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Education

2001 Bethany College, Lindsborg KS
BA in Studio Arts (Painting, Drawing and Sculpture)
Four-Year liberal arts program in various kinds of studio art.  Exceedingly productive inside a critical atmosphere.  Gained experience in oral group critique in which visual choices were analyzed and defended.  Dilated experience in the production, display and promotion of art.

 
1996 Little River High School 

 

Work Experience

2008- Current Topeka & Shawnee County Public Library, System Administrator.
Implement and maintain servers, blades, VMware environment, SAN, tape backup and system wide solutions and applications.  Contact vendors for support and maintenance.  Log help-desk request.  Maintain group policy, antivirus, active directory and desktop environment and applications.

 
2001-2008 Kansas City Public Library, System Administrator.

 

Shows and Residencies

2011 (October) Emerald City: Second Friday Art Walk: Kansas City, MO
2011 (October) The Elle Sea Art Exhibition: Lee’s Summit, MO
2011 (July) Red Barn Studio Residency: Lindsborg, KS  (Two week residency)
2005 Bethany College Alumni Show: Birger Sandzen Memorial Gallery
2004 The Cup and Saucer: Kansas City, MO
The Waldo Public Library: Kansas City, MO
2002 Marysville Art Center: Marysville, KS
2001 Senior Art Show: Bethany College, Lindsborg, KS
2000 Blue Stem Gallery, Salina, KS
1996-2001 Messiah Student Art Juried Exhibition: Bethany College, Lindsborg, KS


Awards

Bethany College Awards (Lindsborg, KS)

  • Art Performance Award 1996-2001
  • Baber Award for Art 1996-2001
  • Faculty Merit Award 1997-2001

Monetary award in which the faculty adjudicate the performance of a student’s freshmen year, the criteria for this award is based on passion and dedication towards learning, and must maintain at least a 3.0 grade average each fallowing semester.

  • Beta Tau Sigma, Honorary Scholastic Society 1999-2001
  • Honorable Service as Staff Photographer/cartoonist/illustrator 2001 for Bethany College Messenger
  • Dean’s Honor Role 1998-2001

 Messiah Student Art Juried Exhibition, Bethany College (Lindsborg, KS)

  • Best of Show 1998, 1999
  • Best of Drawing 1998, 1999, 2000
  • Best of Painting 1999
  • Best of Junior/Senior 1999
  • Best of Freshman/Sophomore 1998
  • Merit Award for Sculpture 1997, 1998
  • Merit Award for Drawing 1998, 1999

 Russell’s Original ART Review (Russell, KS)

  • Best of Oil Painting 2000
  • Merit Award for Oil Painting 2000
  • Merit Award for Sculpture 2000

KACP: Kansas Associated Collegiate Press

  • Second Place in Illustration and Info graphics 2001 (For Bethany College Messenger (Lindsborg, KS)

References available upon request.

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