About
I’m a photographer and educator.
As a resident artist, I provide in-depth workshops and classes with sponsorships and grants from California Arts Council, National Endowment for the Arts, Ahmanson Foundation, Flourish Foundation, LA Department of Cultural Affairs, The Women's Caucus for the Arts, Hollywood Arts Council, Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors.
My current obsession is to locate messages contained in layers of what’s been and what’s been left, peering into the past alongside layers created by a person or perhaps by time. The walls in the city speak. They are today's cave paintings, emerging from the interstice.
Teaching/Resident Artist
San Fernando High School, LAUSD
Dominguez High School
Jackie Robinson Elementary
Harbor City Elementary
Roosevelt Elementary School
Whaley Middle School
Stephen Foster Elementary
Gardner Elementary School
Cheremoya Elementary School
Arts in Action Charter School
Hollywood Entertainment Museum – TV and Film Education Center for Youth (LACOE)
Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department – Youth Activities Photography Workshops
Professional Development
Social Emotional Arts (SEA) Certificate UCLA
Hammer Museum/UCLA Visual and Performing Arts Education
‘Connecting Art and the Common Core’ California Arts Council & Loyola Marymount University
Inner City Arts/ Creativity in the Classroom Series
Zimmer Museum ‘Facilitating Discussions of Social Issues Through Art’
Hammer Museum/UCLA Visual and Performing Arts Education Program (VAPAE) ‘Multiple Perspectives, Diverse Experiences: Exploring Character through Dance and Visual Art’
Los Angeles County Arts Commission/Arts for LA ‘ACTIVATE’ Arts Advocacy Fellowship
Otis College ‘Creativity in the Classroom’
Arts for LA/ East Los Angeles College/Boeing/California Community Foundation
LA Convergence ‘Summit for Leaders in the Arts & Arts Education’
The California State University ‘BETTER TOGETHER’ Teachers Summit
Skirball Museum/Los Angeles County Arts Commission Arts Education Summit
EXHIBITIONS
‘AfterGlow’ Annenberg Beach House – Santa Monica
‘A Place Called Home’ Avenue 50 Gallery LA
‘Architecture in Contemporary Art’ OCCCA
‘Beauty of Stillness’ Library Gallery Santa Clarita
‘Nature’s Palette’ City Hall First Floor Gallery Santa Clarita
‘Here and Now’. MONAD Gallery LA
‘Love Letters to LA’. MONAD Gallery LA
‘Peace Tower’ Contributing Artist Pacific Standard Time LA
‘Some Assembly Required’ Electric Lodge Gallery
‘Gun Show Gallery’ San Francisco
‘Peace Project’ Gallery 9 – Culver City Meridian Gallery – San Francisco Max Lang Gallery – New York
‘Dia do Artista Plastico’ Universidade Estadial Paulista Sau Paulo, Brazil
‘Sin Fronteras’ CHIRLA/Powerfest Los Angeles
LA ‘Artfest’ Exhibition Artist District – LA
Summit West Sustainability Conference NASA Ames Research Ctr. – MountainView, CA
‘Urban Landscapes’ Artists Village – North Hollywood, CA
‘SustainAbility’ Art 4 All Gallery – Malibu, CA
‘Around the Clock’ For Your Art Gallery – Los Angeles
‘From Within the Shadows’ New Puppy Gallery
‘ReVisions 10’ Eco-Logical Art Gallery LA
‘100 x100’ Catalyst Art Collective – Los Angeles
‘Art Stimulus’ Whole 9 Gallery – Culver City
‘Transformations’ Affinity Galleries – Los Angeles
‘Artseen’ Galarie Yoramgil Beverly Hills,
‘Artseen 2 & 3’ Invitational Exhibition Union Station/Smashbox Studios – Culver City, CA
‘The Earth in Our Hands’ Altadena Public Library –
‘Journey into Art’ LA Artcore Biltmore Hotel – LA
‘Three-Person’ Exhibitio Artcore Wilshire Gallery
‘Day of the Dead’ Folk Tree Gallery Pasadena
‘Day of the Dead’ Picture This Gallery Long Beach
NOTABLE
Flourish Foundation – Artist Residency Grant
Art of California Magazine – Discovery Award
Peace Project – Inspiration Award
California Arts Council – Artists in Schools Grant
ACTIVATE – Arts Advocacy Fellowship