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I was invited to participate in the 2022 Changsha International Printmakers Exhibition at the Art Gallery of Changsha Normal University in Hunan Province, China. The exhibition and symposium are hosted by the International Academic Printmaking Alliance, Hunan Artists Association, Xiaoxiang International Printmaking Art Center, and the Changsha Normal University School of Fine Arts and Design. Ten established international printmaking artists were selected to showcase their artwork alongside 10 printmakers from China in an exhibition focusing on new media and extended printmaking techniques. My selected artwork highlighted contemporary design practices incorporating silkscreened digital die-cut prints from the butterfly effect series.
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 I will be co-leading a team of PSU students to participate in a NASA and National Science Foundation funded project to study the next two solar eclipses in the US that will engage hundreds of college students in this exciting and inspiring STEAM experience (project webpage: https://eclipse.montana.edu/ )
The team (and myself) will train this Spring to launch weather balloons during the two upcoming US eclipses (Oct 2023 and April 2024). We will be traveling to New Mexico for the first Solar Eclipse balloon launch and to northern New Hampshire for the second launch, recording data and making artwork along the way! Very honored to be asked to lead a team and also excited to participate in this amazing opportunity alongside two PSU colleagues and 18 students from various disciplines. More news to come as well as a cumulative exhibition at the Museum of the White Mountains. I worked with PSU to bring the Monotype Guild of New England members exhibition to the Silver Center for the Arts. The exhibit theme is "Ecology", sixty-five prints are on exhibition. My print class visited and reviewed the exhibit. They were assigned to make their own work based on the theme of "Ecology" and to also utilize the Maker-space and create a laser cut relief print. Their work is being displayed adjacent to the exhibition. My endangered plant species work is also being exhibited in the MGNE exhibition. A few of my students and myself will be participating in the virtual artist talk on January 12th, 2023.
I had the opportunity to attend a printmaking artist residency at the Fine Arts Work Center, Michael Mazur Print Shop in Provincetown, Massachusetts this summer and finalize a new body of work focused on endangered and undiscovered species. Lodging in Robert Motherwell's old studio barn was extra special! Was able to spend some time at Zea Mays Printmaking, a non-toxic printmaking facility in Florence, Massachusetts. It's been on my list for a while, eager to make it down there, and I finally had the chance. Was able to accomplish a lot of work in a short time, process shots below. Amazing Facilities! Art of Sustainability class making seeds bombs and seed paper as part of our pollinator project research!   I had the great opportunity to present my current and past work at the Women's Caucus for the Arts, NH Chapter Spring meeting. Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bUN0BRJZIfE  My sabbatical exhibition, Endangered, Invasive, and Undiscovered [Species] is up at the Museum of the White Mountains! "VATN" Installation, created in Iceland last year, is up at the Museum of the White Mountains for the PSU faculty exhibit. Check the work out here, watch the guided tour here, and look at this cool lesson plan created about my piece. Thanks MWM!  Working on collaboration pieces with artist Fawn Antencio. These are conceptual prints/drawings for printmaking sculptures.
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