BIO
Christine Lee has an interdisciplinary practice encompassing art, design, science, and sustainability. She draws from a variety of investigation methods where intuitive direct-hand manipulation, traditional craft processes, and computer-aided technology are the central part of her research tools to seek out the patterns between seemingly disparate elements and systems. Her natural inclination to salvage and a deep appreciation for the environment continues to inform her selection of fiber-based, non-toxic, or sustainable media as well as materials considered to be mundane, surplus, or disregarded, for use in the creation of sculpture, functional work, and installations. Her practice also includes engineering and science-based collaborations.
Lee received her Master of Fine Arts in Furniture Design/Woodworking from San Diego State University and her Bachelor of Science in Art from the University of Wisconsin-Madison. She was a Senior Sustainability Scholar of the Julie Ann Wrigley Global Institute of Sustainability at Arizona State University where she also taught in the School of Art of the Herberger Institute for Design and the Arts. She has participated in numerous residencies at places such as Djerassi, Anderson Ranch Arts Center, the Workshop Residence, and as the Schmidt Ocean Institute’s Artist-at-Sea. Her work has been exhibited at venues such as the Center for Art in Wood, Traver Gallery in Seattle, San Francisco Museum of Craft and Design, the Museum of Arts and Design, the Bellevue Arts Museum, the Society of Arts and Crafts, the Society of Contemporary Craft, the Aspen Art Museum, the Racine Art Museum, and the ASU Art Museum. She is the 2022 recipient of the Maxwell/Hanrahan Awards in Craft.
Artist Statement
From a tendency to engage in highly process-driven tactile endeavors, a natural inclination to salvage, and a deep appreciation for architecture and the natural environment, I explore, stretch and refine the typical associations and intended functions of mundane, excess and disregarded materials. I encounter these materials in various conditions. In some cases the patina of use is clearly visible through the worn surfaces, slightly rounded edges, darkness or fading and so forth, and I feel responsible to restore it. In other cases, the material has somewhat of a sterile quality from lack of use, and I feel compelled to give it some warmth. I am enamored by these qualities and attribute my responsiveness and material sensibility to my past training in the craft-based disciplines of woodworking and furniture design.
I draw from a variety of investigation methods where intuitive direct-hand manipulation, traditional craft processes, and computer-aided technology are the central part of my research tools. My predisposition to work in a rhythmic fashion, reflective of my internal cadence, is expressed through the repetition of these processes or tasks, deepening my understanding, sensitivity and appreciation of a material’s inherent characteristics and nuances. Creating multiple configurations allows me to identify existing patterns and, at the same time, process, map and generate new ones. The resulting functional objects, sculptural forms and installations are my attempts to transform these overlooked materials beyond novelty and to reveal their unbounded value.
Concurrently I have been engaged in collaborative art, science and engineering projects at inception, as a creative practitioner in problem-driven and evidence-based research. Through the identification of certain patterns across media, scale and disciplines, I continue to develop a pattern language to connect seemingly divergent elements and systems. The resulting tangible outputs from my creative practice are my attempts to call attention to the ever-present common threads of our interconnected environment.
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EDUCATION
MFA, San Diego State University, San Diego, CA
BSA, University of Wisconsin- Madison, Madison, WI
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
2016 - 2022
Assistant Professor in Wood/Sustainability, School of Art, Herberger Institute for Design and the Arts, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ
SOLO AND TWO PERSON EXHIBITIONS (**indicates two person show)
2017
Reimagined Trash;27th Avenue Solid Waste Management Facility Artist Residency Arizona Science Center & Phoenix City Hall. INVITATIONAL**
2013
Piece by Piece, Combine Studios, Phoenix, AZ. JURIED
2012
Interlocked,Windows on Fifth Gallery, Racine Art Museum, Racine, WI. INVITATIONAL
2011
A Product’s By-product, a By-product’s Product, Madison Children’s Museum, Madison, WI. INVITATIONAL
2010
Latent Potential,Richard & Dolly Masss Gallery, Purchase College, Purchase, NY.JURIED
2009
Order and Ornamentation,Invisible Venue, Oakland, CA. INVITATIONAL
Linear Elements,SF Recycling and Disposal, San Francisco, CA. JURIED
2008
Stacking Orderwith Chris Fennell, Art Gallery at the University of Arkansas, Little Rock, AR. INVITATIONAL**
2007
(in)Tensionswith Scott Hove, The Art Gallery, Cesar Chavez Student Center, San Francisco State University, CA.INVITATIONAL**
Shims: Thousands of Uses- Use #3, Art Produce Gallery, San Diego, CA. INVITATIONAL
2004
Creased- Masters of Fine Arts Thesis Exhibition, San Diego State University, CA.
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2022
Nautilus Ocean Exhibition; Schmidt Ocean Institute’s Artist-At-Sea Collection, Explorers Club, New York, NY
2020
Viewpoints: How We Understand Art, Center Space Gallery, Scottsdale Center for the Performing Arts, Scottsdale, CA
2019
Making a Seat at the Table: Women Transform Woodworking, Center for Art in Wood, Philadelphia, PA
Material Domestication, Museum of Craft and Design, San Francisco, CA. INVITATIONAL
2018
WOOD: 25 Years of Innovation,SOFA, Navy Pier, Chicago, IL. INVITATIONAL
Tikkun Olam III,Arizona Jewish Historical Society; Jewish Heritage Center, Phoenix, AZ. INVITATIONAL
Practical Art 10Year Anniversary Group Show,Practical Art, Phoenix, AZ. INVITATIONAL
Survival: Work from the ASU Wood Program,Practical Art, Phoenix, AZ.
School of Art Faculty Exhibition, Harry Wood Gallery, Tempe, AZ.
2017
Biomimicry: Design Inspired by Nature,The Gallery, Tempe Center for the Arts, Tempe, AZ. INVITATIONAL
3D Visualization and Prototyping Exhibition, ASU Grant Street Studios, Phoenix, AZ. INVITATIONAL
Nasty Women: Phoenix Unite, Grand ArtHaus, Phoenix, AZ.
2016
Growth Rings, 6 Artists Working in Wood, Traver Gallery, Seattle, WA. INVITATIONAL
California Wood Artists: Sam Maloof and Beyond,Maloof Foundation for the Arts and Crafts, Alta Loma, CA. INVITATIONAL
Furniture as Art as Furniture,Los Angeles International Airport, Los Angeles, CA. JURIED
2015
Wendy Maruyama; A Long Engagement, University Art Gallery, SDSU, San Diego, CA. INVITATIONAL
California Handmade: State of the Arts,Craft in America, Los Angeles, CA. INVITATIONAL
2014
ReThinkIt,Gallery 85, San Jose, CA. JURIED
2013
Crafting A Continuum: Rethinking Contemporary Craft, ASU Art Musuem, Tempe, AZ. INVITATIONAL
By-product Becomes Product,Intersection for the Arts, San Francisco, CA. INVITATIONAL
2010
here and NOW and then: Recent Works by Department of Art Alumni,Art Lofts Gallery, University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI. JURIED
Art at the Dump: Twenty Years of the Artist in Residence Program at Recology, Intersection 5M, San Francisco, CA. INVITATIONAL
Foursite: 4Artists|4Materials|4Sites,San Francisco Museum of Craft+Design, San Francisco,CA. INVITATIONAL
2009
Transformation 7: Contemporary Works in Wood,Society for Contemporary Craft, Pittsburgh, PA. JURIED
Used,University Art Gallery, Sonoma State University, Rohnert Park, CA. INVITATIONAL
Smart Art-Trash into Treasure Art Exhibition,Lincart Gallery, San Francisco, CA. JURIED
12thAnnual Contemporary Exhibit: Sculpture 2009, The Art Center, Grand Junction, CO. INVITATIONAL
Re:,Gensler Design and Architecture Firm, San Francisco, CA. INVITATIONAL
Modern | Design | Function 2009,Design Within Reach, Potrero, San Francisco, CA. JURIED
Craft in America: Focus on Wood,Society of Arts and Crafts, Boston, MA.INVITATIONAL
2008
ARAC@AAM: Anderson Ranch at the Aspen Art Museum, Aspen Art Museum, Aspen, CO. JURIED
Expanding,Thomas Welton Stanford Art Gallery, Stanford University, CA. INVITATIONAL
Out of the Fog: Artists from Headlands,Art Works Downtown, San Rafael, CA.INVITATIONAL
Close Calls,Headlands Center for the Arts, Sausalito, CA. JURIED
2007
6thBiennial Artists’ Book Juried Exhibition,Athenaeum Music & Arts Library, La Jolla, CA. JURIED
Pulp Function,Fuller Craft Museum, Brockton, MA. JURIED
5 x 7,Arthouse, Austin, TX. INVITATIONAL
2006
Bound Visions: Artists’ Books,Craft Alliance, St. Louis, MO. INVITATIONAL
New American Talent: The 21stExhibition,Arthouse, Austin, TX. JURIED
2005
Cheongju International Craft Biennale, Cheongju, South Korea.INVITATIONAL
Fiber Art International 2004 Exhibition(traveling), Bellevue Art Museum, Bellevue, WA. JURIED
Resident Artist Exhibition,Anderson Ranch Arts Center Gallery, Snowmass Village, CO. INVITATIONAL
San Diego State University Furniture Alumni/Current Students Exhibition,Everett Gee Jackson & Flor y Canto Gallery, SDSU. INVITATIONAL
5:San Diego Emerging Artists Collaborate on Furniture and Art,Athenaeum Music and Arts Library,La Jolla, CA.INVITATIONAL
Dare to Reuse V Exhibition,City of San Diego City Administration Building and San Diego International Airport. INVITATIONAL
2004
Fiber Art International 2004 Exhibition(traveling), Museum of Arts and Design, New York, NY. JURIED
Light in the Landscape Exhibition, Stone Quarry Hill Art Park, Cazenovia, NY. JURIED
California Design 2004 Exhibition, San Francisco Design Center, San Francisco, CA. JURIED
San Diego State University Art Council Scholarship Award Exhibition,Athenaeum Music and Art Library, La Jolla, CA. JURIED
Fiber Art International 2004 Exhibition, Society for Contemporary Craft, Pittsburgh, PA. JURIED
San Diego State University Student Awards Exhibition, Everett Gee Jackson and Flor y Canto Gallery, SDSU. JURIED
2003
Summer Resident Artist Exhibition, Anderson Ranch Arts Center Gallery, Snowmass Village, CO. INVITATIONAL
The Art of Design: Habitat and Structure, SDSU Community Art Gallery, San Diego, CA.INVITATIONAL
California Gift Show,Los Angeles Convention Center, Los Angeles, CA. INVITATIONAL
2002
Two Schools of Thought: III, Divan + Studio, La Jolla, CA. INVITATIONAL
Pasadena Fine Art Furnishings Show,Pasadena Civic Center,Pasadena, CA. INVITATIONAL
California Design 2002 Exhibition,San Francisco Design Center, San Francisco, CA.JURIED
2001
Two Schools of Thought: II,Divan + Studio, La Jolla, CA. INVITATIONAL
Pasadena Fine Art Furnishings Show,Pasadena Civic Center,Pasadena, CA. INVITATIONAL
2000
New Chicago Furniture IX Exhibition, Chicago Athenaeum: Museum of Architecture and Design, Chicago, IL. JURIED
PUBLICATIONS
2022
Ramirez-Chavez, I.E.; Anderson, D.; Sharma, R.; Lee, C.; Bhate, D. “A Classification of Aperiodic Architected Cellular Materials.” MDPI Designs 2022, 6, 63. https://doi.org/10.3390/designs6040063
2020
Goss, Mistry, Niverty, Noe, Santhanam, Ozturk, Penick, Lee, Chawla, Grishin, Shyam, Bhate, “Bioinspired Honeycomb Core Design: An Experimental Study of the Role of Corner Radius, Coping and Interface,” MDPI Designs, 5(4), 59
https://www.mdpi.com/2313-7673/5/4/59/htm
Baross, Bradley, D'Amour, Deming, Joye, Kohn, Lee, Rutstein, Spence, Verdin, Weaver, Yermakova, “The Ocean Carries ‘Memories of SARS-CoV-2; We’ve been looking in the wrong place for a deeper understanding of the virus”, Scientific American, August 15, 2020
https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/the-ocean-carries-memories-of-sars-cov-2/
2019
Ramirez-Chavez, Lee, Bhate “The Use of Negative Space Around Metamaterials to Improve the Performance of Energy Absorption Structures,” in the proceedings of the 2019 Materials Research Society Spring Meeting and Exhibit, Phoenix, AZ, April 25, 2019 -Conference Presentation
Bhate, Penick, Ferry, Lee, “Classification and Selection of Cellular Materials in Mechanical Design: Engineering and Biomimetic Approaches,” MDPI Designs, 3(1), 2019 – Journal’s most cited paper of 2019
https://www.mdpi.com/2411-9660/3/1/19/htm
2018
Casanova, Anitha, Kadway, Gandhi, Le, Lee, Bhate, “On the Mechanical Behavior of Additively Manufactured Asymmetric Honeycombs,” in the proceedings of the 2018 Solid Freeform Fabrication Symposium, the University of Texas, Austin, TX. August 13-15, 2018
https://repositories.lib.utexas.edu/handle/2152/90153
2016
Lee, Christine, “Interspersed,” Leonardo, Vol.49, No.3, 2016, p.197, MIT Press, Cambridge, MA
RESEARCH
2019
Invited participant, the Ocean Memory Workshop: Boone Center for Science and Environmental Leadership, Catalina Island, CA. Third workshop to further develop project ideas generated from previous two workshops (see below) with fellow collaborators. Funded by The National Academies Keck Futures Initiative (NAKFI) Challenge Grant
2018
Invited participant, the NAKFI mid-cycle grant meeting in Huntington Beach, CA
Co-organizer and participant,Ocean Memory Workshop: Djerassi Resident Artists Program, Woodside, CA. Second workshop by the Deep Blue NAKFI seed grant
2017
Invited participant, Biomimicry Thinking Immersion Workshop, Sautee Nacoochee, GA. Sponsored by the ASU Biomimicry Center and Biomimicry 3.8
Invited participant, Ocean Memory Workshop: Friday Harbor Laboratories, San Juan Island, WA: First workshop of diverse group of artists and scientists to discuss issues related to the ocean funded by Deep Blue NAKFI seed grant
2012-14
CRADA (Cooperative Research and Development Agreement) with USDA Forest Service Forest Products Laboratory. Worked with John F. Hunt, MSME, PE within the Engineered Composites Science Research Unit on a naturally bonded, no formaldehyde added, engineered composite panel
2012
Patent Pending- Lee C.M.; Hunt, J.F. 2012. BINDERLESS PANEL MADE FROM WOOD PARTICLES AND CELLULOSIC FIBERS. US Patent Application No.: 61/594921 (transferred rights to USDA in 2014)
AWARDS
2022
Maxwell/Hanrahan Awards in Craft
2021
Nominee, USA Artists Fellowship, Chicago, IL.
2019
Nominee, USA Artists Fellowship, Chicago, IL.
2018
Merger between NASA STTR Phase I Grant and ASU Biomimicry Seed Grant - Bio-inspired Cellular Material Optimization for the Design of Additively Manufactured Multi-Functional Lightweight Structures. Partners: PADT, Inc.; Associate Professor Dhruv Bhate (The Polytechnic School, Ira A. Fulton Schools of Engineering); Professor Lara Ferry (Functional Morphology & Director, School of Mathematical & Natural Sciences; Senior Sustainability Scholar, Julie Ann Wrigley Global Institute of Sustainability; Affiliated Faculty, Global Security Initiative); Assistant Research Professor Clint Penick (The Biomimicry Center; Senior Sustainability Scientist, Julie Ann Wrigley Global Institute of Sustainability)
Faculty Professional Development Award, ASU School of Art, Herberger Institute of Design and the Arts, Tempe, AZ
ASU Biomimicry Center, Affiliate Faculty
ASU Biomimicry Seed Grant - Asymmetry as a Design Principle for Improving Structural Resilience: A Study of Insect Wing Venation using Additive Manufacturing. Partners: Associate Professor Dhruv Bhate (The Polytechnic School, Ira A. Fulton Schools of Engineering) and Professor Lara Ferry (Functional Morphology & Director, School of Mathematical & Natural Sciences; Senior Sustainability Scholar, Julie Ann Wrigley Global Institute of Sustainability; Affiliated Faculty, Global Security Initiative)
2016
Senior Sustainability Scholar appointment, Julie Ann Wrigley Global Institute of Sustainability, Tempe, AZ
2015
Haven Foundation Grant, Brewer, ME
2014
CERF Emergency grant, Montpelier, VT
Amelia Dregosh Scholarship, Penland School of Crafts, Penland, NC
2013
Nominee, Louis Comfort Tiffany Grant
2011
Nominee, Louis Comfort Tiffany Grant
Faculty Development Grant, California College of the Arts, San Francisco, CA
2010
Alameda County Arts Commission’s Site-Specific Artist Registry
2009
Nominee, Louis Comfort Tiffany Grant
2008
John Neff Memorial Scholarship, Penland School of Crafts, Penland, NC
2007
Alfreda Maloof Scholarship, Anderson Ranch Arts Center, Snowmass Village, CO
Affiliate Artist, Headlands Center for the Arts, Sausalito, CA
2005
Pam Joseph Fellowship, Snowmass Village, CO
Honorable Mention for Professional Development Fellowship Program, College Art Association
2004
Josephine Cohen People’s Choice Award, Society for Contemporary Craft, Pittsburgh, PA.
San Diego State University Art Council Scholarship Award
San Diego State University Art Council Award, San Diego State University Student Award Exhibition
2003
San Diego State University/Haystack Mountain School of Crafts Fellowship
2001
Work / Study Scholarship, Penland School of Crafts
2000
Sam Maloof Scholarship, Anderson Ranch Arts Center
COMMISSIONS/PUBLIC WORKS
2020
Mirabella at ASU, Tempe, AZ
Scottsdale Public Art Fire Station 603, Scottsdale, AZ
Sheraton Phoenix Downtown, Phoenix, AZ
2019
Scottsdale Public Art Scottsdale Stadium Multi-Use Event Center Acoustic Panel Design, Scottsdale, AZ
2018
ASU Biomimicry Center, Tempe, AZ
Site-specific Installation: World Wood Day 2018 Symposium, Siem Reap, Cambodia
2017
ASU Memorial Union with Curator Engine, Tempe, AZ
2016
Site-specific Installation: World Wood Day 2016 Symposium, Kathmandu, Nepal
2015
Kate Lydon, Pittsburgh, PA
2012
Site-specific Installation: Furniture Society Conference: Design, Community & the Sublime, Maine College of Art, Portland, ME
2008
Steven Friedland, Berkeley, CA
2002
Liz and Joe Yamada, La Jolla, CA
RESIDIENCIES
2020
Pentaculum Residency, Arromont School of Arts and Crafts, Gatlinburg, TN
2019
Artist-At-Sea, Deep Coral Diversity at Emperor Seamount Cruise Schmidt Ocean Institute, Palo Alto, CA
2016
Artist in Residence,27thAvenue Solid Waste Management Facility, Phoenix, AZ
Artist in Residence,Oregon College of Art and Craft, Portland, OR
2015
Artist in Residence, TechShop Artist in Residence, Chandler, AZ
Artist in Residence, Scientific Delirium Madness, Djerassi Resident Artist Program, Woodside, CA
Artist in Residence, Anderson Ranch Arts Center, Snowmass Village, CO
2014
Artist in Residence, Workshop Residency, San Francisco, CA
2013
Artist in Residence, Windgate, Indiana University of Pennsylvania, Indiana, PA
Artist in Residence, Arcadia, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ
2012
Artist in Residence,Arizona State University Art Museum, Tempe, AZ
2011
Visiting Artist, Anderson Ranch Arts Center, Snowmass Village, CO
2010
Artist in Residence, Windgate Artist in Residence, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI
Artist in Residence,Edenfred Residency, Madison, WI
2009
Artist in Residence, Windgate Artist in Residence, Purchase College, Purchase, NY
2008
Artist in Residence,Recology (formally known as SF Recycling and Disposal), San Francisco, CA
2005
Artist in Residence, Anderson Ranch Arts Center, Snowmass Village, CO
2004
Artist in Residence, Stone Quarry Hill Art Park, Cazenovia, NY
COLLABORATIONS
2016
Make Yourself Happy,poems by Eleni Sikelianos, artwork in How to Assemble the Animal Globeby Christine Lee. Coffee House Press, Minneapolis, MN
How to Assemble the Animal Globe,poems by Eleni Sikelianos, artwork by Christine Lee. Nous-zot Press, Syracuse, NY
2014
Unisex Chore Coat,designed with sculptor Agelio Batle for Workshop Residence
LECTURES/PRESENTATIONS
2018
Participant: Leonardo 50thAnniversary Convening, SFAI, San Francisco, CA
Panelist: From Data to Metaphor: An Integration of the Arts and Scientists, A2RU National Conference, University of Georgia, Athens, GA
Participant:Discovering the Deep Blue Sea Mid‐Cycle Grant Meeting, National Academies Keck Futures Initiative, Huntington Beach, CA
2017
Presentation: Artist Breakfast Club Series- Beth Ames Swartz, Phoenix, AZ
Presentation: Wood Labs: A Collaboration Between Art, Design and Sustainability,
World Wood Day 2017 Symposium, Long Beach, CA
2016
Panelist: What’s the value of an ART degree?,Furniture Society Conference, Philadelphia, PA
Panelist: Immersion: Residencies for the Furniture Maker, Furniture Society Conference, Philadelphia, PA
Presentation: LeonardoArt Science Evening speaker series, Stanford University, Palo Alto, CA
2015
Artist Talk, Djerassi Scientific Delirium Madness Open House, Woodside, CA
2014
Artist Talk, Edgewood College, Madison, WI
Artist Lecture, Wood Program of the Art Dept., University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI
Artist Talk, Workshop Residence, San Francisco, CA
2013
Presentation: “Wood Labs III: Collaboration between Engineering, Art and Design” with research engineer John F. Hunt of the USDA Forest Products Laboratory, Global Institute of Sustainability at Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ
Presentation: Flash Back Forward Rethinking Craft Symposium,ASU Art Museum, Tempe, AZ
Artist Talk, Intersection for the Arts, San Francisco, CA
2012
Artist Talk, Arizona State University Art Museum, Tempe, AZ
Visiting Artist Talk, Oregon College of Art & Craft/Pacific Northwest College of Art
Presentation: “Wood Labs II: Further Developments on an Art, Design and Engineering Collaboration”, Furniture Society Conference: Design, Community & the Sublime, Portland, ME
2011
Artist Lecture, Furniture Design Development Class, Palomar College, San Marcos, CA
Artist Lecture, Art Orientation Class, Mira Costa College San Elijo Campus, Cardiff, CA
Presentation: “Wood Labs: Collaboration between the UW -Madison Art Department's Wood program and the USDA’s Forest Products Laboratories”with research engineer John F. Hunt of the USDA Forest Products Laboratory, Building Material and ReUse Association: Decon’11 Conference, Yale University, New Haven, CT
Visiting Artist Talk, Anderson Ranch Arts Center, Snowmass Village, CO
2010
Visiting Artist Talk, Herron Furniture Design at IUPUI, Indianapolis, IN
Panelist: “Site-Specific and Material-Specific Design” with Tanya Aguiñiga, Paul Hayes, Tom Hill, and Christine Lee in conjunction with group exhibitionFourSite: 4 Artists | 4 Materials | 4 Sites, San Francisco Museum of Craft+Design, San Francisco, CA
Panelist: “Valuing Waste” with Boris Bally, Thomas Hucker and Daniel Wicke in conjunction with solo exhibition Latent Potential, School of Art and Design at Purchase College, Purchase, NY
2009
Visiting Artist Talk, School of Art and Design at Purchase College, Purchase, NY
Visiting Artist Talk, Maine College of Art, Portland, ME
Panelist: “Visual Eco-Criticism: Katie Kurtz in conversation with Barry Underwood, Christel Dillbohner & Christine Lee”, Headlands Center for the Arts, Sausalito, CA
2008
Artist Lecture, Purchase College, Purchase, NY
Artist Lecture, Professional Practices Class, Rhode Island School of Design, Providence, RI
Guest Critic, Furniture Program at the California College of the Arts, San Francisco, CA, Junior Review and All College Honors
Artist Lecture, Sculpture Class, Stanford University, Palo Alto, CA
Panelist: “Installation Art” with Chris Fennell and Michael Warrick in conjunction with two-person exhibition Stacking Order
Guest Critic, Furniture Program at the California College of the Arts, San Francisco, CA, Final critique
2007
Guest Critic, Furniture Program at the California College of the Arts, San Francisco, CA, Senior studio
2006
Artist Lecture, Graduate Professional Practices Class, SDSU, San Diego, CA
2004
Fiber Art Forum: “A Dialogue with Artists” in conjunction with group exhibitionFiber Art International 2004, Fiberarts Guild of Pittsburgh, Inc., Garden Center at Melon Park, Pittsburgh, PA
WORKSHOPS
2018
Ideation workshop, Penland School of Crafts, Penland, NC
2017
Ideation workshop, co-taught w/Wendy Maruyama, Anderson Ranch Arts Center, Snowmass Village, CO
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PUBLIC SERVICE
2018
Juror, Scottsdale Public Art Artist-Designed Recycle Bins Project, Scottsdale, AZ
Focus group participant, ASU Art Museum strategic plan initiative.
City of Tempe McClintock Underpass Public Art Selection Panel, Tempe, AZ
2017-2018
ASU Art Museum’s Windgate Contemporary Craft Committee: Committee formed by Heather Lineberry, Chief Curator of the ASU Art Museum, to create two years of programming around contemporary craft supported by a grant from the Windgate foundation.
2017
Juror, City of Phoenix Sky Harbor Sky Train Public Art Selection Panel, Phoenix, AZ
Appointed member, Advisory Committee for Director Search, ASU Art Museum, Tempe, AZ
Juror, Anderson Ranch Art Center Residency, Snowmass Village, CO
Juror, Small Favors: Thinking Inside The BoxExhibition, The Center for Art in Wood and The Clay Studio, Philadelphia, PA
2011
Juror, Arkansas Arts Council Individual Artist Fellowships, Sculpture/Installation Art Category