• My love affair with creating jewelry began in 1996. After a 25-year business career, I started taking jewelry-making classes at a community art center in Atlanta. The next year I enrolled in the art department at Georgia State University, where I spent three years becoming totally addicted to art in general and jewelry design in particular.
In 2001 my husband and I moved to the beautiful western North Carolina mountains. The next year, a fellow jewelry artist invited me to share space in a downtown Asheville gallery. This marked the beginning of my career as a professional jewelry artist.
• Art Education
Georgia State University, Atlanta, GA - Jewelry design
and metalsmithing, drawing, 3-D design, art history
Atlanta College of Art, Atlanta, GA - Drawing, painting,
and 2-D design
Spruill, Chastain, and Callenwolde Art Centers, Atlanta,
GA - Jewelry, metalsmithing, and drawing
Craft schools - Arrowmont, Campbell, Penland, etc -
Jewelry design and fabrication
• Exhibits
Out of Proportion, 2011, Piedmont Craftsmen Gallery, Winston-Salem, NC
Southern Highland Craft Guild (SHCG) Focus Gallery, 2011, Folk Art Center, Asheville, NC
It's All in the Pattern, 2011, Piedmont Craftsmen Gallery, Winston-Salem, NC
New Traditions: Wearable Art, SHCG Members, 2010, Folk Art Center, Asheville, NC
New Members, 2010, Piedmont Craftsmen Gallery, Winston-Salem, NC
ArtScapes Extravaganza, 2009 & 2010, Knoxville Museum of Art, Knoxville, TN
Eco-Art, 2009, Hand in Hand Gallery, Flat Rock, NC
SHCG Focus Gallery, 2008, Folk Art Center, Asheville, NC
SHCG Members Exhibition, 2007-2008, Appalachian Regional Commission, Washington, DC
Beyond Expectations: New Members of the SHCG, 2007, Folk Art Center, Asheville, NC
In 2001 my husband and I moved to the beautiful western North Carolina mountains. The next year, a fellow jewelry artist invited me to share space in a downtown Asheville gallery. This marked the beginning of my career as a professional jewelry artist.
• Art Education
Georgia State University, Atlanta, GA - Jewelry design
and metalsmithing, drawing, 3-D design, art history
Atlanta College of Art, Atlanta, GA - Drawing, painting,
and 2-D design
Spruill, Chastain, and Callenwolde Art Centers, Atlanta,
GA - Jewelry, metalsmithing, and drawing
Craft schools - Arrowmont, Campbell, Penland, etc -
Jewelry design and fabrication
• Exhibits
Out of Proportion, 2011, Piedmont Craftsmen Gallery, Winston-Salem, NC
Southern Highland Craft Guild (SHCG) Focus Gallery, 2011, Folk Art Center, Asheville, NC
It's All in the Pattern, 2011, Piedmont Craftsmen Gallery, Winston-Salem, NC
New Traditions: Wearable Art, SHCG Members, 2010, Folk Art Center, Asheville, NC
New Members, 2010, Piedmont Craftsmen Gallery, Winston-Salem, NC
ArtScapes Extravaganza, 2009 & 2010, Knoxville Museum of Art, Knoxville, TN
Eco-Art, 2009, Hand in Hand Gallery, Flat Rock, NC
SHCG Focus Gallery, 2008, Folk Art Center, Asheville, NC
SHCG Members Exhibition, 2007-2008, Appalachian Regional Commission, Washington, DC
Beyond Expectations: New Members of the SHCG, 2007, Folk Art Center, Asheville, NC
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