EDUCATION

Ph.D. 2000, Art History, University of Minnesota (Phi Kappa Phi)
Dissertation: “No Longer Innocent: Book Art in America, 1960-1980”

M.A. 1990, Art History, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis
Thesis: “William Morris as Environmental Artist: His Design Influences and Philosophy as Realized in
Macrocosmic Scale (Town Planning, Workplace, Home Interiors) and in the Microcosmic Book”

Post-graduate work, 1979-1984, Library Science and Educational Administration, University of Minnesota

B.A. 1978, Art History, University of Oregon, Eugene (Phi Beta Kappa)

AWARDS

2008
Craft Research Fund grant from The Center for Craft, Creativity & Design, in support of research on letterpress as craft and art, 1980 – present.

2004
Furthermore grant (J. M. Kaplan Fund) awarded to Granary Books in support of publication of No Longer Innocent: Book Art in America 1960 – 1980.

2001
Travel grant from the Society for the History of Authorship, Reading and Publishing, in order to present the paper, “Philadelphia 1964: A Premonition of Transgressive Readings,” at SHARP conference in Williamsburg, Virginia.

1996
National Committee for the History of Art travel grant, to attend International Congress for the History of Art in Amsterdam.

1995
The Getty Center for the History of Art and the Humanities travel grant, in order to conduct research pertinent to my dissertation.

1994
Elizabeth Roe Fellowship, University of Minnesota
Art History Department Tuition Fellowship, University of Minnesota

1988
Art History Department Fellowship, University of Minnesota

1985-86
Selected for the Leadership Minneapolis program run by the Minneapolis Chamber of Commerce, a year-long forum on city issues and professional ethics.

1975-1978
Art History Department McClung Scholarship, University of Oregon
Culbertson Scholarship, University of Oregon

COMMUNITY SERVICE

2008
External thesis critic. Interdisciplinary Book and Paper MFA, Columbia College Chicago.
Thesis committee member. For a Master of Fine Arts student (Jennifer Hibbard) at Minneapolis College of Art and Design.    

2007
Board member. Minnesota Center for Book Arts, 2007-.
Board member. College Book Art Association, 2007-.
Advisory board member. The Press at Colorado College, 2007-.
Organizer of pre-conference day of workshops and plenary panel, at MCBA. SHARP conference (Society for the History of Authorship, Reading and Publishing), Minneapolis.

2001
Board member. Ampersand Club, community book arts organization, 2001-2008.
Board member. The Minneapolis Athenaeum. Minneapolis Public Library, 1990-1993, 2001-2006.

2000
Committee member. Artist Advisory Committee. MCBA, 1996-2000.
Public Art Project Consulting. Served on two selection panels for the Jerome artist commission program. Selected new works to be installed in the Open Book building for round one (1999) and round two (2000).

1998
Gallery talk. MCBA. Opening for Clare Chanler Forster exhibition.

1995-1996
Planning committee. “Servi Textus: The Servants of the Text.” International conference of calligraphers and book scholars. St. John’s University, Collegeville, MN. Served on a panel during that conference.

1995
Thesis committee member. For a Master of Fine Arts student (Julie Baugnet) at Minneapolis College of Art and Design.

1994
Thesis committee member. For a Master of Liberal Arts student (Barbara Schubring) at Hamline University, St. Paul.

1989
Selected to attend Columbia University’s Rare Book School for a week-long seminar: “The History of the Book.”

1982-1985
Panelist. Minnesota State Arts Board, for applicant organizations whose total cash revenue budgets exceed $700,000/yr.

1981
Board member. Minneapolis University YWCA.

PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS

American Printing History Association
Fine Press Book Association
College Art Association
Guild of Book Workers
Society for the History of Authorship, Reading and Publishing

LANGUAGES SPOKEN, READ

French

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