Employment
1980-2023 Independent Studio Artist, Racine, WI
2012-2022 Principal of Guest Relations and Visitors Services, Racine Art Museum, Racine, WI
2001-2022 Principal of Retail Division, Manager and Buyer Racine Art Museum, Racine, WI
1995-2016 Curator, the Archives of Margaret Ponce Israel (1929-1987), Racine, WI
1994-2016 Curatorial/Personal Assistant to Karen Johnson Boyd, Racine, WI
Curatorial / Jury
2019 Juror, Lakefront Festival of the Arts, Selection and Prize Juror, Milwaukee Art Museum, Milwaukee, WI
2016 Juror, Kohler Art Center, Kohler Arts Festival, Selection and Prize Judge, Sheboygan, WI
2012 Creator, The Art of AdOrnament, A yearly exhibition, ongoing, Racine Art Museum, Racine, WI
2011 Creator, The Annual International PEEPS Exhibition, A yearly exhibition, ongoing, Racine Art Museum, Racine, WI
2008 Juror, CraftsBoston, Selection and Prize Judge, Boston, MA
1998 Assistant Curator, The Nude in Clay II, curated by Karen Johnson Boyd, featuring the works by sixteen international and national artists, catalogue and exhibition at Perimeter Gallery, Chicago, IL, 1998 and the Wustum Museum of Fine Arts, Racine, WI, 1999.
1998 Curated, Margaret Ponce Israel: A Domestic Bestiary, Wustum Museum of Fine Arts, Racine, Fall 1997 and Perimeter Gallery, Chicago, IL, Spring
1997 Curated, Margaret Ponce Israel: A Retrospective, 1950-1987, Perimeter Gallery, Chicago, IL
1997 Curated, In The Beginning was the Word, Wustum Museum of Fine Arts
1995 Curated, Current Works by Former CGCA Fellows, GlassWeekend, 1995, Creative Glass Center of America, Wheaton Village, Millville, NJ
1984 Curated, Making Paper, Wustum Museum of Fine Arts, Racine, WI
Honors and Related Professional Experience
2020-2023 Watercolor Honor Society, Board Member at Large
2001 21st Century Planning Committee, Wustum Museum, Racine, WI
1998-2001 Accessions Committee, Racine Art Museum, Racine, WI
1995-2001 Board of Directors, Craft Emergency Relief Fund.
1998 Co-Chairwoman of the 1998 Auction Fund Raiser for the Craft Emergency Relief Fund; to be held at the John Elder Gallery, NY, September 28.
1997 Midwest Watercolor Society-awarded signature membership
1996 Recipient of the YWCA's Woman of Distinction in the Fine Arts Award, Racine, WI
1996 Co-Chairman of the Fund-Raising Committee, Craft Emergency Relief Fund
1995 Elected to Watercolor USA Honor Society
1995 American Booksellers Association, Robert Scott Memorial Fellowship, Museum Store Association
1995 Planning Committee for the GlassWeekend 1995, Creative Glass Center of America, Wheaton Village, Millville, NJ
1994 Lakefront Festival of the Arts Design Award Recipient, Milwaukee, WI
1988 Wisconsin Art Board, Individual Artist Project Grant, Artist-Made Books
1988 Sacajawea Artist Award, selected to create three original artworks to be awarded to Wisconsin professional women as recipients of this statewide award, Milwaukee, WI
1987 Wisconsin Arts Board, Individual Artist Project Grant, Artist-Made Books
1985 Wisconsin Arts Board % for Art Purchase, Wisconsin Resource Center, Baraboo, WI
Written by Lisa Englander
The Nude in Clay II: A Contemporary Reading of Sculptural Traditions; Perimeter Gallery, Chicago, IL, 1999
Margaret Ponce Israel: A Domestic Bestiary, Charles A. Wustum Museum, Racine, WI, 1999
SOFA Unmasked, SOFA Newsletter, Expressions of Culture, Chicago, Illinois, February 1997.
Artful Interiors: Craftspeople Combine Innovation, Ingenuity in Their Own Living Environments, The Crafts Report, February 1997, Features.
SOFA Chicago: The Place to Be, SOFA Newsletter, Expressions of Culture, Chicago, IL, October 1996
Geographic Profile: Collecting of Fiber and Metals On the Rise, The Crafts Report, May 1996
New Trends in Craft at the SOFA Exposition, The Crafts Report, Show Business , January 1995
SOFA 1995: Objects of Art, or Not?, The Crafts Report, Show Business, January 1996