work

2016

Presenter, Gulf Coast Green Conference, Houston, Texas
Guest Speaker, Houston City Breakfast Club, Houston, Texas
Guest Speaker, Harrisburg Rotary, Houston, Texas
Project Manager, Artist Commissions, Thanksgiving Day Parade, Houston, Texas

2015

Project Manager, Artist Commissions, Thanksgiving Day Parade, Houston, Texas
Presenter, Urban Land Institute National Conference, Houston, Texas

2014

Curator, G Gallery, Houston, Texas
Transported+Renewed Project Manager, Houston Arts Alliance, Houston, Texas
Panelist, University of Houston Friends of Women’s Studies Program, Houston, Texas
Project Manager, Artist Commissions, Thanksgiving Day Parade, Houston, Texas

2013

Curator, G Gallery, Houston, Texas
Guest Curator, Legion Arts, Cedar Rapids, Iowa
Guest Speaker, Women & Their Work, Austin, Texas
Keynote Speaker, University of Iowa Sustainability Conference, Cedar Rapids, Iowa
Juror, Visual Arts Alliance 30th Anniversary Exhibition, Houston, Texas
Project Manager, Artist Commissions, Thanksgiving Day Parade, Houston, Texas
Juror, Women & Their Work, Austin, Texas

Curated Exhibitions

Striations

Variations in Color

Trouble the Water

Eclectic Momentum

Heirophany and Pereidolia

Staged

2012

Writer, Women & Their Work (exhibition publication), Austin, Texas
Contributing Writer, Glasstire, Houston, Texas
Contributing Writer, Gulf Coast Magazine, Houston, Texas
Collaborator, Magsamen/Hillerbrand project at Art League Houston
Curator, G Gallery, Houston, Texas
Unresting

Curated Exhibitions

Preset

Dog Park

8.046 km.

No Justification Required

One Big Misunderstanding

2011

Consultant, Creative Industries Summit, Buenos Aires, Argentina
Portfolio Reviewer, Mois de la Photo, Montreal, Canada
Warhol Initiative National Convening Planning Committee, San Francisco, CA
Juror, Women & Their Work 2012/2013 season selection, Austin, TX
Juror, Houston Photographic Society Annual Competition, Houston, TX
Houston 175 Planning Committee, Houston, TX
Panelist, You+Me+We, Hybrid Arts Summit at Austin Museum of Art, Austin, TX
Juror, Women in the Visual and Literary Arts Competition, Houston, TX
Panelist, Arts Ecologies, Atlanta Contemporary Art Center, Atlanta, GA

Curated Exhibitions

CRASH: Scott Teplin

My Life as a Doll

State Fair

The North Wind & the Sun

Patricia Hernandez: Parody of Light

2010

Panelist, Art DIY, Hyde Park Art Center, Chicago, IL
Juror, Houston Photographic Society Annual Competition, Houston, TX
Panelist, Collecting Contemporary Art, Barbara Davis Gallery, Houston, TX
Juror, Sister Cities International Showcase of Young Artists, Houston, TX
Regional Desk Manager, NPN Visual Arts Network, New Orleans, LA

Curated Exhibitions

Gravity Was Everywhere Back Then

Before (During) After

Under-Standing Water

Allison Hunter: Zoosphere

2009

Panelist, Artist’s and Communities, Mid-Atlantic Arts Foundation, Baltimore, MD
Regional Desk Manager, NPN Visual Arts Network, New Orleans, LA
Guest speaker, What is Civic Art: DIY, Houston Arts Alliance, Houston, TX
Fellow, NAMAC Leadership Institute, Silver Falls, OR
Juror, Reach Unlimited Art Program, Houston, TX
Consultant, Louisiana Artworks Professional Career Workshop for Artists, New Orleans, LA
Juror, Artadia Awards, San Francisco, CA

Curated Exhibitions

Tierney Malone: Third Ward is My Harlem

Stimulus

New Art in Austin: 20 to Watch

Award:

Best Exhibition for Understanding Poverty,

Houston Press

2008

Panelist, Insider’s Perspectives on Contemporary Art, Museum of Fine Arts, Houston
Panelist, Bayou City Arts Festival, Houston, TX
Panelist, Oklahoma Arts Council, Oklahoma City
Panelist, Maryland State Arts Council
Panelist, New Jersey State Arts Council
Panelist, Delaware Division of the Arts
Co-Curator, New Art in Austin, Austin Museum of Art, Austin, TX
Panelist, Houston Arts Alliance Public Art Program, Houston, TX
Guest speaker, College Art Association National Conference, Dallas, TX

Curated Exhibitions

Thrive

Understanding Poverty

David McGee: Tetelestai

Stephen Vitiello: Four Color Sound

Kara Hearn: A Problem of Courage

Breaking Earth

Zoe Crosher: 1 Yr Later

Flicker Fusion

Augustina Nunez: Little Polymorphous

2007

Panelist, Texas Art from the Front Lines, Contemporary Arts Museum, Houston, TX
Guest Curator, Art 365, Oklahoma Visual Arts Coalition, Oklahoma City, OK
Panelist, Arizona Arts Commission Public Art Program, Phoenix, AZ

Curated Exhibitions

Davendra Banhart: Some Drawings

Claude Wampler:

Performance (career ender) & Rehearsed Reverse

This Old House

David McGee: El Sonador Elegante

Expansive Link

Julie Green: The Last Supper

Money, Baby!

Michael Jones McKean:

The Possibility of Men and the River Shallows

2006

Panelist, Metro Public Art Program, Houston, TX
Guest Critic, Architecture Studio, University of Houston
Consultant, Creative Capital Artist Retreat, Hamilton, NY
Juror, Creative Capital Artist Workshop, Houston, TX

Curated Exhibitions

Border Film Project

Dan Havel: House Divided

Sasha Dela & Charles Beronio: Blackout

Erika Harrsch: Eros Thanotos

David Brown: Urban Cathedral

Alfredo Jaar: The Sound of Silence

Marina Zurkow: Nicking the Never

Noel Waggoner: Holy Ghost

2005

Guest Curator, Estudio Abierto, Buenos Aires, Argentina
Project Presenter, Affair at the Jupiter Hotel, Portland, OR
Guest Curator, Leaves of Crab Grass, Hallwalls, Buffalo, NY

Curated Exhibitions

Scatter Boats

New Texas Painting

Tom Burkhardt: Full Stop

Chris Sauter: Museum

Lester Julian Merriweather: Chopped & Screwed

Money, Baby!

Thought Crimes: The Art of Subversion

Zane Lewis - Pink Lemonade: The Procession

Contemporary Erotic Drawing

Awards:

Best Art Show for Thought Crimes:

The Art of Subversion, Houston Press

Best Political Art Exhibit for Thought Crimes:

The Art of Subversion, Houston Press

2004

Panelist, Artist Collectives: Forging Connections and Promoting Your Career, ArtSmart Conference, Rhode Island School of Design, Providence, RI
Guest Lecturer, University of Houston College of Education, Houston, TX
Panelist, Is There an Avant-garde?, Toronto Alternative Art Fair International, Toronto, Canada
Keynote Speaker, St. Francis Episcopal Day School, Houston, TX
Panelist, Alternatives to the Artistic Mainstream, Montgomery College Lyceum
Series, Houston, TX
Juror, Visionmakers: Art in 3 Dimensions, OVAC, Oklahoma City, OK

Curated Exhibitions

Le Dernier Cri: Comix Revolution

Erika Blumenfeld: Insconstant Moon

America & The Globe

Carrie Moyer: Sister Resister

Texas Prime

PG-13/Male Adolescent Identity in

the Age of Video Culture

Lori Nix: The Banality of Terror

Stable (Stupidity Project Part 10)

2003

Chairman, National Convening of the National Association of Artists Organizations and Peer Arts Service Organizations, Chicago, IL
Chairman, Field Study and Strategic Planning Workshops for the National Association of Artist Organizations, Miami, FL

Curated Exhibitions

Paper Sculpture Show

Andy Coolquitt: Trim

In Houston - Zhang Huan, Zhang Jiu-Jun, Weihong

Harrell Fletcher: The Sound We Make Together

600 Square Miles in 600 Square Feet

William Pope.L: eRacism

Scott Teplin: Lubricious

Award:

2nd Place, Best Show in an Alternative Space

for William Pope.L: eRacism, AICA, NY

2002

Juror, National Works on Paper Exhibition, McNeese State Univ., Lake Charles, LA
Chairman, National Convening of the National Association of Artists Organizations, Washington, D.C.

Curated Exhibitions

Maria Elena Gonzalez: UN Real Estates

Straight to Hell: 10 Years of Dyke Action Machine

Paul Henry Ramirez: Elevatious Transcendsualistic

Tracie Brownlee: Channeling