900 Douglass St.
Murphysboro, IL 62966
618-687-3791
LEARNING
1992 MFA, Southern Illinois University, Carbondale, IL
1985 BFA Equivalent, Southwest Missouri State University, Cape Girardeau, MO
1967 BA, Grinnell College, Grinnell, IA
TEACHING & WORKING
2000-Present DO U GLASS Hot Shop: Built & Operated with Cameron Smith
Glassblowing, lessons, workshops & occasional demonstrations
1993-Present DOUGLASS SCHOOL ART PLACE: Founded with Gretel Chapman
On-going restoration of historic school into artists’ studios, exhibition
and performance spaces, a sculpture garden and glassblowing studio.
1992-1995 Adjunct Instructor, SIU-C, Carbondale, IL:
Weekly workshop for beginning glassblowing students
1989-1997 Mobile Glassblowing Unit, SIU-C: Demonstrations & Workshops:
Illinois: Carbondale, Art Train, Arts in Celebration; Decatur,
Spring Arts Festival & Rend Lake, Southern
Illinois Artisans Shop Spring Festival
Indiana: Evansville Mayfest
Missouri: Louisiana, Autumn Colorfest
North Carolina: Winston-Salem, Sawtooth Center for the Arts
Texas: Beaumont, Art Museum of Southeast Texas, Glass Festival
Wisconsin: Neenah-Menasha Art Museum, Art Train
EXHIBITIONS
Award
Best of Glass
2004 Cedarhurst Craft Fair, Mt. Vernon, IL, Best of Show
2002 The Cutting Edge, Maiden Alley Cinema Gallery, Paducah, KY
2002 Cedarhurst Craft Fair, Mt. Vernon, IL, Best of Glass
2000 The Douglass School @ Mungo Jerry’s Fat Cat Café, Murphysboro, IL
1999 The People’s Art Show Again, Douglass School Art Place, Murphysboro, IL
(Co-Curator)
1997 Another People’s Art Show, Douglass School Art Place, Murphysboro, IL
(Co-Curator)
1995 People’s Art Show, Douglass School Art Place, Murphysboro, IL
(Co-Curator)
1994 Women in Glass, Portia Gallery, Chicago, IL
1993 Illinois Ozark Craft Exhibition, SIU-C, Carbondale, IL
Illinois Arts Week Invitational, Carbondale Public Library, Carbondale, IL
15th Biennial Southern Illinois Artists, Mitchell Museum, Mt. Vernon, IL
Second Prize
Visiting Artists Exhibition, Sawtooth Center for the Arts, Winston-Salem, NC
Glass at Twenty, A Creative Synthesis, SIU-C, Carbondale, IL
1992 Glassworks, Sycamore Gallery, Indianapolis, IN
Magistra Ludi, MFA Thesis Exhibition, SIU-C, Carbondale, IL
Illinois Ozark Craft Exhibition, Associated Artists Gallery, Carbondale, IL
1991 Liquid Sand: Exquisite Glass Goblets, Tempe Arts Center, Tempe, AZ
1990 Crafts ‘90, Paducah Art Guild Gallery, Paducah, KY Merit Award
1989 Illinois Ozark Craft Exhibition, SIU-C, Carbondale, IL
1988 Southern Glassworks at Paducah, Markethouse Gallery, Paducah, KY
Crafts ‘88, Paducah Art Guild Gallery, Paducah, KY
Illinois Ozark Craft Exhibition, SIU-C, Carbondale, IL
1987 Boston Printmakers’ 39th North American Print Exhibition, Boston, MA
1985 SEMO University Student Exhibition, Cape Girardeau, MO
Pan-Missouri Invitational Student Exhibition, Springfield, MO
Crafts ’84, Paducah Art Guild Gallery, Paducah, KY
1983 SEMO University Student Exhibition, Cape Girardeau, MO First Prize
1982 SEMO University Student Exhibition, Cape Girardeau, MO