Education
B.A. (University of California Santa Cruz) Aesthetic Studies: Art and Psychology (College and Honors Thesis)
M.A. Clinical Art Therapy: Immaculate Heart, Los Angeles, CA
Board Certified Art Therapist: (practicing since 1980): Seattle Children’s Hospital, Seattle, WA (1999 to present)_
Independent Textile Education
Intermediate Quilting 1997 Bellevue College
Art Quilt: “In the Beginning” 1998 Seattle, WA
Surface Design 1999 “In The Beginning” Seattle, WA
Natural Dyes, Maiwa, Vancouver B.C. 2007
Textile Symposium 2009 San Francisco State University
Dying and Silk Screen 2010 Pratt Institute of Seattle
Creative Voice through Textiles Maiwa Vancouver B.C. 2009
Indigo Dying (Barbara Shapiro) Mendocino Art Center 2011
Dying Wearable Art, Elin Noble Pacific Northwest Art Center,: Coupeville, WA 2011 (Art Instruction)
Exhibitions
George Deneff Gallery: Long Beach, CA 1993
Seattle Children’s Hospital Juried Art Exhibition: Seattle, WA 2007, 2008, 2009
The Order of Operations (Collaborative Show) Community Center: Mercer Island, WA: Nov.ember, 2010
The Creative Center: New York, NY September 2011
Hochberg Studio Tashero-Kaplan: Seattle, WA November-December 2011
Curated Shows
Annual Show, Arts and Services for the Disabled: Long Beach, CA/Los Angeles, CA 1987-1994
Children’s Hospital Patient Art Exhibit: Louisa’s Café, Seattle, WA 2009
Upcoming Exhibitions
SHIFT Gallery, Seattle, WA February 2012
B.A. (University of California Santa Cruz) Aesthetic Studies: Art and Psychology (College and Honors Thesis)
M.A. Clinical Art Therapy: Immaculate Heart, Los Angeles, CA
Board Certified Art Therapist: (practicing since 1980): Seattle Children’s Hospital, Seattle, WA (1999 to present)_
Independent Textile Education
Intermediate Quilting 1997 Bellevue College
Art Quilt: “In the Beginning” 1998 Seattle, WA
Surface Design 1999 “In The Beginning” Seattle, WA
Natural Dyes, Maiwa, Vancouver B.C. 2007
Textile Symposium 2009 San Francisco State University
Dying and Silk Screen 2010 Pratt Institute of Seattle
Creative Voice through Textiles Maiwa Vancouver B.C. 2009
Indigo Dying (Barbara Shapiro) Mendocino Art Center 2011
Dying Wearable Art, Elin Noble Pacific Northwest Art Center,: Coupeville, WA 2011 (Art Instruction)
Exhibitions
George Deneff Gallery: Long Beach, CA 1993
Seattle Children’s Hospital Juried Art Exhibition: Seattle, WA 2007, 2008, 2009
The Order of Operations (Collaborative Show) Community Center: Mercer Island, WA: Nov.ember, 2010
The Creative Center: New York, NY September 2011
Hochberg Studio Tashero-Kaplan: Seattle, WA November-December 2011
Curated Shows
Annual Show, Arts and Services for the Disabled: Long Beach, CA/Los Angeles, CA 1987-1994
Children’s Hospital Patient Art Exhibit: Louisa’s Café, Seattle, WA 2009
Upcoming Exhibitions
SHIFT Gallery, Seattle, WA February 2012