CV
Teaching Experience
I have taught many workshops, classes and retreats. I love teaching!
Some highlights include:
Make Joyful Art Flags, Sacred Makers Retreat, Holderness, New Hampshire, 2026
Make a Slow Stitched Peace Scroll, Peaceful Online Art Retreat, hosted by my company, 2026
Cultivating a Contemplative Path to Creative Expression, Free Your Inner Artist Online Retreat, 2026
Make Mini Prayer Flags, Peaceful Online Art Retreat, hosted by my company, 2026
Make a Slow Stitched Peace Jacket, Peaceful Online Art Retreat, hosted by my company, 2026
Ensō Meditative Calming Paintings, Peaceful Online Art Retreat, hosted by my company, 2026
Make a Peace Altar with Air Dry Clay Alcoves, Peaceful Online Art Retreat, hosted by my company, 2026
Make a Joyful Painted Bandana, inside my Cut From the Same Cloth online community, 2026
Make a Slow Stitched Dish Towel Wall Hanging, Making Zen Online Retreat, 2026
Make Joyful Art Journal Pages, Magic Flowers Art Fest, an online festival hosted by Portugese artist, Francisa Nunes, 2026
Adorn Your Body Like an Altar: Create a Sacred Amulet Necklace, Free Your Inner Artist Online Retreat, 2025
Make Buried Fabric Meditation Books, Books in the Woods Retreat with The Handmade Book Club, Snowfarm Art Center, Massachusetts, 2024
Slow Stitched Sacred Scrolls Workshop, Wisdom and Wonder Retreat with Minette Riordan, Estes Park, Colorado, 2024
Soul Writing Sanctuary: Feeling Our Way Through Grief and Loss, On-Demand Class, created through my company, 2024
Ensō Meditative Painting, Unlock Your Artist Online Challenge with Elizabeth Foley from Radiant Earth Studios, 2023
Wabi Sabi Scrolls, Sketchbook Revival Online Summit, 2023
Make Fabric Meditation Books, Sacred Makers Retreat, Holderness, New Hampshire, 2022
Make Fabric Meditation Books, Milwaukee Art Therapy Collective, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, 2022
Wabi Sabi Mixed Media Books, Minnesota Center for Book Arts, Minneapolis, Minnesota, taught online, 2022
Make Fabric Meditation Books, Minnesota Center for Book Arts, Minneapolis, Minnesota, taught online, 2022
Written from the Body: A Somatic Writing Workshop, taught online through my company, 2022
Stitching as Poetry Workshop, The Nook Online Community hosted by Zak Foster, 2022
Stitching as Poetry, Weaving as Meditation, a collaborative online workshop with Kate Kilmurray in partnernship with the Making App, 2022
Nature Printed Books, Minnesota Center for Book Arts, Minneapolis, Minnesota, online class, 2022
By the Light of a Poem: A Solstice Writing Circle, hosted through my company online, 2021
Wabi Sabi Mixed Media Books, Minnesota Center for Book Arts, Minneapolis, Minnesota, online class, 2022
Wabi Sabi Scrolls, The Nook Online Community Hosted by Zak Foster, 2022
Zen Peacemaking and Art Making, taught online through my company, 2022
Fabric Meditation Books, White Bear Center for the Arts, White Bear Lake, Minnesota, online class, 2021
Painting with Raindrops: Mixed Media Art Workshop, White Bear Center for the Arts, White Bear Lake, Minnesota, online class, 2021
By the Light of a Poem: A Writing Workshop, Saint Paul Community Education, Minnesota, 2021
Weaving with Nature, White Bear Center for the Arts, White Bear Lake, Minnesota, 2021
Zen and the Art of Slow Stitching, White Bear Center for the Arts, White Bear Lake, Minnesota, 2021
Printing with the Sun: Make Nature Cyanotypes, University of Wisconsin-Waukesha, taught online, 2020
Ice Dyeing, Artistry/Bloomington Center for the Arts, Minnesota, 2019
Explore Painting with Ink, Artistry/Bloomington Center for the Arts, Minnesota, 2019
Make an Art Journal, Polka Dot Shop (which I owned), Saint Paul, Minnesota, 2019
“I Can’t Draw” Drawing Class, Polka Dot Shop, Saint Paul, Minnesota, 2019
Printmaking with Found Objects, Polka Dot Shop (which I owned), Saint Paul, Minnesota, 2019
Make Block Printed Dish Towels, Polka Dot Shop, Saint Paul, Minnesota, 2019
Make Fabric Covered Earrings and Magnets, Polka Dot Shop, Saint Paul, Minnesota, 2019
Art Making for Anxiety and Stress Relief, Polka Dot Shop, Saint Paul, Minnesota, 2019
Make an Art Journal, Polka Dot Shop, Saint Paul, Minnesota, 2019
Printmaking for Apparel, Artistry/Bloomington Center for the Arts, Minnesota, 2019
Make Hand Painted Wrapping Paper, Polka Dot Shop, Saint Paul, Minnesota, 2019
Painting with Feathers, Polka Dot Shop, Saint Paul, Minnesota, 2019
Make Tiny Nature Prints, Polka Dot Shop, Saint Paul, Minnesota, 2019
Make Upcycled Painted Napkins, Polka Dot Shop, Saint Paul, Minnesota, 2019
Community Sculpture Project, Artistry/Bloomington Center for the Arts, Bloomington, Minnesota, 2019
Mural Painting for Teens, Artistry/Bloomington Center for the Arts, Minnesota, 2018
Drawing Animals (3rd grade after school class), Artistry/Bloomington Center for the Arts, Bloomington, Minnesota, 2018
Printmaking with Nature, Minneapolis Institute of Art, Minneapolis, Minnesota, 2018
Meditative Nature Drawing Class, Minnetonka Community Education, Minnesota, 2018
Art in Our Neighborhood: Summer Art Camp for Kids, Urban Arts Academy, Minneapolis, Minnesota, 2018
Reduce, Reuse, Recreate: Art Summer Camp for Kids, Urban Arts Academy, Minneapolis, Minnesota, 2018
Teen Textile and Dye Camp, Artistry/Bloomington Center for the Arts, Bloomington, Minnesota, 2018
Art Camp for Teens, Urban Arts Academy, Minneapolis, Minnesota, 2018
Drawing from Nature, Artistry/Bloomington Center for the Arts, Bloomington, Minnesota, 2018
Visual Arts Sampler Class, Artistry/Bloomington Center for the Arts, Bloomington, Minnesota 2018
Upcycled Bags and Backpacks: Teen Class, Artistry/Bloomington Center for the Arts, Bloomington, Minnesota, 2018
Introduction to Sun Printing, Artistry/Bloomington Center for the Arts, Bloomington, Minnesota, 2017
Printing with Plants, Artistry/Bloomington Center for the Arts, Bloomington, Minnesota, 2017
Sumi-e Japanese Painting, Artistry/Bloomington Center for the Arts, Bloomington, Minnesota, 2017
Botanical Notecards Class, Minnetonka Community Education, Minnetonka, Minnesota, 2017
Pen and Ink Drawing, Artistry/Bloomington Center for the Arts, Bloomington, Minnesota, 2017
Family Day Cyanotype Workshop, Minneapolis Institute of Art, Minneapolis, Minnesota, 2016
Groups and Support Circles I’ve Created and Facilitated:
Cut from the Same Cloth, an online community hosted through my company, 2026-current
Peaceful Writing Circle, Peaceful Online Art Retreat, hosted through my company, 2026
By the Light of a Poem: A Solstice Writing Circle, hosted through my company, 2022
Creative Unearthing Community, online, 2022
Zen Peacemaking and Art Making Discussion Circle, Creative Unearthing Community, 2022
Sober Stitching Circle, 6 week gathering online, hosted through my company, 2021-2022
The Buddhist Noble Eightfold Path and Art Making, Creative Unearthing Online Community, 2022
Highly Sensitive Artist Circle, 6 week gathering online hosted through my company, 2021-2022
Stitching Sangha Circle, weekly gatherings for 8 months hosted through my company, 2022
Quiet Writing Circles, Creative Unearthing Online Community, 2022
Stitching Meditation Circles, Creative Unearthing Online Community, 2022
Exhibitions
Subversive Stitch, Group Exhibition, Palace Gallery, Ellensburg, Washington, 2023
Instructor Showcase, Group Exhibition, White Bear Center for the Arts, White Bear Lake, Minnesota, 2023
Mother/Nature, Wisconsin Visual Arts Member Group Exhibition, Alverno College, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, 2022
Women's Hands Women's Work, Group Exhibition, Paradise Center for the Arts, Faribault, Minnesota, 2022
Indiana Green, Group Exhibition, Center for Visual Arts, Wausau, Wisconsin, 2021
Fiber for All: A To Z Show, Minnesota Textile Center, Minneapolis, Minnesota, 2021
Art Heals, Group Exhibition, Mixed Blood Theatre, Minneapolis, Minnesota, 2019
The Vibrant Garden: Drawings & Illustrations, Solo Exhibition, Wellness Minneapolis, Minneapolis, Minnesota, 2019
Fleeting Moments, Photographs, Solo Exhibition, Chakra Khan Bodywork, Minneapolis, Minnesota, 2011
Publications
Marking Time with Fabric and Thread by Tommy McClure Scanlin, Schiffer Publishing, 2024
Grants & Residencies
Art Heals, Artist Residency, Wellness Minneapolis, Minneapolis, Minnesota, 2019
Pillsbury House Art Blocks Grant, Community Cyanotype Project, Minneapolis, Minnesota 2016
Interviews
On Slow Art, Sobriety and Spiritual Awakening, a Conversation with Daphne Cohn, Slow Inside Podcast, 2022
Intuitive Creativity, a Conversation with Amy Eaton, Bold Company: A Creative Business Podcast, 2022
From Doer to the Most to Sober Contemplative Artist, a Coversation with Robin Mayberry, Art, Magic and Medicine Podcast, 2022
Nature, Poetry and Buddhist Teachings, a Conversation with Margret Petrie, Authentic Creative Obsessions Podcast, 2021
Burying Books, a Conversation with Zak Foster, Seamside Podcast, 2021
Endless Possibilities, a Conversation with Rebecca Potts Aguirr, Teaching Artist Podcast, 2020