The Librarian:

I grew up in Urbana, a college town, in Illinois.  I was fortunate to have a small town where pretty much everyone went to the same middle school and the same high school.  Champaign-Urbana greatly defined who I am by exposing me to different people and ideas, through the University and through our independent media.  Very few towns are fortunate enough to have an independent newspapers, television stations, and radio.  There were opportunities of independence and free-thinking to those who sought it.  In my case, I had teachers who allowed me to do projects my way on topics of my choice, and I had great support from my family to look deeper into topics that interested me.

After 5 years of academic librarianship, I have now focuse my attention on contributing to the future initiatives and goals of the U.S. Green Building Council, a non-profit determined to transform the building industry within a generation. This experience has awakened a need to contribute beyond analysis and research and instead begin to participate in the creative ways to change how one lives with their environment, whether that is in an office building or in a field of corn. At this time I am starting to pursue a MFA focused on environmental arts. Wish me luck!

The Artist:

I strongly believe that information chooses the form that it wishes to be expressed.  Whether it is in traditional art forms or new media art forms, it is the job of the artist of the 21st century to translate the message in the form that makes the most impact.  That is why I chose to work in different media's and ultimately what made me go to school in multimedia.

It is only in the past 2 years I have started to finetune what it is I want to explore and communicate through art. Therefore, at the moment this portfolio of work is focused more on my journey through many different media and topics and will include more of my new focus in the years to come. 

More About the Artist/Librarian:

You can follow my research and experience with life by one of the following ways:

• My Shutterfly Website and RSS feed for photos of my travels
• My Diigo account for what I am bookmarking
• My blog Technolust and Loathing to discuss how to work in a digital world