1985 to present
Creator of unique manuscript books and proprietor of Tomato Press
1997 to present
Calligraphy Correspondent for the Guild of Book Workers Newsletter
2003 to 2010
Volunteer Curator of the Cancer Care of Maine Galleries, Eastern Maine Medical Center, Bangor, Maine. Curator of healing arts gallery.
2009
Guest Lecturer/Instructor, The Wandering Mind, Wells College Book Arts Summer Institute, Aurora, New York
2008
Feature, Words of a Feather, Bangor Metro Magazine, December 2008
2008
Speaker, Carrying Forward, Working Within a Craft Tradition, University of Southern Maine Center for the Book Arts, Portland, Maine
2007
Lecturer, Studio Tour, Antiquarian Book Society of America, Boston, Massachusetts
Lecturer, Contemporary Illuminated Manuscripts, Guild of Book Workers spring meeting, Cambridge, MA
Lecturer/Instructor, In Search of Content, University of Maine, Stone House, Freeport, Maine
Lecturer, Geometry and the Manuscript Book, Ticknor Society, Dartmouth College, Hanover, New Hampshire
2006
Speaker, A Legacy of Letters, Guild of Book Workers Centennial Celebration, New York Academy of Medicine, New York City
2005
Third Prize, Letter Arts Review, 2005 Competition and Annual Magazine
Guest Lecturer/Instructor, Wells College Book Arts Summer Institute, Aurora, New York
Good Idea Grant from the Maine Arts Commission for project, A Legacy of Lettering
Guest Lecturer, Baxter Society, Portland, Maine
2004
Guest Lecturer, Colophon Club, San Francisco, California
2003
Good Idea Grant from the Maine Arts Commission for project, Cutting a Thousand Quills
2002
Steven Harvard Award, first prize, given by Baxter Society, Portland, Maine
Guest Lecturer, opening of Calligraphic Books, Minneapolis, Minnesota
2001
Feature, A Woman of Letters, Bangor Daily News, 29-30 September
2000
Cover Illustration of Letter Arts Review Magazine
1999
First Prize, Writing Beyond Words Exhibition and Conference, New Bedford, Connecticut