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EDUCATION

2001 Master of Science, EducationCalifornia State University, Hayward, California

1989 Bachelor of Fine ArtsBoston University, Boston, Massachusetts

ARTIST RESIDENCIES

2007 Joshua Tree Highlands House Joshua Tree, California

2005 Hot Springs National Park Hot Springs, Arkansas

2005 Eugene O’Neill National Historic Site, Las Trampas Wilderness Danville, California

2004 Auschwitz Jewish Center Oswiecim, Poland

2003 Middle European Colony of Contemporary Arts Terezín, Czech Republic

GRANTS AND AWARDS

2007, 2004 & 2002 JFCS Zisovich Award for Holocaust Education

2004 & 2002 Fromer Award for the Arts

2003 Ella Lyman Cabot Trust Grant

PUBLISHED ART

2007 The Promised Bride, Poetry by Jehanne Dubrow, Finishing Line Press, Georgetown, KY

2007 Prarie Schooner , Spring Edition,Volume 81, Number 1

2005 Hartford Courant, Sunday, December 4, Lead photo, Travel Section

2005 Zyzzyva, The Last Word: West Coast Writers and Artists, Fall 2005, Volume XXI, Issue 2

2003 Resource Magazine: A Guide to Jewish Life in the Bay Area, 2003/5763, 14th Edition

2002 The Jewish Bulletin of Northern California, Weeks of 3/22/02, 9/06/02, 11/29/02

SOLO EXHIBITIONS

2008 San Mateo City Hall Gallery, San Mateo, California

2007 Cantoo, Inc., Berkeley, California

Lanesplitter, Oakland, California

2006 Peninsula Jewish Community Center, Foster City, California

Osher Marin Jewish Community Center (Taube Foundation Grant), San Rafael, California

2004 Auschwitz Jewish Center, Oswiecim, Poland

2003 Middle European Colony of Contemporary Arts, Terezín, Czech Republic

2002 Aurora Theatre, Berkeley, California

GROUP EXHIBITIONS

2008 ARTworkSF, ‘Art Soup 14’ Bayshore Studios San Francisco, California

Women of the Book, ‘Jewish Women Recording, Reflecting, Revisioning’ Emek HaElah, Israel

San Mateo City Hall Art Gallery, ‘Red’ San Mateo, California

2007 Mill Valley Art Commission, ‘Click-Off’ Mill Valley, California

Artisans Art Gallery, ‘All Mixed Up’ San Rafael, California

ProArts Gallery, ‘Four Play: Oakland Collaborative, ProArts Open Studios’ Oakland, California

Merced County Arts Council, ‘California Centered: The Environment’ Merced, California

Coastal Arts League Museum, ‘Through A Lens: Life in Motion’ Half Moon Bay, California

University of San Francisco School of Law, ‘Creative Justice Art Show’ San Francisco, California

Jewish Community Library, ‘All About Books’ San Francisco, California

2006Jewish Community Library, ‘Freud, Moses and Monotheism’ San Francisco, California

Xoma (US) LLC, ‘Landscapes’ Berkeley, California

2005 Alameda Art Center, ‘California Landscapes’ Alameda, California

Hot Springs National Park, ‘Permanent Exhibition, Artist in Residence’ Hot Springs, Arkansas

Danville Fine Arts Gallery, ‘Tao House Artist Exhibit’ Danville, California

Alameda Art Center, ‘The Light & The Dark’ Alameda, California

Cabrillo Gallery, ‘California Black & White’ Aptos, California

Long Beach Arts, ‘Imaginary Spaces/Real Places’ Long Beach, California

2003 ProArts Gallery, ‘New Visions: Introductions 03’ Oakland, California

2002 Period Gallery, ‘Spiritual Art V’ Omaha, Nebraska

Isaacs Gallery, Osher Marin JCC, ‘By Women’s Hand’ San Rafael, California

ProArts Gallery , ‘Life or…? Visions of the Hopi Prophecy’ Oakland, California

Sight and Insight Art Center, ‘Visions, Voices’ Mill Valley, California

TEACHING/PROGRAMMING

Lecturer Limmud Conference, University of Nottingham Nottingham, England 2002

Education Director Temple Beth Torah, Fremont, California 1996 – 2000

Arts Educator Summer Arts, Camp Swig Saratoga, California 1996

Assistant Director Beth Chaim School, Danville, California 1994 – 1996

Director of Children’s Theater Jewish Community Center, Oakland, California 1991

Director, Teen Social Action Video Project Jewish Community Center, Oakland, California 1991

Documentary Photographer NAMES Project AIDS Memorial Quilt Installation, Washington, DC 1989

Director of Photography Camp Swig, Saratoga, California 1989