CURRICULUM VITAÉ
EXHIBITIONS
2022
2023
American Craft Made, Baltimore, MD March, 2023
One of a Kind Show, Chicago, IL April, 2023
Brookside Art Annual, May, 2023
2022
Brookside Art Annual, Kansas City, MO
WOMEN IN ART 2022 ONLINE EXHIBITION, Las Laguna Art Gallery, Laguna Bach, CA
ELEMENTAL: Interpretations in Metal, group show at Reuben Saunders Gallery, Wichita, KS
2021
Missouri Arts Council, selected to be one of four artists for the month of September in the state of Missouri.
Craft Boston: Cups of Good, online exhibition and sale
2020
Hammerclub Exhibition OPEN UP Schoonhoven, Netherlands May 30-August 30 Friday Night Arts! Hosted by KC Crew and ArtsKC, live Zoom chat with 6 artists
2019
R. G. Endres September Group Exhibiton, Prairie Village City Hall, Prairie Village, KS Hidden Treasures, Craft Alliance Center of Art and Design, St. Louis, MO. Donald Friedlich, Juror. The Art of Metalsmithing Exposed, Art Link Gallery, Ft Wayne, IN, Steve Shelby, Juror
2018
Women in the Arts of Kansas City, Paper Birch Landing, Kansas City, MO identiTEA National Teapot Exhibition, Crafts Alliance Gallery, St. Louis, MO
River Market Regional Exhibition, Sounds of the City, Kansas City Artists Coalition, Kansas City, MO CURATOR: Saralyn Reece Hardy, Marilyn Stokstad Director, Spencer Museum, University of Kansas
Visionmakers 2018, 108 Contemporary Gallery, Tulsa, OK Prairie Village State of the Arts, Prairie Village, KS
2017
Wichita National All-Media Exhibition, Mark Arts Center, Wichita, KS
"On This Earth" Exhibition, Todd Weiner Gallery, Kansas City, MO
River Market Regional Exhibition/Truth, Trust, Transcend Kansas City Artist Coalition, Kansas City, MO CURATOR: Curlee Raven Holton, Exec. Director David C. Driscoll Center, University of Maryland
Finalist Saul Bell International Design Competition Hollowware Division, Albuquerque, NM
Pour Your Heart Out, Juried Exhibition of Teapots, The Worcester Center for Crafts, Worcester, MA
Wearable Expressions International Juried Exhibition of Wearable Art, Palos Verde, CA JURORS: Robert K. Liu, PhD, USA Charles Lewton-Brain, Canada Anneta Various, France/Russia
Everyday Earring Exhibition, Eat Metal Gallery, Hoboken, NJ
2016
5th Annual "Seasons: Online Art Competition, Light, Space and Time www.lightspacetime.com
Nature Art Exhibition, Special Merit Award, Light, Space & Time Online Gallery
Nature Art Exhibition-3D Art Category, 3rd Place Awarded, Light, Space & Time Online Gallery
2015
Saul Bell International Design Competition, 2nd Place Awarded, Hollowware/Art Object Division Albuquerque, NM
Re:Members Juried Exhibition, Kansas City Artists Coalition 40th Anniversary, Kansas City, MO CURATOR: Jerry Saltz, New York, NY
Prairie Village State of the Arts Exhibition, 2nd Place Awarded, Prairie Village, KS JUROR: Larry Thomas Professor/painter
First Annual International Chasing & Repoussé Exhibition, Outnumbered Gallery, Littleton, CO
Saul Bell Award Finalist Show/JCK Exposition, Las Vegas, NV
"Beyond Modern Metal Exhibition," Lillstreet Art Center, Chicago, IL
2014
Locust Street Gallery, Solo Exhibition, Kansas City, MO
"Metal Extinction Exhibition," Metalsmith's Association of Southern California
Rivermarket Regional Exhibition, The Kansas City Artists Coalition
2012
Gerard Studio, Group Holiday Show, Kansas City, MO
2006
Winter Extravaganza, Group Show, Kansas City, MO
"One Word" All Women Invitational Exhibition, Avila College, Kansas City, MO
2005
Solo Exhibition, #8 Gallery, 16th Locust, Kansas City, MO
2003
"Bless This House," The Epsten Gallery at Village Shalom, Overland Park, KS
"Ceremony in the Desert," Sylvia Plotkin Judaica Museum of Temple Beth Isreal, Scottsdale, AZ
2002
The Judith Altman Memorial Judaica Competition Exhibition, Temple Judea Museum, Reform Congregation Keneseth Israel, Elkins Park, PA
Under the Chuppah, Judaica for the Wedding and Beyond, Kansas City Jewish Museum
2000
"Living in the Moment," Hebrew Union College, New York, NY
1999
Goldman Art Gallery Invitational, Rockville, MD
Jewish Museum of San Francisco Invitational, San Francisco, CA
1996
"Vessels and Vestments: Contemporary Christian Litrugical Art," Dadian Gallery, Wesley Theological Seminary, Washington, D.C.
1994-1995
Silver & Gold, An Invitational Group Exhibition, Aaron Faber Gallery, New York, NY
1993
Perfumes and Paperweights 20th Anniversary Invitational, del Mano Gallery, Pasadena, CA
1992
Perfumes and Paperweights '92 Invitational, del Mano Gallery, Pasadena, CA
1991
Summer Silver Invitational, Zaruba Gallery, Frederick, MD
Contemporary Reflections Invitational, Seattle, WA
Holiday Collectibles, Sylvia Ullman American Craft Gallery, Cleveland, OH
1990
Garden Art Invitational, America House, Tenafly NJ
Contemporary Jewelry, The Baker Gallery, Kansas City, MO
1989
Dimensions '89, Lenexa's National Jewelry Invitational 1989, Lenexa, KS
Collecting Treasure: National Jewelry Invitational 1989, St. Louis, MO
1988
Group Show, Nancy Margolis Gallery, Portland, ME
1987
Topeka Crafts Competition 11, Topeka, KS
Solo Exhibition, Ranchmart Gallery, Leawood, KS
KCAC Invitational Holiday Show, Kansas City, MO
1986
Cooperstown 51st Annual Art Exhibition, Cooperstown, New York
1985
Topeka Crafts Competition 9, Topeka, KS
AWARDS
2021
Best of Show 3-d Category Brookside Art Annual, Kansas City, MO
2018
Visionmakers 2018 Hogan Craftsmanship Award, 108 Contemporary, Tulsa, OK Juror: Emily Zilber, the Ronald C. and Anita L. Wornick Curator of Contemporary Decorative Arts at the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston.
2016
Special Merit Award Nature Art Exhibition, Light, Space & Time Online Gallery
3rd Place Award Nature Art Exhibition 3D Art Category, Light, Space & Time Online Gallery
2015
2nd Place Awarded Prairie Village State of the Arts Exhibition, Prairie Village, KS Juror: Larry Thomas
2nd Place Hollowware/Art Object Division Saul Bell International Design Awared Competition, Abuquerque, NM
2014
1st Place Awarded 32nd Annual Juried River Market Regional Exhibition, Kansas City, MO JUROR: Antonia Boström, Victoria & Albert Museum, London, England
1998
First Place Awarded Highland Park Festival, Highland Park, IL
1985
Merit Award Columbia Art Festival 27, Columbia, MO
GRANTS
2018
Inspiration Grant, ArtsKC non profit artists organization
LECTURES/INTERVIEWS
2022
ARTTALK WITH APRIL, Podcast interview
2021
KOPN Columbia, MO, radio interview with Diana Moon
2019
Roeland Park Community Center Visiting Artist Presentation, March, 2019
2018
Visiting Artist Presentation, Johnson County Community College, Overland Park, KS Argentium Silver Guild, Clare Felgate, ARGENTIUM SILVER GULD FEATURE: Genevieve Flynn, Award Winning Silversmith, England, 2018
2017
FROM CONCEPT TO CREATION A live podcast interview with Carrie Richwine
2016
GUILDit Kemper Museum, Kansas City, MO A live interactive talk with questions from the audience
2015
The Kansas City Artists Coalition, RE-MEMBERING - archiving for artists, Genevieve Flynn & Larry Thomas speakers for Nelson-Atkins Museum’s Artists Initiative Files
BIBLIOGRAPHY
2023 WINTER-SPRING 2023 EXHIBITIONS, Belger Arts, Kansas City, MO
2020 OPEN UP Hammerclub Schoonhoven 2020, Nederlands Zilvermuseum, Schoonhoven, Netherlands
2019 JAMS, jewelry and Metals survey, society of North American Goldsmiths
2018 Argentium Silver Guild Newsletter, Clare Felgate, ARGENTIUM SILVER GUILD FEATURE: Genevieve Flynn, Award Winning Silversmith, England, 2018 Mark Arts, Wichita National All-Media Exhibition, Wichita, KS, September-October, 2017
2017 Gabrielle, Wearable Expressions 2017, Seventh International Exhibition Featuring the Ultimate in Wearable Art, Rancho Palos Verdes, CA, February, 2017 Rio Grande, Saul Bell Design Award 2017, Book of Finalists, Albuquerque, NM, May, 2017
2015 Floyd, Sudee, Chasing & Repoussé/A Survey 2000-2015, Littleton, CO, August 2015
Rio Grande, The 2015 Saul Bell Design Award, Book of Finalists, Albuquerque, NM, July, 2015
Benesh, Carolyn L.E., Saul Bell Design Award 2015, Ornament Magazine Volume 38 #3, pages 18-21
Simpson, Janet, re:MEMBERS, Kansas City, self published, July 10 - August 20, 2015
Simpson, Janet, RMRE, self published, July 11 - August 22, 2014
Hartman, Tanya, Exhibition finds inspiration in Midwest annual River Market Event, spotlights regional talents, August 7, 2014, pageC16
Hemachandra, Ray, 500 Judaica, Contemporary Ritual Art, New York, Lark Books, 2010
KC Studio, Renaissance Woman, Metalsmith Refines Art, July/August, 2009, page 30 The United Synagogue of Conservative Judaism Calendar, 2005
The Kansas City Star Magazine, 2004
The Kansas City Jewish Chronicle, 2004
The Kansas City Jewish Chronicle, June Issue, 1997
The Wednesday Magazine, July Issue, 1997
The Kansas City Magazine, 1985
COLLECTIONS/COMMISSIONS
2023 Private Collection of Fleur Bresler, Rockville, MD GOLDEN BOTRUS TEAPOT 2023 Private Collection of Dr. & Mrs. B. Bochner, Chicago, IL TREE OF LIFE SHABBAT CANDLESTICKS 2023 Private Collection of R. Davis, Maryland
2015 Private collection of Bai Ming, International Ceramic Artist, China
1994 St. Peter's Church, Kansas City, MO Custom sterling silver chalice
1990 Paula Abdul, actress/singer songwriter, Poppy Blossom mirror, sterling silver, Los Angeles, CA
1985 World Series Commemorative Pin presented to Ewing Kaufman, team owner, Kansas City, MO
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
2017 SNAG (Society of North American Goldsmiths) Hospitality Committee, New Orleans Conference
2016 ARTIST INC. Fellowship
2012-2013 President, Sterling Guild, Kansas City, MO
1997-Present Instructor/Director Jewelry Techniques School
1989-2000 Director of Baltimore Alternative Craft Show
1989-1997 Instructor Beginning Silversmithing/Junior High Level
1975-1982 Bench jeweler to the trade
SERVICE TO THE FIELD
2018 February, Juror, Art in the Park, Columbia, MO June, Awards Judge, Art in the Park, Columbia, MO
2017 May, SNAG (Society of North American Goldsmiths) Hospitatlity Committee, New Orleans, LA
2015 February, Juror, Art in the Park, Columbia, MO June, Awards Judge, Art in the Park, Columbia, MO
2000 Juror, Shawnee Mission East High School Art/Design Competition, Overland Park, KS
INTENSIVE WORKSHOPS
2018 Fabrizio Acquafresca, Intensive chasing and repoussé
2014, 2015 Kevin O'Dwyer, Intensive Class Hollow Forms
2012 David Huang, Intensive Class Raising Vessels
2010, 2012, 2013, 2014 Fabrizio Acquafresca, Intensive Classes in Old World Italian Chasing & Repoussé, Using snarling irons in hollowware
1999, Valentin Yotkov, Intensive Class in Eastern Chasing & Repousse
1991, Heikki Seppa, Intensive Class in Metal Forming, Penland, NC
1986 Heikki Seppa, Intensive focus anticlastic/synclastic techniques
1985 University of Kansas, Metalsmithing/Hollowware, Jon Havener
1974-75 The Kansas City School of Watchmaking, Jewelry Design, Jewelry Repair, Hand Engraving