2009

• 2009 Silver Accessories Exhibition, National Art Center, Tokyo, Japan.  July 24 through July 6.  Exhibition and catalog.

• PMC Guild Annual.  Print catalog.  Released fall 2009

• The Art and Design of Metal Clay Jewelry 2009 Calendar, PMC Medallion Necklace

• Winter 2009 Art Clay Society Quarterly, Graduated Art Clay Medallion Necklace

2008

• PMC Guild Annual.  3 pieces juried into this print catalog.  Release October 2008. 

2006

• Passing the Torch:  Contemporary Art Glass Lampwork.  Invitational exhibition and CD catalog.   Brookfield Craft Center,  Brookfield, Connecticut.   Exhibition runs April 9 through May 21, 2006.-

2005

•  River of Glass, juried glass artisan bead jewelry exhibition.  Kentucky Museum of Art and Craft.  Exhibition runs July 25 through September 24, 2005.

• Bead of a Different Color, Glassworks Gallery.  Juried glass artisan bead show.  Exhibition runs July 29 through August 27, 2005

• The Eternal Bead, The Bead Museum, Washington D.C. January 2 – June 26, 2005.  Invitational exhibition celebrating the history and continuing renaissance of glass art beads.  Sandblasted bead in The Bead Museums permanent collection.

2004

• 1000 Glass Beads, Lark Books.  Two pieces juried into this print exhibition book.  Released  Fall 2004.

• Currency,  juried jewelry exhibition and catalog, Bullseye Glass.  Exhibition held August through September, 2004 at the Bullseye Pearl Gallery, Portland Oregan.

•  Double Rainbow, Gallery 33.  Portland Oregon juried soft glass artisan bead and jewelry show. July 30 to August 31, 2004

2003

• SOFA Chicago (Sculptural Objects Functional Art), October 16 through 19 at Navy Pier.  Current work represented by Morgan Contemporary Glass Gallery.

• October 16 through 19, one of 26 national artists invited to be in the CERF at Heart Miniature Collection.  Collection displayed and auctioned off at SOFA Chicago as a fundraiser for the Craft Emergency Relief Fund.

• *Lapidary Journal Bead Arts Award, Summer 2003.  National juried competition.  First place, glass beads.  Winners featured in October issue of Lapidary Journal and Fall issue of Beads.

• Formed of Fire, Selections In Contemporary Lampworked Glass, “coffee table” book by Bandhu Dunham published 2003, featured artist.

• *Missouri Governor’s Mansion, November and December, 2003. Lampwork and sterling silver ornaments provided for the Christmas tree located in the Great Hall of the Missouri Governor’s mansion.  Ornaments will become a part of the permanent collection of the State of Missouri.

• Landscape in Glass, juried designer showcase, Lowell, MA.  August 8 through 31, 2003.

• Neck•glass Invitational, March 2003 through April 2003.  Invitational exhibit hosted by The Blue Streak Gallery curated by Vera Kaminski, Professor of Art, University of Delaware.  Exhibition coincides with the International Flameworking Conference.

2002

• *Missouri Governor’s Mansion, November and December, 2002. Lampwork and sterling silver ornaments provided for the Christmas tree located in the Great Hall of the Missouri Governor’s mansion.  Ornaments will become a part of the permanent collection of the State of Missouri.

• The Beautiful Bead.  Invitational show hosted by Symmetry Gallery featuring “handmade glass beads by twenty of the country’s best beadmakers.” Saratoga Springs, NY held November 1 through December 31, 2002.

• Obsession:  A Ten-Year Affair with the Bead, juried traveling exhibit, catalog and auction.  Exhibit:  The Bead Museum, Glendale, AZ April 17 through May 15; The Craft Alliance, St. Louis, MO. May 22 through June 19; The Studio at the Corning Museum of Glass, Corning, NY, June 26 through July 24, 2002.

• The Melting Pot, juried gallery show of individual beads hosted by Beadazzled located in Washington, D.C. August 2 through August 30, 2002.

• The Right Cord, Designers Showcase Show, co-hosted by Arts Afire Gallery and Imagine Gallery located in Alexandria, VA, July 27 through August 30, 2002.

• *Gleaming Treasures 2002, juried bead exhibit held in conjunction with the national Embellishment show held at the Portland Convention Center in Portland, Oregon, July 18 – 20, 2002.  Received first place award in Lampwork Bead category for Metallic Melon Silver Core series.

• *Bead Dreams 2002, juried bead exhibit held in conjunction with the national Bead and Button Show held in , June 6 – 9, 2002.  Received First Place award in Lampwork Bead category for Fleur-de-Lis Silver Core series.

• *Contemporary Torchworking 2002, sponsored by the Pittsburg Center for the Arts.  Juried show for all forms of torchworking held February 16 thorough March 24, 2002.  Received honorable mention for Metallic Melon Silver Core series.

2001

• Kittrell/Riffkind – Ornament Extravaganza, Dallas, Texas  Nov – Dec 2001.

• *Gleaming Treasures 2001, a juried bead and jewelry exhibit in conjunction with the national Embellishment Show, July 12-14, 2001 in Portland Oregon.  First place blue ribbon and Judges Choice Award in the Lampwork Bead category for Granulation series.

• *Bead Dreams 2001, a juried bead exhibit in conjunction with the national Bead and Button Show, May 17-20, 2001.  Finalist in the Lampworked Bead category for Metallic Dot series.

• “Taking Beads Beyond”,  a juried exhibit of works that exemplify imagination, innovation and extraordinary uniqueness.  Smith Klein Gallery, Boulder, Colorado May 5 through 31, 2001.

• Fantasies in Glass, Juried Jewelry Exhibit, Loveland Art Museum.  May 4 through July 29, 2001.

• “Terra Firma”  Juried Glass Bead Exhibit and Sale.  4^th Street Bead, Loveland, Colorado May 4^th through May 18, 2001.

• “Beads – to Infinity and Beyond” 2001 Society of Glass Beadmakers all member exhibit – May 4 thorugh 6, 2001.

2000

• Kittrell/Riffkind – Ornament Extravaganza, Dallas, Texas  Nov – Dec 2000.

• “Summer of Love”  2000 Society of Glass Beadmakers all member exhibit.

• Millenium Bead project – in permanent collection, Bead Museum, Glendale, AZ.

Publications:

2009 Silver Accessories Exhibition, Tokyo, Japan.  Exhibition catalog

PMC Annual,Released October 2009.  Work in PRecious Metal Clay featured:  brooch, Falling Leaves Necklace, Enameled Leaf Pendant.

PMC Annual.  Released October 2008.  Work in Precious Metal Clay  featured:  Mallow Brooch, Medallion Necklace, Untitled Necklace.

Complete Book of Glass Beadmaking.  Released Summer 2005.  Work featured:   Fleur-de-lis silver core bead.

Currency.  Juried glass artisan bead jewelry.  Bullseye Glass.  Released August 2004.

500 Beads, published by Lark Books. Released Fall 2004.

Beads magazine.  March-April 2004 issue, published by Primedia, Inc.  Work featured on page 71, “Get Into the Zone” feature.

Formed of Fire, Selections In Contemporary Lampworked Glass, “coffee table” book by Bandhu Dunham published 2003, featured artist.

More Than You Ever Wanted to Know About Glass Beadmaking.  By Jim Kervin, published 2003.  Bead makers and collectors technical manual and reference book.  Work featured in artist section on pages, II, XXVI, XXXV. 

Beads, Fall 2003 issue, published by Lapidary Journal Magazine, work featured on page 37, Bead Art Award.

Lapidary Journal Magazine, October 2003 issue.  One of 6 beads featured on front cover, Index page and page 43 as winner of Bead Art Award.

Beadreams, special issue published by Bead and Button Magazine, June 2003.   Special publication featuring winners of the Bead Dreams competition.  Featured as first place winner of lampwork bead category and feature how-to article.

Dispatch Tribune, Kansas City, Missouri.  Distant Market for Artist’s Glass Beads.  Wednesday May 14, 2003.  Front page feature article.

Bead and Button Magazine, October 2002 issue.  “Bead Dreams 2002”.  Article and pictures of Bead Dreams 2002 winners.

Contemporary Torchworking A practical Guide to Shaping Glass in the Flame, Third Edition, by Bandhu Scott Dunham.  Contemporary Lampworking is considered the “Lampworking Bible” recommended by lampworking instructors across the U.S. and abroad.  Volume II page 314.

Obsession:  A  Ten-Year Affair with the Bead.  Catalog produced by the International Society of Glass Beadmakers for the Obsession traveling exhibit.

Lapidary Journal November 2001 issue.  "Facets" by Hazel L. Wheaton.

Lapidary Journal, October 2001 issue.  “Landing in Bead Heaven” by Hazel L. Wheaton. Page 44.  Article about the “Gathering” of glass bead artists.  4 Silver Core Lampworked beads pictured.

Kansas City Star.  September 23, 2001 Arts Section of Commentary and News.  Art Notes feature.

Lapidary Journal, June 2001 issue.  Jewelry Journal section, “Silver Core Lampworked

Bead” by Susan Silvy.

Kansas City Star.  Jun 11, 2000.  Star Magazine section, Getting Started feature.

Electronic media:

Glass Talk Radio  with Dale Schmeltzer.  March 12, 2002. 

Achievements:

• First Place, Lapidary Journal Bead Arts Awards 2003. Enameled States Keum-boo series.

• Invited artist to participate in the  CERF At Heart Miniature Collection, 2003.  Exhibition held at SOFA Chicago, fall 2003

• State of Missouri’s permanent collection:  Fleur-de-lis and sterling silver ornament, 2002 & 2003

• Named “Best of Missouri Hands” Artisan by the Missouri Artisans Business Development Association.

• First Place award, Bead Dreams 2002, June 2002, sponsored by Bead and Button Magazine.  Fleur de Lis series.

• First Place award, Gleaming Treasures 2002, July 2002, sponsored by Embellishment, Inc., Metallic Melon series.

• Honorable Mention, Contemporary Torchworking 2002, sponsored by the Pittsburg Center for the Arts.  Metallic Melon Silver Core series.

• First Place award and Judges Choice award, Gleaming Treasures 2001, July 2001, sponsored by Embellishment, Inc.,  Granulation series.

Organizations:

International Society of Glass Beadmakers  

            President 2002 -2005

Executive Committee/Regional Director 2000-2002

Glass Art Society

The Art Alliance for Contemporary Glass

Society of North American Goldsmiths

Kansas City Artist Coalition

Best of Missouri Hands - Juried member