I have been teaching at Saddleback College since the fall of 1987. When I first arrived at Saddleback I directed the College Art Gallery. I organized numerous exhibitions featuring some of the most important Los Angeles based artists of the late 1980s and early 1990s. It was exciting to bring their work to south Orange County so that the community could be exposed to the lively art scene of Los Angeles. At that time, LA was emerging as one of the world's most important cities for contemporary art, often surpassing NYC.

 

In 1994, I returned to university to get my Ph.D. in Visual Studies from UCI. I decided to focus on teaching at Saddleback and I became an Independent Curator. As an Independent Curator, I was able to organize international exhibitions. I did most of my work in Canada working with artists from Vancouver to Montreal. My most significant work came in collaboration with the Francophone artist, Nicole Jolicoeur.

 

More recently, I have focused on developing online art history classes here at Saddleback College. Art History is a perfect match for the visual online platform. In 2015, I became chair of the Online Education Committee. Over the next year, I plan to build two more online art history courses: Women and Art and the Survey of Contemporary Art.