Art Specific Education

In Order of Life Appearance

1983-1984              Field Elementary School, Littleton, CO

Basic arts and crafts including ceramics, mold-making and collage making         

1984-1989      Visual Arts Program Cut, no arts education during this time

1990-1991              Euclid Middle School, Littleton, CO

Required Arts Elective – painting, drawing, and ceramics.  Turned off to all visual art forever due to heavy criticism from teachers

1992-1996              Littleton High School, Littleton, CO

High School Diploma

Performance Arts Education including acting, directing,

choir and marching band.

1997-2000              The Colorado College, Colorado Springs, CO

Bachelor of Arts        

Declared Major:  Studio Art

Declared Minor:  African Studies

Basic conceptual arts education including history of art, theories on "what is art" and why presentation is important, Minimal technical education (with the exception of darkroom work), some perspective and human body information

1999                Informal Shona Sculpture in Harare & Zvishavane, Zimbabwe

                        Technical aspects of stone carving in the Shona style, Paper written on The History of Shona Sculpture

2000-Present  Informal Education in the "Real World" Colorado Springs, CO & Seattle, WA

                        Self-taught technical aspects of additive sculpture processes (via trial and error process), employer training in use of commercial photographic development and digital camera processes, assistance from other artists in addition to self-taught technical aspects of ceramics, self-taught contemporary arts history education

2005                Pratt Fine Arts Institute, Seattle, WA

                        Basic mold making, Basic bronze casting