WEAD Resume
2026
Exhibitions and Publications
- WEAD Exhibition at Bioneers Conference, March 26 to March 28, Berkeley, California
Education and Community Events
- Mending and Stitching with WEAD, an interactive workshop at the Bioneers Conference, Saturday, March 28, led by Michelle Santoro and Nora Scully, Berkeley, California
- Art+ Activism No. 22: Feminist Art Activism and Artivism with Katy Deepwell, Sunday, April 26
- Art+ Education No. 16: Is Your Online Presence Safe in the Age of AI? with artist Sharon Zimmerman, Sunday, March 1
- Art+ Activism No. 21: Redesigning What’s In Your Closet as a Social & Environmental Practice with Connie Ulasewicz, Nora Scully, and Michelle Santoro, Sunday, January 25
2025
Exhibitions and Publications
- Bodies & Borders: Ecologies of Consent, WEAD’s annual member exhibition, curated by Bee (Beverly) Naidus and Leah Dalton. In person at The 109 Gallery Chickamauga, Georgia, and online in WEAD’s Kunstmatrix gallery, October 1, 2025 to January 31, 2026, and print on-demand catalog
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WEAD Pop-Up Exhibit at the State of the San Francisco Estuary Conference, Oakland, California, October 28 to 29
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Guest artist takeover of WEAD’s online gallery: Isabella de la Rocca González’s Censored Landscapes: Images of the “most abusive industry of the 21st Century”, online in WEAD’s Kunstmatrix gallery, April 4 to May 31, 2025
- WEAD Exhibition at Bioneers Conference, March 27 to March 29, Berkeley, California
Education and Community Events
- Bodies & Borders: Ecologies of Consent exhibiton artist talks:
- Poetry Reading + Films + Dialogue Series: October 30 with Petra Kuppers
- In person screening of Playing with Fire: An Ecosexual Emergency and online discussion as part of Poetry Reading + Films + Dialogue Series: November 6 with Annie Sprinkle and Beth Stephens
- Poetry Reading + Films + Dialogue Series: November 13 with Ruth Wallen
- Poetry Reading + Films + Dialogue Series: December 11 with Shelley White, Deanna Pindell, Leah Dalton, and open mic
- Artist & Curatorial Dialog Series: November 15 with Leah Craig
- Artist & Curatorial Dialog Series: November 22 with Michele Brody
- Artist & Curatorial Dialog Series: December 6 with Anne Yoncha
- Artist & Curatorial Dialog Series: December 13 with Deborah Kennedy
- Artist & Curatorial Dialog Series: January 22 – A Cross-Disclipinary Conversation
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Art+ Science No. 5: Big Oil, Regulations, Global Warming, a Calculated Stitch with Ruth Tabancay, Sunday, September 21
- Art+ Healing No. 7: Words & Rituals – Tending the Wild of Our Creativity with Emilie Lygren, Sunday, May 19
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Censored Landscapes Exhibition: Online Artist Presentation with Isabella La Rocca González, May 10
- Mending and Stitching with WEAD, an interactive workshop at the Bioneers Conference, Thursday, March 27, led by Michelle Santoro and Nora Scully, Berkeley, California
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Art+ Science No. 4: Dancing in the Borderland: The Past, Present & Future with Diane Ullman and Emily Meineke, Sunday, March 23
- Art+ Activism No. 20: EARTH BODY: Re-stor(y)ing the Eco-Somatic with Rulan Tangen, Sunday, February 23
- What Can ‘Symbiotic Futures’ Look Like? Art & Science Panel in conjunction with the Lands and Symbiotic Futures exhibition, with Maru García, Kate Lundquist, Kourtnii Brown, and Julia Cavicchi, Wednesday, January 29
2024
Exhibitions and Publications
- Lands and Symbiotic Futures, virtual exhibition Kunstmatrix, WEAD membership exhibit (October 3 – January 31, 2025), series of three presentations, and print on-demand catalog. Exhibition juror: Maru García
- Bioneers Exhibition/ Interactive Workshop, Berkeley, California. Collect Every Drop: Rain Barrel, in collaboration with Eco Art Matters students from Oakland’s Laney College, March 28-30
- WEAD Magazine Issue No. 14: Kinship: The Art of Connection with guest editors Connie Tell and Donna Brookman, February
Education and Community Events
- In-person event: Cultural Commentary Project with Danielle Siembieda, November 16
- Annual Art Day with Northern California Women’s Caucus for Art, October 27
- In-person workshop: Recycled Glass “Window Ware” with Mary White, October 19
- Art+ Activism No. 19: Poetics of the Witness with Kim Anno, September 29
- Online workshop: Instagram for Artists with Nicole Slater, September 5
- Art + Education No.15: Eco Soma Methods and Media Arts with Petra Kuppers, Aug 25
- Art + Activism No. 18. Those Arriving in the Present with Patsy Craig, June 30
- Summer Art Share for members to share artworks and practices and engage in the mission, June 30.
- Art + Education Web Series No.14: The Circle: Relational Practice from the Studio to the Community with Sharon Siskin, May 19
- Art + Science Web Series No. 3: Color Histories in a Contemporary Art Practice with Patricia Miranda, April 25
- Spring Art Share for members to share artworks and practices and engage in the mission, March 22.
- Art + Education Web Series No.13: Breathing Fire: Ice Ships Weep with Robin Lasser, March 24
- Tour of the exhibition, Bonnie Ora Sherk: Life Frames since 1970, at Fort Mason, San Francisco, California, curated by Tanya Zimbardo, March 11
- Art + Healing No. 6: Healing the Earth: A pilgrimage from how I got to where I am. Fern Shaffer, February 18
- Art + Activism No. 17: Bonnie Ora Sherk: Life Frames since 1970. with Tanja Zimbardo, February 12
- Artists & Scientists Winging It Together: A Panel Discussion on Strategizing for Avian Conservation, moderated by Lauren Elder with Jane Kim, Ryan Carle, Maya Khosla, and Arthur Firstenberg, January 14
2023
Exhibitions
- Kinship with Birds in Flight and Plight, virtual exhibition Kunstmatrix WEAD membership exhibit November 15, 2023, through January 31, 2024, with on-demand printed catalog
- 2023 Bioneers Exhibition/ interactive workshop, Berkeley, Califronia, Collect Every Drop: Rain Barrel, in collaboration with Eco Art Matters students from Laney College, Oakland, California
- EcoArt: Envisioning Strategies and Solutions, Art Works Downtown, San Rafael, California, February 3 to March 25
Education and Community Events
- Art+ Science No. 2: Communicating Science to Native Communities through Native-created and Native-themed art with Mallery Quetawki
- Art+ Science No. 1: Artistic Musings of a Disease Ecologist – Nina Sokolov
- Art+ Activism No. 16: Putting Water in Charge – Betsy Damon
- Art+ Activism No. 15: Your Voice, Your Art – Cheryl Dericotte
- Art+ Activism No. 14: Soul of Soul – Avotjca Jiltonilro
- Art+ Education No. 12: Eco Demo M.O – Linda Weintraub
- Art+ Education No. 11: The Art of Lorraine Bonner: Trust and Transformation– Lorraine Bonner
- Art+ Education No.10: Sidling up to Botany, Ecology, and Geology as Artist/Art Historian – Cynthia Brannvall
- Art+ Activism No.13: Art as a Tool– Kim Abeles
- The Power of Empathy, Artists Presentations II, Tuesday, January 31: https://vimeo.com/794316795
- Art+ Education Web Series No.9: Creating “Affinity”: A Journey to Connection through Collaboration, with Charla Elizabeth, January 22: https://youtu.be/3Cf9IRqiIx8
2022
Exhibitions
- The Power of Empathy, Juried Membership Exhibition, Virtual. November 2022 through February 2023
- Art through Action: Restoration and Regeneration, Bioneers Exhibition, May 12 to 15
Education and Community Events
- Art+ Education No. 8: Love Letters to the Planet: Fifty Years of Making Art with Ann Savageau, Sunday, December 4: https://youtu.be/ii11IR3Uka8
- Art+ Education No. 7: DOWN TO EARTH: A presentation & discussion with artist Michele Guieu, Sunday, October 30: https://youtu.be/e2fdn7a2azs
- Art+ Activism No. 12: Designing a Personal Manifesto – A Living Document with Beth Grossman, Sunday November 13: https://youtu.be/feyhtDhcsuQ
- Art+ Education No. 6: The Power of WE: Working Together. Artist panel discussion with Lisa Zimmer Chu, Andrée Singer Thompson, Leslie Smith, Mary White. Sunday August 28: https://youtu.be/67N6OGN-rFU
- Art+ Activism No. 11: A presentation by Sant Khalsa: Of A Personal (and Political) Nature, Friday, June 24: https://youtu.be/2VA9KmatS-A
- Art+ Education No. 5: “Ecoart in Action: Fostering Social and Ecological Change“. A presentation by contributors and editors of the book of the same title. May 22: https://youtu.be/40QD6lgjbR8
- Art+ Activism No. 10: Celebrating the Local: 25 Years of Placemaking in Northwest Pennsylvania, a presentation by Amara Geffen, Sunday, April 24: https://youtu.be/lIdUq2kqlsk
- Art+ Education No. 4: Black Spaces Matter: Exploring the Aesthetics and Architectonics of an Abolitionist Neighborhood, a presentation by Pamela Karimi, Sunday, February 27
- Art+ Activism No. 9: Creating a Tiny House “ART Village ” For Homeless Youth: Art Saves Lives, a presentation by Sally Hindman, Friday, January 23: https://youtu.be/Ua_pknjBf-Y
2021
Exhibitions
- Art on the Edge: From Extraction to Restoration and Regeneration Part I, September 18 to October 24, 2021, Gallery Route One, Point Reyes, California
- Art on the Edge: From Extraction to Restoration and Regeneration Part 2, October 9, 2021, to January 9, 2022, Peninsula Museum of Art, San Bruno, California
- Traces, January 14-March 12, Village Theater Gallery, Danville, California
- Emotional Numbness: The impact of war on the human psyche and eco systems, September 18, 2020, to January 31, 2021, online in WEAD’s Kunstmatrix gallery
Virtual Exhibition Events
- Peninsula Art Museum Group Three Artists Presentations, Monday, November 15
- Peninsula Art Museum Group Two Artists Presentations, Tuesday, November 9
- Peninsula Art Museum Group One Artists Presentations, Wednesday, November 3
- Gallery Route One, Group Two Artists Presentations, September 30
- Gallery Route One, Group One Artists Presentations, September 27
Education and Community Events
- Art+ Activism No. 7: Individual Impact: Finding an Activist Life, with Mary O’Brien, Sunday, October 24
- Art+ Education No.2: Art is for All of Us with Carol Newborg, September 19
- Environmental and Social Justice Art sharing & mixer, Sunday, August 23. https://vimeo.com/508233283
- Art+ Education No.1: Art as a Healing Force with Andrée Singer Thompson, Wednesday, August 18
- WEAD Summer Art Share Thursday, July 15
- Art+ Activism No. 6: Art as Strategy, with Aviva Rahmani, Sunday, May 23
- Art+ Activism No. 5: Artists: Essential Workers & Visionaries, by Betsy Damon, Sunday, April 25
- Art+ Activism No. 4: Embodied Climate Justice: Dance as Connectionwith Sophie Spiral, Sunday, March 21
- Art+ Activism No. 3: Collaborating with Nature, with Stacy Levy, Sunday, February 21
- Art+ Activism Web Series No. 2: Trash Talk, by Kate Kuaimoku, Sunday, January 24
- Arts+ Healing: Quantum Alchemy & Angelic Energies, Thursday, February 11
2020
Exhibitions
- Emotional Numbness: The impact of war on the human psyche and eco systems, September 18 to October 19, Platform3 Gallery, Tehran, Iran
- Women Eco Artists Dialog: The Legacy of Jo Hanson, March 12 to August, YoloArts Barn Gallery, Woodland, California.
- Feat to Fire: Celebrating 100 Years of Women’s Suffrage, January 10 to February 9, Sanchez Art Center, Pacifica, California
Education and Community Events
- Reclaimed Paper Collage Workshop, January 26, Sanchez Art Center, Pacifica, California
- ISSUE NO. 11 WOMEN ART POLITICS Magazine Launch, November 5
- Art+ Activism No. 1: The Art of Playing with the Rain, December 6
- Art+ Healing: Breathe Fully, Shine Brightly! November 30
- Art+ Healing: Guided Visual Meditation with Tracey M. Benson, October 15
- Art+ Healing: Guided Meditation with Na Om Judy Shintani, September 17
- Women Eco Artists Dialog Spring Mixer + Art Share Online, August 23
- Art+ Healing: Yoga for wellbeing in turbulent times, with Sita Davis, July 19
2019
Exhibitions
- Bioneers Exhibition October 18 to 20
Education and Community Events
- Reclaimed Paper Collage Workshop Fundraiser, November 16, San Francisco, California.
- WEAD MAGAZINE ISSUE 10: HER<e>TECH Magazine Launch, October 12: https://weadartists.org/category/magazine/issues/10
- ISSUE 10: HER<e>TECH launch event, Omni Commons, Oakland, California, October 12
- Women Eco Artists Dialog Spring Mixer + Art Share, April 12
2018
Exhibitions
- feminist tECnOart, WEAD online exhibition, December, curated by Praba Pilar, Danielle Siembieda, and Isabella La Rocca.
- PATHWAYS FORWARD, Bioneers Exhibition October 18 to 20, Marin Center, San Rafael, California
Education and Community Events
- Reclaimed Paper Collage Workshop Fundraiser, Sunday, December 2, Berkeley, California
- IMAGINING SANCTUARY, WEAD panel, Sunday, April 15, Islamic Cultural Center of Northern California
2017
Exhibitions
- RECLAIMING EARTH: Works By Women Ecoartists, April 8 to June 24 2017, Jewett Gallery, San Francisco Main Library, San Francisco, California. Juror: Donna Seager
Education and Community Events
- WEAD- Women Eco Artists Dialog Panel at the Library, Saturday, April 8: https://youtu.be/-TzzqkpdgvQ
2016
Exhibitions
- RECIPROCITY, BIONEERS CONFERENCE 2016, October 21 to 23 , Marin Center, San Rafael California
- SMALLER FOOTPRINTS: Artists Examine Global Warming, January to March, MOAH:CEDAR, 44857 Cedar Avenue, Lancaster, California. Curated by Linda Weintraub
Education and Community Events
- WOMEN’S UNIQUE PERSPECTIVES… IS THERE ONE?, curators panel by Linda Weintraub and participating artists Sharon Siskin, Susan Leibovitz Steinman, Ruth Wallen, and Nancy Macko, March 4, MOAH/Cedar, Museum of Art History, Lancaster, California.
- Jane Ingram Allen WEAD Artist in Residency, Lancaster Museum of Art History, Cedar Center for the Arts, March
2015
Exhibitions
- GENERATION TO GENERATION, Bioneers’ Conference October 16 to 18, Showcase Gallery, Exhibition Hall, Marin Civic Center, San Rafael, California. Curators Andrée Singer Thompson and Sharon Siskin.
- UNEARTHING: 2 WEAD ARTISTS George-Ann Bowers & Reenie Charriere, Gallery Route One, February 6 to March 15, Point Reyes Station, California. Curators Sharon Siskin and Susan Leibovitz Steinman: https://vimeo.com/231245044
2014
Exhibitions
- InterGEN- Womyn Artists’ Expressions, Impact Hub Oakland, Oakland, California. Guest Curator: Stephanie A. Johnson, Co-Curator: Lauren Elder
Education and Community Events
- InterGEN- Womyn Artists’ Expressions Workshop Series, Impact Hub, Oakland, California. Workshops:
-September 16: Zena Allen and Ayanna Bassiouri
-Live performance: Music and Shadow Puppets, September 22 with Beth Grossman
-“Table Talk” Community Conversation and Drawing. A cross cultural regard for the “Golden Rule”., September 23 with Ka Yan Cheung
-Workshop: Graphic novels as a personal storytelling form - WEAD information table, Art In Nature/ Nature In Art Festival, Redwood Regional Park, Oakland, California
- WEAD Lounge, SubZero Art Festival, San Jose, California: https://vimeo.com/98363384
2013
Exhibitions
- Art as Activism, Berkeley City College, Jerry Adams Gallery, Berkeley, California. Curators: Jan Dove and Raheleh (Minoosh) Zomorodinia
- Art in a Time of Climatological Catastrophes, WEAD Membership Exhibition, China Brotsky Gallery, Thoreau Center for Sustainability, San Francisco, California. Juror: Suzaan Boettger. Video of exhibition: http://vimeo.com/84183249
- Sea Water Rise/Sea Change, Shoreline Interpretive Center, Hayward, California. Curators: Lauren Elder and Enid Baxter Blader.
- Selections from the All of Us Or None poster archive, curated by Lincoln Cushing, 2013 Bioneers Conference, Marin Civic Center, Mill Valley, California
Education and Community Events
- Workshop related to Sea Level Rise/Sea Change exhibition, Shoreline Interpretive Center, Hayward, California. Attendance: approx. 60
- Video: Sea Level Rise/ Sea Change Shoreline Interpretive Center, Hayward, California: http://vimeo.com/71215701
- WEAD artists’ panel discussion related to Art as Activism exhibition, Berkeley City College, Berkeley, California, Curators: Raheleh (Minoosh) Zomorodinia and Jan Dove https://vimeo.com/103476356
- WEAD Information Table, Bioneers, Marin Civic Center, San Rafael, California, October
2012
Exhibitions
- Convergence/Divergence, Los Medanos College Gallery, Pittsburg, California. Curator: Suzon Fuks: https://vimeo.com/61389170
- Beyond Landscape, WEAD artists membership show, Marin Foundation, Novato, California. Curator: Patricia Watts
- Video: Beyond Landscape: http://vimeo.com/60805252
- Atomic Legacy, Bioneers Conference, Marin Civic Center, San Rafael, California
Education and Community Events
- One day web-based symposium at Los Medanos College related to Convergence/Divergence, Waterwheel, on water issues, lead by Suzon Fuks
- Waterwheel Symposium Video at http://vimeo.com/61389170
- Earth Day Celebration and Green House Rising, Big Daddy’s Complete Rejuvenating Community Garden, Emeryville, California
- WEAD’s 1st Annual Listing Artists’ Soiree, January 2012 Leila’s Café, Berkeley, California
- WEAD Information Table, Bioneers, Marin Civic Center, San Rafael, California, October
- WEAD Online Magazine Issue 5 https://weadartists.org/category/magazine/issues/5
Special Projects
- Continued collaboration with Wells Fargo Social Responsibility Group’s Green Team recognition program – awarded to Julie Kornblum (So. California) and Marisa Dipaola (New Jersey).
2011
Exhibitions
- Art At the Dump: Recology, San Francisco’s Recology Artist in Residency program artists Bioneers, Marin Civic Center, San Rafael, California, October.
Education and Community Events
- WEAD Online Magazine Issue 3 and 4
https://weadartists.org/category/magazine/issues/3
https://weadartists.org/category/magazine/issues/4
- WEAD Information Table, Bioneers, Marin Civic Center, San Rafael, California, October
Special Projects
- Continued collaboration with Wells Fargo Social Responsibility Group’s Green Team recognition program – awarded to Pamela Blotner and Lorna Stevens, both from Northern California.
2010
Exhibitions
- WEAD – The 15th Anniversary Exhibition of the Women Environmental Artists Directory, Department of Arts & Consciousness Gallery, John F. Kennedy University, Berkeley, California, May 12 to June 12
- Bioneers, Marin Civic Center, San Rafael, California
Education and Community Events
- WEAD – The 15th Anniversary Community Art Lecture Series and WEAD Panel Presentation, Department of Arts & Consciousness Gallery, John F. Kennedy University, Berkeley, California, https://vimeo.com/manage/videos/67711046
- Ecoart Video Salon & Roundtable Discussion at Intersection 5M, San Francisco, California
- Art in the Garden Benefit Birthday Party, Big Daddy Community Garden, Emeryville, California, Saturday, April 24. A benefit for WEAD’s & outreach programs.
- Putting the Eco-Defining the Genre of Ecoart, panel, Berkeley Art Center, Berkeley, California
- WEAD Information Table, Bioneers, Marin Civic Center, San Rafael, California, October
- WEAD Online Magazine Issue 1 and 2
https://weadartists.org/category/magazine/issues/1
https://weadartists.org/category/magazine/issues/2
Special Projects
- First year of ongoing collaboration with Wells Fargo Social Responsibility Group’s Green Team recognition program – awarded to Suzanne Husky (Northern California). Manage a juried competition that commissions an artist to create an eco artwork twice a year to be awarded to employees for ecological efforts in the workplace and local communities.
2009
- WEAD Artist Directory moved from printed Directory to completely digital, web-based directory
Exhibitions
- From the Classroom to the Community, Bioneers, Marin Civic Center, San Rafael, California, October
Education and Community Events
- WEAD Information Table, Bioneers, Marin Civic Center, San Rafael, California, October
- Film Benefit: Rachel Carson film, As part of Terroir Exhibition, curated by Tricia Watts, Cheese Factory, Marin County, California
2008
Exhibitions
- Sources: Sacred Water Sites, curated by Betsy Damon, Bioneers, Marin Civic Center, San Rafael, California, October
Education and Community Events
- Art and Ecology Summit, Panel curated by Patricia Watts and EcoartSpace, WEAD panelists, Exploratorium, San Francisco, California
- WEAD Information Table, Bioneers, Marin Civic Center, San Rafael, California, October
2007
Exhibitions
- Jo Hanson Artworks: A Memorial Showing and Benefit Sale, 201 Buchanan Street, San Francisco, California, Sept
- Eco-Art Strategies: Towards a Culture of Sustainability, Bioneers, Marin Civic Center, San Rafael, California, October
Education and Community Events
- Panel, Bioneers, Eco-Art Strategies: Towards a Culture of Sustainability, Marin Civic Center, San Rafael, California. WEAD Information Table
2006
Exhibitions
- eARThly Concerns: Activist EcoArt, curated by WEAD, Thatcher Gallery, University of San Francisco, San Francisco, California
- Eco-Art Activists: Making the Invisible Visible, Bioneers Conference, Marin Civic Center, San Rafael, California
Education and Community Events
- Panel eARThly Concerns: Activist EcoArt,Thatcher Gallery, University of San Francisco, San Francisco, California
- Round table artist panel, Eco-Art Activists: Making the Invisible Visible, Bioneers, Marin Civic Center, San Rafael, California, with 100+ participants. WEAD Information Table
- Workshop, Moving Beyond the Frame: Eco-Artists Facing Environmental Challenges, Bioneers Conference, Marin Civic Center, San Rafael, California
2005
Exhibitions
- EcoVisions: Bay Area Artists Exploring Global Ecological Issues, curated by WEAD Board, Thoreau Gallery, Presidio, San Francisco, California
Education and Community Events
- Roundtable Discussion for local eco artists, EcoVisions: Bay Area Artists Exploring Global Ecological Issues, Thoreau Center for Sustainability, Presidio, San Francisco, California
- WEAD Information Table, Bioneers, Marin Civic Center, San Rafael, California, October
2003
Education and Community Events
- Confluence: Women, Water & Art, Workshop, at Recology Education Center and Artist in Residence Program, San Francisco, California. All-day event
- WEAD Information Table, Bioneers, Marin Civic Center, San Rafael, California, October
2001
Education and Community Events
- WEAD: Why We Do What We Do, Community Conversation, Gallery Route 1, Point Reyes Station, California
- WEAD Information Table, Bioneers, Marin Civic Center, San Rafael, California , October
2000
Exhibitions
- WEAD EcoArt = EcoActivism, juried exhibition, Department of Arts & Consciousness Gallery, John F. Kennedy University, Berkeley, California
- WEAD Information Table, Bioneers, Marin Civic Center, San Rafael, California, October
Education and Community Events
- WEAD Eco-Art=Eco-Activism Symposium, October, JFK Art Gallery, Berkeley, California, October. Produced and organized a sold-out, all-day symposium at Department of Arts & Consciousness Gallery, John F. Kennedy University, Berkeley, California
- Video Salon & Roundtable Discussion, Intersection 5M, San Francisco, California
1999
- Since 1999 WEAD has produced ecoart artist panels and exhibitions at the annual international Bioneers Conference held in San Rafael, Marin County, California, and telecast around the world.
Biography
2010 Singers of Tales: Documenting the work of Women Environmental Artists, Anna Clarke and Elizabeth Pasterfield-Li
2007 eARThly Concerns, Debra Koppman, Artweek, San Jose, California
2005 Eco Visions at Thoreau Center for Sustainability, Barbara Morris, Artweek, San Jose, California