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awards / grants

2007 Honorable Mention, Small Works Show, Market Street Art Center, Lockport, NY

2006 Coral Dalton Memorial Award, Buffalo Society of Artists, University of Buffalo,

Anderson Gallery, Buffalo, NY, Juror: Marie Via, Director of Exhibitions, Memorial Art Gallery

2005, 2004 Strategic Opportunity Stipend, Arts Council in Buffalo & Erie County and NYFA

2004 1st Place, Fine Arts League of Buffalo, Market Street Gallery, Lockport, NY

2003 Best of Show, Fine Arts League of Buffalo, Theodore Roosevelt Inaugural Site, Buffalo, NY

select exhibitions

2010 Niagara Frontier Art Exhibit – Kenan Center, Lockport, NY

2009 Member’s Exhibition – Carnegie Art Center, North Tonawanda, NY

2009 Buffalo Society of Artists, 113th Catalogue Exhibition – Kenan Center, Lockport, NY

2009 Buffalo Society of Artists – Artpark Gallery, Lewiston, NY

2009 Niagara Women Artists Exhibition – Niagara Arts and Cultural Center, Niagara Falls, NY

2008 The Artists Among Us – Burchfield-Penney Art Center, Buffalo, NY

2008 Buffalo Society of Artists – Artpark Gallery, Lewiston, NY

2008 Member’s Exhibition – Carnegie Art Center, North Tonawanda, NY

2008 Annual Open Studios Art Trail – Market Street Art Center, Lockport, NY

2007 Small Works Show – Market Street Center, Lockport, NY

2007 Buffalo Society of Artists, 111th Catalogue Exhibition – Premier Annex Gallery, Clarence, NY

2006 Figures! – Market Street Art Center, Lockport, NY

2006 Landscapes! – Partners In Art Gallery, N. Tonawanda, NY

2006 Buffalo Society of Artists – Niagara County Community College, Sanborn, NY

2006 Buffalo Society of Artists, 110th Catalogue Exhibition – University of Buffalo Anderson Gallery, Buffalo, NY, Juror: Marie Via, Director of Exhibitions, Memorial Art Gallery, Rochester, NY

2005 Fine Arts League of Buffalo – Spring Show, Market Street Gallery, Lockport, NY

2005 Small Paintings Show – Market Street Center, Lockport, NY

2005 Watercolor Landscapes  – Lewiston Public Library, Lewiston, NY

2004 Black & White Exhibit – Market Street Gallery, Lockport, NY

2004 Niagara Frontier Art Exhibition – Kenan Center, Lockport, NY

2004 Fine Arts League of Buffalo – Fall Show, Market Street Gallery, Lockport, NY

2004 Mediums—Rare and Raw – Partners In Art Gallery, North Tonawanda, NY

2003 Fine Arts League of Buffalo – Spring Show, Theodore Roosevelt Inaugural Site, Buffalo, NY

2003 Fine Arts League of Buffalo – Fall Show, Amherst Museum, Amherst, NY

publication / media

2010 Buffalo News, Gusto, Female Focus by Colin Dabkowski

2010 Lockport Union Sun & Journal, A Woman's Worth by Phil Dzikiy

2009 Buffalo News, Gusto, ART by Colin Dabkowski

2008 Buffalo Law Journal, Lawyers Behind The Lens by Jodi Sokolowski

Art for the Home, column by Jennifer Kursten, Builder/Architect Magazine (2004-2008)

2004 Art Views, Lockport Community Television - Lockport, NY

curatorial

2010 Celebrating Women Exhibition, Market Street Art Center, Lockport, NY

presentation

2010 Williamsville Art Society, design presentation

2007 Niagara Arts Guild, watercolor presentation

education

University of Massachusetts, BFA, 1984

State University of New York, Graduate Independent Study, Drawing, 1998

professional affiliations

Artists In Buffalo, Buffalo, NY

Arts Council in Buffalo & Erie County Buffalo, NY

Buffalo Society of Artists, Buffalo, NY (past board member)

Carnegie Art Center, North Tonawanda, NY

Market Street Art Center, Lockport, NY (current board member)

Niagara Frontier Watercolor Society, Buffalo, NY (past board member)

Western New York Artists Group, Buffalo, NY

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