Haystack Mountain School of Crafts New England Fall workshop Sept 1-5, 1999 Info: 207/348-2306

"Picks to Crackers; a lobster gourmet's guide to making artful eating utensils"

This workshop is open to vegitarians as well. Students will explore the use, structure and design of eating utensils. Participants will be encouraged to make their own implement which will be critiqued during a final group 'test' meal. We will explore structural integrity, ergonomics and design.

Technical demonstrations will include basics of fabricating, some studio tricks, simple hinges, rivets and simple forging.

Touchstone Center for Crafts Workshop : July 25-31, 1999.

Worcester Center for Crafts, "Winterim'98: Making Your Mark in the Market Place," invited by Sarah Nelson, 1999

Haystack Mountain School of Crafts, "Picks to Crackers", Course and Lecture, 1999

Renwick Alliance, National Museum of American Art, Workshop and Lecture, Washington DC, 1998

Penland School of Crafts, Brooch Design and Mechanics, two-week course,1998

Wyoming Council on the Arts, Jackson, WY, "Artspeak 1998," Lecture for State Fellowship Grants symposium, Invited by Liliane Francuz, 1998

Rhode Island School of Design,Industrial Design Lecture Series, Invited by Mickey Ackerman, Department of Design, 1998

Industrial Design Society of America, Invited Speaker, "Burning Boundaries," Annual Conference, Washington DC, 1997

Massachusetts College of Art, Metals/Art Dept, Invited by Joe Wood, lecture and critique, 1997

Carnegie Mellon University, The Jill Watson Festival of the Arts, "Wats: On?" University Center, Rangos Hall, "Boris Bally/ Vanessa Sica," 1997

92nd Street YMHA, New York, "The Brooch," workshop & Artist-in-Residence, for John Cogswell, 1997

Peters Valley Craft Center, New Jersey, "Chains, Charms & Mechanisms," workshop, 1996

Oregon School of Arts and Crafts, Artist-In-Residence, Workshop, Portland, for Christine Clark, 1996

San Diego State University, Slide Presentation, "Mechanisms Workshop" for Helen Shirk,1996

Society for Louisiana Artists in Metal (SLAM), New Orleans, LA, slide presentation and " Precision Skills in Metal," Workshop, 1996

University of the Arts and Pennsylvania Society of Goldsmiths, Philadelphia, PA, "Mechanisms Workshop" and slide talk for Sharon Church, 1995

Penn State University, State College, PA, Instructor, "Studio Tricks," and "Your Reputation," and Slide Presentation, visiting artist for Ben Cunninham and Leslie Leupp, 1995

Carnegie Museum of Art, Hall of Sculpture, "The Art of the Metalsmith," demonstration of raising, repousee techniques, 1995

Touchstone Center for Crafts, Farmington, PA, Instructor "Introduction to Jewelry Techniques," and "Jewelrymaking with Hydraulic Forming," also "Chains, Charms, Mechanisms," Artist-In-Residence and lectures, 1995 and 1994

New Jersey Center for Visual Arts in Summit, NJ, "Mechanisms" Seminar and Slide Talk for Chris Darway, 1995

Pittsburgh Center for the Arts, "Building Your Reputation as an Artist; How to Set-up Your Own Studio," Included a Studio Visit, 1995

Gallery Wear, Visiting Artist/ Slide Talk, Pittsburgh, 1995

The Carnegie Museum of Art, Pittsburgh, PA, Slide Talk and Gallery Discussion on 3 person show, 1995

University of Akron, "Casting Seminar," invited by Heather White, 1995

Associated Artists of Pittsburgh at Carnegie Mellon University, Visual Arts Career Orientation Partnership of Allegheney Intermediate Unit and Peabody High School Arts Program, "Found-Object Quilts," 1995 and 1993

Haystack Mountain School for Crafts, Deer Isle, Maine, Session 3: Metals Instructor, 3 week course, 1994

South West Crafts Ctr, San Antonio, TX, 2-day "Gravity Casting Workshop", with slide presentation, invited by Claire Holliday, 1994

Maryland Institute, Baltimore, "Mechanisms In Jewelry," workshop and slide presentation, for Shana Kroiz, 1994

University of Akron, Art Dept, Christina DePaul , Workshop "Building A Reputation," 1994

Appalachian Center For Crafts, Tennessee Tech University, Artist-In-Residence, "Surface Into Form" workshop, with Dan Clayman, Anne Kraus, Tommy Simpson, Invited by Bob Coogan, 1994

Slippery Rock, Indiana, PA, 1-day "Raising Workshop," with slide presentation, invited by J. Robert Bruya, 1994

Spartan Classics, 2 Jewelry Courses for Schenley High School Students, Pittsburgh, PA, 1994

Latrobe Elementary Schools, Associated Artists of Pittsburgh, PA, 1 week workshop/ Artist-In-Residence, 1994

Pittsburgh Center for the Arts, PA, "Metal Fabricating And Design," course, 1994

YUMA Symposium, Guest Speaker, Invited by Peter Jagoda, Yuma, Arizona,1993

Carnegie Mellon University, Electric Lunch Presentor, Art Department, 1993

Charles A. Wustum Museum of Art, Racine, Wisconsin, "Innovative Art Metals," 1993

Carlynton High School, 1993

Pittsburgh Center for the Arts, "Metals Made Easy," 1992

Museum School of Art, Boston, Metals Department, Invited by Yoshiko Yamamoto, 1992

University of Delaware, Art Department, Invited by Anne Krohn Graham, slide presentation and critique, 1992

Edinboro University, Edinboro, PA, Slide Presentation to Metals Department, Invited by Sue Amendolara, 1992

Langley High School, Pittsburgh, PA, Slide Presentation for Fred Bissel, Art Department, 1992

Shadyside Academy, Pittsburgh, PA, Slide Presentation for Carrie Batchelor, 1992

Pittsburgh Public Schools Art Teachers, "Process and Product," Slide Presentation and studio visit, invited by Nancy Pistone, 1992

Pittsburgh Center for the Arts, PA, "Metal Forms," class, 1991

Rhode Island School of Design, Providence, RI, Invited by: Louis Mueller/ Martina Windels, 1989

Parsons School of Design, New York City, NY, "Inspirations/ References/ Sources" Slide Presentation, Invited by Steven Holt, Design Department, 1988

Cambridge Center for Adult Education, Cambridge, MA, Advanced and Beginning Jewelry Courses, Instructor, 1987 and 1988

Massachusetts College of Art, Beginning and Advanced Metals Courses, Instructor, 1988