Awards and Recognition

The Crow Show - 8th annual The Studio Door, San Diego, CA. BEST IN SHOW March 2022


Look Me In The EYE show - Epsten Gallery, Overland Park, KS November 2019-January 2020

 

Solo exhibition - VXX: Veneration of the Feminine Spirit - Kansas City Artists Coalition - March 2018

First Annual Heartland Glass Show - Monarch Studio and Gallery March-June 2017

LIFEFORMS show - GAS Conference, Corning, NY Summer 2016- Pittsburgh Glass Center show Summer 2017

City of Lenexa, KS Art Fair Best in Show 3D 2016

​Images Gallery, Overland Park, KS annual exhibition “Best in Show 3D” 2014

Molten: A National Glass and Metals Show, Fine Line Gallery, Chicago, IL Best in Show 2014

City of Prairie Village “State of the Arts’ Honorable Mention 2013

Journees de la Perle de Verre, honored demonstrator, Sars-Poteries, France 2013

Art Westport 3rd place “Best in Show” 2013

“The Teapot Redefined” exhibition Mobilia Gallery, Cambridge, MA 2012
Now a part if the Kamm Teapot Foundation collection 
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City of Prairie Village “State of the Arts” show finalist October 2012

River Market Regional Show 2011- Kansas City Artists Coalition 

Bead and Button Magazine’s Commemorative Artist 2011

KCAC Undergrad Show 2011

City of Prairie Village State of the Arts competition – Award of Excellence Oct. 2011

Bluestem Craft – Featured Artist 2010

Bauble – Santa Fe, NM 2010

Kentucky Museum of Folk Art – ISGB show – July – August 2005.

GAS show Glass Jewelry: An International Passion, 2010

The Beautiful Bead, Sarasota Springs, NY Nov-Dec 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009

Pismo Glass Bead show, Denver CO.  March 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012

Sherry Leedy Gallery – ISGB show July-August 2006

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  • From 2013 to 2025, I served as a freelance writer for The Flow Magazine and Glass Art Magazine, both international publications serving the glass professional community.

    Author: The Brothers De La Torre - artists profile, Glass Art Magazine May/June 2024

    Author: Wesley Fleming - Interviewing the artist about his experience working for the props department of a new Wes Anderson Film, Asteroid City, Glass Art March/April 2024

    Author: Tim Carey - Interviewing the artists and committee members who brought the worlds largest 

    stained glass window to Kansas City as documented in the film Holy Frit, Mar/Apr 2024

    Author: Tim Tate - artist profile, Art Glass Magazine January/February 2024

    Author: Kim Fields - artist profile, Art Glass Magazine November/December 2023

    Author: KeKe Cribbs - artist profile, Art Glass Magazine January/February 2023

    Author: Austin Littenburg - artist profile Art Glass Magazine November/December 2022

    Author: Warm Glass Studio Profile Geoffrey Bowton Sculptural Reminders of Conflict and Memories

    Glass Art Magazine September/October 2022

    Author: LifeForms show Fuller Craft Museum Boston, MA Spring 2022 - Glass Art Magazine 2022

    Author: Stephanie Carlton Smith - artist profile - Glass Art Magazine November/December 2021

    Author: William Gudenrath - artist profile - Glass Art Magazine July/August 2021

    Author: UNESCO designation for Italy/France glass bead artists - Glass Art Magazine March/April 2021

    Author: Kate Baker - artist profile - Glass Art Magazine March/April 2021

    Author: Toshiki Uschida - artist profile -  Glass Art Magazine January/February 2021

    Author: William Gudenrath - artist profile - Glass Art Magazine September/October 2021 

    Author: Suzanne Head - artist profile - Glass Art Magazine November/December 2021

    Author: Robert Palusky - Pioneer in Glass - artist profile - Glass Art Magazine July/August 2021

    Author: Museum at Prairie Fire, Overland Park, KS - architecture profile - Glass Art Magazine August/September 2020

    Author: Marble Tutorial "how to" for FLOW magazine June/July 2020

    Author: Eunsuh Choi - artist profile - Glass Art Magazine June/July 2020

    Author: Karina Guerin and Cedric Ginart - artist profiles - Glass Art Magazine June/July 2020

    Author: Erica Rosenfeld - artist profile - Glass Art Magazine May/June 2020

    Author: Harvard Natural History Museum Glass Flowers Collection - Blauscka Collection - Glass Art Magazine January/February 2020

    Author: Priska Tobler Artist Profile - Glass Art Magazine - September 2019

    Author: Dr. Akoyo Tani Artist Profile - FLOW Magazine - Women in Glass - Fall 2019


    Author: The Blauscka Collection of the Irish Natural History Museum - The Flow Magazine Spring 2019
    Author: Igor Balbi artist profile - The Flow Magazine Spring 2019

    Author: Glass Fashion Show, Murano Italy during the GAS Conference - Glass Art Magazine November/December 2018

    Author: Gas Conference in Murano Italy - The Flow Magazine Fall 2018

    Author: Kathleen Elliot Artist Profile - The Flow Magazine Winter 2017


    Author: Guest Editor: The Flow Magazine Fall 2017


    GlassTress- Berego Studio, Murano  The Flow Magazine Fall 2017


    Mathiew Grodot - Artist Profile The Flow Magazine Fall 2017


    Author: Ryan Tanner (cover) - Artist Profile The Flow Magazine Fall 2017


    Author: Glass Fashion Show - GAS Conference at Corning, NY - The Flow Magazine Winter 2016

    Author: Glass Fashion Show - GAS Conference at Corning, NY - Glass Art Magazine Nov/Dec 2016

    Author: Lucia Santini interview - Glass Art Magazine May/June 2016

    Author: Tucson Flame Off 2016 - Flow Magazine Summer 2016m description