National and International
Professional Activities
2008
• Participant: Roberto Stelluti and Fabriano’s Paper documentary film on Fabriano native Stelluti and highlighting my art techniques, by the Museum System of Ancona, ITALY
2007
• Presenter: Structural Integrity: The Design Foundation in a Collaborative
Artist’s Book (DVD) interview of myself and Rick Potts by Jeanne Drewes, Architecture of the Book symposium, Sir Wilfred Grenfell College, Newfoundland, CANADA
• Author, “VARIATIONS on the Dialectic between Mingus and Pithecanthropus erectus,” The Blue Notebook, Bristol, England Volume1 No.2, April 2007
• Site Host, Washington, DC National Conference of FDH Papermaking association
• Curator, “Kyoko Ibe & Mark Lander: Indigenous Paper,” Gallery 31, Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, DC
• Curator, “Pushing Paper,” VisArts Gallery, Rockville, MD
2006
• American Artist Abroad, U.S. State Department Art In Embassies Program:
slide lectures, workshops and artists studio visits in Colombo, SRI LANKA
• Author, “An American Artist Abroad in Sri Lanka,” Umbrella, Volume 29, No. 2, June
• Author, “VARIATIONS on the Dialectic between Mingus and Pithecanthropus erectus,” Bound and Lettered Journal, September
• Participant, Bookmarks Part IV: Infiltrating the Library System, University of West
England, Bristol, ENGLAND
• Organized and panel leader, “Paper in Contemporary Art” at National Conference of papermaking group, FDH, Chillicothe, OH
2005
• Demonstrator, “Paper Now-2005” symposium: demonstration of large-scale pulp
painting; taught workshops—Kyoto Institute of Technology, JAPAN
• Presenter, “Pulp Paintings” slide lecture IAPMA Conference, Banff, CANADA
• Curator, “Pressing Issues” artist’s book exhibition at Corcoran Hemicycle Gallery & • Presenter, “Hybrid: Handmade Paper and Screen Print” lecture for Southern
Graphics Council National meeting in March, Washington, DC
• Participant, “The Art of Pulp Painting” portfolio, Margaret Prentice and Paul Wong,
Jurors; publisher Hand Papermaking, Washington, DC
• Juror, “4th International Triennial” Center for Book and Paper Arts, Columbia College, Chicago, IL
• Presenter, “Pulp Painting” demonstration at Southwest School of Art and Craft, San
Antonio, TX, for FDH Papermaking Conference
• Curator, “3rd National Collegiate Handmade Paper Art Exhibition” Co-chair and
founder of triennial— two previous triennials took place in 2002,1999
• Participant “Tree Whispers,” evolving collaborative installation by Pam Paulsrud and
Marilyn Sward
2004
• Lecture, “Living Papermaking in Italy”, Pyramid Atlantic Art Center, Silver Spring, MD
• Gallery tour, “National Collegiate HMP Art Exhibition”,University of the Arts, Phila,PA (& 2003, 2003, 2001)
• Director “Campi di Carta” Hand Papermaking/Art Workshop,
Sarteano, ITALY
2003
• Participant, “Innovative Printmaking on Handmade Paper” portfolio, Claire Van Vliet and Gail Deery, Jurors, publisher Hand Papermaking, Washington, DC
• Presenter, “Pulp Paintings” slide lecture, Friends of Dard Hunter national
papermaking Conference, Minneapolis, MN
2002
• Presenter, “Paper Garden”, 36th Smithsonian Folk Life Festival, Washington,
DC, demonstration & collaboration with papermakers from Fabriano, Italy
• Presenter, “Global Paper” lecture with Mina Takahashi and Gail Deery, in conjunction with "Paper Trails...In Real Time!", American Museum of Natural History, New York, NY
• Coordinator, Pyramid Atlantic Book Arts Fair, Union Station, Washington, DC and
• Co-curator of “Built by Hand: Book as Art” national juried exhibition,
Eleven Eleven Sculpture Space, Washington, DC
• Author “Living Museums of Papermaking in Italy”, Summer and Winter issues of
Hand Papermaking journal, Washington, DC
• Author “Il Bisonte International School of Graphic Arts, Florence, Italy”, Fall 2002,
“Graphic Impressions”, Southern Graphics Council
2001
• issue of “In Print”, Maryland Printmakers letter
• Author “The Cortona International Symposium: A Print Odyssey 2001”, December
2001
• Presenter, “Global Paper” Panel, Cortona (Italy) International Symposium: A Print
Odyssey, sponsored by the University of GA
• Presenter, “The Big Picture”, directing a giant (80”x300”) pulp painting project
with 50 participants, Friends of Dard Hunter Conference, Dalton, MA.
1997
• Curator “Trans-Substantia,” four-person exhibition of artist/papermakers works, at Greater Reston Arts Center, Reston, VA
1995
• Juror, Gum Tree Arts Festival, a gathering of artists and craftspeople from the Southeastern states held annually in Tupelo, MS
FACULTY POSITION
1986- present Corcoran College of Art and Design, Washington, DC, Associate Professor of Fine Arts in the BFA Program and in the Art and the Book MA Program; Coordinator of Fine Arts Second Year Core
2003- present University of the Arts, Philadelphia, PA, Visiting lecturer in the Book Arts MFA Program