbor, MI(Curator)

INTERNATIONAL RESEARCH EXPERIENCE & TRAVEL

2003           Seven-week trip to France and Croatia
2002           Three-week trip to India
2001Two week trip to Poland
2000          Five-week trip to India; Six -week trip to French Island of Reunion, East Africa, England, France and Poland
1999 Six-week trip to French Island of Reunion, East Africa;
Three-week trip to France and Croatia
1998 One month trip to Morocco and France
1997 Six-week trip to France, Switzerland, Croatia
1996 One month textile research trip to Bali and Java
1995 One month stay in Antigua, Guatemala
1994 Five-week textile research trip to India; six-week trip to Israel, Croatia, England
1993 Five-week trip to Norway, Croatia, Italy, Austria
1993 Three-week textile research trip to Guatemala
1989-90 Ten-month research project in India
1988/86 Three-month textile research trip to Ecuador and Peru
1987 Six-week research trip to India.

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