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EDUCATION
Future Tutors Programme, Royal School of Needlework, UK MFA, School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Sculpture Certificate in Technical Hand Embroidery, Royal School of Needlework, UK BA, Macalester College, Studio Art Major, Hispanic Studies Minor PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE EMBROIDERY CONSULTANT AND INSTRUCTOR Kayu Design, design consultation and sampling, job training program—teaching new immigrant women the skill of hand monogramming at the San Francisco YMCA as part of Kayu’s initiative to provide practical training and an alternative source of income, special events—running embroidery workshops for Kayu’s clients FOUNDING INSTRUCTOR San Francisco School of Needlework and Design (SNAD), beginner through advanced courses DIRECTOR OF COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT San Francisco School of Needlework and Design Projects with the Contemporary Jewish Museum (San Francisco) and SNAD: designing a hands-on embroidery activity for the Textile Lab to accompany the exhibition Veiled Meanings and organization of stitching events including “Goldwork Embroidery Circle” and “Crafternoons” GUEST LECTURER Milwaukee Institute of Art & Design, Studio Principals: Textile INSTRUCTOR Royal School of Needlework, Certificate Courses, Day Classes, and Summer School COMMUNITY OUTREACH COORDINATOR San Francisco School of Needlework and Design Gallery Talk, Goldwork Embroidery, Contemporary Jewish Museum, San Francisco, in conjunction with the exhibition Veiled Meanings Personalized job training programs at SNAD, organized and ran training programs for local SF businesses looking to hire hand embroiderers for product customization INSTRUCTOR Embroiderers’ Guild, St. Paul Needleworkers DESIGN CONTRIBUTOR Book, Embroider Your Life, by Natalie Mornu ASSISTANT TEXTILE CONSERVATOR Forever Embroidery Studio, San Francisco Lecture, Embroidered Portraits, Filoli, CA INSTRUCTOR AND LECTURER Forever Embroidery Studio Seminar on the Queen Mary, CA VISITING ARTIST AND INSTRUCTOR Ixchel Museum of Indigenous Textiles and Clothing, Guatemala ASSISTANT INSTRUCTOR Royal School of Needlework UPHOLSTERY APPRENTICE Mandan Designs, San Francisco TEACHING ASSISTANT Mold Making and Casting with Steve Reber, School of the Art Institute of Chicago SPECIAL PROJECTS Liz Harvey’s The Lost Ones, Master Embroidery Teacher during SF performances: de Young Museum, Conceptual Craft Exhibition at Artemis Gallery, and Yerba Buena Night Embroidery Project for Ixchel Museum of Indigenous Textiles and Clothing, Guatemala, designing embroidery kits based on pieces in the museum collection, to be sold in the museum store and also used to facilitate the teaching of embroidery classes at the museum Cornelia Parker’s Magna Carta (An Embroidery), part of the Royal School of Needlework team who helped to embroider and piece together this project HONORS Royal School of Needlework Clothworkers’ Award for Top Student Eldon Danhausen Sculpture Fellowship Graduated Cum Laude with Departmental Honors, Macalester College Freeman Grant, collaboration with ceramicist Gary Erickson EXHIBITIONS In Remembrance: People, Times, & Places, San Francisco Center for the Book Stories in Stitch, Royal School of Needlework, UK Stitched in Time: A Needlework Exhibit, Filoli, CA Black, White, and Colour, Cumberland Lodge, UK truck pillow, Ford’s Truck Plant in the Rouge Complex, Dearborn, MI SAIC MFA Graduate Exhibition, Sullivan Galleries, Chicago Solo Exhibition, …to a company that made something, Gallery Uno, Chicago Weddings/Proms/Corporate Events/Beauty Pageants/Bar Mitzvahs/Quinceañeras/, Zhou B Art Center, Chicago No People, Pets, or Flowers: Exploring the Sentimental, the Personal, and the Domestic in Contemporary Art, Chicago Exhibition of Student Work, Royal School of Needlework, UK Minnesota State Fair Fine Arts Exhibition, juried Custom Toy Contest, APW Gallery, Long Island City, NY Interrobang, Macalester College Senior Art Exhibition Annual Macalester College Student Exhibition, juried RESIDENCIES Entre, Guatemala City, Guatemala Sanbao Ceramic Art Institute, Jingdezhen, China |
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