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POSITIONS:

Current Artist

Founding Artistic Partner, Fuzzy Boundary Productions, inc., with Kellee Van Aken, Pittsburgh, PA

2001-2002 Community Artist Fellow, Pittsburgh Center for the Arts, Pittsburgh, PA

1996-2001 Visual Arts Faculty, Winchester Thurston School, Pittsburgh, PA

1995-1996 Education Coordinator, HUB Arts and Crafts Center, Penn State University, University Park, PA

1993-1995 Assistant Coordinator, HUB Arts and Crafts Center, Penn State University, University Park, PA

1992 Part-time Instructor, Department of Integrative Arts, Penn State University, University Park, PA

SOLO EXHIBITIONS and INSTALLATIONS:

2003 Laundromat Detour, Butler Street Coin-Op Laundromat, Pittsburgh, PA

Laundromat Detour, Midtown Cleaners and Laundry, Atlanta GA

2002-2003 Angels and Other Creatures, Three Rivers Arts Festival Gallery, Pittsburgh, PA

Angels in the Laundromat, Duds ‘N Suds Laundromat, Pittsburgh, PA

2002 Pocket Scrap Angels, Winchester Thurston Gallery, Pittsburgh, PA

Likeness of Lint, Duds ‘N Suds Laundromat, Pittsburgh, PA

2001-2002 Lint in the Laundromat, Duds ‘N Suds Laundromat, Pittsburgh, PA

2000 Lint Guy Lounge, Winchester Thurston Gallery, Pittsburgh, PA

1998 Labyrinths, Winchester Thurston Gallery, Pittsburgh, PA

1995 Lint Guys in My Living Room, Gallery 304, University Park, PA

1993 Discarded, The Art Alliance, Lemont, PA

GROUP EXHIBITIONS:

2004 Art for Earth's Sake, Steel Valley Arts Council, Homestead, PA

100 Artists 300 Days, FE Gallery, Pittsburgh, PA

2003 Detours, ArtSpot at Tube, Atlanta, GA

Throwing the Switch on SALVO, Gallery in the Square, Pittsburgh, PA

Inaugural SALVO exhibit, Construction Junction, Pittsburgh, PA

2002 Letters of Lint, part of the Artists in Residence exhibit, Pittsburgh Center for the Arts, Pittsburgh, PA

Orphaned Spaces in the Public Realm, The Mattress Factory, Pittsburgh, PA

Winchester Thurston Faculty Show, Winchester Thurston Gallery, Pittsburgh, PA

2001 Dog and Pony Show Beaux Arts Ball, Garfield Artworks, Pittsburgh, PA.

Lint in the Locker Room, Aliquippa Embraces Art, Aliquippa, PA

2000 From Foundation to Ornamentation, Lancaster Museum of Art, Lancaster, PA

Black Sheep Puppet Exhibit, Brew House Space 101, Pittsburgh, PA

LINT, FLUX #3 at Level, a Celebrate Pittsburgh event, Pittsburgh, PA

Portraits of Essence, Horizons Gallery, Pittsburgh, PA

Lint Hunt & Find, FLUX #1, a Celebrate Pittsburgh event, Pittsburgh, PA

1999 the Doll Show, Garfield Artworks, Pittsburgh, PA

Puppet/Puppeteer, Brew House Space 101, Pittsburgh, PA

Off the Walls, Pittsburgh Center for the Arts, Pittsburgh, PA

Kids+Art+Growth, Brew House Space 101, Pittsburgh, PA

1998-2002 Off the Walls, Pittsburgh Center for the Arts, Pittsburgh, PA (invited 5 years in a row)

1998 From Foundation to Ornamentation, ARC Gallery, Chicago, IL

COMMUNITY ARTMAKING PROJECTS:

2004 Launched Everyday Art Assignments at www.everydayart.org in March.

Produced The First Night Pittsburgh Community Pageant and Parade, Pittsburgh, PA

1993-2004 The National Lint Project, which includes Lint in the Laundromat at Duds ‘N Suds, Pittsburgh, PA.

1999-2004 Spring Hill Puppet Project, an ongoing series of works at a Pittsburgh Public Elementary School.

2002 Black Sheep Puppet Festival Community Performance, IAC Garage at the Brewhouse, Pittsburgh, PA.

1997-2002 Detroit Festival of the Arts Grand Procession, an annual project, Detroit, MI.

1999-2001 The People’s Procession, coordinator and community workshop presenter, First Night, Pittsburgh, PA.

1997-1999 Community Artist, Penn Hills Quality Community Project, Penn Hills, PA

1993-1996 Children and Youth Day Procession, Central Pennsylvania Festival of the Arts, State College, PA.

GRANTS/AWARDS/FELLOWSHIPS:

2004 The Heinz Endowments Small Arts Initiative grant for Colorfast, a Fuzzy Boundary Production

The Pittsburgh Foundation Individual Artist Grant for work on Colorfast

Pennsylvania Council on the Arts Grant for a Residency at Spring Hill Elementary School, PPS.

Pennsylvania Council on the Arts Grant for a Residency at two Bethel Park Elementary Schools

Pennsylvania Council on the Arts Grant for a Residency at St. Bead's School

Pennsylvania Council on the Arts Grant for a Residency at Aliquippa Middle School School

2003 Pennsylvania Council on the Arts Pennsylvania Partners in the Arts Grant for Lint in the Laundromat

Pittsburgh Center for the Arts Matching Grant for Lint in the Laundromat

The Sprout Fund Grant for Everyday Art Assignments

Pennsylvania Council on the Arts Grant for a Residency at Black Hawk Middle School

Pennsylvania Council on the Arts Grant for a Residency at Spring Hill Elementary School, PPS.

Pennsylvania Council on the Arts Grant for a Residency at Rochester Elementary School.

Pennsylvania Council on the Arts Grant for a Residency in Haine Elementary School, Seneca Valley.

Pennsylvania Council on the Arts Grant for a Residency at Perry High School, PPS.

2002 Pennsylvania Council on the Arts Pennsylvania Partners in the Arts Grant for Lint in the Laundromat

Pittsburgh Center for the Arts Matching Grant for Lint in the Laundromat

The Sprout Fund Grant for Live from the Laundromat

Pennsylvania Council on the Arts Residency Grants for Residency at Beaver Fall High School.

Pennsylvania Council on the Arts Grant for a Residency at The Winchester Thurston School, Shadyside.

Pennsylvania Council on the Arts Grant for a Residency at Hyde Elementary School, Moon.

“Best of the ‘Burgh” award from WQED-TV and Pittsburgh Magazine

2001-2002 Pittsburgh Center for the Arts Community Artist Fellowship funded by The Heinz Endowments

2001 Pennsylvania Council on the Arts Pennsylvania Partners in the Arts Grant for Lint in the Laundromat

“Cleanest Theatrical Production” for Mismatched Pair from the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette

Pittsburgh Foundation Project Grant for Beneath the Light

1992 Penn State University Creative Achievement Award

SELECTED PRESENTATIONS:

2004 Panelist, Critical Issues for Teaching Artists and Those who Work with Them,

National Performing Arts Convention, Pittsburgh, PA

2003 Art Education in a Laundromat, National Art Education Association, Minneapolis, MN

The Spring Hill Puppet Project, National Art Education Association, Minneapolis, MN

The National Lint Project: One Artist’s Journey, Marywood College, Scranton, PA

2002 Notes from the Community Artist Fellow, National Art Education Association, Miami, FL

Welcome and Introduction Program, PA Council on the Arts Partners Convention (west), Indiana, PA

The National Lint Project, North Penn Art Alliance Fine Arts Series, Philadelphia, PA

The National Lint Project, Talk Tuesday, Pittsburgh Center for the Art, Pittsburgh, PA

2001 Building Puppets/Building Community, Pennsylvania Art Education Association, Pittsburgh, PA

1993 Postmodernism in Popular Culture, Department of Art Education, Penn State University, PA

PERFORMANCES

2004 Colorfast, Full-length World Premiere as part of the Pittsburgh International Children's Theater Performance Series at The Byham Theater and other venues around the city of Pittsburgh (created with Van Aken and Levine)

2003 Colorfast, (Created with Van Aken and Levine) Duds 'N Suds and Hothouse, Pittsburgh

2002 Laundry Conversations, Duds ‘N Suds Laundromat, Pittsburgh, PA

Dance Contest Tonight, Black Sheep Puppet Festival, Pittsburgh, PA

Live from the Laundromat, (Created with Kellee Van Aken) Duds ‘N Suds Laundromat, Pittsburgh, PA

2001 Lint Guys Dance, (Created with Staycee Walters) Black Sheep Puppet Festival, Pittsburgh, PA

Performed again at Penn Avenue Arts Festival, Penn Ave. Arts Initiative, Pittsburgh, PA, 2002.

Beneath the Light, (Created with Laurie Tarter) City Theatre’s 4x5 Festival, Pittsburgh, PA

2000 Mismatched Pair, (Created with Kellee Van Aken) Black Sheep Puppet Festival, Pittsburgh, PA

Performed again at the Women’s Work Festival, Point Park College, Pittsburgh, PA, 2001

Performed again at the Philadelphia Fringe Festival, Philadelphia, PA, 2002

Performed again at The Carnegie Museum of Art, Pittsburgh, PA 2003

PUPPETMAKER/PUPPETEER

2003 Puppetocracy and the Media, Christian Jankowski, Carnegie Museum of Art, Pittsburgh, PA

2002 Fancy Dancers for Pittsburgh Center for the Arts Cultural Awards Gala, Pittsburgh, PA

Chatham Baroque Twelfth Night Celebration, Pittsburgh, PA

2001 The Winter’s Tale, Unseam’d Shakespeare Company, Pittsburgh, PA

1999 Building Magic, Gateway to the Arts, currently touring Western Pennsylvania Schools

1998 Flaming Creatures, Jack Smith Exhibit opening, Warhol Museum, Pittsburgh, PA

WRITTEN WORK:

Notes from the Community Artist Fellow, acp@pca newsletter, vol. 2.2, June, 2002.

Pittsburgh Center for the Arts Community Artist Fellowship Report: Documentation Project 2001--2002

Lintletters, founder and editor, biannual newsletter of The National Lint Project, 2000-present

COLLECTIONS/COMMISSIONS:

Good Grief Center, Carnegie Library of Homestead, Homestead, PA

GNC National Resolution Sculpture for First Night, Pittsburgh, PA

Central Pennsylvania Festival of the Arts, State College, PA

Detroit Festival of the Arts, Detroit, MI

First Night Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA

Pittsburgh International Children’s Festival, Pittsburgh, PA

Pittsburgh Center for the Arts, Pittsburgh, PA

Over 100 private collections around the country.

EDUCATION:

1996 M Ed Art Education Penn State University

1992 BA Integrative Arts Penn State University (with distinction)

1999 Lincoln Center Aesthetic Training for Teaching Artists, New York, NY.

1997 Galef Foundation Leadership Seminar, Los Angeles, CA.

1993 Giant Puppetmaking Workshop with master puppetmaker Sara Peattie, Penn State University.

REFERENCES ON REQUEST