About the Artist

Biography | Artist Statement

Artist

Handmade paper compositions (from natural fibers) combining photography and botanical objects

Shows: Women's Memorial Museum at Arlington Cemetary-Faces of the Fallen, Pyramid Atlantic (Silver Spring, Md.); Jacksonville Center (Floyd, VA); Tai Sophia Institute (Columbia, MD), University of Georgia Cortona

Professional Experience

Gibson Creative - founder and president; graphic design/communications

Representative clients: World Wildlife Fund; Voters for Choice; Gore for President 2000; Pew Center on Climate Change; AT&T Technology Center; First Union Private Banking

Development Consultant - Institute for Policy Studies; Youth Project Foundation;
Highlander Center

White House Office of Consumer Affairs (Carter Administration)

US Department of Agriculture - Deputy Director of Community Affairs

East 11th Street Movement (New York City) - developed sweat equity housing and alternative energy (first and only windmill and solar energy in NY City) ;established community garden, El Sol Brilliante

Atlanta Public Schools - art teacher

Education

University of Georgia (BS Ed.,1972) - double major photography and art education; Cortona (Italy) Fine Arts Program

Georgia State University/University of Georgia - post-graduate work in printmaking, papermaking and photography (1974-5)

Board Experience

Art Museum of Western Museum, Board of Directors
University of Georgia School of Art (current)
Duke University Nasher Museum - Friends Advisory Board (current); Campaign Development Board
Moscow Studio/Handprint International Workshop Board
Pyramid Atlantic Board of Trustees/ Advisory Board
Corcoran College of Art and Design Board Chair
Corcoran Museum of Art - Board of Trustees Co-Chair; Architectural Selection Committee
Washington Project for the Arts - Board Chair
Round the Mountain - Member (current)
Hand Paper Making Magazine, Board of Directors (current)
Cool Air Clean Planet, Board of Directors (current)
Sustain Floyd, Board of Directors (current)