Education
MA Missiology, Wheaton College Graduate School, Illinois, USA, 1992
BA Sociology, Dartmouth College, New Hampshire, USA, 1989
AAS Communication Media, Bossier Parish Community College, Spring 2021
Certificate of Technical studies in Communication Media
Certificate of Technical studies in TV Production
Artist Training:
Photography
Drawing
Adobe Photoshop
Adobe Illustrator
Video Editing
Adobe InDesign
Adobe Lightroom
Adobe Premiere Pro
Graphic Design
Web Design
Ruby on Rails coding
HTML coding
Artist Awards:
Shreveport Regional Arts Council’s Critical Mass 2020- Honorable mention
Shreveport Regional Arts Council’s Critical Mass 2021- Honorable mention
2022 Shreveport Regional Arts Council’s Critical Mass winner- Critics’ choice award
Who’s Who in America-2023 inductee
Shreveport Regional Arts Council 2023 Fellowship Award winner
ShoutOut DFW magazine June 27, 2023 article
Featured in the September 2023 issue of Artist Closeup Magazine.
2025 Scott Griffin Award winner, Shreveport, LA.
Artist Exhibitions:
Solo Exhibition: Cane River Chronicles: Unveiled- Sept 16-October 30, 2022 at Shreveport Regional Arts Council at Artspace, 708 Texas Street, Shreveport, LA
Holidaze artist at Shreveport Regional Arts Council at Artspace, November 18- December 23, 2023- 708 Texas Street, Shreveport, LA
Exhibition celebrating African American and Women’s History - March 7- September 2023 at Southern University Museum of Art, 601 Texas Street, Shreveport, LA
Irene Rosenzweig 2023 biennial exhibition juried participant, July 20-October 15, 2023 at The Science and Art Center in Pine Bluff, Arkansas
Mid-City Artisans juried for inclusion in their art gallery, August 2023
Ongoing exhibition at Us Up North Restaurant Shreveport, LA. 2023- present
Emerging Artist exhibition, SAS Gallerie, Shreveport, LA December 2023
Tom Peyton Arts Festival, Alexandria, LA, honorable mention, April 2024
On-going exhibition in Uneeda Lofts, Shreveport, LA. 2024-present
Prizefest Photography contest, Shreveport, LA, December 2024
The Seed and the Sower exhibition, Fayetteville NC, February 2025
Black History exhibition at The Multicultural Center of the South, Shreveport, LA, February 2025
Roots and wings exhibition, Shreveport, LA, April 2025
Art in the Atrium, Morristown,NJ, May 2025
Ongoing exhibition at SAS Gallerie, Bossier City, LA. 2025- present
Ongoing exhibition at Feist Weiller Cancer Center, Shreveport, LA. 2025-present
ARTPORT exhibition in Shreveport Regional Airport, Shreveport, LA, June 2025-June 2028
NSU exhibition in Natchitoches at Hanchey Gallery, room 110, Opening September 15- October 5, 2025
Trees and flowers exhibition in Bethlehem, PA October 9 - November 6, 2025
Organizational/ Volunteer Affiliations:
Shreveport Regional Arts Council (Juried/Roster Artist)
Society of Photographic Education member (SPE) Caucus Member
City of Shreveport Mudbug Festival Volunteer
Susan G. Komen volunteer
American Heart Association Go Red For Women and Heart walk volunteer
Board member of Noel Community Arts Program, Shreveport, LA. 2024- present
