Lectures
LECTURES
2005
“The Textile Aesthetic,” Tradition in Motion, Tapestry Weaver’s West Symposium, Oakland, CA.
2004
Keynote Speaker, “Not at the End of our Ropes,” Interlacing Cultures: A Fiber Festival, Conference of Northern California Handweavers, Santa Clara Convention Center, Santa Clara, CA.
2002
“Making Art at the Intersections,” presented at Intersections Symposium sponsored by Fiber Dimensions with panelists Catherine Clark, René de Guzman and Steven Oliver, San Francisco, CA.
2001
“Shades of Blue: Some of the Political and Philosophical Meanings of Indigo Dye and Blue,” presented at Cowell Theater, Fort Mason in conjunction with The Museum of Craft & Folk Art exhibition, Shibori: Tradition and Innovation--East to West, curated by Yoshiko Iwamoto Wada, San Francisco, CA.
2000
“Another String Theory: A Brief History of a 30,000 Year Old Technology,” San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, Teacher Institute, in conjunction with the exhibition Structure and Surface, Contemporary Japanese Textiles, San Francisco, CA.
1999
“Weaving in Copper,” Northern California Handweavers’ Guild, Marin, CA.
1999
"Pictorialism in Textiles,” lecture and panel discussion with Chiroi Santiago, Textile Arts Council, M.H. de Young Memorial Museum, San Francisco, CA.
1999
“Miwok Basketry,” Northern California Weavers Guild, San Francisco, CA.
1998
“The Primacy of Textile Technology,” College of Marin, Kentfield, CA.
1998
“Geometry and the Inherent Aesthetic of Textiles,” California College of the Arts, Oakland, CA.
1998
“Navajo Weavers,” Walnut Creek Art Center, Walnut Creek, CA.
1998
“Spiritual Textiles,” College of Marin, Kentfield, CA.
1998
“Textile Architecture," San Jose State University, San Jose, CA.