Instructor of fiber and puppet making at national puppet festival, Swarthmore, PA..

Developed, created, produced, and performed “Snack Facts” a nutritional puppetry program.

Developed, created, produced and performed a modern day version of “The Princess and the Pea”   puppetry performance for starry starry night new year celebration in orange, ma. 

Instructor for Fiber Art,needle felting at adult educational evening class at Mahar high school in orange, ma. students created 10-12 inch felted characters.


Grant recipient of Massachusetts cultural council for performances of variety puppetry shows in Winchendon, Royalston, New Salem, Northfield, Charlemont, Shelburne Falls, Phillipston, Erving, Deerfield, Bernardston, Orange, Petersham, Warwick, Gardner, and Littleton, Ma.

Instructor of Fiber Art felted puppet workshops in Shelburne falls, Erving, Warwick, Orange, Winchendon and Boston, MA. Boise, Idaho and Swarthmore, PA.

Organized community angel parades through-out western ma. created puppet ranging from twelve inches to fifteen feet tall for parades.          


Master of Fine Arts    Connecticut college. Institute of Professional Puppetry Arts, Eugene O’Neill Theatre center

1983      Established Wanderful Creations inc. designed and created unique personalized puppetry and masks.

Successful presentations of fiber art creations at the visual arts center in anchorage, Alaska

Instructed batik and surface design in isolated villages through-out Alaska

Apprenticed in decorative Blacksmithing with renowned artist, Mark Soloman. Moscow, Idaho

Studied Batik and Marble Carving at  San Miguel de Allende, mexico

Bachelor of fine arts, University of Idaho   painting and sculpture