Speaking engagements
May 5, 2020
UC Davis
"Things to give a scrap about. . . "
Advanced Textile Design, guest speaker
Davis, CA (Via ZOOM)
March 6, 2019
LA Textile show
"GOTS" panel speaker
Los Angeles, CA
June 19, 2013
Diablo Valley Quilters
"Fabric Design: Behind the Scenes from Seed to Selvage!"
DVQ General Meeting, guest speaker
Danville, CA
March 29, 2012
Monona Terrace
"Organic Cotton: The Journey is the Prize"
The Wright Design Series, guest speaker
Madison, WI
March 28, 2012
University of Wisconsin, Madison
"Organic Cotton: The Journey is the Prize"
Brown Bag lunch lecture, guest speaker
Madison, WI
March 27, 2012
University of Wisconsin, Madison
"Things I Learned the Hard Way"
Collection Development and Digital Communication, guest speaker
Madison, WI
March 27, 2012
University of Wisconsin, Madison
"What Makes 'Good' Design" (or How I Stopped Making Pretty Landfill)
Print and Dye 1, guest speaker
Madison, WI
February 27, 2012
Surface Pattern Design Guild
"The Journey is the Prize"
monthly guild meeting guest speaker
Berkeley, CA
February 18, 2011
Pacific Piecemakers Quilt Guild
"The Journey is the Prize"
(or more than you ever wanted to know about Sus's wife)
monthly quilt guild guest speaker
Gualala, CA
October 29, 2010
Belmont University
"The Journey is the Prize"
convocation lecturer
Nashville, TN
June 12, 2010
Surface Art Association
"Organic Cotton"
monthly meeting guest speaker
Woodbury University, Burbank, CA
May 28, 2009
Surface Design Association
"Organic Cotton: Beyond Oatmeal and Granola Colors"
keynote speaker international textile conference
Kansas City, KS
April 5, 2008
SAQA/SDA Breaking New Ground Symposium
"Shade of Green (well. . . maybe gray)"
panelist: "Ever Green: thinking Green in materials and studio"
Philadelphia, PA
October 4, 2007
Williams-Sonoma, Inc.
"Shade of Green (well. . . maybe gray)"
internal corporate education
San Francisco, CA
May 15, 2007
UC Davis
"Organic Cotton"
Sustainable Design, guest speaker
Davis, CA
May 14, 2007
UC Davis
"The History of Cotton"
World Textiles: Western Hemisphere, guest speaker
Davis, CA
April 19, 2007
Fashion Institute of Technology
"Sometimes a Passion turns into a Mission"
FIT- 1st Annual Sustainability Conference
New York, NY
February 28, 2007
Mendocino Coast Handweavers' Guild Meeting
"Growing a 'Green' Fiber Business"
monthly meeting guest presenter
Mendocino, CA
October 28, 2006
Image West Design
"Going Green"
Insider Information from Top Design Industry Professions Fall Speaker Series
Marin, CA
April 6, 2006
Yale University
"The organic (r)evolution: inspiring environmental & social change through creative, sustainable fabrics"
Fashion and Sustainability: Wearing Social Change conference, guest lecturer
New Haven, CT
March 18, 2006
Koret Auditorium at the de Young Museum
"The organic (r)evolution: inspiring environmental & social change through creative, sustainable fabrics"
Textile Art Council program, guest lecturer
San Francisco, CA
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