PROFESSIONAL TEACHING/LECTURING

• 2005
  • Piece Gardens, Asheville, NC (ongoing)
  
   
• 2004
  • North Suburban Needlearts Guild, Chicago, IL
  • Charlotte Quilter's Guild, Charlotte, NC
  
   
• 2003
  • Arizona Designer Craftmen, Scottsdale, AZ
  • Empty Spools Seminar, Asilomar, Monterey, CA
  • An unaffiliated group of Boulder art quilters, Boulder, CO
  • Front Range Contemporary Quilters, Denver, CO
  • Quilt/ Surface Design Symposium, Columbus, OH
  
   
• 2002
  • East Bay Heritage Quilters, Berkeley, CA
  • Austin Capitol City Scribes, Austin, TX
  
   
• 2001
  • Quilt/ Surface Design Symposium, "Finding Your Own Style",1 week, Athens, OH
  • International Quilt Festival (2 classes, slide lecture) Houston, TX
  • San Antonio Calligrapher's Guild "Photocopying & Fabric/Paper Collage" San Antonio, TX
  
   
• 2000
  • International Quilt Festival (2 classes, slide lecture, photocopying on fabric demo) Houston, TX
  • Quilt/Surface Design Symposium, "Fabric Diary Art Quilts," 1 week, Athens, OH
  
   
• 1998-1999
  • Southwest School of Art & Craft, San Antonio, TX
    • "American in Asia: The Making of an Art Quilt," lecture
    • "Fabric Diary Art Quilts," 6 week course, taught twice
    • "Making Unique Tools for Surface Design," 4 week course, taught twice
    • "On Beyond Clipart: Photocopying Expanded to the Limit," weekend workshop
  • Texas Federation of Fiber Artists Conference, Salado, TX
    • "Fabric & Paper Collages," 2 day workshop
  • Fiber Artists of Houston
    • "Evolution of an Artist," lecture
    • "Fabric & Paper Collages," 2 day workshop
  • Fiber Artists of San Antonio"Fabric & Paper Collages," 2 day workshop, San Antonio, TX
  
   
• Education and Professional Employment
  • Full-time Artist & Teacher 1998-present
  • Niki Bonnett Design (owner of a graphic design firm in Greenwich, CT) 1984-1993
  • John Pearson Advertising, Boston, MA (art director) 1980-1984
  • Hill, Holliday, Conners, Cosmopolus, Boston, MA (art slave) 1978-1980
  • Rhode Island School of Design, Providence, RI BFA in Illustration 1978
  
   
• Related Experience
  • 1998-2000 Intern: Southwest School of Art & Craft, Design Department
  • Jane Dunnewold, design chairperson San Antonio, TX
  • 1996-2001 Facilitator: Quilt/Surface Design Symposium
  • Nancy Crow & Linda Fowler, coordinators, Columbus, OH
  • 1998 Co-Chairperson: New Members' Exhibition, Silvermine Guild of Artists, New Canaan, CT

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