WORK EXPERIENCE

2016 - present

Studio artist

2010 – 2015

Director of Administration, College of Management and Human Service, University of Southern Maine

1995 – 2010

Muskie School of Public Service, University of Southern Maine

Director of Planning and Development (2004-2010)

Manager of Strategic Development (1997-04)

Executive Assistant to the Director (1995-97)

1980 – 2000

Sole proprietor, Bogdonoff Fabrics - Woven Art

Commissions:

Princeton University, Princeton, NJ

Federal Distributors, Lewiston, ME

Temple Bet Ha'am, Portland, ME

Sonnenschein Law Offices, Boston, MA

Represented nationally (1980 – 1995):

Bendels, New York, NY

The Elements, Greenwich, CT

The Hand and Spirit Gallery, Scottsdale, AZ


EXHIBITIONS

Cove Street Arts, Portland, ME (2023)

Cove Street Arts, Portland, ME (2022)

The Art Gallery at North Hill, Needham, MA (2021)

Maine Jewish Museum, Portland, ME (2021)

Complexity 2020: Innovations in Weaving (2020 - virtual)

Muskegon Museum of Art, Muskegon, MI Excellence in Fibers V (2019)

Turtle Gallery, Deer Isle, ME (2017)

Elizabeth Moss Gallery, Yarmouth, ME(2017)

Maine Jewish Museum, Portland, ME (2016)

Portland Museum of Art, Portland ME (1993)

Olin Arts Center, Bates College, Lewiston, ME (1990)

American Craft Enterprises, Baltimore Winter Market, Baltimore, MD (1982-89)

Smithsonian Craft Show, Washington, DC (1984,85)


TEACHING

1993/94

Co-taught “Managing the Human Organization”, Muskie Institute of Public Affairs, Portland, ME.

1985-87

Weaving Instructor, Artist in Residence, University of Southern Maine


PUBLICATIONS

“Consensus Building to Write Environmentally Responsive Rules for Maine’s New Transportation Policy,” in J.Walton Blackburn and Willa Marie Bruce, eds, Mediating Environmental Conflicts: Theory and Practice. Quorum Books, 1995, pp 151-166.

Sustainable Maine, a Primer, editor, 1995.

“South Portand Transit System: Access to Public Transportation.” in Freda Bernotavicz, Richard Barringer, Miriam Clasby eds., Addressing Issues of Diversity, USM, 1993. (Co-authored with Don Harden)


EDUCATION

1994

Muskie Institute of Public Affairs, University of Southern Maine

Portland, Maine

MA, Public Policy and Management

1993

Community Leadership Institute, Leadership for the 21st Century

1971

California College of Arts and Crafts, Oakland, California

BFA with distinction, Textile Arts

1968

Washington University, School of Architecture, St. Louis, Missouri