Vitae

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SOLO EXHIBITS​

 Coexistence: Line of Sight/Bliss Gallery, Carroll University, Waukesha, WI, 2016  

 Reflections on the Holocaust/W.S.B. Gallery/Waukesha Civic Theatre, WI (in conjunction with Diary of 

   Anne Frank performance)  2015 

 Destruction of Innocence/Galleria Edge, Waukesha, WI, 2011  

 Expressions/Bay View Gallery, Milwaukee, WI, 1995 

 State of Wisconsin Building, Madison, WI, 1995

 Art Gallery, UW-Waukesha, WI, 1988

 The Force Gallery, Milwaukee, WI, 1987

 Otteson Gallery, Carroll College, Waukesha, WI, 1982

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SOLO and COLLABORATIVE GALLERY INSTALLATIONS 

   (Through Merge Gallery – Artist/Gallery Director/Owner 

        Individual and Collaborative Social Statement Art Installations, Milwaukee, WI) 

​  Solo Installation

      Existential Angst, 2011 

  Curated Collaborative Installations 

     Roots of Mind: Thoughts and Memories, 2011 

     Humankind’s Footprints, 2010 

     War: Humanity in the Crosshairs, 2010  

     Artifacts, Environments and Residual Energy, 2010 

     Disintegration, 2010 

     Merging Concepts, 2009 

 

ART INSTALLATIONS—COLLABORATIVE/ACTIVIST 

Mound of Being – Disintegration (collaborative installation with Gary John Gresl), 2012

  Lynden Sculpture Garden, Brown Deer, WI     Award 

War, Translator Labs, Milwaukee, WI, 2012 (art/music collaboration with musician/composer Mark Mantel) 

The Machine Gun Concerto Sketches, 2011 

  Translator Lab, Milwaukee, WI (art/music collaboration with musician/composer Mark Mantel) 

War Memorial/Afghanistan Deaths to Date, Day of the Dead Installation 2010 

  Walker’s Point Center for the Arts, Milwaukee, WI  

Afghanistan War Memorial, Collaborative, Activist Installation, 2008 

  Wehr Hall/Alverno College, Milw., WI  

Genocide Awareness Week Installation/Site Specific, Collaborative, Activist Installation, 2008  

  Alverno College, Milw., WI  

Day of the Dead/Collaborative Installation, 2007 

  Walker’s Point Center for the Arts  

Genocide Timeline/Site Specific, Collaborative Installation, 2007  

  Coordinated with Peace Studies Conference  

  Christopher Hall/Alverno College, Milw., WI  

Save Darfur Activism Event/Activism Installation, 2006 

  Commons Lobby/Alverno College, Milw., WI 

Sacred Ground:  Reflections on Peace and Conflict, 2005 

  Collaborative, interactive, multi-disciplinary, multi-media art installation 

  Art and Cultures Gallery/Alverno College, Milw., WI 

Katrina Hurricane/Activism Installation, 2005 

  Commons Alcove/Alverno College, Milw., WI  

End Genocide in Darfur/Activism Installation, 2005 

  Commons Alcove/Alverno College, Milw., WI 

Genocide Timeline/Coordinated with Sierra Leone Exhibition, 2004 

  Wehr Hall Lobby/Alverno College, Milw., WI  

Set in Stone/Yom Hashoah, 2004 

  Beth Hillel Synagogue, Kenosha, WI 

The Persistence of Memory, 2003

  Milwaukee Jewish Community Center, WI 

Memories/Memorials at Yom Hashoah, 2002 

  Kellogg Gallery/Alverno College, Milw., WI 

Places of the Holocaust, 2002 

  Collaborative Installation including work by Travelship Program Participants   

  Art and Cultures Gallery/Alverno College, Milw., WI  

 

GROUP EXHIBITIONS  

 Blurring Reality (two-person show with Philip Krecjarek), 2012 

  Delafield Art Center, Delafield, WI  

 M.A.R.N. Mentor/Protégé Exhibition, 2012 

  (Milwaukee Artist Resource Network/Mentor) Milwaukee, WI  

 Photo Expression, 2012 

  Blutstein Brondino Fine Art, Milwaukee, WI  

 Madonna and Child, 2011 

  Gallery H2O, Milwaukee, WI  

 50 Women, 2009 

  Uihlein Peters Gallery, Milwaukee, WI  

 Exposure:  Urban Photography Challenge, 2009 

  Milwaukee Art Museum, WI  

 Art Department Faculty Exhibition, 2004

  Alverno College, Milwaukee, WI 

 Black and White Worlds: Drawings by Christell and Larson, 2003

  Vanguard Gallery, Milwaukee, WI  

 Art Department Faculty Exhibition, 2002 

  Alverno College, Milwaukee, WI 

 12th Anniversary Exhibition/Gallery 218, 2002 

  Gallery 218, Milwaukee, WI

 Group Show, 2001

  Gallery 218, Milwaukee, WI

 Big Blue Shirt Show, 2001 

  Gallery 218, Milwaukee, WI

 Color of Research, 2001

  Golda Meier Library/Special Collections Traveling Exhibition 

 Art Department Faculty Exhibition, 2000  

  Alverno College, Milwaukee, WI 

 WPCA Membership Show, 2000 

  Walker’s Point Center for the Arts, Milwaukee, WI  

 Behind the Walls, 1999 

  Lawton Gallery, UW-Green Bay, Green Bay, WI 

 Artcentric (Four-person), 1998 

  Valenti Gallery, Milwaukee, WI 

 Two-person Shows

  Vito Valenti Gallery, Milwaukee, WI, 1997 

  Metropolitan Gallery, Milwaukee, WI, 1989 

 Group Show, 1996

  The Blue Moon Gallery, Skokie, IL 

 Group Show, 1995 

  The Blatz Gallery, Milwaukee, WI 

 

JURIED EXHIBITIONS (Selected) 

Wisconsin Photography 2024

  Wustum Museum of Fine Art, Racine, WI 

Racine and Vicinity Show 2024 

  Wustum Museum of Fine Art, Racine, WI 

Winter Juried Exhibition 2023 

   Anderson Art Center, Kenosha, WI 

Racine and Vicinity Show 2023 

  Wustum Museum of Fine Art, Racine, WI 

Wisconsin Photography 2022

  Racine Art Museum, Racine, WI 

Winter Juried Exhibition, 2022

  Anderson Art Center, Kenosha, WI  

Transitions, 2021 

  Anderson Art Center, Kenosha WI 

Wisconsin Photography 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015, 2014, 2013, 2012  

  Racine Art Museum, Racine, WI  

Forward 2012:  A Survey of Wisconsin Art Now

  Charles Allis Art Museum, Milwaukee, WI  

Wisconsin Artists’ Biennial, 2011 

  Anderson Art Center, Kenosha, WI  

Wisconsin Visual Artists SE Exhibition, 2011 

  Art and Cultures Gallery/Milwaukee, WI  

Beloit & Vicinity Exhibition, 2010 

 Wright Museum of Art, Beloit, WI 

Wisconsin Visual Artists SE Exhibition, 2009 

 Ploch Art Gallery/Sharon Lynne Wilson Center for the Arts, Brookfield, WI  

Beloit & Vicinity Exhibition, 2009 

 Wright Museum of Art, Beloit, WI  

Wisconsin Visual Artists SE Exhibition, 2009 

 Bradley Gallery/Lakeland College, Plymouth, WI  

Print and Drawing Exhibition, 2009

 Walker’s Point Center for the Arts, Milwaukee, WI  

Winter Juried Exhibition, 2008 

  Anderson Art Center, Kenosha, WI  

“Issues” Print and Drawing Exhibition/WVA, 2008 

  Ozaukee Art Center, Cedarburg, WI  

Wisconsin Visual Artists SE Exhibition, 2008 

  Anderson Art Center, Kenosha, WI   

Photography:  An Exhibition of Visual Images, 2008  

  Anderson Art Center, Kenosha, WI     Award:  Third Place 

Symmetry, 2006 

  Steenbock Gallery/Wisconsin Academy, Madison, WI 

WP&S/WAAM Chapter Exhibition, 2006 

  Reuss Federal Plaza, Milwaukee, WI  

Art With Attitude, 2006 

  Steenbock Gallery/Wisconsin Academy, Madison, WI 

48th Annual Beloit & Vicinity Exhibition, 2004

  Wright Museum of Art, Beloit College, Beloit, WI   

Non-Traditional Self Portraits, 2004

  Wisconsin Academy Gallery, Madison, WI  

44th Annual Beloit & Vicinity Exhibition, 2001

  Wright Museum of Art, Beloit College, Beloit, WI   

Riverwest Artist Association Member Show, 2000

  Riverwest Artist Association, Milwaukee, WI   

Behind The Walls:  Artwork by Museum, Gallery and Arts Administrators, 2000 

  University of Wisconsin-Green Bay, WI 

Postcard Exhibition, 1999

  John Michael Kohler Arts Center, Sheboygan, WI  

Masque:  Myth & Magic, 1997 

  Riverwest Artist Association, Milwaukee, WI 

Twenty-First Annual A.&A. Baer Competition & Exhibition, 1997 

  Beverly Art Center, Chicago, IL 

Twentieth Annual Alice & Arthur Baer Competition and Exhibition, 1996

  Beverly Art Center, Chicago, IL 

Past, Present and Future, 1996

  Frederick Layton Gallery/MIAD, Milwaukee, WI 

Spirituality Show, 1995

  Walker's Point Center for the Arts, Milwaukee, WI 

Ghosts, Images and Other Things, 1994 

  Anderson Art Center, Kenosha, WI 

2nd Annual Wisconsin Artists Juried Exhibition, 1993 

  Art Works Gallery, Green Bay, WI  

36th Annual Beloit & Vicinity Exhibition, 1993

  Wright Museum of Art, Beloit, WI  

35th Annual Beloit & Vicinity Exhibition, 1992 

  Wright Museum of Art, Beloit, WI 

Wisconsin '91:  A Juried Exhibition of Wisconsin Art, 1991 

  Edna Carlsten Gallery, Stevens Point, WI  

Privileged Access, 1991 

  Cudahy Gallery/Milwaukee Art Museum, Milwaukee, WI  

Spiritual Visions:  A Liturgical Exhibition, 1990 

  Northern Indiana Arts Association, Munster, IN  

4th Annual Regional Art Exhibition, 1990 

  Gallery 10, Rockford, IL  

Mirror, Mirror, 1990 

  Gallery 124, Kenosha, WI  

Regional Juried Exhibition, 1989 

  Gallery 10, Rockford, IL  

Relativity Show, 1989 

  Metropolitan Gallery, Milwaukee, WI  

Kansas Fifth National Small Painting, Drawing, and Print Exhibition, 1987 

  Fort Hays State University, Hays, KS  

Museum of Sexuality, 1987 

  Theatre X, Milwaukee, WI  

19th Annual Beloit & Vicinity Exhibition, 1986 

  Wright Art Center, Beloit, WI  

16th Annual Rockford & Vicinity Exhibition, 1986

  Rockford Art Museum, Rockford, IL  

The Fourth Biennial Exhibition/UW Center Art Departments, 1986

  Neville Public Museum, Green Bay, WI  

16th National Works on Paper Exhibition, 1985 

  Minot State College, Minot, ND  

Fourth Wisconsin Biennial Exhibition, 1984 

  Madison Art Center, Madison, WI  

Third Biennial Faculty Art Exhibition/UW Center System, 1984 

  Elvehjem Museum, Madison, WI  

Exhibition 62 - Wisconsin Biennial, 1983 

  UWM Fine Arts Galleries, UW Milwaukee, WI  

25th Annual Beloit & Vicinity Exhibition, 1983 

  Wright Art Center, Beloit, WI  

58th Annual Rockford & Vicinity Juried Exhibition, 1983 

  Burpee Art Museum, Rockford, IL  

Wisconsin '81, 1981 

  Edna Carlsten Gallery, UW Stevens Point, WI  

23rd Annual Beloit & Vicinity Exhibition, 1981 

  Wright Art Center, Beloit, WI  

Second Annual Paper & Clay Exhibition, 1980 

  E. H. Little Gallery, Memphis, TN  

Wisconsin Biennial, 1979 

  Madison Art Center, Madison, WI 

15th Joslyn Biennial, 1978 

  Joslyn Art Museum, Omaha, NE  

Paper/Fiber, 1977 

  Iowa City, Johnson County Arts Council, Iowa City, IA  

Cape Coral Annual Art Exhibit #12, 1977 

  Cape Coral, FL  

Illinois Regional Print Show, 1976 

  The North Shore Art League, Chicago, IL  

New Horizons in Art, 1976 

  Mid-Continental Plaza, Chicago, IL  

1976 Western Annual Juried Exhibition of Works of Art on Paper, 1976 

  Western Illinois University, Macomb, IL  

58th Annual Rockford & Vicinity Juried Exhibition, 1983 

  Burpee Art Museum, Rockford, IL  

Wisconsin '81, 1981 

  Edna Carlsten Gallery, UW Stevens Point, WI  

23rd Annual Beloit & Vicinity Exhibition, 1981 

  Wright Art Center, Beloit, WI  

Second Annual Paper & Clay Exhibition, 1980 

  E. H. Little Gallery, Memphis, TN  

Wisconsin Biennial, 1979 

  Madison Art Center, Madison, WI 

15th Joslyn Biennial, 1978 

  Joslyn Art Museum, Omaha, NE  

Paper/Fiber, 1977 

  Iowa City, Johnson County Arts Council, Iowa City, IA  

Cape Coral Annual Art Exhibit #12, 1977 

  Cape Coral, FL  

Illinois Regional Print Show, 1976 

  The North Shore Art League, Chicago, IL  

New Horizons in Art, 1976 

  Mid-Continental Plaza, Chicago, IL  

1976 Western Annual Juried Exhibition of Works of Art on Paper, 1976 

  Western Illinois University, Macomb, IL  

 

INVITATIONAL EXHIBITIONS 

Ecotherapy, 2017

 Alfons Gallery, Milwaukee, WI

  Traveled to Bliss Gallery at Carroll University, Waukesha, WI. 2017  

Bagging Culture, 2015 

  Alfons Gallery, Milwaukee, WI 

Women in the Arts Invitational, 2014

  Art and Cultures Gallery, Milwaukee, WI 

Continuum 2012 Art & Design Exhibition

  UWM Union Art Gallery & Arts Center Gallery, Milwaukee, WI 

Director’s Invitational:  Alverno & Friends, 2012 

  Art and Cultures Gallery, Milwaukee, WI  

Walker’s Point Center for the Arts Member Show, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2014, 2016  

  Walker’s Point, WI  

For Women Only, 2001 

  Anderson Arts Center, Kenosha, WI 

Neckties:  Tying Us Together, 2001 

  John Michael Kohler Arts Center, Sheboygan, WI 

Walker’s Point Center for the Arts Member Show, 2000 

  Walker’s Point, WI 

The Order of Things, 2000

  Riverwest Art Works/RAW, Milwaukee, WI 

Walker’s Point Center for the Arts Member Show, 1998 

  Walker’s Point, WI 

No Limits, 1995 

  Nicolet College, Green Bay, WI  

Ars Interruptis, 1994

  Frederick Layton Gallery/MIAD, Milwaukee, WI 

Visions, 1992

  Village Art Gallery, Milwaukee, WI 

The Nude in Art, 1990 

  Appleton Gallery of Arts, Appleton, WI 

Art Forms/3rd Annual Invitational Group Show,  1989

  Gallery 124, Kenosha, WI  

Drawing 1989:  An Invitational Exhibition, 1989 

  Lawton Gallery, UWGreen Bay, WI 

Wisconsin Artists Invitational, 1989 

  Springfield Art Association, Springfield, IL  

License to Create/Cape Townsend Invitational, 1989  

  Lawton Gallery, UW Green Bay, WI 

The Wright Experiment, 1987 

  Wright Street Gallery, Milwaukee, WI 

Wisconsin Artists, Invitational Exhibition, 1986 

  David Barnett Gallery, Milwaukee, WI  

12 Milwaukee Artists, 1981 

  University of Wisconsin Center, Medford, WI  

Wisconsin Invitational, 1981 

  Rahr-West Museum, Manitowoc, WI  

UWCenter Invitational Exhibition Aaron Bohrod Gallery, 1987 

  UW-Fox Valley, Menasha, WI

New Art/New Artists, 1987 

  Invitational Exhibition, David Barnett Gallery, Milwaukee, WI 

 

COLLABORATIVE INSTALLATIONS—LEADING STUDENTS  

Global Women’s Issues, Collaborative Installation, 2010, 2011, 2012 (spring/fall)   

  Liberal Arts Building/Alverno College, Milw., WI  

Project Girl, Postmodern Feminist Installation, 2008 

  Contemporary Topics/Art Majors 

  Art and Cultures Gallery/Alverno College, Milw., WI  

Postmodern Feminism and the Media, Murals, 2008 

  Postmodern Feminist Art and the Media/Art and Non-art majors 

  Alphonse Space/Alverno College, Milw., WI  

Body Image, Installation, 2008 

  Coordinated with Student Services “Love Your Body Week” 

  Liberal Arts Bldg. Athletics Corridor/Alverno College, WI  

Recycling, Site Specific Installation, 2008   

  Sr. Joel Read Rotunda/Alverno College, Milw., WI  

Day of the Dead, Altars/Site Specific Installations, 2007 

  Alphonse and Clare Corridors/Alverno College, Milw., WI  

 

PUBLIC AND PRIVATE COLLECTIONS 

 Beaux Arts Srghna, Kelatt Sraghna, Morocco 

 Bear Circle Creative Cooperative, Tucson, AZ 

 South Woods Boys and Girls Club, Richmond, VA 

 Anderson-Schumaker Forge, Chicago, IL

 City of Milwaukee Art Collection, WI

 Universal Medical Buildings, Milwaukee, WI

 Kelley Williamson Company, Rockford, IL

 Carroll University, Waukesha, WI

 University of Wisconsin Union, Milwaukee, WI

 Psychological Services, Milwaukee, WI 

 Arrow Project (American/Russian Recovery Options at Work), Milwaukee, WI 

 Good Shepherd Lutheran Church, Oak Park, IL  

 Living Lord Lutheran Church, St. Louis, MO 

 David Barnett/David Barnett Gallery, Milwaukee, WI

 

GRANTS/AWARDS

Artist in Residence/M.A.T.A.

  (Milwaukee Access Telecommunications Authority) through the Milwaukee Arts Board 

  for $1,000 plus training, to create artwork in the video medium.  1996

Philo T. Farnsworth Community Programming Award

  First Video Category    1997 

Artist in Residence/Trowbridge Street School - Very Special Arts Grant

  Teaching research and leading art creation related to coursework. 

David Barnett Gallery/First Annual Award Exhibition, 1981 

 

ARTICLES/VIDEOS ON ARTIST/GALLERIST 

  Video interview about Alfons Gallery  

 Cable T.V. Broadcast - Where the Waters Meet/Christina Zawadiwsky,

  1998, 1997 (2 programs), 1996, 1995, 1992 

 Article about Gallerist/Gallery  

   Milwaukee Magazine, Alverno Today, Alive  

 Articles on Artist

  Art in Wisconsin; 1992, 1996

  Wisconsin Magazine, The Milwaukee Journal, Milwaukee, WI; December, 1991

  The Bay Viewer, Bay View, WI; April, 1990

 Gallerist Video Interview re: Robert Parrish 

  Videotaped critique by Christell about artist’s work for documentary aired September 1998

     Video by Marx Communications 

 

EDUCATION 

Post Graduate Study

  Art History - University of Wisconsin/Waukesha 

  Art History - University of Wisconsin/Milwaukee 

  Printmaking - The Art Institute of Chicago 

M.F.A. Printmaking - University of Wisconsin/Milwaukee 

B.F.A. Painting - University of Illinois/Urbana-Champaign 

            (Minor – Music) 

 

WORK EXPERIENCE

ARTS WRITING 

Third Coast Digest - Art Features Writer  

  Milwaukee, WI   2011-12

Art Muscle Magazine 

“Twins” article written for Art Muscle Magazine, February/March Issue; Milwaukee, WI 1996

 

GALLERIST/ARCHIVIST  

Alfons Gallery, Milwaukee, WI   2012 – present

  Director – Curation of exhibitions of art works that explore cultures and 

     advocate for social justice, peace and the environment. Also developed all marketing outreach 

     and wrote bi-weekly articles for USNews, wrote all press releases and artwork analysis for use 

     in exhibit brochure, oversaw all outreach events including opening receptions with artist talks. 

     Moved the exhibits online during COVID-19.  

     Created new iteration of Gallery that focuses on exhibiting Sister art--primarily the contemporary

       art in the Province Collection. 

  Curator of Collections/School Sisters of St. Francis - Overseeing the two major collections (Generalate

    and Province) of this international organization that include artwork by Sister artists dating back to the

    early 1900's and continuing to the present, held in five art archives locations across campus.  

    Includes oversight of artwork installed in buildings on the SSSF campus as well as in four other SSSF-

    related buildings in the greater Milwaukee area.

Merge Gallery, Milwaukee, WI   2009 – 2012

  Owner/Director/Curator of interactive, social statement gallery presenting bi-monthly 

    exhibitions.  

Art & Cultures Gallery/Alverno College 1998 - 2002

  Director/Curator – Curation of bi-monthly exhibitions of art works that provided a range of 

   experiences from local professional artists that included social statement installations, and 

   faculty and student exhibitions. 

Walker’s Point Center for the Arts, Milwaukee, WI 1996 – 2005 

   Administrator (Assisted in creation of this Center), Board President 

 

EDUCATOR 

Alverno College, Milwaukee, WI   1998 – 2023

   Adjunct Professor:  Teaching Courses within Six Departments 1998 - 2012

                                    Online and Hybrid Art History Course 2012 – 2023  

   (Teaching experience prior to Alverno available upon request: 

     Marion College, Mt. Mary University, UW-Waukesha)  

Art Department 

 Studio Art  

Expressive Drawing, Figure Drawing, Two-Dimensional Design, Painting (Beg. and Adv.), Fibers, Introduction to the Arts (Visual and Multi-Disciplinary Sections), Art Fundamentals    

 Art History   

  Modern Art, Contemporary Topics; Understanding Contemporary Art; 19th Century Art; 

  Art, Culture & Ethics

 Art History/Studio (one and two-credit courses) 

  Public Art/Personal Insight, Art Activism/Global Impact, Postmodern Feminism and the Media,  

  You Call That Art!?!, Digital Image: Redefined, Drawing from the Masters, Drawing

  Self Portraits, Art Gallery Management (Beg. and Adv.), Senior Art Seminar, Graduating Senior 

  Event (Support Area), Business of Art 

Women and Gender Studies Department  

  Postmodern Feminist Art and the Media  

Developing a Global Perspective Ability Department 

 Art History 

   Global Art and Visual Culture 

Professional Communication Department  

 Studio Art  (one and three-credit courses)  

  Digital Photography (one and three credit versions), Photoshop, Illustrator 

Communications Ability Department 

  Integrated Communication Seminar I:  Exploring Boundaries  

  Integrated Communication Seminar II:  Continuity and Change  

Humanities Department 

  Human Values and the Arts 

  Interpreting Human Expression    

 

Assessor – Departmental Assessments:  Two Departments   

Art Department – 1998 - 2014

  Mid Semester and Final Assessments – All Levels   

Developing a Global Perspective Ability Department – 2008, 2009, 2010  

 

Interdepartmental Collaborations 

Advancement Department, 2011 

  Celebration of Giving

  Students creating images from two courses:  Expressive Drawing, Digital Photography  

Counseling and Health Services Department

  Love Your Body Week, 2008, 2009, 2010   

  Body Image Drawings/Figure Drawing Students 

  Initially in 2nd floor Corridor/Athletics and in Meg Pledl’s presentations  

Biology/Philosophy/Professional Communication/Psychology/Business/Physical  

  Science/Education

  Perspectives on Peace and Conflict 

  Multi-media, Collaborative, Interactive, Site-specific Installation, 2005  

  Art and Cultures Gallery 

Philosophy Department

  Places of the Holocaust, 2004 

  Multi-Media Installation of Aesthetic Responses by trip participants 

  Art and Cultures Gallery (Christell position:  Gallery Director)  

­­Campus Ministry/Philosophy Department/Student Groups 

  Genocide Awareness Week Installations, 2005, 2006 

  Connected to Yom HaShoah Service  

  Created installation, Oversaw Student Group Installations

  Included Work by Figure Drawing and Contemporary Topics Students 

  Commons Lobby    

Student Activities and Leadership Department 

  Recycling, 2008   

  Site Specific Installation for Community Day 

  Art Fundamentals Students 

  Sr. Joel Read Rotunda 

Art Department/Art and Cultures Gallery 

  Genocide Timeline related to Sierra Leone Exhibition, 2009 

  Christell’s site-specific installation    

  Christopher Hall 

Art Department/Art and Cultures Gallery: General Education Conference

  Project Girl, 2008 

  Collaborative Sculpture - Contemporary Topics Students 

  Art and Cultures Gallery Corridor 

 

Collaborative and Individual Student Installations    

 Global Women’s Issues, 2010, 2011 

  Contemporary Topics Students/Individual Installations 

  Liberal Arts Building  

 Women and the Media Murals, 2008, 2009, 2011   

  Postmodern Feminist Art and the Media/Collaborative Installations  

  Alphonsa Corridor     

 Day of the Dead Altars, 2007 

  Introduction to the Arts students/Collaborative Installations   

  Alphonsa and Clare Corridors  

 Afghanistan War Memorial, 2009  

  Collaborative, Site-specific Installation 

  Contemporary Topics students 

  Christopher Hall  

 

MENTORING  

 Internship Program/Alfons Gallery – 2012 – 2023  

  Created and oversaw this program.  Milwaukee, WI 

 Milwaukee Artist Resource Network Mentor – 2011-12

  Milwaukee, WI  

 Artist Mentor (Individual Students) – 1993-94

  Milwaukee, WI  

 

PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS, BOARD AND COMMITTEE WORK  

Wisconsin Visual Artists, WI - Awarded Lifetime Member Status, Team Leader: 

  Current Board work:  Membership Committee 

  Past Board work:  PR Chair, President's Advisor, President, Vice President, Exhibition 

  Chair., Membership Chair., and Installation Director.  Area Chapter Boards run this statewide 

  professional arts organization that provides exhibition and educational opportunities throughout 

  Wisconsin.  

Milwaukee Artist Resource Network, Milw., WI – Member 

Alfons Gallery Advisory Board, Milw., WI – Former Member/Chair. until I disbanded it.  

Coalition of Photographic Arts, Milw., WI – Member  

Aesthetic Engagement Committee/Alverno College, Milw., WI – Former Member  

  Explore implications of the Aesthetic Engagement Ability for the college-wide curriculum

  with an emphasis on cross-curricular work which is then presented to entire college.  

Art and Environment Committee/Alverno College, Milw., WI – Former Comte. Member

  Reviewed the College’s visual environment and implemented appropriate

  changes to it in terms of artwork placement in hallways, classrooms and offices.  

Beyond Our Borders/Alverno College, Milw., WI - Member 

  Activist group made up of students, faculty and staff that brings awareness to the 

  community and encourages collaborative involvement.  

Art Against Genocide, WI - Activist/Co-Founder   

  Activist group I co-founded that aims to raise awareness of genocide past and current with

  the goal to end genocide worldwide.  

Wisconsin Academy of Sciences, Arts & Letters Committee, Madison, WI – Former  

  Committee Member.  Committee juries for one-person exhibition opportunities.  

Wisconsin Visual Arts Guild/UW-Milwaukee, WI – Former Board Member

  University of Wisconsin/Milwaukee-based organization that supports area Visual Arts.  

Milwaukee Youth Theatre, Bay View, WI  - Former Board Member

  Small, community group created to support area students through acting experiences.  

Artist Advisory Board/Milwaukee Art Museum,WI – Former Board Member

  Liaison group created to provide information to the Museum from individual artists and art

  organizations.  

Gallery 124/Kemper Center, Kenosha, WI – Former Board Member

  Exhibition arm of the larger Kemper Center.  Gallery Board was created to oversee art 

  exhibitions while the gallery shifted directorship.  

Art Advocate/Milwaukee Art Museum, WI - Former Liaison  

  Liaison role to provide arts community information to Museum.  

Walker's Point Center for the Arts, Milw., WI 

  Current Member  

  Former Board President (Three terms)  

  Former Administrator who assisted in creation of this art center 

 

LECTURES/CRITIQUES/JURIES/WORKSHOPS

These formats provide opportunities to support student, semi-professional and amateur artists.  

   (All workshops/demonstrations created by artist.)    

 Redline Studio Artists:  individual critiques, 2016

 West Allis Art Association:  critique, 2013 

 Milwaukee Area Teachers Association:  show juror, 2013  

 Blutstein Brondino Fine Art:  Artist Talk with Exhibition, 2012  

 Carroll College/Photography Students:  lecture, 2011 

 League of Milwaukee Artists:  lecture, 2011

 Wisconsin Museum of Art/WisconsinVisual Artists:  lecture, 2009  

 Introduction to Digital Photography:  workshop (Alverno College) 2009 

 Introduction to Illustrator:  workshop (Alverno College) 2009 

 Digital Imaged:  Redefined:  workshop (Alverno College) 2008, 2009  

 You Call That ART!?!:  workshop (Alverno College) 2007, 2008, 2009 

 Drawing from the Masters:  workshop (Milw. Art Museum/Haggerty Museum of Art),   

  September, 2006  

 Drawing Self/Portraits:  workshop, October, 2006 

 Celebrating Women’s Creative Hands and Spirit/Betty LaDuke Conference: 

  workshop, September, 2006 

 Celebrating Spirit Through the Arts/Milwaukee Archdiocese Curriculum Day:  

  workshop, March, 2006 

 Sacred Ground:  Reflections on Peace and Conflict: lecture, October, 2006 

 Lakefront Festival of the Arts Alverno Students:  juror, March, 2005 

 AC Art Association:  critique, February, 2005 

 Genocide Timeline:  lecture, October, 2004 

 West Allis Art Association:  critique, March 2004 

 AC Art Association:  critique, October, 2002 

 AC Art Association:  critique, February, 2002 

 28th Annual Juried Student Art Competition, UWMilwaukee:  juror, 2001 

 AC Art Association:  presentation on business of art, March, 2001 

 Anderson Art Center Exhibition/For Men Only:  juror, Jan., 2001 

 AC Art Association:  juror, 2000 

 West Allis Art Association:  juror, 2000 

 Waukesha Creative Arts League Exhibition:  juror/guest artist demo., 2000 

 Fine Arts Day/Alverno College:  workshop, business of art, 2000

 Waukesha Creative Arts League:  demonstration, figure drawing, 2000 

 WRAP Show:  juror, 2000 

 Channel 10 Art Auction:  juror, 2000 

 Waukesha Arts League:  lecture, figure drawing, 2000

 West Allis Art Association:  demonstration, wc crayon, 1999

 AC Art Association:  demonstration, wc crayon, 1999

 League of Milwaukee Artists:  demonstration, wc crayon, 1999

 Milwaukee Sketch Club:  critique, 1999

 Channel 10 Art Auction:  juror, 1999 

 Alumni Art Show/Alverno College:  juror, 1999 

 Common Hour Breakout Session/Alverno College:  speaker, 1999 

 West Allis Art Alliance Fall Membership Show:  juror, 1998 

 AC Art Association Fall Membership Show:  juror, 1998 

 Old World Wisconsin:  workshop, drawing, 1998 

 Kenosha Institute of Arts:  workshop, drawing, 1998

 Audubon Art Fair:  juror, 1998

 Very Special Arts/Milwaukee Art Museum:  workshop for award winners, 1998

 West Allis Art Alliance:  demonstration, watercolor crayon, 1998 

 Very Special Arts/Marquette University:  workshop, masks, 1997

 Old World Wisconsin:  outdoor drawing class, 1997

 Living Lord Church:  lecture w/exhibit, 1997

 AC Art Association:  critique, winter, 1997

 West Allis Art Alliance:  critique, fall, 1996

 West Allis Art Alliance:  critique, spring, 1996

 Trowbridge Elementary School:  presentation - Business of Art, 1995

 AC Art Association:  Juror, Fall Membership Show:  juror, 1995

 Door County Art League Annual Fall Show:  juror, 1995

 Dover Street School:  Artist in Residence, watercolor crayon seminars, 1995

 Frogs Forth Alliance:  watercolor crayon workshop (spring and fall),  1995

 Hometown U.S.A. Video Festival (International Competition):  juror,

  Professional Documentary Category, 1995

 Exposure '95-Artreach Milwaukee (art exhibition):  juror, 1995

 Racine Art Guild:  watercolor crayon demonstration, 1994

 Racine Art Guild:  watercolor crayon workshop, 1994 

 Fountain Art Fair-West Allis Art Alliance:  juror, 1994

 AC Art Association:  critique members' work, 1994

 Dover Street School:  Artist in Residence, watercolor crayon seminars, 1994

 AC Art Association:  lecture-own art work, demonstration, 1993

 Wustum Museum-Racine Art Guild:  juror, & critiqued Member show, 1993

 Exposure '93-Artreach Milwaukee (art exhibition):  juror, 1993

 Collegiate Competition-'93 Lakefront Festival of Arts/

  Milwaukee Art Museum:  juror, 1993

 Tippecanoe School:  Artist in Residence, watercolor crayon workshops, 1993

 AC Art Association:  lecture-own artwork, demonstration, 1992

 Exposure '92-Artreach Milwaukee (art exhibition):  juror, 1992

 West Allis Art Alliance:  lecture-own artwork, 1991

 League of Milwaukee Artists:  lecture-own artwork, demonstration, 1991

 Wustum Museum-Racine Art Guild:  juror, critiqued membership 

  show at opening reception, 1990

 Milwaukee Art Museum:  lecture, 1989

 AC Art Association:  critique, 1989

 AC Art Association:  demonstration, 1989

 Gallery 124:  lecture, 1989

 Kenosha Art Guild:  lecture, 1988

 University of Wisconsin/Manitowoc:  lecture-own work/show, 1988

 West Allis Art Alliance:  critique, 1987

 University of Wisconsin/Stevens Point:  lecture, 1987

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