Artist; Art Space Developer; Founder & Artistic Director at InterUrban ArtHouse

GRANTS & AWARDS

2017-2019 National Endowment for the Arts ‘Our Town’ Grant

2014 “Top 100 who make Kansas City…” KC Magazine.

2014 & 2016 Brown Fields Grant EPA and Kansas Department of Health & Environment

2012-2017 Kansas Creative Arts Industry Grants

2012-2014 National Endowment for the Arts ‘Our Town’ Grant

2011 Featured Artist - ArtsKC Awards - Arts Council of Metropolitan Kansas City

2011 Featured Artist - UMKC Women's Council

2011 Volunteer of the Year Award - University of Kansas City's Women's Council

2011-2017 Green Schools Grant "ArtSmart" programming – Kansas Department of Health & Environment

2011 Green Business Award - Briarwood Elementary's Recycling & Environmental Arts Program

2009 Research Award - Hadassah–Brandeis Institute for "Memoraphilia: The Life of Jewish Artist & Storyteller Liouba Golschmann" as a part of The Reuben/Rifkin Jewish Women Writers Series: A Joint Project of the Hadassah-Brandeis Institute & The Feminist Press

2009 Recipient - Inspiration Grant - Arts Council of Metropolitan Kansas City

2009 Recipient - MAP Grant - Kansas City Artists Coalition

2009 Recipient - UMKC Women's Council Graduate Assistance Fund's Esther O. Loeb Award

1995 Valedictorian, Kansas City Art Institute.

1992- 1995 Gold Scholarship

1992-1995 Thomas Hart Benton Scholar

1993 & 1994 Binney & Smith Excellence in Art Award

1993 Chicago Art Institute.. Chicago, IL Summer Scholarship in Painting

1993 Vermont Studio Center.. Johnson, Vermont.. Spring Scholarship in Painting

EMPLOYMENT

Community ARTS Developer - ('87-'92, 2010-present, Overland Park, KS)

Present – Founder, Artistic Director - InterUrban ArtHouse

2010-2017 Executive Director, Founder – InterUrban ArtHouse – Developed a non-profit and raised over    $1,200,000 to launch and run five community programs and to purchase and renovate an industrial building into affordable studios, events and exhibitions.

Muralist, Painter, Sculptor, Artist - Self-Employed (San Francisco, CA; Minneapolis, MN; Appleton, WI; Kansas City Metro Area ('82-present)

• 2015-present Jewish Artist Fellow for Midwest Jewish Artists Laboratory
• 2011 & 2012 Ace Awards Designer for The Greater Kansas City Chamber of Commerce
• 2011 ArtsKC Awards Featured Artist & Awards Designer for The Arts Council of Metropolitan Kansas City
• Created & produced over 20 large-scale private, corporate & public murals & 2 large scale public sculptures
• Creates paintings & drawings for corporate & private collections, exhibitions & NFP events
• Designs & illustrates brochures, business cards, signs, posters & articles
• Directs ArtSmart program, bringing environmentally conscious artists into public schools to work with students
• Created & directed a traveling group exhibition, "Sorry for the Miscommunication", a three-state, multi-media exhibition featuring 31 artists from Kansas City metro area, Chicago & Wisconsin