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Artist in Residence:
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Mining the Collection Artist, Spring 2011, Badè Museum of Biblical Archaeology, Pacific School of Religion, Berkeley, CA
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Cubberley Community Center, Palo Alto, August 2005-August 2011
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Kala Institute, Berkeley, CA, August – September 2008, December 2005 – August 2006
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Awards:
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| 2011 |
First Place, Conservation and the Environment, Los Altos Town Hall, Los Altos, CA |
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Exhibition Award, Outlandish, Bedford Art Gallery, Walnut Creek, CA |
| 2007 |
Juror's Award, Bay Area Annual, Sanchez Art Center, Pacifica, CA |
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First Place Award Winner, Artfully Reclaimed, Novato Art Center, Novato, CA |
| 2006 |
First Place Exhibition Award Winner, Collage, Impact Gallery, Buffalo, NY
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| 2005 |
Exhibition Award Winner, Black, White and Read, Cabrillo College, Soquel, CA |
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First Place, Manipulated Photography, The Palo Alto Weekly
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Silicon Valley Open Studios Award, Palo Alto, CA |
Solo Exhibitions:
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| 2011 |
Doug Adams Gallery, Badè Archaeology Museum, Pacific School of Religion,
Berkeley, CA
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| 2010 |
Michael Hunter Gallery at PikNik, Oak Bluffs, MA |
| 2006 |
Phantom Art Gallery, Milpitas, CA |
| 2005 |
Vino Locale, Palo Alto, CA |
Group Exhibitions:
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| 2011 |
Connections, Siena Art Institute, Siena, Italy
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Environment and Conservation, Los Altos Town Hall, Los Altos, CA |
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Bloom, Palo Alto City Hall, Palo Alto, CA |
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Artists Book Faire, Fabula Urbis, Lisboa, Portugal |
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Outlandish, Bedford Art Gallery, Walnut Creek, CA |
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No Mirrors: Images made without Cameras, Rayko Gallery, San Francisco, CA |
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Light/Dark: Print Selections by Enrique Chagoya, Berkeley Art Center, CA
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| 2010 |
Loteria Portfolio, produced by SF Center for the Book, San Francisco, CA |
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International Center for Prints Benefit Auction, New York, NY |
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50/50, Sanchez Art Center, Pacifica, California |
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Roll Call, San Francisco Camerawork, SF CA |
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International Center for Prints, New York, NY Juror: Philip Pearlstein |
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Memories, Stanford Spaces, Stanford University, CA |
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Primo Tempre Pictoris in Insula, Piknik Studio Gallery, Oak Bluffs,
Martha's Vineyard, MA |
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Prints made at the Studio of Glen Roger, Stone Metal Press, San Antonio, TX |
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Minute Detail and Grand Gestures, Adobe Art Center, Castro Valley, CA |
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Sustainability, Sonoma State University Art Gallery, Sonoma, CA
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A Place of One's Own, Cubberley Artists, Palo Alto City Hall |
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RE: (rebound, recycled, repurposed, reused), Abecedarian Gallery, Denver, CO |
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25th Bay Area Annual, Gallery Route One, Pt.Reyes, CA (Juror: Kenneth Baker)
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Cutting Edge: West Coast Collage and Assemblage, Coos Bay Museum, OR
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| 2009 |
Hecho in Mazatlan, Mazatlan, Museum of Art, Mexico
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Cubberley Artists, Palo Alto City Hall, Palo Alto, CA |
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Under Pressure, Sun Gallery, Hayward, CA |
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Printed, Cabrillo College, Aptos, CA |
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50/50, Sanchez Art Center, Pacifica, CA
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Monotype Marathon, San Jose ICA, San Jose, CA
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Monterey Printmakers, Felix Kulpa Gallery, Santa Cruz, CA
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Silicon Valley Artists, Intel Corporation, Sunnyvale, CA
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Pressing On, Pacific Grove Art Center, CA
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| 2008 |
Fresh Work, Kala Art Institute, Berkeley, CA
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Cubberley Artists, Palo Alto City Hall, Palo Alto, CA
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25th Juried Exhibition, Berkeley Art Center, Berkeley, CA |
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Monotype Marathon, San Jose Institute of Contemporary Art, San Jose, CA |
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Eighteen Months: Taking the Pulse of Bay Area Photography, SF Arts Commission Gallery, SF, CA |
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Madison National Show, Madison-Morgan Art Center, Madison, GA
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Cinco Californianos: Gentes, Lugares, Cosas, MADC, San Jose, Costa Rica
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Cinco Californianos en Dardo, Dardo costado Este de la Casa Amarilla, San Jose, Costa Rica
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| 2007 |
Bay Area Annual, Sanchez Art Center, Pacifica, CA |
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Art that Speaks: Blending Word and Image, O'Hanlon Gallery, Mill Valley, CA |
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All Things Great and Small, Artisans Gallery, San Rafael, CA |
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Other People's Memories: Found Photos, Mendocino College Gallery, Ukiah, CA |
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Made in a Day, Herger Gallery, Solano Community College, Fairfield, CA |
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Narrative Photography, Falkirk Cultural Center, San Rafael, CA |
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Artfully Reclaimed, Northern California Art League, Novato, CA |
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Housewarming, Works Gallery, San Jose, CA |
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Monotype Marathon, San Jose Institute of Contemporary Art, San Jose, CA |
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Body of Works, Works Gallery, San Jose, CA
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Arts on Fire XI, 2007 Sanchez Art Center, Pacifica, CA |
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The Art of the Book, San Francisco Center for the Book, San Francisco, CA |
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Bay Area Annual, Falkirk Cultural Center, San Rafael, CA |
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Dada, Surrealism, Readymade & Found Object, 2nd City Gallery, Long Beach, CA
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| 2006 |
Fresh Work, Artists in Residence, Kala Institute, Berkeley, CA |
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Is Dada Dead?, O'Hanlon Center for the Arts, Mill Valley, CA
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Cubberley Artists Group Show, Palo Alto Civic Center, Palo Alto, CA |
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We Are Family, San Jose Museum of Art, San Jose, CA |
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Out of the Box: Art Expressing Life, Women Beyond Borders, Palo Alto Art Center,
Palo Alto, CA
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Works on Paper, Axis Gallery, Sacramento, CA
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Monotype Marathon Exhibition, ICA, San Jose, CA
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Group Show, Berkeley Civic Center, Berkeley, CA |
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By The Hand, Bedford Gallery, Walnut Creek, CA
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Context: A Blending of Images & Language, Herger Gallery, Solano College, Fairfield, CA |
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The Body: Figurative Art, Fetterley Gallery, Vallejo, CA
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Arts On Fire X, Sanchez Art Center, Pacifica, CA |
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The Intimate Portrait, STAC, St. James, NY |
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Explorations in Art and Language, Sebastopol Ctr. for the Arts, Sebastopol, CA
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Annual Show, Gallery Route One, Pt. Reyes, CA
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| 2005 |
Fresh Work, Artists in Residence Annual Show, Kala Institute, Berkeley, CA |
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Cubberley Artists, Synopsis Corporation Gallery, Mountain View, CA |
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Art and the Interpretation of Quilts, Penn Charter School, Philadelphia, PA |
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My Cultural Heritage, Northwest Cultural Council, Barrington, IL |
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Snap to Grid, Los Angeles Center for Digital Art, Los Angeles, CA
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The Mona Lisa Project, Works Gallery, San Jose, CA |
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Sixth International Juried Collage Exhibition, FFCS, Austin, TX |
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Unique Markings, Visual Anthropology, Francis Hardy Art Center, Ephraim, WI |
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Black, White and Read, Cabrillo College, Soquel, CA |
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| Book Arts and Parts: International Exhibition of Book Arts, World Council for |
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Art & Culture, Herbst International Exhibition Hall, San Francisco, CA |
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Auction Donations (invitational):
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| 2009 |
San Francisco Camerawork, San Francisco, CA
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| 2008 |
San Jose Institute of Contemporary Art, San Jose, CA |
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San Francisco Camerawork, San Francisco, CA |
| 2007 |
San Jose Institute of Contemporary Art, San Jose, CA |
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San Francisco Camerawork, San Francisco, CA
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Works Gallery, San Jose, CA
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| 2006 |
San Jose Institute of Contemporary Art, San Jose, CA |
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San Francisco Camerawork, San Francisco, CA
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Works Gallery, San Jose, CA
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| 2005 |
San Jose Institute of Contemporary Art, San Jose, CA
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| 2004 |
San Francisco Camerawork, San Francisco, CA
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Juried Membership: |
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California Society of Printmakers
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Selected Private Collections:
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John Coetze and Dorothy Driver, Australia
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Sheila and Ralph Pickett, Saratoga, CA |
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Diana Wayne, Hillsborough, CA |
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Mary P. Williams, San Francisco, CA |
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Coeta Chambers, Los Altos, CA |
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Sharon Fox, Palo Alto, CA |
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Siobhan Pickett, San Jose, CA |
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Debra Heimerdinger, Brevard, NC |
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Sandra Moll and Rick Holden, San Jose, CA |
Board Affiliations:
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San Jose Institute of Contemporary Art, 2004-2008
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FotoForum, SFMOMA, San Francisco, CA, President 2000-03 |
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ArtTable, A Group of Professional Women in the Arts, San Francisco, CA 1991
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San Francisco Camerawork, San Francisco, CA 1990-92
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Mother Jones Int'l. Fund for Documentary Photography, San Francisco, CA 1989-90 |
Career History:
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Art Instructor, Graphic Arts Workshop, SF: Pacific Art League, Palo Alto, current |
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Art Appraiser, Photo Specialist, current
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Vice President and Photography Specialist, Butterfield Auctioneers
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Curatorial Assistant, Photography Department, SFMOMA
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Director of Education, Friends of Photography
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Curatorial Intern, Photography Department, Art Institute of Chicago
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Research Assistant, Modern Art Department, Detroit Institute of Arts
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Teaching: |
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City of Palo Alto Art Program, Palo Alto, CA
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Graphic Arts Workshop, San Francisco, CA |
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Palo Alto Art League, Palo Alto, CA |
Publications and Exhibition:
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| Author, Connoisseurship of Photographs; What You Should Know Before |
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You Buy, Art West Newspaper, 1994 |
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Juror, The Ruttenberg Award, Friends of Photography, San Francisco, CA, 1992
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| Curator, Vilem Reichmann, Aleksandras Macijauskas: Two Views of |
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Eastern Europe after the War, SFMOMA, San Francisco, CA, 1990 |
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| Curator, The Carmel Project: New 20x24-inch Polaroid Photographs, |
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The Friends of Photography Gallery, Carmel, CA, 1985 |
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Author, Todd Walker: Photographs, 1985, The Friends of Photography's publication, Carmel, CA
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Curator, Todd Walker: A Retrospective, The Friends of Photography Gallery, Carmel, CA, 1985
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Curator, New Photomontage, The Art Institute of Chicago Photography Galleries,
Chicago, IL, 1984
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Juror, Exhibition 280: Works on Walls, Huntington Galleries, Huntington, WV, 1984
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Education:
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The University of Michigan, Ann Arbor
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 MA Art History, Thesis: Photomontage and the Montage Sensibility
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Certificate in Museum Practices
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BA Honors Art History and Psychology,
Thesis: The Sequence in Photography and the Arts
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