Jan Owen Resume:
Education: 1970 Art history classes, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD1969 BA DePauw University, Greencastle, IN1968 Art semester, Drew University, Madison, NJCalligraphy and bookmaking classes in the United States and Great Britain with Peter Halliday, Sheila Waters, Ieuan Rees, Haystack Mountain School of Crafts
Awards and Fellowships 2019 Artist Fellowship Award, Maine Arts Commission, Jurors, curator, Mark Leach, Lauren Cross, Lindsay Ketterer Gates 2017 Best of Show award, International Art of the Book, Central Library, Rochester, NY2009 Finalist, Books That Matter prize, Minnesota Center for Book Arts, Minneapolis, MN2003 First Prize, Truth in the Inward Being, All Souls Congregational Church, Bangor, ME2002 First Prize, Il Santo Dei Voli San Giuseppe da Copertino, Gruppo per le Arts Applicate di Osimo, Italy, international calligraphy 1995 Visual Arts Fellowship award given by Maine Arts Commission, juried1995 First Prize, "Craft America," Silvermine Guild Arts Center, New Canaan, CT Juror: Kate Carmel, Curator, Museum of American Craft, NY, NY1993 Judge's Merit Award, "Makers '93," Portland Museum of Art, Portland, ME Juror: Jonathan Fairbanks, Curator, Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, MA Collections:National Museum of Women in the Arts, Washington, DCLibrary of Congress, Washington, DCThe Walker Library of the History of Human Imagination, Ridgefield, CT Jack Ginsburg Centre for Book Arts, Witts Art Museum, Johannesburg, South AfricaPortland Museum of Art, Portland, MEBainbridge Island Museum of Art, WAPrivate collectorsLibrary Special Collections: University of California Berkeley Environmental Design Library, CA; Houghton Library, Harvard University, MA; Wellesley College, MA ; Yale University, CT; Bowdoin College, ME; Swathmore College, PA; Rochester Institute of Technology, NY; Univ. of South Florida, FL; Princeton University, PA; University of Denver, CO; University of Iowa, IA; Emory University, GA; University of Louisville, KY; University of Miami, OH, Colby College, ME, Maine Women Writers Collection, UNE, ME Selected Exhibitions:2022 Lettered and Bound, Abecedarian Gallery, Denver, CO Juror, Sha Towers Stories, Maine Jewish Museum, Portland, ME, Curated by Lissa Hunter2021 Reclamation, San Francisco Center for the Book, CA (catalogue) Pandemonium, Abecedarian Gallery, Denver, CO (catalogue) Structure & Narrative II, Michael Good Gallery, Rockport, ME (catalogue)2019 The Darkness and the Light, Institute of Contemporary Art, Portland, ME Invitational group show, Curator, Lissa Hunter (catalogue) Tower of Babel, Scuola Internazionale di Grafica, Venice, Italy2018 Volumen et Rotulus, Rearte Gallery, Vienna, Austria CRAFT Gallery, Rockland, ME2017 International Art of the Book, Central Library, Rochester, NY (catalogue) Volumen et Rotulus, Scuola Internazionale di Grafica di Venezia and touring Italy Marks, Symbols, Lines, Gallery on the Green, Canton, CT Dirt?, The Evergreen State College, Olympia, WA (catalogue) CODEX exhibitor, Richmond, CA2016 CRAFT Gallery, featured artist, Rockland, ME July2015 Vessel, Guild of Book Workers traveling, juried exhibit (catalogue) CODEX book exhibitor, Richmond, CA Beyond Words: Contemporary Book Art, Foothills Art Center, Golden, CO2014 CMCA Biennial, Center for Maine Contemporary Art, Rockport, ME Geographies, New England Guild of Book Workers traveling, juried exhibit 2013 Horizons, Guild of Book Workers traveling exhibit, catalog Type Matters: The Artistry of Bookbinding and Letterform, CAUniversity, Denton, TX, catalog2012 The Poetic Pen, 23 Sandy Gallery, Portland, OR catalog Exploding the Codex, San Francisco Center for the Book, CA, catalog Transparent/Opaque, Abecedarian Gallery, Denver, CO, catalog The Poetic Pen, 23 Sandy Gallery, Portland, OR, catalog2011 Hand Lettered, Abecedarian Gallery, Denver CO, catalog2010 Inventive Structures: Books Beyond the Codex, Creative Arts Workshop, New Haven, CT Art of Music, Carver Hill Gallery, Rockport, ME2009 The Beautiful Book, abecedarian gallery, Denver, CO Books That Matter, Minnesota Center for Book Arts Prize, Minneapolis, MN The Beautiful Book, 23 Sandy Gallery, Portland, OR2008 5th International Book & Paper Arts Triennial, Columbia College, Chicago, IL catalog 2008 Biennial Exhibition, Center for Maine Contemporary Art, Rockport, ME Transparent/Opaque, Abecedarian Gallery, Denver, CO Haystack: Creative Process, Haystack gallery, Deer Isle, ME2007 Carver Hill Gallery, Rockport, ME, 3 person show Work of the Hand, Center for ME Contemporary Art, Rockport, ME Belfast Poetry Festival, Phoenix Row Gallery, Belfast, ME Book Arts Show, Cambridge Artists’ Co-operative, Cambridge, MA 2006 Works with Paper: Artists’ Books, Univ. of the South, TN catalog Hotel Lenkerhof, Lenk, Switzerland Book as Art, National Museum of Women in the Arts, Washington, DC, book Contemporary Crafts, Mesa Arts Center, Mesa, AZ, catalog The Inspired Hand III, Atrium Gallery, USM/LA, Lewiston, ME Poetry in Belfast, William Ryan Gallery, Belfast, ME Work of the Hand, Center for Maine Contemporary Art, Rockport, ME Fiber & the Book Artist, Fiber Art Center, Amherst, MA 2005 WordArt, Univ. of Cincinnati College of Design, Cincinnati, OH Response and Resonance, Wellesley College Special Collections, MA catalog The Intensive Spirit, Steamboat Springs Arts Council, CO2004 Book as Art XV, National Museum of Women in the Arts, Washington, DC Artist Members Juried Exhibition, The Center for Book Arts, NYC Word & Image in the Contemporary Artist’s Book, Colby College, ME Matter & Spirit, Wells Book Arts Center, Aurora, NY HIDDEN WORDS: Jan Owen and Martha Hall, Center for ME Contemporary Art, Rockport, ME 20/20 Envision, Maine Crafts Association, Univ. of New England Art Gallery, Portland, ME2003 20/20 Envision, Maine Crafts Association, Colby College Museum of Art, Waterville, ME2002 International Calligraphy Exhibition, Osimo, Italy and traveling Biennial 2002, Columbia College Chicago Center for Book & Paper Arts, Chicago, IL 50th Anniversary Exhibit, Center for Maine Contemporary Art, Rockport, ME 24th Annual Contemporary Crafts, Mesa Contemporary Arts, Mesa, AZ 2001 Book as Art XII, National Museum of Women in the Arts, Washington, D.C. Calligraphic Enigma, Guilford Handcraft Center, Guilford, CT Krause Gallery, Providence, RI Women in the Arts, Colby College Museum of Art, Waterville, ME 2000 Paper and Arts Biennial 2000, Columbia College, Chicago, IL Book Arts, Flaxman Library, The School of the Art Institute of Chicago Bound & Unbound, Books As Art, Baum Gallery of Fine Art, Univ. of Central Arkansas, AK1999 Transforming Material, the Gallery at Vinalhaven Press, Vinalhaven, ME Book Arts: Images and Words, Cambridge Artists Cooperative, Cambridge, MA Arrowmont National ‘99, Gatlinburg, TN 1998 Book as Art XI, National Museum of Women in the Arts, Washington, DC Bangor Symphony Orchestra Family and Childrens Concerts; brush marks on paste paper accompanying 'Rite of Spring' Artists Books, Converse College, Spartanburg, SC 1997 The Artist Book, 1997 National Juried Exhibition, Fine Art Center en Taos, Taos, NM Perspectives: the Art of the Book, Portland Museum of Art, Portland, ME Belle Lettere, International Calligraphy Exhibition, Tower of Malta, Padua, Italy,1996 Book as Art VIII, The National Museum of Women in the Arts, Washington, DC Crafts National 30, Penn State Univ., University Park, PA Book Artists, Lakes Gallery, So. Casco, ME May No Boundaries: A Collection of Artist Books, Cambridge Artists Cooperative, Cambridge, MA1995 Colby College Museum of Art, Waterville, ME "Makers '95," juried, catalogue Craft as Art, Fog Gallery, Vinalhaven, ME Craft America '95, Silvermine Guild Arts Center, New Canaan, CT 1994 Calligraphic Books & Boxes, Strathmore Hall Arts Center, Bethesda, MD Baker's Dozen: Artist Book Show, Salve Regina University, Newport, RI Artists' Books: Text, Image, Form, Barn Gallery, Ogunquit, ME One person show, Eastern Bay Gallery, Stonington, ME, July Out of Bounds - Artists' Books, Creative Arts Workshop, New Haven, CT Books - Works of Art, Rugg Road Papers, Somerville, MA Book Arts, Agnes Scott College, Decatur, GA 1993 Makers '93, Portland Museum of Art,, Portland, ME Hands at Work: A Celebration of American Book Crafts, University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa, AL 1992 In Homage- A Visual Ode to the Book, Danforth Gallery, Portland, ME 1990 Paper as Art, Maine State Capitol Building Governor's exhibition area Makers '90, Bates College, Lewiston, ME
Commissions:2009 Percent for Art, Penobscot Judicial Center, Bangor, ME, 4 calligraphic panels2005 Percent for Art, Knox Country Courthouse, Rockland, ME, 3 calligraphic panels1997 Framed book with text by Maine authors commissioned by the Maine Broadcasting Company and presented to the Bangor Public Library
Publications:2018 Letter Arts Review Annual Juried Issue, John Neal Books, NC2016 Bound & Lettered, Vol. 13, Number 2, Gallery of Books2015 VESSEL, Guild of Book Workers exhibition catalogue Dirt? Lucia Harriman, University of Puget Sound, Collins Library2013 Book Art Object 2, Codex Foundation and Stanford University Libraries2014 ArtNewEngland, December, review of CMCA Biennial2012 1000 Artists’ Books, Rockport Publishers, Editor, Sandra Salamony2010 Handmade Books, Lark Books, Editor, Ray Hemachandra Letter Arts Review Annual Juried Issue, John Neal Books, NC2008 500 Handmade Books, Lark Books, Lark Books, Editor, Suzanne J.E. Tourtillott2007 The Book As Art, Krystyna Wasserman, Princeton Architectural Press2006 The Book as Art, Artists Books from the National Museum of Women in the Arts, Washington, DC; book of the Museum’s exhibition, Krystyna Wasserman, curator2005 “Jan Owen,” Bangor Metro, May premier issue2004 “Art Lives, Cover to Cover,” Village Soup Times, 2/4/04 by Shanna McNair “Artist Books,” Maine Sunday Telegram, 2/15/04 by Bob Keyes2003 WABI-TV Bangor, ME interview, September2002 Letter Arts Review Annual Juried Issue, John Neal Books, NC The Art of Making Paste Paper, Diane Maurer-Mathisen, Watson-Guptill Publishing2001 Fiberarts Magazine, profile, Jan/Feb The Art and Craft of Handmade Books by Shereen LaPlantz, Lark Books1998 "Artist Portfolio - Jan Owen" Somerset Studio, interview by Sharilyn Miller, Sept/Oct.1997 Belle Lettere, Centro Offset Master, Italy, Editor, Carlo Buffa
Selected teaching and presentations:2022 Gallery talk, Maine Jewish Museum, Portland, ME Maine Media Workshops, Jan Owen & Richard Reitz Smith: Typography: Mark Making, Letters, Words, & Books, Rockport, ME University of Southern Maine Summer Book Arts Program, Portland, ME2019 Gallery talk,Institute of Contemporary Art at Maine College of Art, Portland, ME University of Southern Maine Summer Book Arts Program, Portland, ME2015 National Museum of Women in the Arts, Washington, DC, presentation to Library Fellows2012 Presentation about work to Baxter Society, USM, Portland, ME2010 Farnsworth Art Museum, Rockland, ME “Words Made New” and “Paste Paper” for adults2009 Society of Printers, Boston, MA Presentation about work Haystack high school weekend workshop, Deer Isle, ME2008 Austin calligraphy guild workshop, Austin, TX2006 Oregon College of Art and Craft, Portland, OR Sitka Center, Otis, OR2004 Book Arts, Center for Maine Contemporary Art, Rockport, ME 1 day adults2002 Oregon College of Arts and Crafts, Portland, OR2001 Arrowmont School or Arts and Crafts, Gatlinburg, TN2000 Haystack School of Craft, The New England Workshop Universiy of Maine at Farmington, "The Visual Word," May term1999 Paper & Book Arts, slide presentation, Portland Museum of Ar1998 Oregon School of Arts & Crafts, Portland, OR, 5 day book and lettering class, July Haystack Mountain School of Crafts, "Book Arts”1997 The Baxter Society, Portland, ME Feb. 12, "Why Calligraphic Books Now" Artist Showcase, Maine Center for the Arts and Maine Arts Commission presentation1995 Haystack School of Crafts, Deer Isle, ME "The Embellished Page," Open Door1992 Portland Museum of Art, Portland,ME "Crafts Today: A Panel Discussion"And many, many, many Artist-in-Residencies in New England schools
Awards and Fellowships 2019 Artist Fellowship Award, Maine Arts Commission, Jurors, curator, Mark Leach, Lauren Cross, Lindsay Ketterer Gates 2017 Best of Show award, International Art of the Book, Central Library, Rochester, NY2009 Finalist, Books That Matter prize, Minnesota Center for Book Arts, Minneapolis, MN2003 First Prize, Truth in the Inward Being, All Souls Congregational Church, Bangor, ME2002 First Prize, Il Santo Dei Voli San Giuseppe da Copertino, Gruppo per le Arts Applicate di Osimo, Italy, international calligraphy 1995 Visual Arts Fellowship award given by Maine Arts Commission, juried1995 First Prize, "Craft America," Silvermine Guild Arts Center, New Canaan, CT Juror: Kate Carmel, Curator, Museum of American Craft, NY, NY1993 Judge's Merit Award, "Makers '93," Portland Museum of Art, Portland, ME Juror: Jonathan Fairbanks, Curator, Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, MA Collections:National Museum of Women in the Arts, Washington, DCLibrary of Congress, Washington, DCThe Walker Library of the History of Human Imagination, Ridgefield, CT Jack Ginsburg Centre for Book Arts, Witts Art Museum, Johannesburg, South AfricaPortland Museum of Art, Portland, MEBainbridge Island Museum of Art, WAPrivate collectorsLibrary Special Collections: University of California Berkeley Environmental Design Library, CA; Houghton Library, Harvard University, MA; Wellesley College, MA ; Yale University, CT; Bowdoin College, ME; Swathmore College, PA; Rochester Institute of Technology, NY; Univ. of South Florida, FL; Princeton University, PA; University of Denver, CO; University of Iowa, IA; Emory University, GA; University of Louisville, KY; University of Miami, OH, Colby College, ME, Maine Women Writers Collection, UNE, ME Selected Exhibitions:2022 Lettered and Bound, Abecedarian Gallery, Denver, CO Juror, Sha Towers Stories, Maine Jewish Museum, Portland, ME, Curated by Lissa Hunter2021 Reclamation, San Francisco Center for the Book, CA (catalogue) Pandemonium, Abecedarian Gallery, Denver, CO (catalogue) Structure & Narrative II, Michael Good Gallery, Rockport, ME (catalogue)2019 The Darkness and the Light, Institute of Contemporary Art, Portland, ME Invitational group show, Curator, Lissa Hunter (catalogue) Tower of Babel, Scuola Internazionale di Grafica, Venice, Italy2018 Volumen et Rotulus, Rearte Gallery, Vienna, Austria CRAFT Gallery, Rockland, ME2017 International Art of the Book, Central Library, Rochester, NY (catalogue) Volumen et Rotulus, Scuola Internazionale di Grafica di Venezia and touring Italy Marks, Symbols, Lines, Gallery on the Green, Canton, CT Dirt?, The Evergreen State College, Olympia, WA (catalogue) CODEX exhibitor, Richmond, CA2016 CRAFT Gallery, featured artist, Rockland, ME July2015 Vessel, Guild of Book Workers traveling, juried exhibit (catalogue) CODEX book exhibitor, Richmond, CA Beyond Words: Contemporary Book Art, Foothills Art Center, Golden, CO2014 CMCA Biennial, Center for Maine Contemporary Art, Rockport, ME Geographies, New England Guild of Book Workers traveling, juried exhibit 2013 Horizons, Guild of Book Workers traveling exhibit, catalog Type Matters: The Artistry of Bookbinding and Letterform, CAUniversity, Denton, TX, catalog2012 The Poetic Pen, 23 Sandy Gallery, Portland, OR catalog Exploding the Codex, San Francisco Center for the Book, CA, catalog Transparent/Opaque, Abecedarian Gallery, Denver, CO, catalog The Poetic Pen, 23 Sandy Gallery, Portland, OR, catalog2011 Hand Lettered, Abecedarian Gallery, Denver CO, catalog2010 Inventive Structures: Books Beyond the Codex, Creative Arts Workshop, New Haven, CT Art of Music, Carver Hill Gallery, Rockport, ME2009 The Beautiful Book, abecedarian gallery, Denver, CO Books That Matter, Minnesota Center for Book Arts Prize, Minneapolis, MN The Beautiful Book, 23 Sandy Gallery, Portland, OR2008 5th International Book & Paper Arts Triennial, Columbia College, Chicago, IL catalog 2008 Biennial Exhibition, Center for Maine Contemporary Art, Rockport, ME Transparent/Opaque, Abecedarian Gallery, Denver, CO Haystack: Creative Process, Haystack gallery, Deer Isle, ME2007 Carver Hill Gallery, Rockport, ME, 3 person show Work of the Hand, Center for ME Contemporary Art, Rockport, ME Belfast Poetry Festival, Phoenix Row Gallery, Belfast, ME Book Arts Show, Cambridge Artists’ Co-operative, Cambridge, MA 2006 Works with Paper: Artists’ Books, Univ. of the South, TN catalog Hotel Lenkerhof, Lenk, Switzerland Book as Art, National Museum of Women in the Arts, Washington, DC, book Contemporary Crafts, Mesa Arts Center, Mesa, AZ, catalog The Inspired Hand III, Atrium Gallery, USM/LA, Lewiston, ME Poetry in Belfast, William Ryan Gallery, Belfast, ME Work of the Hand, Center for Maine Contemporary Art, Rockport, ME Fiber & the Book Artist, Fiber Art Center, Amherst, MA 2005 WordArt, Univ. of Cincinnati College of Design, Cincinnati, OH Response and Resonance, Wellesley College Special Collections, MA catalog The Intensive Spirit, Steamboat Springs Arts Council, CO2004 Book as Art XV, National Museum of Women in the Arts, Washington, DC Artist Members Juried Exhibition, The Center for Book Arts, NYC Word & Image in the Contemporary Artist’s Book, Colby College, ME Matter & Spirit, Wells Book Arts Center, Aurora, NY HIDDEN WORDS: Jan Owen and Martha Hall, Center for ME Contemporary Art, Rockport, ME 20/20 Envision, Maine Crafts Association, Univ. of New England Art Gallery, Portland, ME2003 20/20 Envision, Maine Crafts Association, Colby College Museum of Art, Waterville, ME2002 International Calligraphy Exhibition, Osimo, Italy and traveling Biennial 2002, Columbia College Chicago Center for Book & Paper Arts, Chicago, IL 50th Anniversary Exhibit, Center for Maine Contemporary Art, Rockport, ME 24th Annual Contemporary Crafts, Mesa Contemporary Arts, Mesa, AZ 2001 Book as Art XII, National Museum of Women in the Arts, Washington, D.C. Calligraphic Enigma, Guilford Handcraft Center, Guilford, CT Krause Gallery, Providence, RI Women in the Arts, Colby College Museum of Art, Waterville, ME 2000 Paper and Arts Biennial 2000, Columbia College, Chicago, IL Book Arts, Flaxman Library, The School of the Art Institute of Chicago Bound & Unbound, Books As Art, Baum Gallery of Fine Art, Univ. of Central Arkansas, AK1999 Transforming Material, the Gallery at Vinalhaven Press, Vinalhaven, ME Book Arts: Images and Words, Cambridge Artists Cooperative, Cambridge, MA Arrowmont National ‘99, Gatlinburg, TN 1998 Book as Art XI, National Museum of Women in the Arts, Washington, DC Bangor Symphony Orchestra Family and Childrens Concerts; brush marks on paste paper accompanying 'Rite of Spring' Artists Books, Converse College, Spartanburg, SC 1997 The Artist Book, 1997 National Juried Exhibition, Fine Art Center en Taos, Taos, NM Perspectives: the Art of the Book, Portland Museum of Art, Portland, ME Belle Lettere, International Calligraphy Exhibition, Tower of Malta, Padua, Italy,1996 Book as Art VIII, The National Museum of Women in the Arts, Washington, DC Crafts National 30, Penn State Univ., University Park, PA Book Artists, Lakes Gallery, So. Casco, ME May No Boundaries: A Collection of Artist Books, Cambridge Artists Cooperative, Cambridge, MA1995 Colby College Museum of Art, Waterville, ME "Makers '95," juried, catalogue Craft as Art, Fog Gallery, Vinalhaven, ME Craft America '95, Silvermine Guild Arts Center, New Canaan, CT 1994 Calligraphic Books & Boxes, Strathmore Hall Arts Center, Bethesda, MD Baker's Dozen: Artist Book Show, Salve Regina University, Newport, RI Artists' Books: Text, Image, Form, Barn Gallery, Ogunquit, ME One person show, Eastern Bay Gallery, Stonington, ME, July Out of Bounds - Artists' Books, Creative Arts Workshop, New Haven, CT Books - Works of Art, Rugg Road Papers, Somerville, MA Book Arts, Agnes Scott College, Decatur, GA 1993 Makers '93, Portland Museum of Art,, Portland, ME Hands at Work: A Celebration of American Book Crafts, University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa, AL 1992 In Homage- A Visual Ode to the Book, Danforth Gallery, Portland, ME 1990 Paper as Art, Maine State Capitol Building Governor's exhibition area Makers '90, Bates College, Lewiston, ME
Commissions:2009 Percent for Art, Penobscot Judicial Center, Bangor, ME, 4 calligraphic panels2005 Percent for Art, Knox Country Courthouse, Rockland, ME, 3 calligraphic panels1997 Framed book with text by Maine authors commissioned by the Maine Broadcasting Company and presented to the Bangor Public Library
Publications:2018 Letter Arts Review Annual Juried Issue, John Neal Books, NC2016 Bound & Lettered, Vol. 13, Number 2, Gallery of Books2015 VESSEL, Guild of Book Workers exhibition catalogue Dirt? Lucia Harriman, University of Puget Sound, Collins Library2013 Book Art Object 2, Codex Foundation and Stanford University Libraries2014 ArtNewEngland, December, review of CMCA Biennial2012 1000 Artists’ Books, Rockport Publishers, Editor, Sandra Salamony2010 Handmade Books, Lark Books, Editor, Ray Hemachandra Letter Arts Review Annual Juried Issue, John Neal Books, NC2008 500 Handmade Books, Lark Books, Lark Books, Editor, Suzanne J.E. Tourtillott2007 The Book As Art, Krystyna Wasserman, Princeton Architectural Press2006 The Book as Art, Artists Books from the National Museum of Women in the Arts, Washington, DC; book of the Museum’s exhibition, Krystyna Wasserman, curator2005 “Jan Owen,” Bangor Metro, May premier issue2004 “Art Lives, Cover to Cover,” Village Soup Times, 2/4/04 by Shanna McNair “Artist Books,” Maine Sunday Telegram, 2/15/04 by Bob Keyes2003 WABI-TV Bangor, ME interview, September2002 Letter Arts Review Annual Juried Issue, John Neal Books, NC The Art of Making Paste Paper, Diane Maurer-Mathisen, Watson-Guptill Publishing2001 Fiberarts Magazine, profile, Jan/Feb The Art and Craft of Handmade Books by Shereen LaPlantz, Lark Books1998 "Artist Portfolio - Jan Owen" Somerset Studio, interview by Sharilyn Miller, Sept/Oct.1997 Belle Lettere, Centro Offset Master, Italy, Editor, Carlo Buffa
Selected teaching and presentations:2022 Gallery talk, Maine Jewish Museum, Portland, ME Maine Media Workshops, Jan Owen & Richard Reitz Smith: Typography: Mark Making, Letters, Words, & Books, Rockport, ME University of Southern Maine Summer Book Arts Program, Portland, ME2019 Gallery talk,Institute of Contemporary Art at Maine College of Art, Portland, ME University of Southern Maine Summer Book Arts Program, Portland, ME2015 National Museum of Women in the Arts, Washington, DC, presentation to Library Fellows2012 Presentation about work to Baxter Society, USM, Portland, ME2010 Farnsworth Art Museum, Rockland, ME “Words Made New” and “Paste Paper” for adults2009 Society of Printers, Boston, MA Presentation about work Haystack high school weekend workshop, Deer Isle, ME2008 Austin calligraphy guild workshop, Austin, TX2006 Oregon College of Art and Craft, Portland, OR Sitka Center, Otis, OR2004 Book Arts, Center for Maine Contemporary Art, Rockport, ME 1 day adults2002 Oregon College of Arts and Crafts, Portland, OR2001 Arrowmont School or Arts and Crafts, Gatlinburg, TN2000 Haystack School of Craft, The New England Workshop Universiy of Maine at Farmington, "The Visual Word," May term1999 Paper & Book Arts, slide presentation, Portland Museum of Ar1998 Oregon School of Arts & Crafts, Portland, OR, 5 day book and lettering class, July Haystack Mountain School of Crafts, "Book Arts”1997 The Baxter Society, Portland, ME Feb. 12, "Why Calligraphic Books Now" Artist Showcase, Maine Center for the Arts and Maine Arts Commission presentation1995 Haystack School of Crafts, Deer Isle, ME "The Embellished Page," Open Door1992 Portland Museum of Art, Portland,ME "Crafts Today: A Panel Discussion"And many, many, many Artist-in-Residencies in New England schools