SELECTED SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2006 "Frenchy’s Sutra" July 20-August 26, 2006, Finnish-American Cultural Center Gallery, Finlandia University, Hancock, Michigan, USA.
2003 "Haiku Landscape" August 15-27, 2003, Sunbury Shores Gallery, St. Andrews, NB, Canada.
2002 "Chicken Tractor", Gallery 78, Fredericton, NB, Canada.

SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2007-08 "Materialize: Contemporary Craft in New Brunswick", Beaverbrook Art Gallery, Fredericton, New Brunswick, Canada, June-September 2007, and traveling in the province thru summer 2008.
2007 "Leap of Faith" Faculty Exhibition celebrating the Year of Craft, Beaverbrook Art Gallery, May – September 2007,Fredericton, New Brunswick, Canada.
2006 "In Your Face" Group Portrait Collection, Art Gallery of Ontario, Toronto, Canada.
2006 "Fredericton Arts Alliance Juried Group Exhibition", City Hall Gallery, Fredericton, NB, Canada.
2005 "Home is Where the Art is", UNB Art Centre, Fredericton, NB, Canada.
2003-06 Annual Faculty Exhibition: NBCCD, Old Government House, Fredericton, NB, Canada.
2004 "Food Show" Gallery 78, Fredericton, NB, Canada.
2002 "Fredericton Creates", Gallery 78, Fredericton, NB, Canada.
2002  "Full Frontal", Gallery 78, Fredericton, NB, Canada.
2001 "2001 Odyssey", Gallery 78, Fredericton, NB, Canada.
2001 "Women’s Work", Muriel McQueen Ferguson Centre for Family Violence Research, University of New Brunswick, Fredericton, NB, Canada.
2000 "Women’s Work", Gallery 78, Fredericton, NB, Canada.
2000 United Northeast Regional Congress Group Exhibition, Aitken Centre, Fredericton, NB, Canada.
1994-1997 Alberta Crafts Council Gallery, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada.
1995 Member’s Show, Harcourt House Gallery, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada.
1994 "Exquisite Corpse", Transmissions Gallery, Glasgow, Scotland.
1992 "Invented Landscapes", Cudahy Gallery, Milwaukee Art Museum, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA.
1992 "Open Spectrum Exhibition", David Adler Cultural Center, Libertyville, Illinois, USA.

ARTIST RESIDENCIES
2003-06 Fredericton Arts Alliance, Artist in Residence Series.  One week summer residency,  Fredericton, NB, Canada.
2004 String Fever Textile Gallery, Artist in Residence Series.  One week residency, Fredericton, NB, Canada.

COMMUNITY ARTS ACTIONS2006 Rick Burns Memorial Scholarship, contributing artist.
2003-04 Woodstock Women’s First Nation Quilt Project.  Group quilt project.
2003-04 MEMORIAL, Anglican Cathedral Children’s Program.  Resident Artist for a  year-long mural project involving the artwork of 50 children. Fredericton, NB, Canada.
2003 KNIT FOR PEACE, Co-coordinator of Community Action involving 270 knitters in the Fredericton area, a celebration of International Women’s Day and a Community Action to protest war in Iraq.  "Peace Scarf" presented to Liberal MP Andy Scott, Presented by Scott to the House of Commons, and submitted to the Peace Museum in Ottawa.
2001-2004 PUT YOUR HEART INTO ART, Contributing artist to benefit Artist Run Centre, Gallery Connexion, Fredericton, NB, Canada.
2002 WORLD MANDALA, Coordinator for community project during Earth Day celebrations held at Odell Park, Fredericton, NB, Canada.
1999 FRANCAPHONIE SUMMIT, Co-coordinated winning entry for Francaphonie Summit student arts printmaking project, Connaught Street School, Fredericton, N.B., Canada.

GRANTS AND AWARDS
2007-09 Creation Grant for Project entitled "52: Still Life with Auction", New Brunswick Arts Board, Fredericton, N.B., Canada.
2004-07 Creation Grant for Project entitled "Frenchys Sutra", New Brunswick Arts Board, Fredericton, N.B., Canada.
1991-93 Teaching Assistantship, University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI., USA.
 
PROFESSIONAL SERVICE AND ASSOCIATIONS2005-07 Union Activist, New Brunswick College of Craft and Design, Fredericton, N.B., Canada.
2001-02,07 Health and Safety Committee/Facilities, New Brunswick College of Craft and Design, Fredericton, N.B., Canada
  
Membership in the following Arts Organizations:      
FAA (Fredericton Arts Alliance)
BAG(Beaverbrook Art Gallery)
Gallery Connexion, New Brunswick Craft Council

EDUCATION
1993 M.F.A., Painting and Drawing, Department of Art, University of Wisconsin, Madison, Wisconsin, USA.
1987 A.B., English and American Literature, Magna Cum Laude.
Bowdoin College, Brunswick, Maine, USA.
1988 Art Education, University of Southern Maine, Gorham, Maine, USA.
1985-86 Scandinavian Seminar, Hellidens Folkhogskola, Tidaholm, Sweden.
(study abroad program, University of Massachusetts)

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE2003-08 Drawing Instructor, New Brunswick College of Craft and Design, Fredericton, NB, Canada.
2001-07 Design Instructor; University of New Brunswick, Multimedia Centre, Fredericton, NB, Canada.
2000-07 Design Instructor, New Brunswick College of Craft and Design, Fredericton, NB, Canada.
2003 Instructor, University of New Brunswick, Seminar entitled "Topics in Contemporary Art", Fredericton, NB, Canada.
2005 Instructor, University of New Brunswick, Department of Education (Spring 2005), Fredericton, NB, Canada.
2000 Instructor, University of New Brunswick, Department of Education, Fredericton, NB, Canada (Fall 2000).
2001-04 Art Instructor, Sunbury Shores Art and Nature Centre, St. Andrews, NB, Canada. (summer 2001- 2004).
1999-2002 Art Instructor, Beaverbrook Gallery, Fredericton, NB, Canada.
1991-93 Painting and Drawing  Instructor (TA), Foundation Painting
Department of Art, University of Wisconsin-Madison
Madison, Wisconsin, USA.

PERSONAL
Born 1965, Southbridge, Massachusetts, USA.
Citizenship:  Canadian and U.S.
Married to Dr.Thomas Beckley, children Sam (13) and Lena (10)