Teaching Credential:

NC Profressional Teaching License

State of Connecticut Professional Educator, Art, Preschool - Grade 12

Education:

American Academy of Equine Artists Pastel Workshops, The Kentucky Horsepark, Lexington KY, Workshops and Residency, 2010, '09, '08, '07.

Daniel Greene, NA Portrait Workshop, North Salem, NY, July 2005

American Academy of Equine Artists Painting and Drawing Workshops, The Kentucky Horsepark, Lexington KY, 2000 and 2001

Brookfield Craft Center, Brookfield CT, Low-Tech Etching, Summer, 1998

Southern Connecticut State University, New Haven CT, Postgraduate Work in Art 1993-1996, M.S., Art Education, 1981

Mentor Program with Richard Kenerson, 1993-'01

University of Bridgeport, Bridgeport CT, Postgraduate Work in Art/American History, 1995-1997, B.S., Art Education, Summa Cum Laude, 1974

West Virginia Wesleyan College, Buckhannon WV, 1969-1971

Amherst Central Senior High School, Amherst NY, 1969, NYS Regents Scholar, NYS Regents Diploma

Professional Honors:

2001 Connecticut Alliance for Arts Education, DISTINGUISHED EDUCATORS AWARD

2000 Cover Artist, VISIONS: CONNECTICUT'S PROFESSIONAL ART EDUCATOR'S MAGAZINE

1991 CAEA/CONNECTICUT ART EDUCATOR OF THE YEAR