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ARTIST

• 44 years experience: drawing, painting, printmaking, photography, sculpture, and installation.
• Included in 183 exhibitions in 19 states, Guam, and Washington DC.
• 31 solo exhibitions: Anchorage Museum, Alaska State Museum, Bunnell Street Arts Center, Alaska Pacific University, University of Alaska Anchorage, Kenai Peninsula College, Wells Street Gallery, International Gallery of Contemporary Art, and others.
• Selected for 45 invitational/juried exhibitions at the Anchorage Museum.
• Named as one of the “most successful” artists in All-Alaska Juried Exhibition- 1976-2006 by Wanda Seamster’s Visual Dog.
• Recipient of more than 40 awards, honors and museum purchases.
• Anchorage Mayor’s Arts Award 2006: Excellence in Artistic Discipline.
• Recognized by Anchorage Mayor/ Municipal Assembly Resolution for “devotion to Anchorage in support of art and artists” 2004.
• Ken Gray Award- Artistic Achievement: International Gallery of Contemporary Art, 1998.
• Included in public collections: Municipal and State 1% for Art collections, Alaska State Museum, University of Alaska Museum, Anchorage Museum, Alaska Contemporary Art Bank, Del Mar College of Texas, Hawaii Foundation on Culture/Arts, Kenai Convention and Visitor’s Bureau.
• Seven works in the permanent collection of the Anchorage Museum.

TEACHING/WRITING

• 45 years teaching experience, 1964- present: K-12 and college levels
• Wisconsin (1964-1969), Guam (1969-71), Alaska (1971-present).
• Adjunct Art Faculty: University of Alaska Anchorage, Matanuska-Susitna College, Chapman College, Alaska Pacific University, and Anchorage Museum.
• Supervising Teacher: UAA Teacher Intern Program, 1972-1978.
• Anchorage Teacher of the Year, 1987.
• Art Correspondent: Anchorage Press, Art Matters, Visual Dog.
• Anchorage Daily News Art Reviewer, 2003-present.

ARTS ADMINISTRATION

• Anchorage Museum Art Acquisition Committee member: 2006- present.
• Co-owner/manager, Decker/Morris Gallery, Anchorage, 1994-2004.
• Co-owner/manager, Center for Contemporary Visual Art of Alaska 2004.
• Co-director, International Gallery of Contemporary Art, 2000- 2008.
• Co-director, ION (International at Out North) 2007.
• Artists In Schools Coordinator, Alaska State Council on Arts, 1997-2001.
• President, Anchorage Education Association, 1975-1976.

EDUCATION

• B.A. Art Education, Carthage College, 1967.
• M.A. Art, University of Guam, 1972.
• M.L.A. Southern Methodist University, 1982.
• M.F.A. Vermont College of Fine Arts, 2009.