AWARDS:

May 2007, Awarded a Professional Development Individual Artist Grant by Pinellas County Cultural Affairs Department.

May 2003, John Brown Memorial Award for Painting, Twelfth Annual All Florida Juried Exhibition. Juror: Richard Vine, Managing Editor, Art in America.

May/June 2005, August/September 2002, August 2001, Fellowships at The Hambidge Center, GA, an artists' retreat.

June 2000, Fellowship at the Mary Anderson Center for the Arts, IN, artists' retreat.

April 1998, 12th Annual Women in the Visual Arts 1998 International Competition (juror: Andrea Miller-Keller, Curator of Contemporary Art, Wadsworth Atheneum, Hartford, CT). Award winner.

Fall 1997, scholarship awarded by The Union Institute and University.

July 1989, Fourth Annual Exhibit: Art Windows on Route 66. Site specific installation created with students of Pojoaque School (jurors: Susan Benforado, then Curator of Contemporary Art, Museum of Fine Arts, Santa Fe; David Moreno, art director and curator and Patrick Nagatani, photographer). Honorable mention.

April 1987, Third Annual Three Rivers Art Expo: On and Of Paper (jurors: David Turner, director, Museum of Fine Arts, Santa Fe and Ma Lin Wilson, then curator, Jonson Gallery, University of New Mexico). Juror's Award.

New Mexico Arts Division, VSA Arts, and Virginia Commission for the Arts, Artist-in-Residence grants. Over 25 residencies between 1986 and 2007 in colleges, universities, schools K through 12, & other institutions.

MAJOR WORK EXPERIENCE:

Teaching Experience

Fall 2006 to Present
Art Instructor, Youth Arts Corps, a division of Family Resources. Teach art to at-risk teenagers.

Fall 2003, Fall '05 to Present
Adjunct Professor, Ringling College of Art and Design, Sarasota, Florida. Perceptual Systems, Color and Observation, drawing courses in the CORE program.

2005 to Present
Arts Instructor, VSA Arts, Florida.

2004 to 2005
Adjunct Professor, School of Visual and Performing Arts, Hillsborough Community College, Florida. Sculpture I.

2001 to Present
Adjunct Professor, Program for Experienced Learners, Eckerd College, St. Petersburg, Florida. Beginning, Intermediate/Advanced painting courses conducted at the Arts Center, St. Petersburg.

2001 to 2003, Spring 2007
Adjunct Professor, Collegium of Creative Arts, Eckerd College. Beginning and Intermediate/Advanced painting courses.

1997 to Present
Artist-in-Education with Virginia Commission for the Arts.

1979 to 2003
Independent Art Teacher. Organized and conducted mixed media workshops. Also courses and workshops focusing on art as medium for personal growth. Taught numerous workshops lasting one day or less and courses lasting six sessions or more.

2001, 2002, 2005
Instructor, Summer Arts Camp, St. Petersburg Arts Center. Taught art to pre-schoolers and middle-school students during summer camp.

2000/2001
Instructor, St. Petersburg Arts Center. Three six week courses (a total of fifteen hours each) on artists' books.

2001
Instructor, St. Petersburg Arts Center. Four six week courses (a total of fifteen hours each) on mixed media.

2000 to 2001
Arts and crafts teacher, part-time, in a pre-school, and retirement homes in Pinellas County, Florida.

2000 to 2001
Substitute Art Teacher, Pinellas County Schools, Florida, K through 12.

Summers of 1998 and 1999
Teacher, New Horizons, a week-long summer arts program of Amherst County, Virginia, public school system. Taught mask-making to elementary school children.

1986 to 1994
Artist-in-Education with New Mexico Arts Division and Very Special Arts, NM. Taught/lectured preschool through university at institutions throughout New Mexico.

Summer 1991, 1993, and 1995
Camp Counselor in Batik Studio at Buck's Rock Camp, a summer arts camp for teens. Directed all aspects of running busy studio including training staff, ordering supplies, maintaining safety, and teaching batik.

1987 to 1989
Teacher, La Luz Montessori School. Supervised after school daycare program. Initiated, planned, directed programs in arts and crafts. Created atmosphere conducive to skill sharing, social interaction, inner development for children aged two to eleven. Part-time position.

1981 to 1990
Substitute Teacher, Pojoaque and Los Alamos School Districts, Grades K through 12.

1981
Art Instructor, New Mexico State Penitentiary. Established art classes and taught art at women's prison. Part-time position.

1978 to 1979
Teacher, La Canada Montessori School. Supervised after school daycare program. Initiated, planned, directed programs in arts and crafts. Created atmosphere conducive to skill sharing, social interaction, inner development for children aged three to eleven. Part-time position.

1977
Teacher-in-training, Everett Junior High School, an inner city school in San Francisco. Successfully motivated students, including "at risk" students by involving them in mural project, field trips and national and local art competitions.

Administration and Management

2005 to Present
Art Consultant, Bobosart, Orlando. Part-time position.

2004 to 2005
Art Consultant, The Kessler Collection. Advised directors of art galleries in Orlando and Savannah, Oversaw the private collection of Richard C. Kessler. Part-time position.

Spring 2003 to Fall 2004
Director, Chautauqua Center for the Visual Arts, at the Chautauqua Institution. Directed art gallery and gift shop in summer cultural retreat in rural New York State. Responsible for hiring and supervising staff, curating and hanging exhibitions, planning and organizing events such as concerts and lectures, grant writing, publishing newsletters and other publications. Oversaw gift shop. Full time position June, July, Aug., part time Sept. through May.

1997 to 2000
Director of Development, Virginia Center for the Creative Arts. Responsible for public relations and fundraising, including designing and writing annual solicitation materials. Established major donor campaign with trustees and Executive Director. Supervised the organization of public events. Assisted with grant applications. Designed and created promotional materials.

1996 to 1997
Acting Assistant Director, Virginia Center for the Creative Arts. Assisted in most aspects of running one of the nation's largest year-round artists' retreats. Ran the art gallery and, working with volunteers and interns, organized the institution's art collection including photo-documentation of artworks. Responsible for personnel management, public relations and desktop publishing, including annual report and newsletters.

1994 to 1996
Manager, telefund campaign for the Dallas Symphony Orchestra. Hired, trained, supervised employees in successful fundraising campaign. Also planned, organized and established telefund campaign for the San Francisco Ballet.

1990 to 1993
Program Specialist, Smoke Free Santa Fe, a smoking cessation and education pilot project funded by the National Cancer Institute. Planned, organized, supervised, and publicized programs including workshops, seminars, contests, youth video (shown on network television). Part-time position.

1984 to 1991
Organizer, New Mexico Right to Choose, an affiliate of NARAL. Supervised volunteers, organized fundraisers and membership drives, educational programs and demonstrations. Part-time position.

1985 to 1987
Assistant Manager, Presden Gallery, Santa Fe, a contemporary art gallery. Responsibilities included hanging exhibitions, organizing gallery openings, sales, communicating with artists, designing and placing advertising. Part-time position.

1984 to 1985
Sales Associate, Edward Curtis Gallery, Santa Fe, a photography gallery specializing in Edward Curtis photographs, and the work of other American photographers. Part-time position. Moved on with director of Curtis Gallery to Presden Gallery.

1981 to 1984
Art Director, Leach Research, a market research company. Hired and trained assistants and supervised twenty-four hour production schedule in art/typesetting department. Responsible for all design and typesetting.

1972
Art Director, Studio Prins, a company specializing in publicizing package tours. Worked within tight deadlines to design and produce brochures selling more tours than any in clients' history.

1965 to 1972
Owner/manager, "Roses," a successful young women's fashion boutique. Directed all aspects of own retail business including buying, sales, hiring and training employees, publicity, banking, and bookkeeping.

Design

1961 to 2000
Graphic artist. Employed in South Africa, England, Canada, and the United States in advertising agencies, newspapers, a market research company, a printing company. Also freelanced. Familiar with all phases of graphic design and desktop publishing from conception through layout, typography, to camera ready art. Designs included advertisements, logos, posters, flyers, bumper stickers, brochures, decals, invitations.

1985 to 1989
Partner in ceramics business, Rose Y Velasco. Designed, built, glazed, ceramic art objects sold in galleries in New Mexico, Idaho, Arizona. 1965 to 1972 Dress Designer, "Roses." Worked on design and production of women's clothing; also window display for own successful fashion boutique.

SELECTED EXHIBITIONS:

Solo

January '07, LOST... and found, C. Emerson Fine Arts, St Petersburg. Solo show.

July/Aug. 2005, The Arts Center, St. Petersburg, Florida, Rose Marie Prins: Enigmas. Solo show.

Jan./Feb. 2004, HCC/Ybor School of Visual and Performing Arts, Ybor City, Florida. Solo show. Also slide lecture on my work.

December 2002, Mira Mar Gallery, Sarasota, Florida. Solo show.

Oct./Nov., 2002, Gallery Enormous, St. Petersburg. Solo show.

Feb./March 2002, Saltcreek Artworks, St. Petersburg, Florida, Alchemical Transmutations. Solo show.

Sept./Oct. 2002, Spiller Vincenty Gallery, Jacksonville, Florida. Solo show.

May to July 2002, Grand Finale, St. Petersburg. Solo show.

January 2001, 1708 Gallery, Richmond, Virginia. Solo show. Also slide lecture on my work.

Aug./Sept. 1992, San Juan College, Farmington, New Mexico, Aphrodite's Temple/The Golden Serpent. Solo show. Also slide lecture and workshop.

Nov. 1991, Center for Contemporary Arts, Santa Fe, Aphrodite's Temple/The Golden Serpent. Solo show.

Jan. to March 1990, Jonson Gallery, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, In the Realm of Aphrodite. Solo show. Also slide/video presentation of my work.

1985, summer and winter solstice, spring and fall equinox, Shadow Clock, performance in New Mexico and Connecticut.

Dec. 1978, The Terrible Mother, solo performance on NBC television.

Group

Nov./Dec. '07, Stargazing: 2007 Holiday Exhibition, The Arts Center, St. Petersburg, Invitational show.

Oct./Nov. '07, A Priori/Prima Facie Annual Ringling College Faculty Exhibition, Part II. Selby Gallery, Ringling College of Art and Design.

September 15 to September 28, '07, Eckerd College PEL Program, 30th Anniversary Celebration Exhibit, Seminole Campus, Seminole, FL.

September 7 to 30, '07, reMember September, The Arts Center, St. Petersburg. Group show.

Nov./Dec. '06, Star Power, The Arts Center, St. Petersburg. Invitational show.

October '06, Ringling School of Art and Design. Annual faculty exhibition.

September 2006, C. Emerson Fine Arts, St Petersburg. Group show.

May through October '06, Brighthouse Networks Corporate Offices. Group show.

Feb./March 2006, Eros, C. Emerson Fine Arts, St Petersburg. Two person show.

Oct. through Jan., 2006, Minus Color, Marriott Hotel, Orlando. Group Show.

Oct. through Nov. 2004, Second Nature, Project Creo, St Petersburg. Juried show.

Oct./Nov. 2004, HCC/Ybor School of Visual and Performing Arts Faculty Exhibition, Tampa International Airport, Tampa. Group show.

July 2004, Annual Faculty Exhibition, Chautauqua, New York. Group show.

Oct. through Dec. 2003, Install, Project Creo, St Petersburg. Group show.

October 2003, Annual Faculty Exhibition, Ringling School of Art and Design. Group show. Also slide lecture on my work.

May/June 2003, All Florida Juried Exhibition, The Arts Center, St. Petersburg, Florida. Juror: Richard Vine, Ph.D., Managing Editor, Art in America.

Feb. 2003 to April 2003, Mahaffey Theater, St. Petersburg, Florida. Heart, Home and Heritage: Artists Show Their Roots. Group show.

Dec. 2002 to Feb. 2003, Mahaffey Theater, St. Petersburg, Florida. Material Transformations: The Art of Recycling, Group show.

November/December 2002, Spiller Vincenty Gallery, Jacksonville, Florida. Objects of Desire. Group show.

Nov. 2002 to Jan. 2003, Lewis House, Eckerd College, St. Petersburg, Florida. Art department faculty show.

Oct./Nov. 2002, Elliott Gallery, Eckerd College, St. Petersburg, Florida. Art department faculty show.

Sept./Oct. 2002, Saltcreek Artworks, St. Petersburg, Florida. Group show.

July/Aug. 2002, Gulf Coast Museum of Art, Largo, Florida. Studioworks 2002. Juried show.

May through July 2002, Gallery Enormous, St. Petersburg. Group show of work by gallery artists.

April to June 2002, Actors Theatre, Louisville, Kentucky, Mary Anderson Center 2002 Biennial Alumni and Friends Art Show. Group show.

March/April 2002, Mahaffey Theater, St. Petersburg, Florida, Imprints of Joy: Student and Instructor Works. Group show.

Nov./Dec. 2001, Elliott Gallery, Eckerd College, Bookarts. Juried show.

Sept. to Dec. 2001, Brad Cooper Gallery, Tampa, Florida. International Voices. Group show of gallery artists.

July/Aug. 2001, Gulf Coast Museum of Art, Largo, Florida. Studioworks 2001. Juried show.

July/Aug. 2001, St. Petersburg Art Center, St. Petersburg, Florida. Members' show.

Feb./March 2001, Saltcreek Artworks, St. Petersburg, Florida. Group show.

Feb./March 2001, Raymond Lawrence Gallery, Atlanta, Georgia. Social Alchemy. Two person show.

December 2000, Brad Cooper Gallery, Tampa, Florida, Sweet Sixteen: Sixteenth Anniversary Group Exhibition. Group show of work by gallery artists.

Oct./Nov. 2000, Saltcreek Artworks, St. Petersburg, Florida. Group show.

June to Aug. 2000, Les Yeux du Monde, Charlottesville, invitational show as part of exhibition at Bayley Art Museum at University of Virginia, Hindsight/Fore-site.

Sept./Oct. 1999, Aljira, a Center for Contemporary Art, Newark, New Jersey, Aljira National Five, Juried show.

June 1999, Virginia Center for the Creative Arts, Camp Gallery, Sweet Briar, Virginia, Art from Mt. San Angelo: Pleasants, Prins and Two Monks. Group show.

April/May 1999, Federal Reserve Bank Gallery, Cambridge, Massachusetts, The Cambridge Art Association National Prize Show. Juried show.

April 1998, Erector Square Gallery, New Haven, Connecticut, 12th Annual Women in the Visual Arts 1998 International Competition. Juried show.

Jan. 1998, Coincidence Gallery, Richmond, Virginia, T h e Art of Communication II, Invitational show.

Dec. 1993 to Jan. 1994, Courtyard Gallery, Alameda, California, Home Sweet Home. Invitational show.

Oct./Nov. 1993, 1350 Upstairs, Alameda, CA, The House Show. Invitational show.

Nov. 1990 to Jan. 1991, Jonson Gallery, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, New Acquisitions 1982-1990. Group show.

June/July 1989, Central Avenue, Albuquerque, I'll WIPP You and Waste You Away, site specific installation created with mid- and high-school students of Pojoaque School, included in Fourth Annual Exhibit: Art Windows on Route 66. Juried show.

June/July 1988, Bridge Street Gallery, Big Fork, Montana, Suttee, Moths and the Bomb: a Trinity, installation as part of Artists and Issues. Invitational show.

Nov./Dec. 1987, College of Santa Fe, New Mexico Selections. Juried show.

Nov. 1987, United World College, Montezuma, NM, Suttee, Moths and the Bomb: a Trinity, installation. Also slide/video presentation and discussion of my work.

July/Aug. 1987, Woman's Building, Los Angeles, Suttee, Moths and the Bomb: a Trinity, installation as part of Reflections on Survival. Invitational show.

April 1987, San Juan College, Farmington, NM. Third Annual Three Rivers Expo: On and Of Paper. Juried Show.

July 1986, Center for Contemporary Arts, Santa Fe, NM. Planned, organized and publicized The Future and the Bomb: Several Views, panel discussion/performance in conjunction with exhibition of Suttee, Moths and the Bomb: a Trinity.

June/July 1986, Center for Contemporary Arts, Santa Fe, Suttee, Moths and the Bomb: a Trinity, installation as part of New Mexico Installation Exhibition: Six Contemporary Installation Artists. Invitational show.

Feb./March 1984, Armory for the Arts, Santa Fe, Space X. Group show.

Nov. 1978, Broadway Street, San Francisco, The Virgin and the Whore, collaborative performance with Suzanne Lacy and Leslie Labowitz in conjunction with Perspectives on Pornography conference.

Aug. 1978, San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, The Sacrifice of the Son, performance as part of The Global Space Invasion.

Dec. 1976, Merlin Gallery, San Francisco. Two person show.

Sept. 1974, San Francisco Festival of Art. Group show.

SELECTED PUBLICATIONS:

"Varied Paths: An Artist's Journey," Northeast Journal, Nov./Dec. 2005.

"Inspired by Experience," St. Petersburg Times, Aug 4, 2005.

"Interesting..." St. Petersburg Times, Nov. 14, 2004.

"Artist Incorporates Found Objects Into New Metaphors," The Tampa Tribune, January 8, 2004.

"Art That Comes and Goes," St. Petersburg Times, Oct. 9, 2003.

"Fresh from Florida," review of the Twelfth Annual All Florida Juried Exhibion by Lennie Bennett, St. Petersburg Times, May 25, 2003.

Review of solo show at Mira Mar/Allyn Gallup Contemporary Gallery, Sarasota, Florida, by Adrienne M. Golub in Art Papers, May/June, 2003.

Twelfth Annual All Florida Juried Exhibition, catalog. The Arts Center, St. Petersburg, Florida, May, 2003.

"Biographical Touchstones," Weekly Planet, March 2 to 7, 2002.

"Pathways to Expression," St. Petersburg Times, Feb. 21, 2002.

"It Takes a Village," Weekly Planet, Oct. 18 to 24, 2001.

"A Tula Smorgasbord: Botanicals, birds, abstraction," Atlanta Journal-Constitution, Feb. 23, 2001.

"RCES Hosts Artist-in-Residence Project," Rappohannock News, November 3, 1999.

"Mixed Signals: Coincidence Gallery's 'Art of Communication ll' Offers an Eclectic Mix of Art " Style, Jan. 20, 1998.

"Gallery Has Brought Six Artists Together for a Conversation," Richmond Times-Dispatch, Jan. 16, 1998.

Metis: A Feminist Journal of Transformative Wisdom, Winter/Spring 1996, Vol. 1, Number 1. San Francisco: California Institute of Integral Studies, 1996.

"Young Cast Brings Play to Fellow Offenders," Albuquerque Journal, Feb. 28, 1993.

"Art Views: Keeping an Eye on the Art Scene," The Sun, Dec. 1991.

In the Realm of Aphrodite, exhibition catalog, Jonson Gallery, University of New Mexico, 1991.

"Pushing Materials to Physical Limits to Reflect the Feminine," The New Mexican, Nov 1, 1991.

"Students to Perform New Play," Farmington Daily Times, April 24, 1991.  

"Very Special Arts Day at the Santa Fe Children's Museum," Very Special Arts, NM, Access to the Arts, Winter 1990.

"Helms Can't Beat' Em...," The Albuquerque Voice, Dec. 1990.

"Challenging the Patriarchy," El Ojo, Feb 7, 1990.

"Artist Manipulates Dimensions, Media, Myths and Symbols," Albuquerque Journal, Jan. 26, 1990.

"It's Very Special Arts Day at Museum," The New Mexican, Nov. 3, 1989.

"Artist Learns From Students," Very Special Arts, NM, Access to the Arts, Spring 1989.

"College of Santa Fe's New Mexico 1987 Features Fifteen Artists," The New Mexican, Dec. 5, 1987.

" Reflections on Survival," Woman's Building Calendar, July/Aug. 1987.

"Show Studies Survival," Los Angeles Times, June 28, 1987.

"Art Exhibit Covers Ground From Familiar to Abstract," Albuquerque Journal North, June 25, 1986.

"X Marks the Spot," Santa Fe Reporter, Feb. 8, 1984.

CONFERENCES:

Co-conducted workshop, "The Viability of the Artist's Book as a Vehicle for a Feminist Message," at Barnard College Feminist Art Conference, 2000. Also presented paper.

Presented at Sarasota International Design Summit , 2006, as part of workshop, "The Business Case for Integrating Fine Art and Design," facilitated by Bobosart.

GALLERY REPRESENTATION:

Art Du Monde, St. Petersburg, Florida.

WORKS IN COLLECTIONS (SELECTED):

Allan Abrams; John Alexander; Albert Alfonso, Alfonso Architects; Suzanne Andrew; Colette and John Bancroft; Miriam Beerman; Monique Borboen-Abrams; Paula Brunelle; Frank and Vera Burianek; Robin Cahall and Linda Dunikoski; Mr. and Mrs. S. Cheeseman; Cathie and John Crawford; Kristen Davide; Julia Duax-Skop; Fiquet Duckworth; Stephen Ellis; Barbara Erdman; Frank and Silvia Ettenberg; Bruce Gilbert; Valerie Gill; Joseph Guay; Tracey M. Hawkins; Meg Hickman; Lori Johns; The Jonson Gallery, University of New Mexico; Doris and William Jacobs; Dr. and Mrs. Joel Kaplan; Anna Katherine; Marilyn Kayser; Christian Kirby: Carol Komater-Hewitt; Carolyn Kossar; John Krige; Michael Lehman; Jo Leonard; Ken Lesko; Peter Litsky; Margo Martin; Lynda Massey; Charlene McCarthy; Richard McCurdy; Jordon Meinster; Daniel Morgan; A. J. Nielsen; Deborah Ott; Sarah Partan; Dorothy and Salvador Perconti; Linda Piper; Donald and Susan Prins; Michael and Lucy Rixon; Lin and Jim Sennott;Vicki Sheba; Damon and Natascha Solis; Brandy Stark; Ann Starr; Otto Throw; Elyse Vaintrub; Kim Vincenty; Che Watkins; Judy and John Willi Weitz; Caroline York; Anne and Jan van Zyl.

EDUCATION:

1998
Ph.D. in Studio Art and Arts Administration. The Union Institute and University, Cincinnati. Dissertation title: Crossing Boundaries, a Woman's Art: Artists and Visionaries Who Challenge Dichotomies.

1993 to 1994
Courses and workshops, California Institute of Integral Studies, San Francisco, in Ph.D. program in Women's Spirituality.

1980
M.A. Goddard College, Plainfield, Vermont. Art major.

1978 to 1979
Studies in Feminist Theory and Art. Feminist Studio Workshop, Woman's Building, Los Angeles.

1979
Secondary School Teaching Credentials in Art, San Francisco State University.

1974
B.F.A. San Francisco Art Institute. Painting major.

1961
National Senior Certificate, Johannesburg College of Art, Johannesburg, South Africa. Graphic Arts major.

1960 to 1961
Courses in Speech and Drama, University of South Africa Johannesburg.