2008 - “Diversity in Clay”, American Museum of Ceramic Art, Pomona, California
2008 - Ventura County Fair, Profession Art Pavilion, THIRD PLACE AND HPNORABLE MENTION
2008 - Valley Community Art Center, Carpinteria, California THIRD PLACE
2008 - Riverspan, Cincinnati, Ohio
2008 - Open Studio Tour and Exhibition in Founders’ Room of Kavli Theater, Thousand Oaks, CA
2008 - Unclad, Stanwood, Washington
2008 - Art Faculty, California Lutheran University, Thousand Oaks, CA
2008 - Tempe Art Festival, Tempe, Arizona
2008 - Art for Heart for Soroptimists, Oxnard, California
2008 - Amazing Woman, Skirball Center, Los Angeles, California
2007 - MADALINE, FUSHIA, GAIA, L’Aigle de Nice, Nice France SECOND PRIZE, SCULPTURE
2007 - MADALINE installed in Ventura City Hall, Ventura, California  PURCHASE
2007 - An Evening with Lynn Creighton, Tuesday Talk Series of Focus on the Masters, Ventura, Ca
2007 - Ventura County Fair, Juried Professional Artists Exhibition CASH AWARD
2007 - Vail Art Festival, Vail, Colorado
2007 - Jackson Hole Art Festival, Jackson Hole, Wyoming
2007 - Lake Arrowhead Art Festival, Lake Arrowhead, California BEST IN SHOW
2007 - Edmonds Art Festival, Edmonds, Washington
2007 - Beyond Limitation, Buenaventura Art Association Art Gallery, Ventura, Ca. ONE-PERSON
2007 - WOMEN!, NoHo LA Gallery, No. Hollywood, California, FEATURED-ARTIST
2007 - Six Shining Lights, Inevitable Film Group, Beverly Hills, California
2007 - UNCLAD 2007, Stanwood, Washington, and Portland, Oregon
2007 - Slide presentation by Art Exchange, ArtExpo, New York City, New York
2007 - Perspectives, Barnsdall Municipal Art Gallery, Hollywood, California
2007 - Perspectives, CLU Faculty,  Arts Council of the Conejo Valley, Thousand Oaks, California
2006 - Reclaiming the Sacred Source. Gallery 33 Satellite. Ventura, California ONE-PERSON
2006 - 3D Ventura, Allegory Gallery, Ventura, California
2006 - Figure Live II, Mt. St. Mary’s College, Los Angeles, California, FIVE ARTISTS
2006 - Celebration of Life, California Lutheran University, Thousand Oaks, California—ONE-PERSON
2006 - Girls Incorporated, Santa Fe, New Mexico
2006 - Festival of Art, Des Moines, Iowa
2006 - Ventura County Fair, Fine Art Exhibition. Ventura California
2006 - Edmonds Art Festival, Edmonds, Washington
2006 - Reclaiming the Sacred Source; CIIS; Spirit in the Arts; San Francisco—ONE-PERSON
2006 - UNCLAD, The Fine Art of the Figure, Gallery by the Bay, Camano Island, Washington
2006 - Erotic Art at the Artists’ Union Gallery, Ventura, California
2005 - “Soul 2 Sole”, Ventura College Dance Performance, Ventura, California—FEATURED ARTIST
2005 - Catharine Lourillard Wolfe, New York, New York--PAUL MANSHIP MEMORIAL  AWARD
2005 - Festival of World Music, Zen Dancing, Bergamot Station, Santa Monica, California
2005 - Ventura County Fair, Ventura, California—THIRD PLACE SCULPTURE
2005 - Buenaventura Art Gallery, Ventura California – MERIT AWARD
2005 - Celebration of the Divine Feminine, Sedona, Arizona
2005 - National Association of Child-bearing Centers, Santa Rosa, California--PRESENTOR
2005 - Exhibition, Adirondack Center for the Arts, Blue Mountain Lake, New York—ONE-PERSON
2005 - Lake Arrowhead Festival of Art, Lake Arrowhead, California—BEST OF SHOW
2005 - American Congress of Nurse Mid-wives, Washington, DC
2005 - World Fest-The Rhythm of Ecstasy, Bergamot Station
2005 - Rose Art Festival, Portland, Oregon
2005 - Continuous Eruptions of Joy, Ventura, California—ONE -PERSON
2005 - Focus on the Masters Artists’ Studio Tour, Ventura California
2005 - UNCLAD, The Fine Art of the Figure, Gallery at Utsalady Bay, Camano Island, Washington
2005 - Annual Sensual and Erotic Art Exhibition, Ventura Artists Union Gallery, Ventura, California
2004 - Kilnopening.edu, Instructors and their Students, American Museum of Ceramic Art, Pomona
2004 - ArtExpo, New York, New York
2004 - The Source, Denver, Colorado,
2004 - Artwalk,  Stoneworks, Ventura, California
2004 - Endings and Beginnings, Artists’ Union Gallery, Ventura, California
2004 - BGH gallery, Bergamot Station, Santa Monica, California
2004 - Ann Arbor State Street Festival, Michigan
2004 - Girls Inc, Santa Fe, New Mexico
2004 - International Sculpture Exhibition, Loveland, Colorado
2004 - National Conference of Child-bearing Centers, Houston, Texas`
2004 - Five Sculptors at Absolute Art Gallery, San Marino, California
2004 - Included at Palos Verdes Art Center, Rancho Palos Verdes, California
2004 - Stanford Spring Faire, California
2004 - American Congress of Nurse Midwives, New Orleans, Louisiana
2004 - Today’s Women, Grand Rapids, Michigan
2004 - Saratoga Art Festival, Saratoga, California
2004 - Portland Rose Festival, Portland, Oregon
2003 - Two Person Exhibition at Upstairs Gallery, Ventura, California—TWO-PERSON
2003 - Exhibition at Group Show of Women, San Francisco, California
2003 - Exhibition at the Congress of Women, San Francisco, California
2003 - Exhibition at the Eric Lloyd Wright Ranch, Malibu, California
2003 - Exhibition at Women and Spirituality at the State University of Minnesota, Mankato
2003 - Valley Artists Exhibit at Pierce, Woodland Hills, California
2003 - Exhibition at Goddess 3K, La Honda, California
2003 - Exhibition in Rustlers’ Valley, Sough Africa
2003 - Exhibition at the Love Boutique, Tarzana, California
2003 - Girls Inc; 5 Fe New Mexico—BEST OF SHOW
2003 - Exhibition at Ojai Foundation, Ojai, California
2003 - Exhibition at National Conference of Nurse/Midwives, Palm Desert, California
2003 - Women’s Caucus Exhibition at Orlando Gallery, Tarzana, California
2003 - Exhibition at Ohio State University, Mansfield, Ohio—TWO-PERSON
2003 -  Morning-glory installed in Civic Plaza, Sheridan, Wyoming
2003-4 - New York ArtExpo, New York City, Javits Center
2002 - ArtFest, Scottsdale, Arizona
2002 - Pacific Design Center, Journey toward the Sacred—ONE-PERSON
2002-3 - Valley Artists’ Studios Tour, San Fernando Valley, California
2002 - Long Beach Arts, Long Beach, California
2002 - Krueger Gallery, Pasadena, California
2002 - Women of Wisdom Conference, Seattle, Washington
2002 - Ojai Art Center, Ojai California
2001 - Fine Arts and Crafts Exhibition, The Agnon School, Beachwood, Ohio
2001 - 3rd Annual National Small Works Exhibition; Gallery on the Green; Canton, CT
2001 - Contemporary Crafts; Brea Gallery; City of Brea, California
2001 - Living with LA Art:  An Acquired Taste; El Pueblo Gallery, Los Angeles, California
2001 - A Circle of Altars: Women Celebrate the Feminine Divine; CSUN, Northridge, California
2001 - Really Big Sculpture, Palos Verdes Art Center, Palos Verdes. California
2001 - Women of Wisdom Conference, Seattle, Washington
2001 - Sara Gallery, Eagle Rock, California        
2001 - 18th Women’s National Juried Art Exhibition, Arts Center of the Ozarks, Arkansas
2001 - 12th Annual California Clay Competition Exhibit, The Artery, Davis, California
2000 - No Way to Frame It, Sacramento Fine Arts Center, Carmichael, California
2000 - One person exhibition, Sebastian, Woodland Hills, California
2000 - One person exhibition, Moorpark College, Moorpark, California           
2000 - Art Walk,  Purple Iris, Ventura, California
2000 - "All Media Juried Exhibition", Palos Verdes Art Center, California
2000 - "Magnum Opus", Sacramento Art Center, Carmichael, California
2000 - "Big Sculpture", Palos Verdes Art Center, California
1999 - "Figures" Ovard Gallery, Dallas, Texas
1999 - Golden State Sculpture Society Exhibition,  Joslyn Art Center, Torrance, Calif.-- FIRST PRIZE
1999 - Noches de Arte y Realidades, Flor de Luna, Los Angeles, California
1999 - Golden State Sculptors' Society Exhibition, Thousand Oaks, California-- HONORABLE MEN.
1999 - AAN Live, Eclectionz Gallery, four person show, Pasadena, California
1999 - "Prototypes", Beverly Hills Hotel, Beverly Hills, California
1998 - Clay and Ink, CalPoly, Pomona, California
1998 - "Shrines, Icons, Mystical Places", Sebastopol, California-- BEST OF SHOW AWARD
1998 - Art Stew. Bel Aire, California
1998 - "Seeds of Love", two person exhibition, Northridge, California
1997 - Two Person Exhibition, Village Square, California
1997  - Golden State Sculptors Assoc. Juried Exhibition, Torrance, California—FIRST PRIZE
1997 - Three Exciting Artists, Temple Beautiful, Los Angeles
1996 - Reclaiming the Sacred Source; Pacifica Graduate Institute, Santa Barbara—ONE-PERSON
1996 - Sarah Spain and Friends Exhibition; Gallery Tapio Sapporo, Sapporo, Japan
1995 - Woman in Nature/The Nature of Women; Art Studio Gallery, Santa Monica—TWO-PERSON
1995 - Exploring a Movement: Feminist Vision in Clay; Laband Art Gallery, Loyola Marymount--INVITATION
1995 - Water To Women; Margaret Crow Gallery, South Pasadena
1994 - Gem Quest Gallery, Ojai
1994 - Chrysalis: Emergence of the Intrinsic Feminine; New Canyon Gallery; Topanga     
1994 - Handless Maiden; Eye Grind Gallery; Los Olivos—THREE-WOMEN
1993 - Goddesses; Megaboom; Hollywood
1993 - Reclaiming the Sacred Source; Altared Spaces, Los Angeles Festival; Tujunga
1992 - Faculty Exhibition; Moorpark College; Moorpark
1990 - Catch a Rising Artist; Los Angeles Art Council; Los Angeles
1990 - Workshop Exhibition; Martine Vaugel Atalier; Les Cirque Sur Passavant, France   
1990 - Tollefson's Graduates; Century Gallery; Sylmar
1989 - The Becoming Becomes; West Los Angeles City Hall Gallery, Los Angeles
1988 - Faculty Exhibition; Moorpark College; Moorpark
1988 - Spirit in Art; Eric Lloyd Wright's Land; Malibu—ONE-PERSON (one person)
1988 - On the Land; Eric Lloyd Wright's Land; Malibu
1987 - Century Gallery; Sylmar
1986 - LA ART; Los Angeles Art Gallery; New York, NY
1986 - Contemporary Ceramics; Merging One Gallery; Santa Monica
1986 - Lynn Creighton, Sculpture & Harold Pelster, Painting; Warner Center Art Gallery; Woodland Hills—TWO-PERSON
1986 - Angel's Gate Exhibition; San Pedro—SECOND PRIZE
1984 - Emerging Forms; Loyola Marymount University; Los Angeles
1984 - Pods and Polarities: Three Women Sculptors; California State University; Northridge
1984 - Recent Work by Eleven Artists; California State University; Dominguez Hills
1984 - Mask Exhibit; Skirball Museum; Los Angeles
1983 - American Ceramics National; Downey Museum of Art; Downey
1983 - Third Annual Juried Art Show; Conejo Valley Art Museum; Conejo
1983 - Juried All Media Exhibition; Palos Verdes Community Arts Association; Palos Verdes
1983 - All Media '83; Laguna Beach Museum of Art; Laguna Beach
1983 - Clay and Ink; California State Polytechnic University; Pomona
1982 - Sensuous Surfaces; Sculpture Installation at University of Southern California; Los Angeles-TWOPERSON
1982 - 16th Annual All Media Juried Art Exhibition; Orange County Art Association
1981 - Art in All Media; Southern California Expo; Del Mar
1980 - Emergence; Graduate Installation, California State University; Northridge

M.A. Art; California State University, Northridge; 1981
B.A. Art; California State University, Northridge; 1979
B.S. Education; Temple University; Philadelphia, PA; 1961
University of California at Los Angeles; 1956-9
Figurative Sculpture; Martine Vaugel Atalier, France

1982  State of California; Community College, Art (Current)
1978  State of California; Single Subject, Art; Multiple Subjects (Clear)
1963  State of New York; Elementary Education (Life)

• California Lutheran University, Ceramics Instructor, 2004-present
• UCLA Extension, Transformational Art Lecturer; 1992-4
• Moorpark Community College; 2D and 3D Design Instructor; 1985-present
• Loyola Marymount University; Laband Art Gallery Acting Director; 1985, 1987-8
• Moorpark Community College; Ceramics Instructor; 1982-92 
• Loyola Marymount University; Laband Art Gallery Preparator; 1984-7
• UCLA Extension; Visual Arts Instructor; 1984-6
• Independent Artist, ceramic sculptor; 1981-present
• Shourt Works, Ltd.; North Hollywood; Model builder; 1981
• Los Angeles Unified School District; Part-time Art/Ceramics Instructor; 1968-1980
  
  

• “Soaring Spirits:  Celebrating in Bronze”, Ventura Star, October 28, 2005
• "Sweet Sweats" NoHo-LA September 27, 2000
• "Bronze Art Sparks Debate" Moorpark College Reporter September 25, 2000
• "Artist's Design to Cast Female Sexuality in Positive Light" Moorpark September, 2000
• "Works of Art" The Michigan Daily July 24, 2000
• "Local Faculty Strut Their Stuff" The Reporter June 8, 2000
• "The Art of Teaching" Our Times - Los Angeles Times Supplement May 30, 2000
• "Learned Response" Out & About Ventura Los Angeles Times May 28, 2000
• "Eye Catcher" Press-Telegram April 10, 2000
• "Reclaiming the Sacred Source" Pasadena Weekly March 7, 1997
• "College Artists Unite Visions" Simi Valley Daily News December 13, 1997
• "Celebrating the Female Energy" Los Angeles Times May 20, 1994 
• "The Chrysalis Trio: Emergence of the Intrinsic Female" Messenger May 5, 1994
• "Hands Up" The Independent April 21, 1994

• William and Mary Review, vol. 38, 2000
• William and Mary Review,  vol. 37, 1999
• "Reclaiming the Sacred Source"; The Muse; Los Angeles, CA; September 1994
• "Garden Grove, California"; Craft International; July, 1985
• "Artists React to the Nuclear Issue"; Los Angeles Artist's Equity News; Spring, 1982
• "Questions and Answers" with Maurice Tuchman; Images and Issues; Winter, 1981

• Southern California Women's Caucus for Art
  • 1982-3 President
  • 1984    Vice President, Programs
  • 1982-3 Chairman of 3rd Juried Exhibition
  • 1981-2 Newsletter co-editor
  • Ground Zero: Artists React to Nuclear Issues
  • 1982 Co-Chairman of Los Angeles Event
• Internazionale, Italia
• LA Institute of Contemporary Art, Member
  • Contemporary Craft Council, Member
  • Craft & Folk Art Museum, Member
  • American Crafts, Council Member
  • 2004 Corresponding Academician, Accademia

• 1999 Bali
• 1994 Greece, Malta, England: pursuing deeper contact with and knowledge from the Great Goddess
• 1992 Rio de Janeiro: represented Grandmother Council, an NGO, at Earth Summit
• 1991 Peru: engaging in the ancient knowledge of the Inca
• 1986 Mayan Pyramids: first contact with the Crocodile bringing knowledge from Earth's center
• 1984 Germany, Switzerland, France: exploration of Art History and Architecture
• 1976 Japan, Mexico: Ceramic Study
• 1975 Italy, Switzerland: Ceramic Study
• 1971 England, Canada: exploration of personal heritage