Professional Experience

ZipCo Environmental Services Inc & Whiners Inc, Partner - Wine storage businesses (1983 - Present)

The Expressive Hand, Paint-Your-Own-Pottery Studio, Owner/Operator - Premier Pottery Studio in Philadelphia, PA (2009 - 2022)

Education

In-Person Workshop with Master Felter Fiona Duthie, Newfoundland (June 2025)

Byrdcliffe Communal Artist Residency, Woodstock NY (August 2025)

Sculptural Workshop with renowned Dutch Artist & Teacher Marjolein Dallinga (June 2023)

In-Person Felting Retreat with NorthEast Feltmaker’s Guild, Poconos PA (April 2022) Special Class with Natalya Brashovetska

In-Person Felting Retreat with NorthEast Feltmaker’s Guild, Catskills NY (September 2021)

Various Online Workshops with teachers around the world exploring various techniques & fibers. Teachers Include: Aniko Boros (Hungary), Pam DeGroot (Australia), Judit Pocs (Hungary), and Lisa Klakulak (USA), Remote (March 2020 - Present)

Online Class with Lena Archbold “Felting with Viscose” (October 2019)

Online Classes with Fiona Duthie: “Felted Garmets” (April 2019), “Surface Techniques” (November 2018), “Felting Over the Edge” (January 2018), “Felted bags and resists” (November 2017)

Several Classes in Papermaking, Fleisher Art Memorial (1990s)

Bachelor of Arts, American Studies, Franklin & Marshall College, Lancaster PA (1979)

Previous Exhibitions

View my previous exhibitions here

Teaching Opportunities

Various workshops through Mt. Airy Learning Tree taught at Woodmere Art Museum (2023 - Present)

Several workshops at Fleisher Art Memorial, Philadelphia PA (2023 - Present)

Several workshops at Mainline Art Center, Haverford PA (2023 - Present)

Workshop at DaVinci Art Alliance, Philadelphia PA (December 2022)

Presentation on the History, Science, and Functionality of Wet Felting, The Philadelphia Guild of Handweavers (March 2022)

3-Hour Hands on Workshop on Felted Bracelets, where every participant came away with one wearable piece of art, The Philadelphia Guild of Handweavers (April 2022)

Affiliations

NorthEast Feltmakers Guild, Treasurer - A collaborative home for Fiber artists in the North East United States

ArtSisters of Philly - An organization of visual artists who work in a variety of media and styles

Philadelphia Guild of Handweavers - Leader of the Felter’s Special Interest Group

DaVinci Art Alliance, Member (2019 - 2025)

Women’s Caucus for Art, Philadelphia Chapter, Secretary of the Board of Directors (2018 - 2022)