EDUCATION
Master of Environmental Design, Yale University, 1974, Bachelor of Arts – Architecture, Washington State University, 1970
RECENT SELECTED COMMISSIONS full list upon request
2012 State of Connecticut & City of Stamford, permanent light program for train station exterior & escalator corridors
Vedanta Center, Providence, RI
D.H.Hill Library NCSU, Sculptural Display Case
Westmoreland Nature Sanctuary, Mt. Kisco, NY
Norwich Technical High School, Norwich, CT (in process)
2011 Seneca Meadows Environmental Education Center, Seneca, New York
General Mitchell International Airport – finalist, Milwaukee, WI
2010-11 Bridgeport Juvenile Courthouse, Bridgeport, CT, Connecticut Art in Public Spaces program
2009 North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC Art/Display cabinet & design of Creamery
CT Aero Tech School, facade sculpture, Brainard Airport, Hartford CT, Connecticut Art in Public Spaces program
Goodwin College, East Hartford, CT signature atrium work.
2007/08 Housatonic Community College, School of Business, Bridgeport, CT
Needham High School, MA; Atrium & outdoor work utilizing solar & wind power w/ artist residency Public Art.
2006 North Carolina State University, Light Sculpture for Library addition.
Greenway Project, Urban Arts, Boston, MA, Finalist
2005 Milwaukee Historical Society, Milwaukee, WI Finalist
2004 Middlesex Community Hospital, Middletown, CT
Fountain, Albuquerque, NM
2003 Jewish Community Center of San Francisco
Massachusetts Bar Association – Design for John Adams Award
2002 Illuminated park entry atrium, Walnut Hill Park (Fredrick Law Olmsted), City of New Britain, CT
Glass Garden Screen, Wilber-King Gardens, Guilford, CT
2003 Atrium Sculpture, Eastern Connecticut State University, CT
2000 Southern Connecticut State University, New Haven, CT
1998 National Shopping Centers, Cermack Plaza, Chicago, IL
RECENT PUBLIC PROGRAMS & EXHIBITIONS full list upon request
2012 5th Annual Sustainability Symposium, “Global Food, Farming and Sustainability”, Central Conn. State U.
Presentation: “Designing Sustainable Food Systems: Aesthetics, Intention, and Engagement”
Annual Connecticut Outdoor & Environmental Education Association Conference; “Terra Firma-Geology through the Arts”
Neighborhood Music School 100 year celebration of light and sound, New Haven, CT
“Migrations”, Barnard Environmental Magnet School, New Haven. Curriculum & public mosaic public artwork.
2011 “Water” co-curator for exhibition addressing the health of the worlds water supply, Central Connecticut State U.
2010 “Izzy the Frog in Luminaland” water, light, sound, video installation using frogs as orators of environmental issues
“Vernal Pools”, University of Southern Maine
2009 “Branford Luminata” Collaborative (Town & High School) light, sound, & historical narrative on the Branford Green, CT
2007-10 “The Great Alone” National Traveling Exhibition of a 22 year photo essay of a MT School House, the Beinecke Collection.
2009 “Sustainable?” Central Connecticut State University in conjunction with Climate Change summit.
2008 “Sublime Climate” Thompson Gallery, Weston, MA
2007-08 “Train Show”, DeCordova Museum, Lincoln, MA
2006 “Landscapes of Dark & Light” Moria Fitsimmons Gallery, New Haven, CT, solo
“Morphology” Chappell Gallery, Chelsea-New York, NY, solo
2005 “Can’t get there from Here”, RISD Museum, Providence, RI
2004 “Space Time & the Built Environment”, Sasaki, Boston, MA, solo
“Celebration of Connecticut Forests”, Curator and Artist, Connecticut Environmental Protection
2005 “Evanescent Environs – Fields & Frogs”, University of New Haven, CT, solo w/catalogue
“Unbuilt”, Massachusetts College of Art, Boston, MA
“Terra Mirabila”, A collaboration with Yale Geologist to present the history of Stony Creek Granite from the beginning of
geological time. Presented in the Stony Creek Quarry, CT illustrated by laser, light, music, water, steam, & more.
2004 “The Planets”; A collaboration with the New Haven Symphony Orchestra creating a revolutionary experience of
classical music, visual art and technology. Woolsey Hall, Yale University, New Haven, CT
2002 “Where Earth Meets Sky, Architecture in Fabric”, Creative Arts Workshop, New Haven, CT
“Izzy in Lumina Land”, A collaboration with Biologists to present an evening of ecology & antics of frogs in the Bluefish
Baseball Stadium in Bridgeport, CT accompanied by family programs at the Beardsley Zoo and a fine art exhibition
at the Housatonic Museum all focused on frogs their transformation and place in the larger echo-systems.
“Terra Alchemica”; A daytime journey through the Stony Creek Quarry revealing the geological story of the formation of
the granite from the beginning of geological history.
2001 “Terra Lumina”; light, sound, laser performance visualizing the quest for the explanation for the phenomenon of light; laser
light, original score, dance and light performance in the Stony Creek Quarry, CT
2000 “Spirit Landscapes”, Manchester Community College, CT, solo
“Navigation Through Time”, light, sound, laser performance visualizing the Geological and Archeological history of the
coastline of Connecticut during the OPSAIL2000CT celebration of tall ships in Groton, CT.
“Continuum Marvels” in collaboration w/ Discovery Museum, Bridgeport, pilot traveling art/science program.
1997-99 “Terra Continuum”, Opera, performance, light, sound, laser performance for the Millennium, a pre event for
International Festival of Arts and Ideas.
1998-99 Grounds for Sculpture, “Glass Artists”, Hamilton, NJ
RECENT LECTURES/TEACHING/PAPERS full list upon request
2012 Manchester Community College, “Public Art –the Business of Art”, CT
2010 Yale School of Architecture, Guest Critic
2005-09 Rhode Island School of Design, Public Art, Providence, RI
1999-2010 Art and Technology Symposium, Connecticut College, New London, CT, Paper presentation
2006-08 Needham HS, MA. Initiation of a Public Art Course to include Professional Development for Art & Science Teachers
2006-09 Peabody Museum, Yale, Terra Firma Summer Camp for 3rd-5th graders
2003-05 Massachusetts College of Art; Spring Course, Art Public Places/Art for the Public, Boston, MA
Guest Critic – Roger Williams University School of Architecture, Rhode Island
2000` ArtSci 2001 symposium, CUNY Graduate Center, NYC. Session leader “ArtSci Collaborations”
HOT School Summer Institute “Navigation Through Time” teacher training program. Connecticut College.
RECENT AWARDS full list upon request
2012 David Bermant Foundation – “Celebration of Music and Light” + 20 year history video for Projects2k.
Corinne Levin Educational Foundation - “Migrations” w/Barnard Environmental Magnet School Art/Science
Community Foundation of Greater New Haven – “Meet the Composer” performance extravaganza – match for NEFA
New England Foundation for the Arts (NEFA) - “Meet the Composer” performance extravaganza.
2011 Jamie Hulley Art Fund for Barnard Environmental Magnet School “Geology/Ecology through the Arts”
2010 Argentina Residency-Sculpture of and for the Landscape
2009 Women of Innovation-Leadership in the Community, Connecticut Technical Council
Rhode Island School of Design Professional Development Grant
2008 Artist Fellowship Grant – Sculpture, Connecticut Commission on Culture and Tourism
2006 Achievement Award for Environmental Education; Guilford Art Center, CT
New Alliance Foundation, New Haven, CT, Capacity Building
Connecticut Commission on Culture & Tourism, Artistic Excellence
Community Foundation of Greater New Haven, Projects2k organization grant
2005 Connecticut Commission on Culture & Tourism, Artistic Excellence, “Terra Mirabila” event & educational program
2004 Connecticut Commission on the Arts, Artistic Excellence, “Izzy in Lumina Land” installation & education program
2003 Connecticut Commission on the Arts, Artistic Excellence, “Terra Lumina” Series
2002 Connecticut Department of Tourism, Projects for a New Millennium 2002-2003 programming promotion.
Connecticut Commission on the Arts, Artistic Excellence, “Terra Alchemica 2002-03” series of events.
2001 Connecticut Commission on the Arts, Artistic Excellence, “Terra Lumina 2002” a epic multi media event illustrating the
story of light through laser, theatrical light, original score, water, fire, rock climbers, and dance.
2000 Connecticut Commission on the Arts, Artistic Excellence, “Marvels Continued” Workshop series to accompany
“Continuum Marvels” and publication for national distribution.
State of Connecticut for “Navigation in Time” presented at OpSail2000, New London
1999 Connecticut Commission on the Arts, Organization Challenge Grant, to Projects 2k, “Continuum Marvels”, an international
traveling art and science presentation program.
Connecticut Commission on the Arts, Partnership, to Projects2k
1998 Connecticut Commission on the Arts, Artistic Excellence, “Terra Continuum”, Projects for a New Millennium.
Montana Arts Council, Arts Are Central to Our Communities, “Shapes of the Wind”; Partnership with Projects2k
Lincoln School Foundation and Park County Friends of the Arts.
MUSEUM & CORPORATE COLLECTIONS OF NOTE
American Bar Association Commission on Women in the Profession Works in the collections of Hillary Rodham Clinton,
Madeleine K. Albright, Ruth Bater Ginsburg, Janet Reno, Anita Hill and others.
Beinecke Library of Rare Books and Manuscripts-Western Americana Collection – two collections appropriated, Yale
University, Hew Haven, CT
DeCordova Museum, Lincoln, MA
Housatonic Museum, CT
AFFILIATIONS
2006-present American Institute of Architects – Associate member
1993-present Founder/Creative Director - Projects2k, Inc., a non-profit organization creating educational programs and events
focusing on the environment, arts, and technology in collaboration.
1995-present Advisory Board for the School of Architecture, Washington State University
1998-2004 Project Coordinator for Art in Public Spaces with the Connecticut Commission on the Arts