EDUCATION:
1975-77    M.F.A., Tyler School School of Art, Philadelphia,Pa.
1976         Earth,Air,Fire,Water Summer Workshop,Grass Valley,CA.
1971-75    B.F.A.,  Rhode Island School of Design,Providence, R.I.
1974         OxBow Summer School of Painting,Saugatuck,MI.

AWARDS:
2019        Lighton International Artist Exchange Program Grant, Kansas City, MO
2018        Excellence In Teaching Award, National Council On the Education of the Ceramic Arts, Pittsburgh, PA
2018        Akron Soul Train Fellowship, Akron, OH
2017        McKnight Foundation Residency Fellowship, Northern Clay Center, Minneapolis, MN
2009       Ohio Arts Council Fellowship ( Ceramics)
2004       Ohio Arts Council Fellowship (Prints and Drawings)
2003       1st NCECA  International Exchange Program Award  to China
1999        Ohio Arts Council Fellowship (Ceramics)
1994        Ohio Arts Council Fellowship(Ceramics)
1988-89  National Endowment for the Arts Fellowship (Ceramics)
1988        Ohio Arts Council Fellowship (Ceramics)
1987        Arts Midwest/ NEA Regional Fellowship (Ceramics)
1985        Pennsylvania Council on the Arts Fellowship (Ceramics)
1981        Scholarship Grant to the Anagama Workshop,Peters Valley Craft   
                Center,Layton,N.J., Mid-Atlantic States Arts Consortium
1981        Pennsylvania Council on the Arts Fellowship (Ceramics)

Teaching:
Kent State University, Univ. of Akron, Anderson Ranch Arts Center, OxBow, Univ. of Miami, Cleveland Institute of Art, Penland School of Crafts, Arrowmont School of Arts , Appalachian Center, Rhode Island School of Design, Ohio Univ., Slippery Rock Univ., Oregon College of Art & Craft,
Archie Bray Foundation, Northern Clay Center, Cranbrook Academy of Art, Shakerag Workshops, etc.