Born 9/30/49, Amherst, Massachusetts
EDUCATION
Tyler School of Art, Temple University, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
M.F.A. 1977 Major: Metalsmithing and Jewelry
SUNY College at New Paltz 1973-74
Montana State University, Bozeman, Montana 1972-73
Syracuse University, Syracuse, New York
B.F.A. 1972 Major: Crafts/Metalsmithing Also majored in Architecture 1968-1970
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
Co-author with Janet Koplos of "Makers: 20th Century American Studio Crafts", to be published by the University of North Carolina Press in 2009
Senior Lecturer 2007, 1999, 1997, 1994 - 1995
The University of the Arts, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Advisory Committee, “Craft in America” television series
Instructor 1992
Tyler School of Art, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Associate Professor of Jewelry/Metals 1986 - 1991 Assistant Professor 1981-1986
Kent State University, Kent, Ohio
Contributing Editor, Metalsmith magazine, 1980 -1992, 1995 - 2001
Visiting Instructor, 1983
University of Houston Graduate School of Architecture, Houston, Texas
Instructor of Metalsmithing 1979-1980
Department of Continuing Education Massachusetts College of Art, Boston, Massachusetts
Artist-in-Residence 1980
University of Northern Iowa, Cedar Falls, Iowa
Temporary Instructor of Metalsmithing 1977-1978
Colorado State University, Fort Collins, Colorado
Benchworker for "New England Weather," Leverett, Massachusetts
(production of silver jewelry) 1974-1975
Benchworker for Kurt Matzdorf, New Paltz, New York 1974
GRANTS, FELLOWSHIPS AND AWARDS
Artist’s Project Grant, Pew Fellowships in the Arts, 2002
Society of North American Goldsmiths Metalsmith Writer’s Award, 1997
Pew Fellowship in the Arts, 1996
National Endowment for the Arts Visual Artists Fellowship 1992
Fulbright Teaching & Research Fellowship in Seoul, Korea, 1990
Kent State University Creative Activity Grants, 1983, 1989
Ohio Arts Council Crafts Fellowships, 1983, 1984,1988
Massachusetts Council on the Arts and Humanities Artists Foundation Fellowship, 1980
Colorado State University Faculty Improvement Research Grant, 1977
National Endowment for the Arts Craftsmen's Fellowship, 1977