I have been involved with community art education since I began teaching at The University of Tennessee at Chattanooga. I believe that this experience as an artist, teacher and community educator is an asset. I am someone who is an effective and innovative teacher. I am a person who is part of his community, active as an artist and workshop facilitator. I am involved in Higher Education on a national level through my work both as a reviewer in the Advance Placement Studio Art Program with the College Board of The Educational Testing Service and as an evaluator with the Javits Fellowship Program of The United States Department of Education. My work in International Education has allowed me to teach in England and Israel. This experience has enabled me to develop an expertise and understanding of some of the issues that face our public schools and universities. In 2004, I was awarded a fellowship from the American Association of State Colleges and Universities to study modern Japanese art, culture and history as part pf the Japan Summer Institute at San Diego State University. In January, 2005 I presented a paper on a current research project: Japanese Identity in the 21st Century as found in the Visual Arts at the Hawaii International Conference on Arts and Humanities. My prints have been shown extensively in the Southeast region of the United States including The Hunter Museum of American Art, The Tennessee State Museum, the Spartanburg County Museum of Art, South Carolina and the Redux Contemporary Art Center, Charleston, South Carolina. In 2002 an exhibition of my handmade books took place at The University of West of England, Bristol. In 2005 I created a new series based on the subject of the environment. This served as a starting point for music that was composed and performed at the Contemporary Music Symposium at The University of Tennessee at Chattanooga. I have taught in London and been an artist in residence at numerous places such as Haifa University, Israel and the Mendocino Art Center, California. I have also taught at The San Francisco Center for the Book and the Pacific Art League, Palo Alto. I was selected from an audience of international artists to study lithography at The Tamarind Institute in Albuquerque, New Mexico. I have also studied etching at Crown Point Press in San Francisco, California. Over the years I have remained active working in the community with a wide and diverse audience such as Senior Neighbors, Hamilton County Nursing Home, The Chattanooga Zoo, The Chattanooga Nature Center and The Association of Visual Artists. My students at the university and I regularly participate in collaborative art projects with other colleges. Students this past year in my bookmaking class exhibited their handmade books at The University of West of England, Bristol. At The University of Tennessee at Chattanooga I have been recognized as someone who is an outstanding advisor, mentor and person who cares about his students. A careful review of my resume will reveal a professional that has been very successful as an artist and educator.