TEACHING
Senior Teaching Artist, Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco, CA - 2005 - 2020
Museum Educator, Contemporary Jewish Museum, San Francisco, CA - 2008 - 2020
Drawing Instructor, Contemporary Jewish Museum, San Francisco, CA - 2017-19
Drawing Instructor, Friday Nights @ de Young Museum, San Francisco, CA - 2009-12
BUSINESS
Business Owner, Ewing & Germano, 1989 - present
EDUCATION
Monmouth College, Monmouth, IL - Bachelor of Arts Degree with Fine Arts Major
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2024 - Venice Revealed - Developing Environments Gallery, San Francisco, CA
2024 - Meander in Bali - Think Round Fine Arts Gallery, San Francisco, CA
2023 - The Traveler - Four Chicken Gallery, San Francisco, CA
2021 - Whales and Ladder - Developing Environments Gallery, San Francisco, CA
2020 - Winter Spirits - Think Round Fine Arts Gallery, San Francisco, CA
2018 - Neighborhood Spirits - Rite Spot, San Francisco, CA
2017 - Totem Boats and Ladders - Ruth’s Table Gallery, San Francisco, CA
2016 - Capturing Spirit - Think Round Fine Arts Gallery, San Francisco, CA
2015 - Spirit Boat Timeline - Gallery 190, UCSF Mission Bay, San Francisco, CA
2014 - Ascending - Think Round Fine Arts Gallery, San Francisco, CA
2014 - Healing Spirit Boats - China Brotsky Gallery, San Francisco Presidio, CA
2014 - Collections for Open Studio - Aperto, San Francisco, CA
2012 - Crowning Spirit Boats - Red Union Salon, San Francisco, CA - 2012
2011 - Spirit Boat Directions - January Artist-in-Residence, de Young Museum
2010 - Italian Pathways - Erickson Zebroski, San Francisco, CA
2009 - Spirit Boat Collections - 323 Gallery, San Francisco, CA
2008 - 2017 - Open Studios - Mission Artists United
2008 - Honoring Spirit Boats - UCSF Faculty-Alumni House, San Francisco, CA
2008 - Literary Spirt Boats - Book Depot, Mill Valley, CA
2007 - Spirit Boat Journey - Royce Gallery, San Francisco, CA
2004 - Italian Walks - Commonwealth Club, San Francisco, CA
2003 - Italian Vistas - Atrium Gallery, San Francisco, CA
2002 - Viva Italia - Caffe Roma, San Francisco, CA
2000 - Concerning Italy - The Book Depot, Mill Valley, CA
1999 - Hands and Feet Play - Stanford Art Spaces, Palo Alto, CA
GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2024 - Women Rising - Drawing Room Annex, San Francisco, CA
2023- Candidasa Rocks- Natural Elements.- Blue Line Gallery, Roseville, CA
2022 - Five Wishes - Sanchez Art Center, Pacifica, CA
2022 - Land Adaptations- Spirit Cave - Drawing Room Annex, San Francisco, CA
2022 - Sea - Drawing Room Annex, San Francisco, CA
2019 - Break the Silence - Horton Gallery, Delta College, Stockton, CA
2018 - Cross Overs - Reclaimed Room Gallery, San Francisco, CA
2018 - Snap - ARC Gallery Juried Show, San Francisco, CA
2017 - Illuminate - ARC Gallery Juried Show, San Francisco, CA
2016 - Currents - China Brotsky Gallery, Presidio, San Francisco, CA
2016 - Impulse - ARC Gallery Juried Show, San Francisco, CA
2015 - Left Coast - Juried Show, Sanchez Art Center, Pacifica, CA
2014 - Printmakers Collective - Gruenwald Press Gallery, San Francisco, CA
2013 - CA State Watercolor Juried Show - Triton Museum, Santa Clara, CA
2012 - Brillance - Gruenwald Press, San Francisco, CA
2012 - Staff Art Exhibit - de Young Museum, San Francisco, CA
2011 - Daily Lives - Yerba Buena Center for the Arts, San Francisco, CA
2011 - 8th Annual Wabi-Sabi Exposition, O'Hanlon Center for the Arts, Mill Valley, CA
2010 - Selections - ArtSpan Juried Show, Modern Art Gallery, San Francisco, CA
2009 - 905 Atrium Gallery, San Francisco, CA
2008 - California Painting, Triton Art Museum, Santa Clara, CA
2006 - Selections by Sue - Sue Kirkman Gallery, Johnson City, TX
2004 - Hearts of San Francisco - Benefit for SF General Hospital, San Francisco, CA
2003 - Bas Relief and Painting Demos, Legion of Honor Museum, San Francisco, CA
2002 - Invitational by Brutocao Cellars, Hopland, CA
2000 - Invitational by La Famiglia Winery, Napa, CA
RECENT WORK EXPERIENCE
2018 - Asian Art Museum /Osher Center for Integrative Medicine, San Francisco, CA -
Led segment of UCSF class, “Integrative Approaches to End of Life”
2017 - Cantor Art Museum, Palo Alto, CA
Co-led tour for medical students in “Art of Medical Diagnosis”
2016 - Senior Access, Visiting Artist Program, San Raphael, CA
Developed art activities for empowering seniors with dementia/memory loss
2016 - Legion of Honor, San Francisco, CA
Co-led observation/activity tour - “Physicians Career Sustenance”, UCSF VA Interns
2015 - Open Space Technology Conference, Whidbey Institute, Whidbey, WA
Led personal growth and community building workshops
2015 - Joie De Vivre, Hotel Del Sol, San Francisco, CA
Trained staff in interdepartmental communications
2014 - Asian and Pacific Islander Women’s Circle, UCB, Berkeley, CA
Led workshop for community building and transforming connections
2014- Living Shaman Museum, The Presidio of San Francisco, SF, CA
Art exhibit and educational workshops for personal growth
2012 - Palo Alto Art Center, Baylands Nature Preserve, Palo Alto, CA
Led workshop for family programs and community building
2011- Artist-in-Residence, de Young Museum, San Francisco, CA
Led educational workshops for the public and exhibited the art of Spirit Boats
PRESENTATIONS
2019 - Mayo Clinic - Medical Humanities Symposium, Phoenix, AZ
2015 - Memory and Aging Center - UCSF, Mission Bay, San Francisco, CA
2014 - Take Back the Night - S F Veteran’s Lions Club, San Francisco, CA
2014 - Memory and Aging Center - UCSF, Mission Bay, San Francisco, CA
2014 - Living Shaman Museum - China Brotsky Gallery, Presidio, San Francisco, CA
2011 - Opera Integration Program, San Francisco Opera, San Francisco, CA
