I am honored to have received an Idaho Commission on the Arts Folk and Traditional Arts Fellowship, in the category of Traditional Arts for my silversmithing of Judaica, Jewish Ritual Objects.

“On behalf of the Idaho Commission on the Arts, it is a pleasure to inform you that you have been approved for a Folk and Traditional Arts Fellowship for Fiscal Year 2027 in the amount of $5,000. This award recognizes artistic excellence and commitment to strengthening the cultural life of Idaho.
This grant is made possible by the Idaho State Legislature and funds from the National Endowment for the Arts. The Idaho Legislature has consistently demonstrated its support for Idahoans’ access to the arts, as does Congress through its support for the Endowment.”

I received a Professional Performance Award from Boise State University.

“The Professorial Performance Award recognizes those professors whose sustained, high-level and high-impact contributions across teaching, scholarship, service, and/or creative activity demonstrate meaningful impact, leadership, innovation, and achievement over time. It is apparent from your statement and supporting documentation that your work has impacted Boise State University's continued success. This award recognizes your continued dedication to professorial achievement, to student success, to the university, and to your discipline. Congratulations on this significant achievement. On behalf of all of us in Academic Affairs, thank you for your significant efforts in support of our mission at Boise State University.”

The Radical Jewelry Makeover’s 2026 Rejewelry Competition Juror’s Committee is happy to announce your selection to this year’s Rejewelry Cohort! We were thrilled with the quality of applications we received this year. The final selection for this competition by our jurors Jessica Anderson, Heidi Lowe, and Shane Prada highlight work from talented jewelers who are ready to take on the challenge of transforming outdated, broken, post-consumer jewelry, mined from jewelry boxes and donated to RJM. It is clear now more than ever the importance of our mission of material circularity, creative reuse, and innovative design and we are happy to invite you into our community. 

The 2026 Rejewelry Competition will be a traveling exhibition:
Adorned Spaces (June 2026), SNAG Conference, Detroit, MI
Heidi Lowe Gallery (Sept. – Nov. 2026), Lewes, DE
Baltimore Jewelry Center (Nov. 2026 – Jan. 2027), Baltimore, MD

https://www.radicaljewelrymakeover.org/rejewelry-call-for-entry

The Yuma Art Symposium is a series of demonstrations, lectures and slide presentations given by both internationally recognized and emerging artists who have demonstrated excellence in their chosen media. Activities include an exhibit of artworks by presenters, a student show, the National Saw, File, & Solder Sprints, the annual small art auction, and a fiesta and dance on Saturday night.

Winter Pentaculum: designed to provide artists with unfettered time & space to work alongside peers, Pentaculum is an invitation-only, weeklong retreat held twice annually at Arrowmont School of Arts and Craft.

Exposed! A juried exhibition at Steuben Gallery, Pratt Institute in Brooklyn, NYC, NY during New York City Jewelry Week and then on-line at the Society of North American Goldsmith’s website.

REFINED: The Foreseeable Future an international juried exhibition at Cole Art Center, Stephen F. Austin State University, Nacogdoches, TX from Oct. 14, 2025 to Jan. 4, 2026

WE ARE SNAG: Anthology Ed. 5 from Sept. 2025 – Jan. 2026, a virtual exhibition of SNAG member work

Pins & Posters: Against the Normalization of Rightwing Ideolody from May 3 – June 15, 2025 at the Front Room – Studio Julia Walter, Amsterdam, Netherlands

“Gathering: Unity, Dissonance, and the Spaces Between”, a curated exhibition of artworks from the Boise State University permanent collection exhibited at The Art Museum of Eastern Idaho in Idaho Falls

“Between Hand and Scroll: Torah Pointers from the Barr Collection”, an exhibition at the Fralin Museum of Art in Charolette, Virginia.

"The Biennial Faculty Exhibition showcases the research and creative activities of the Department of Art, Design and Visual Studies faculty."

“Light in the Darkness 2”, a Hanukah menorah, donated to the Penland School of Craft “39th Annual Benefit Auction”, a two-day event Aug. 23 - 24, 2024. This Hanukah menorah is hand-carved walnut, cast glass, and sterling silver, completed in 2024, based on an earlier Hanukah menorah I created in 2009 that is in the permanent collection of The Jewish Museum NYC.

“Ginkgo 3” mezuzah was acquisition into the permanent collection of The Israel Museum in Jerusalem, Israel. Thank you to the mezuzah collector Robin Lissak for his generous donation of the mezuzah into their collection.

https://www.imj.org.il/en#page-2

“Loss of Innocence 17” was donated to the Penland School of Craft Elizabeth Brim Iron Scholarship Auction. Congratulations to the highest bidder and thank you for supporting this important scholarship.

I taught a two-week workshop at the Penland School of Crafts from July 14 - 26, 2024. The workshop was titled “Adorning the Body”. We had a fabulous group of 9 students that explored materials and unique ways of adorning the body.

“River” Havdalah Set was commissioned by Congregation Ahavath Beth Israel to honor Rabbi Dan Fink upon his retirement after 30 years of service. This major commission was created out of sterling silver (from Hoover and Strong - no new metal), and there are river rocks on the Hadas (spice box).

“Tree of Life Mandala”, a Torah Breastplate/Shield was a commission for Congregation Ahavath Beth Israel, Boise, ID. This was a large, major work commission by the O’Shea family for the synagogue to honor Rabbi Dan Fink upon his retirement.

It includes 7 trees wit 7 branches each, 18 found beach rocks (quartz), moonstone in the center of a Star of David, 12 smaller gemstones in the branches to represent the 12 tribes: lapis, turquoise, jasper, amethyst, garnet, citrine, rose quartz, blue lace agate, emerald, carnelian, peridot, and sapphire.

150 Torah pointers from the Barr Foundation Torah pointer collection have been donated to the Fralin Museum permament collection at the University of Virginia, including two of my Torah pointers.

Leap Into Art exhibition, February 29, 2024 at Congregation Ahavath Beth Israel, Boise, Idaho