The Joy of Revision

Professional

Whidbey Island Writers’ Association(2005-08)
MFA Creative Writing -- Professor of Nonfiction

Centrum Writers’ Conference(2002)
Non-Fiction Faculty

Western Washington University(2002)
Visiting Professor

North Cascades Institute(1995-2008)
Workshop Instructor

Washington State Arts Commission(1995-97)
Artist-In-Resident

Audubon, Sierra Club, Centrum Center for the Arts, The Nature Conservancy(1992-99)
Workshop Instructor

Washington Commission for the Humanities(1993-95)
Speaker

Skagit Valley College(1992-94)
Literature Professor

US National Park Service, Glacier Bay National Park(1991)
Naturalist Ranger

US National Park Service, Kenai Fjords National Park(1989)
Naturalist & Oil Spill Public Information Ranger

Additional Professional Experience
Museum of Fine Arts, Curator of Contemporary Art, Santa Fe, NM
Running Ridge Fine Crafts Gallery, Assistant Director, Santa Fe, NM
The Colorado College, Assistant Professor of Art Education, Colorado Springs, CO
Wichita State University, College of Fine Arts, Assistant Professor, Wichita KS
Texas Arts Commission, Writer-in-Residence, Temple/Buda,TX
LaGuna Gloria Art Museum, Workshop leader, Austin, TX
Pennsylvania State University, Graduate Assistant Instructor, Art Education, State College, PA
Penn State University, Title II Consultant/Teacher, Huntington, PA
University of Iowa, Intermedia Arts Grant, Rockefeller Grant, Iowa City, IA
Hampshire Country School, Arts Counselor, Rindge, NH
(for emotionally disturbed, exceptionally bright students)

Awards and Residencies
Schoenfeldt Distinguished Writers Series guest, University of Portland, OR
Andres Berger Award for “Becoming Water”, Seattle Arts Commission
Ludwig Volgelstein Foundation Grant for Writers
Washington Governor's Author's Award
Carnegie Grant for Writers
Seattle Arts Commission Diverse Views Award
Best of Drawing Award, Colorado Springs Fine Arts Center, CO
Nat’l Department of Education and the Arts, Fellowship for Graduate Work

Residency, Ucross Foundation, Ucross, WY
Residency, Island Institute, Sitka, AK
Centrum Residency, Port Townsend, WA
Residency, Cottages at Hedgebrook, WA

Exhibiting Artist
Rancho de Taos Show, Museum of Fine Arts, Santa Fe, NM
Santa Fe Festival for the Arts, NM
Armory Exhibition, Santa Fe, NM
Invitational, Colorado Springs Fine Arts Center, CO
Group & Individual exhibits:
Colorado, New Mexico, Texas, Kansas and Pennsylvania

Education
Pennsylvania State University: Ph.D. in Art Education
University of Iowa Writer's Workshop: M.F.A.
Cornell College: B.A. in Art and English
Corcoran School of Art: summer art program abroad

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Richard Hugo House is a center for the literary arts that supports writers of all ages and backgrounds and promotes the creation of new writing. Hugo House nurtures writers and readers and brings innovative writing classes to people from every background. Starting in 2006 we began a new initiative to promote new writing across all our programs and to devote one program, the Hugo Literary Series, solely to new commissioned work. Richard Hugo House offers classes, residencies and events. Through our classes, including our flagship program, Hugo Writing Classes, we provide opportunities for writers from age eight to eighty to practice and build their writing skills in supportive, creative and stimulating classrooms. Our residencies offer established writers stipends and/or space to support their work; in exchange, these writers hold office hours and consult free of charge with anyone in the city and region who seek their expertise. Events include our annual Hugo Literary Series, which invites established and up-and-coming writers to create new work and debut it here; the Hugo Writers Fund, a granting program that provides new and emerging writers with space and/or honoraria to produce their own events and premiere new work; and the Hugo Zine Archive and Publishing Project, which maintains a library of over 11,000 handmade and independent publications and offers workshops and classes through an annual DIY Academy.

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