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