<p><span>I am a visual artist and library employee living in Los Angeles. I'm a recipient of grants from the Creative Capacity Fund, Change, Inc., and an artist residency at The Vermont Studio Center. I have als particpated in Panel Shop, a collective cofounded by Andrea Zittel to help provide emerging artists with side income through the generation of specialty household design products. In 2011, my friend and fellow artist Aili Schmeltz founded </span><a href="http://www.losangelesartresource.com/" target="_blank">Los Angeles Art Resource</a><span>, an on-line forum for the Los Angeles arts community to share job opportunities, calls for entry, studio vacancies and regional grant/fellowship deadlines.</span></p>