Teaching Resume
Professional Summery
With 40+ years of teaching experience, I’ve had the pleasure of many venues: my private art program of 25 years called EXPLORATIONS: Classes in Creative Development, public and private schools, universities and colleges, the Omega Institute, Elderhostel and most recently for the Maine Wabanaki-State Truth and Reconciliation Commission. My experience also includes using art as a tool for healing which has led me to work with incarcerated women, breast cancer survivors, young alcoholics and addicts, at-risk teen girls and abused women. I’ve published two award-winning books on art and healing and have a career as an exhibiting artist. More recently I have created two new books: A HEART STORY and an accompanying Coloring Book version to work through the stages of loss through betrayal. They are available on my Home Page.
Education
1972-1974, Indiana University, Bloomington, Indiana
M.F.A., Sculpture, Summa Cum Laude
1968-1972, Tyler School of Art, Temple University, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
B.F.A., Ed., Sculpture/Education, Magna Cum Laude
1970-1971, Tyler School of Art in Rome, Italy Junior Year Abroad
1967-1968, International School of Bangkok, Thailand, High School Diploma with Honors
Professional Art and Healing Teaching Experience
2019 ART OF THE HEART, a workshop for the “communities of practice” course by Pamela Boyce Simms
2018 BRINGING THE SHADOW TO LIGHT, Pendle Hill Conference Center, One day workshop
2018 ARTIST-IN-RESIDENCE, “Artist as Inventor - Artist as Empath,” Quakertown Community School District, grades 1-12.
2018 MICHENER MUSEUM, Doylestown. “Ladies Night Out” and “Coil Drawing” 3 week course.
2015-2016 CLAYMOBILE, classes for incarcerated youth, Philadelphia, PA
1990- 2014– EXPLORATIONS, Classes in Creative Development, Founder and Owner of Private Art program grades
1 –12 and adult classes and workshops
2001 (summer) Adjunct Professor, University of New England, Masters of Science in Education Program
1999 – 2003, MAHOOSUC MOUNTAIN SCHOOL, private Middle School, Fine Arts teacher
1995-2002, OMEGA INSTITUTE FOR HOLISTIC STUDIES, Rhinebeck, New York. Taught courses in the Holistic Studies Program for the staff as well as five different catalog courses.
1992-2001, ARTIST-IN-RESIDENCIES,
1992-1998 - SAD #44, Bethel, Maine
1997-1998 - Durham School, Durham, Maine
1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999 - Omega Institute, Rhinebeck, New York,
2000 - West Bethel Children’s Center
2001 - Mahoosuc Montessori, Bethel, Maine
2001 - Bethel Pre-School, Bethel, Maine
1997 - Designed and taught TEACHER TRAINING-“CREATIVITY,” Durham School District, Durham, Maine
1991-1992 - PERU ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, K-8, Peru, Maine, Art Teacher
1988-1991, F.O.C.U.S. CREATIVE AND TALENTED Program, SAD #44, Bethel, ME
Program development and teaching district wide
1991-1993 - CENTER FOR ALTERNATIVE LEARNING, Rumford, ME, Art Courses
1988-1993 - ELDERHOSTEL,
1993 - Bryant Pond Conservation School, Bryant Pond, ME
1989, 1990, 1991- Gould Academy, Bethel, ME
1987, 1988 - Sunday River Inn, Newry, ME
1974-1986 - SRINGFIELD TOWNSHIP SCHOOL DISTRICT, Oreland, Pennsylvania,
full-time art teacher, High School 74-86, Middle School/HS 84-85, HS/Elementary 85-86
1972- 1974 - INDIANA UNIVERSITY, Bloomington, Indiana, Associate Instructor while in Graduate School
Presentations and Workshops involving Social Justice and Healing
2023, Rutgers University, lecture on Allyship as part of An Indigenous Perspective on a Just Community
2022 and 2021, Widener College, Lecture on Native American History for a Global Health course
2021, Widener College, Faculty Decolonization Training
2019, Pendle Hill Conference Center, Building Greater Understanding About Native American History
2019, Princeton Summer Intensive: Integrating Arts Respectfully when Teaching Native American History
2017 thru 2020, New Jersey Council for the Humanities Grant, Building Greater Understanding About Native American History,
given at several venues including Faith communities, schools, historical society and community groups.
2016, United Friends School, Quakertown, PA, "Honoring Community: An Account of Truth and Reconciliation"
2012- 2015, Community Engagement Coordinator for Maine-Wabanaki REACH, in support of the Maine Wabanaki-State Child Welfare Truth and Reconciliation Commission. Teaching Maine communities about the history, necessity and process of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission for what happened to native children in the child welfare system.
2015, Art and Healing Workshops on two Wabanaki Reservations, Indian Island and Sipayik, Maine
2015, FRIENDS SCHOOL OF PORTLAND, “Parenting for Peace Lecture Series”
2014, UNIVERSITY OF NEW ENGLAND, “Art and Justice, Trauma and Transformation.” Slide Lecture sponsored by Maine Women Writers Collective, Portland, Maine
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZcRyqvfhbDQ
2013, UNIVERSITY OF NEW ENGLAND, Panel Discussion, “Maine Women Pioneers Worldview”
Portland, Maine
2012, EMMANUEL COLLEGE, “Recovery Through Creativity,’ slide lecture, Boston
“Art and Social Justice,” slide lecture
2011, UNIVERISTY OF DELAWARE, “Art and Transformation,” “Therapeutic Communication,” “Mask-making,” lectures and workshops for Sexual Assault Awareness Month, Newark, DE
2010, UNIVERSITY OF MAINE, PRESQUE ISLE, Gallery Lecture, Reed Gallery, “Art and Transformation” a one- day workshop, Mask-making workshop, Presque Isle, Maine
2010, PECHA KUCHA, Space Gallery, Portland, ME
2010, UCC CLERGY RETREAT, “Creativity and Spirituality,” Living Waters Spiritual Center, Winslow, ME
2010, UNIVERSITY OF NEW ENGLAND, “Spirituality, Creativity and Recovery,” talk and
workshop, Biddeford Campus, Maine
2009, BANGOR RE-ENTRY PROGRAM, “Tapping the Inner Well” workshop for incarcerated women near the end of the their sentences, Bangor, Maine
2009, UNITED UNIVERSALIST CHURCH, “Spirituality, Creativity and Recovery,” slide talk, Augusta, Maine
2009, “Speak Out” Keynote Speaker, R.E.A.C.H., (Rape Education and Crises Hotline) Norway, Maine
2009, VoxPhotographs, “Finding Ground” series of eight gallery talks, April, Portland, Maine
2008, MISSION CREEK CORRECTIONAL CENTER FOR WOMEN, two week-long workshops for incarcerated women, Belfair, Washington
2007, KING MONGKUT’S UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY, Kmutt School of Architecture and Design, Slide Presentation and DVD of A Body Story to Visual Media Class, Bangkok, Thailand
2007, INTERNATIONAL SCHOOL OF BANGKOK, Slide Lecture and Talk, Bangkok, Thailand
2007, TAIPEI AMERICAN SCHOOL, Artist in Residence, Solo Exhibit, Evening Lecture and Book Signing, Taipei, Taiwan
2007, MAINE WOMEN’S NETWORK, “Integrating Our Professional and Spiritual Lives,” Slide Presentation and Talk, Bethel, Maine
2007, GRAY WOLF RANCH, “Spirituality, Creativity and Recovery, Slide Presentation and Talk, Port Townsend, Washington, Residential Treatment Center of Substance Abuse
2007, CENTRUM ART CENTER, “Whatever!” Middle School one week residential arts program, Port Townsend, WA, presenter
2006, BROWNING BOOK CLUB, Book for November, “A Body Story,” Norway, Maine, speaker
2006, GODDARD COLLEGE, “Embodiment Colloquy”, “A Body Story,” DVD presentation and slide talk, August, Plainfield, Vermont, presenter
2006, COPPER CANYON ACADEMY, “Cast a Mask,” “Tapping the Inner Well” week long workshops, July & December, Slide Presentation and Talk, Rimrock, Arizona, speaker and presenter
2006, COMMUNITY TELEVISION NETWORK, DVD of “A Body Story” and slide presentation , in conjunction with Sexual Assault Service of Southern Maine, April, Portland, Maine, speaker
2006, “CAST A MASK,” two day workshop, Port Townsend, WA, January, presenter
2006, CENTRUM ART CENTER, “Whatever!” Middle School two week residential arts program, March, Port Townsend, WA, presenter
2005, GUILFORD COLLEGE, “A YEAR OF SPIRIT AND SPIRITUALITY,” slide talk, DVD presentation and workshops, Greensboro, NC
2005, WOMEN’S STUDIES COURSE, A Body Story, Slide talk and DVD presentation, Central Maine Community College, Auburn, ME
2005, VOICES IN ACTION, 25th Anniversary Conference, presenter, Slide talk and DVD presentation ofA Body Story, Cincinnati, Ohio
2004, JUSTICE WORKS, Workshops for formerly incarcerated women. Followed by exhibit at Poetry Slam at Joseph Papp Theatre, New York City, April, presenter
2003, R.E.A.C.H. (Rape Education and Crises Hotline) Annual Spring Benefit Luncheon, KEYNOTE for “Celebrating the Human Form," Bethel Inn and Country Club, Bethel, Maine
2003, GUILFORD COLLEGE, “SOCIAL CHANGE THROUGH THE ARTS”, a Conference Exploring Art and Spirituality as Media for Social Change, Greensboro, North Carolina, March, presenter
2002, “WOMEN AND POWER”, Three Day Summit and Retreat at the Omega Institute for Holistic Studies, presenter for two Art Workshops, Rhinebeck, New York
2002, “HONORING CHANGE”, Falmouth Quarter Friends Women’s Retreat, Portland Friends Meetinghouse, Portland, Maine, art workshop Presenter
2001, SLIDE TALK at ARTQUAKE, Celebration of the Arts, 15th Street Friends Meeting, New York, New York
2001, SPEAKER FOR VISUAL ARTS CAREER, Northern Oxford County Area Counselors Career Day, Telstar Regional High School, Bethel, Main
2000, SPEAKER FOR OXFORD HILLS RETIRED TEACHERS ASSOCIATION, Locke Mills, Maine
2000, “TAPPING THE INNER WELL”, Alamance Regional Medical Center, Burlington, North Carolina, workshop for survivors of cancer
2000, “TO CHERISH OUR BODIES”, series of five slide shows presented in GREAT BRITIAN sponsored by English Quaker Meetings
2000, NEVOLA SYMPOSIUM ON HEALING AND THE ARTS, Maine-DartmouthFamily Practice Residency, Waterville, Maine, presenter
2000, MASK WORKSHOP, R.E.A.C.H., Norway, Maine
2000, GUILFORD COLLEGE, “QUAKERS IN THE ARTS CONFERENCE,” Greensboro, North Carolina, March, presenter
1997, INTERFACE, “To Cherish Our Bodies” workshop, Cambridge, Massachusetts, presenter
1996, Wellness Center, Cailis, Maine, “To Cherish Our Bodies,” workshop, presenter
Awards
2014, Lifetime Achievement Award, Bethel Chamber of Commerce, Bethel, Maine
2012, Honorary Artist of the Year, Bethel Art Fair, Bethel, Maine
2012, Spotlight Award, COLOR MAGAZINE #89, March, Portfolio Contest
2011, Merit Award, COLOR MAGAZINE #13, May, Single Image Contest
2010, GOLD MEDAL, Independent Publishers Book Awards, for Finding
Ground: Girls and Women in Recovery, Category: Inspirational/Spiritual
2010, Merit Award, COLOR MAGAZINE,#7, May, Single Image Contest
2009, Merit Award, COLOR MAGAZINE,#4 November, Portfolio Contest
2006 Outstanding Book of the Year Nomination by the Independent
Publishers Book Awards. Awarded Honorable Mention for Most Life-
Changing for A Body Story.
1994 Awarded a Maine State Arts Commission, One Percent for Art
for the Crescent Park School, Bethel, Maine
1972 Philadelphia Teachers Association, Outstanding Student Teacher, Temple University