curatorial

2023

The Opulence - A Paint with Cami Collection, Camilla Cummings. Painting

Memory Project Part 2: SHREDS, An Installation of Transformed Personal Ephemera, Susan Napack. Installation

Random Acts of Decommodification, Patricia Vazquez (Gomez). Installation

Investigation and Collaboration, Katy Vigeland & Corrine Loomis Dietz. Mixed media / 2D

Zine Show, group show. Zines

Murmurations, Mike Nord / Ann Kresge. Installation

Passages, Doug Dacar and Sara Swanberg. Ceramics and wood

2022

Poetry/Art: in collaboration with Mid Valley Poetry Society, group show | collaborative AIR

Traces, group show. Mixed media

Rivers Series #2, Sara Swanberg. Wood sculpture

Reminiscences, Sung Eun Park. Installation

Mi Cuerpo Es Mi Hogar, Stephanie Juanillo. Mural and installation

Corridors, Michael Hernandez. 2D mixed media

Aeterna, Eddie Caine. Installation and celebration event

2021

new paintings and some not so new, Jon Colburn. Paintings

Resistance Without Borders, Alex Buron. Photography

Roberto Oran. Paintings

The Pastoral Landscape is on Fire, EGOR, Eilish Gormley. Paintings

Ofrendas, Eddie Caine. Installation. Dia de los Muertos celebration

Native Salem, curator David G. Lewis. Installation

2020

•Yellow Squares Bombed, Eddie Caine and Matthew Boulay. Grant funded

Dimentia’s Memoirs: Eric Tautkus. Graffiti art

The Collaborative Body, group project and exhibition

Stroll By Gallery. Response to covid. 3 exhibits

2019

•Bridging the Gap: Machismo in the Latinx Culture and Community, group show. Grant funded, programming

•Objects for Which There Is No Satisfactory Resolution, Chelsea Couch

•Consumption, Jessica Ramey. Recycling and environment

•Final Nuance / Software Dreams, Leo Cuanas. AIR

•Yellow Squares, Or the Opposite of War, Matthew Boulay. NEA grant funded, programming

•The Zine Show. 91 artists, 110 zines, academic advisor, development of SAA Zine Collection and Library, workshops, zine club, educational online zine modules and art boxes for K-12

Wake, Diane Jacobs

•School to Prison Pipeline with Latinos Unidos Siempre. grant funded, programming

2018

•Combat Grass, Matthew Boulay, focused on women Veterans  

•Braids and Brawn. The Power of Girls, Diane Beals, images of girls from around Oregon. Photography

•Fractals of Identity, grant funded, programming with two LGBTQ+ community members, workshops         

Show and Tell: Salem Art Group in Conversation, group show

•In Residence, Karen White. AIR and exhibition

•Driven: The Culture and Thrill of the Willamette Speedway, photographer Kelly James, motocross culture and community           

Imprint, collaboration with A 6000 in Bend, OR. Printmaking. Co-curated with printmaking committee         

•Pre-school show with Young at Art, group show

Prints & Books: Workshop Instructors & Students, group show

TedX Artist in Residence

2017

•Stronger Together: Images from the Women’s March in Salem. Street photography

Beyond the Wall, Avantika Bawa. Installation

A Show of Shows, Jon Colburn. Paintings

Solar Shadows, Group Show. Printmaking and installation

Corrine Loomis Dietz, AIR and exhibition. Mixed media

Symbols, Group Show. Mixed media

2016

•Project Space, summer pop up art space, grant funded. Two sites | three spaces | 10 exhibits, projects

looking forward : LOOKING BACK. Inaugural exhibition in renovated space

Annex Prints!  Collaboration with Print Arts Northwest.  Co-curated with printmaking committee

2015

•Project Space, summer pop up art space in mall, grant funded. Four spaces | 15 exhibits, projects

2014

•Project Space, summer pop up art space, grant funded. One space | 8 exhibits, projects

2013

•Project Space, summer pop up art space, grant funded. Three spaces | 14 exhibits

Rivers Series #1, Sara Swanberg. Wood sculpture.

2012

•Project Space, summer pop up art space, AIR, grant funded. Three spaces | 11 exhibits

Artist in Residence, 3 exhibits

2011

•con temporary, pop up art space, group show

2010

•Dialogical, curator Pat Boas, group show

•Project Space, summer pop up art space, AIR, grant funded, seven spaces | 35 exhibits

2009

•Project Space, summer pop up art space in un-leased downtown location, grant funded. Six spaces | 17 exhibits

 

 

community projects and collaborations

2023

Artist in Residence Program, 10 residencies

Artists Hangouts, 6 events

Artists Studio Visits, 6 studios

Zine Project, 16 businesses, 12 artists, 4 workshops, 3 body doubling events

2022

•Artist Talks | 4, Artists Lecture Series

2021

Poetry|Art collaborative project. 7 groups | 15 artists. AIR

The Collaborative Body, un-simultaneous group residency | 12 artists

2020

•Artist in Residence Program, 2 residencies

•Virtual educational programming

2019

•Artist in Residence Program, 14 residencies

Collaborative grant funded project with Latinos Unidos Siempre: exhibitions Bridging the Gap: Machismo in the Latinx Community and Culture  and Latinos Unidos Siempre  | School to Prison Pipeline;  panel discussion; two graffiti art walls at Artfair 2019; five workshops at LUS; field trips for youth.

•Veterans Project funded by National Endowment for the Arts grant. Exhibitions include Yellow Squares, or The Opposite of War | Matthew Boulay and Yellow Squares Bombed | Eddie Caine and Matthew Boulay; Artist in Residence; four workshops; curator discussion; youth education.

2018

•Artist in Residence Program, 14 residencies

•Co-curated grant funded project: exhibition Fractals of Identity, writing workshops, AIR, lecture

2017

•Artist in Residence Program, 15 residencies

2016

Statesman Journal articles on the arts series. 12 articles

•Artist in Residence Program, 3 residencies

July 4 Mural,  Willamina, OR

2015

Statesman Journal articles on the arts series. 12 articles

•Alzheimer’s Network collaboration, workshops

2014

•Artmarket, one month art shop

Statesman Journal articles on the arts series. 12 articles

•Salem Hospital project, workshops and projects

2013

•Artmarket, one month art shop

Salem Weekly articles on the arts. 12 articles

2012

•Artmarket, one month art shop

Salem Weekly articles on the arts series. 10 articles

Statesman Journal articles on the arts series. 12 articles

2011

Statesman Journal articles on the arts series. 12 articles

2010

Statesman Journal articles on the arts series. 10 articles

New Works Lecture Series

2004

•Preservation of Oregon’s Artistic Heritage.  Participated in creation of four films; curriculum; exhibitions.

education

masters degree in Art and Arts Education, Teachers College, Columbia University, NY

bachelors degree in Studio Art, University of Maryland, MD