CURRICULUM VITAE

Academic Administration
2016-2022 ‍ ‍ Co-Director, International MFA, China Academy of Art, Hangzhou, PRC
2009-2011 ‍ ‍ Chair, Department of Art, Appalachian State University, Boone, NC
2007-2009 ‍ ‍Interim Dean, Graduate School for Holistic Studies, JFK University, California
1999-2009 ‍ ‍Chair, Department of Arts and Consciousness, JFK University, Berkeley, CA
1985-1994 ‍ ‍Dean of Students/VP Enrollment Management, San Francisco Art Institute, CA
1983-1985 ‍ ‍Director of Admissions, San Francisco Art Institute, San Francisco, CA
1980-1983 ‍ ‍Assistant Director of Admissions, School of Art & Design, Pratt Institute, NY
1977-1980 ‍ ‍DProgram Coordinator, Family Youth Center, SUNY Downstate, Brooklyn, NY

Selected Lectures
2026 Emptiness as a Creative Motif: A Cross-Cultural Examination of Nothing, on-line public lecture, Shanghai University Academy of Art, China
2023 Adventures in Paradox – Art as a Spiritual Practice, online public lecture, Lucid Art Foundation, Inverness, CA
2017 Reflections on a Cross-Cultural Career in Art, Jingdezhen University, Jingdezhen China
2015 Creativity and Art Schools, Keynote Lecture, Creativity Challenge Conference, NZ
2015 West-East Landscape Fusion; Featured Speaker for Mountain Canvas Exhibition, Allegheny Arts Council, Cumberland, MD
2014 Guanxi: Art, Healing and Interconnection, Featured Speaker: Conference on Art and
Healing, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA
2012 Creativity and Organizational Transformation: Keynote Address: National Faculty Conference, Antioch University, Santa Barbara, CA
2008 Balancing Perspectives: East Asian Influences in Contemporary Art; Keynote Address: Symposium Contemporary Art, JFK University, Berkeley, CA
2008 Art and Chi; Cross-Cultural Practices in Contemporary Art – Three-day lecture/workshop, TLC, Wellington, NZ
2007 The Pedagogy of Art and Transformation, Conference on Holistic Approaches to Arts Education, JFK University, Berkeley, CA
2006 Art and Spirituality, Public Panel Discussion, California Institute for Integral Studies, San Francisco, CA
2005 Art as a Healing Practice, Lecture and workshop; Professional Development Conference; Kaiser Permanente, Concord CA
2005 Creativity and Organizational Transformation, Public Lecture; The Learning Connexion, Wellington, New Zealand
2005 Art in Contemporary and Traditional Healing Modalities; Panel Discussion, IEATA. Annual Conference, San Francisco CA
2004 Art and Healing –The Search for Creativity and Identity; Keynote Address, Arts Reach Conference on Arts and Healing, San Francisco CA
1998 Creativity and Health, A Cross-Cultural Perspective; Archetypes of Visual Culture, Residential Conference: Saybrook Institute, CA
1998 Visual Communication in the Era of Post-History; Featured Lecture: ‘International Conference on Public Art, Shanghai University
1998 The Journey of the Artist as Healer: Confessions of a Reluctant Art Therapist, Guest Lecture, California Institute of Integral Studies, CA

Selected Publications
2026 Foreword– ‘Dao Intelligence’, Lionel Yang, p 5-12, Overseas Chinese Press, China
2020 An Identity-Based Approach to Graduate Art Education; essay in anthology, ‘International Art with Chinese Characteristics’ ed. Xiu Jiang, CAA Press, Hangzhou China
2017 Foreword– ‘The Heartbeat of Creativity’, Margaret Blackwell & Andra Kins, Waterfront Press’ Berkeley CA
2017 Foreword: Two Wings to Fly’, Alice Wilson Milne, Steele Roberts Aotearoa, Wellington
2014 Shooting in the Dark invited article for Nyght Vision Magazine, Spring 2014 Issue; Volume 4, Number 2, Nyght Falcon Books, NC
2013 Cairo Sunset, invited article for on-line journal, Realize Magazine.com
2008 Foreword– ‘Go!: The Art of Change’, Jonathan Milne, TLC Press, Wellington NZ
2006 Arts and Consciousness: The Pedagogy of Art and Transformation, Visual Arts Research, Vol. 32 No.1 (Issue 82), University of Illinois
2004 Art and Death: Myth and Paradox, Essay for Exhibition Catalogue, Arts and Consciousness Gallery, JFK University
2001 Art and Chi Gung: The Heart of China, International Expressive Arts Therapy Journal, Volume 5, Issue 1, San Francisco CA
2000 Christine Peirano, Introduction to exhibition catalogue, Galerie im Verein Berliner Künstler, Berlin, Germany
2000 The Artwork of Lin Min Yi, Introduction to exhibition catalogue, Taipei Fine Arts Museum, Taipei, Taiwan
1991 Creating a Multicultural Soup, invited essay for anthology, Sources of Distinct Majority, ed: Carlos Villa, SFAI Press, San Francisco CA