Curriculum Vitae
Education / Certification:
* Maine School of Art – summer scholarship program
* CAL-ARTS (California Institute of the Arts) - Graphic Design
Artist Professional Development:
* Art & Inquiry: Museum Teaching Strategies - MoMA (Museum of Modern Art) - Certificate
* Art Techniques and Appreciation - Saylor Academy
* Narrative Concept Art course - Jama Jurabaev instructor
* 2D to 3D Design course - Jama Jurabaev instructor
* Graphic Design - David Carson, Masterclass
Art Society memberships:
* Juried membership - International Association of Astronomical Artists
* Juried membership - Oil Painters of America
* American Women Artists
* American Impressionist Society
Certifications/classes augmenting art (specific to space)
* Space Systems Engineering (NASA course through Saylor Academy) -Issuing authority:
NASA (through Saylor Academy) Apr 2013 Credential Identifier/Credential ID Accredible-10395221
* NASA/ National Science Foundation Certified Aerospace Technician- 2009
* Scientific Communication (Neil DeGrasse Tyson -Masterclass)
* Space Exploration (Col. Chris Hadfield, astronaut - Masterclass)
Works/Shows:
* Norwescon (Pacific Northwest’s Science Fiction convention) 2021 - juried show, booth
* The Mars Society's 2020 annual convention - Presenter – illustration presentation/discussion
* Art of Planetary Science 2020 and 2019 - juried show
* Magazine illustrations and Foundation marketing materials for Colonial Williamsburg Foundation.
* Book Design/Illustrations for The Moon Society and for The Mars Society
* Graphic Design and illustration resulting in multiple awards from Virginia Press Association
Space Art Activism:
* NASA Art Program: SOAR, 50 years Anniversary Exhibition - Docent Apr 2017 – Jun 2017;
including 30 works of art from the NASA art program. Artists included Robert McCall, Andy Warhol, Annie Leibovitz,
William Wegman, Jaime Wyeth. Giving back-stories on pieces, art technique details, Q&A
* Active member as artist in Mars Society Education and Outreach team
* Adler Planetarium- ‘Tag Along with Adler’ – identifying and adding metadata and tags to
Adler Planetarium images 2021
* Martian Surface Feature identification- ‘Cosmic’ Martian Terrain Images identification.
NASA Mars HiRise. 2019
* Martian South Pole Image - Planet Four/Terrains - Martian South Pole Images, terrain Identification. Sept 2017
NASA/Space coverage:
* LADEE Launch - Moon Launch - art/illustration/reporting
* Mars Curiosity Launch story for newspaper- art/illustration/reporting
* SME(Subject Matter Expert) Interviews and on-site coverage at NASA Langley for numerous events -
art/illustration/reporting
* Cover Orion space capsule testing , splash basin at NASA Langley's historic gantry - art/illustration/reporting
* Antares rocket construction /
Moon launch coverage, NASA Wallops - art/illustration/reporting
* NASA Langley Open House, including historic wind-tunnels - art/illustration/reporting
Space related courses (taken 2013-2017:
* History of Human Spaceflight
* Intro to Solar System Astronomy - Arizona State University
* Intro to Aerospace Engineering: Astronautics & Human Spaceflight - MIT
* Space Mission: Process & Lifetime - Arizona State University
* Space Mission Design and Operations -Claude Nicollier, ESA astronaut, instructor
* Astrobiology - University of Edinburgh, Charles Cockel instructor
* Galaxies and Cosmology - CalTech,-S. George Djorgovski Instructor
* Thermodynamics: Transferring Energy
* Materials and Processes of Aerospace Industry – Thomas Nelson Community College
* Intro to Aerospace – Thomas Nelson Community College
* Safety and Quality in Aerospace Industry – Thomas Nelson Community College
Education / Certification:
* Maine School of Art – summer scholarship program
* CAL-ARTS (California Institute of the Arts) - Graphic Design
Artist Professional Development:
* Art & Inquiry: Museum Teaching Strategies - MoMA (Museum of Modern Art) - Certificate
* Art Techniques and Appreciation - Saylor Academy
* Narrative Concept Art course - Jama Jurabaev instructor
* 2D to 3D Design course - Jama Jurabaev instructor
* Graphic Design - David Carson, Masterclass
Art Society memberships:
* Juried membership - International Association of Astronomical Artists
* Juried membership - Oil Painters of America
* American Women Artists
* American Impressionist Society
Certifications/classes augmenting art (specific to space)
* Space Systems Engineering (NASA course through Saylor Academy) -Issuing authority:
NASA (through Saylor Academy) Apr 2013 Credential Identifier/Credential ID Accredible-10395221
* NASA/ National Science Foundation Certified Aerospace Technician- 2009
* Scientific Communication (Neil DeGrasse Tyson -Masterclass)
* Space Exploration (Col. Chris Hadfield, astronaut - Masterclass)
Works/Shows:
* Norwescon (Pacific Northwest’s Science Fiction convention) 2021 - juried show, booth
* The Mars Society's 2020 annual convention - Presenter – illustration presentation/discussion
* Art of Planetary Science 2020 and 2019 - juried show
* Magazine illustrations and Foundation marketing materials for Colonial Williamsburg Foundation.
* Book Design/Illustrations for The Moon Society and for The Mars Society
* Graphic Design and illustration resulting in multiple awards from Virginia Press Association
Space Art Activism:
* NASA Art Program: SOAR, 50 years Anniversary Exhibition - Docent Apr 2017 – Jun 2017;
including 30 works of art from the NASA art program. Artists included Robert McCall, Andy Warhol, Annie Leibovitz,
William Wegman, Jaime Wyeth. Giving back-stories on pieces, art technique details, Q&A
* Active member as artist in Mars Society Education and Outreach team
* Adler Planetarium- ‘Tag Along with Adler’ – identifying and adding metadata and tags to
Adler Planetarium images 2021
* Martian Surface Feature identification- ‘Cosmic’ Martian Terrain Images identification.
NASA Mars HiRise. 2019
* Martian South Pole Image - Planet Four/Terrains - Martian South Pole Images, terrain Identification. Sept 2017
NASA/Space coverage:
* LADEE Launch - Moon Launch - art/illustration/reporting
* Mars Curiosity Launch story for newspaper- art/illustration/reporting
* SME(Subject Matter Expert) Interviews and on-site coverage at NASA Langley for numerous events -
art/illustration/reporting
* Cover Orion space capsule testing , splash basin at NASA Langley's historic gantry - art/illustration/reporting
* Antares rocket construction /
Moon launch coverage, NASA Wallops - art/illustration/reporting
* NASA Langley Open House, including historic wind-tunnels - art/illustration/reporting
Space related courses (taken 2013-2017:
* History of Human Spaceflight
* Intro to Solar System Astronomy - Arizona State University
* Intro to Aerospace Engineering: Astronautics & Human Spaceflight - MIT
* Space Mission: Process & Lifetime - Arizona State University
* Space Mission Design and Operations -Claude Nicollier, ESA astronaut, instructor
* Astrobiology - University of Edinburgh, Charles Cockel instructor
* Galaxies and Cosmology - CalTech,-S. George Djorgovski Instructor
* Thermodynamics: Transferring Energy
* Materials and Processes of Aerospace Industry – Thomas Nelson Community College
* Intro to Aerospace – Thomas Nelson Community College
* Safety and Quality in Aerospace Industry – Thomas Nelson Community College