I am a dreamer, a maker, an artist. I am passionate about life. I am very grateful to have been born an optimist.

This unique residency workshop will focus on wood as a primary construction material for building performing objects. Participants will work with traditional carving techniques and rotary power tools to create masks and bodies, and then delve into the mechanics of joints and controls. The workshop will explore various ways that wooden sculpture can be employed to create realistic notions and explore more abstract ideas, encouraging a sense of playfulness in the creation process.

 Inspired by a new series of courses offered in the Department of Art and Art History, this exhibition invites viewers to explore the ongoing content, questions, themes, and methods of the creative practices of faculty and staff. Featuring a variety of art forms including photography, painting, printmaking, drawing, textiles, sculpture, and installation, the artists reflect on identity, loss, resilience, hope, and despair. They explore memory, intimacy, mortality, and the in-betweenness of life, seeking to understand themselves, their communities, and the world through their art.https://gallery.stkate.edu/exhibition/shaping-creative-life

Puppeteers showcased some of their latest works and examined international and historical examples of puppet art, providing an eye-opening and thought-provoking look at the evolution of design styles and engineered problem-solving in puppetry.

This project was a personal challenge and collaboration between students and the artist. The St. Kate's Selfie Project evolved into a sculpture made up of many and varied selfies submitted by St. Kate's students, along with the words they used to describe their images.

Installed in the Community Corridor on the first floor of the Museum, this mural was created as part of the MIA Community Arts team's celebration of their 100th Birthday Year. Participants worldwide were invited to be a part of the mural by sending their selfies via various multimedia platforms.

The Naked Puppet Exhibit, a part of The Fettig Project, showcased puppets that work well and have unique mechanisms, traveling to puppetry conferences and festivals.

This exhibition featured art that explores form and color through a process of transformation from feeling to a fluid image, using inverted macro-photography to create abstract, fluid images. The artist built a light table to change the type of lighting and mixed various cooking oils, vinegars, carbonated water, and food coloring. This process feels like cooking, with the same attention and energy. If the artist waits too long, all the ingredients mix into a black blob. Until then, they mix and add things, using reverse macro photography to create a new way of seeing.

As part of the Cities Pride Art Exhibition at the Aloft Hotel in Minneapolis, MN, held from June 8th to June 25th, 2012, this juried exhibition was centered around a "Red" theme, aligning with that year's Twin Cities Pride celebration. Artists were invited to submit self-portraits that embodied the spirit of the theme, showcasing a diverse array of interpretations and styles. The exhibition provided a platform for artists to express their identities, experiences, and personal journeys, highlighting the vibrant and inclusive nature of the LGBTQ+ community.

Cooking is the term the artist uses for creating this art, which begins by placing ingredients on a light table. The ingredients include food coloring, various oils, water, and solvents. Using inverted macro-photography, the artist records a fluid abstract image.

"Self Portrait" is an intensive three-week summer program designed for individuals who have mastered basic skills and now want to move to deeper levels of understanding and expression in their work. Disciplines explored include photography, video, painting, drawing, collage, mixed media, installation, and more, depending on the artist's direction with the medium.