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education| 2007 | Fifth Year Certificate, School of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston | 2006 | Diploma, School of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston | 1994 | PhD(ABD), Classical Archaeology, Indiana University | 1986 | MA, Classical Archaeology, Indiana University | 1983 | AB, Classical Civilizations, Special Honors, The University of Chicago | honors | 2010 | Honorable Mention, Off the Wall, Danforth Museum of Art, Framingham, MA | 2009 | Third in Show, Off the Wall, Danforth Museum of Art, Framingham, MA | 2005 | Stella and Sumner Cooper Award, School of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston | 1991 | Indiana University Travel Grant | 1989 | Samuel H. Kress Foundation Fellowship in Art and Archaeology | 1983 | John G. Hawthorne Prize, The University of Chicago | solo shows | 2010 | Portrait of Turkey: Moments, The Capital City Building, Columbia, SC | 2009 | Istanbul, Life in Color, 14th Boston Turkish Festival, The Howard Thurman Center, Boston University | Istanbul, A Living Palimpsest, Hyde Park Bank, Brookline, MA | 2005 | ephEmera, GASP Gallery, Brookline, MA (co-curated with Eden Reiner) | group shows | 2010 | Off the Wall, Danforth Museum of Art, Framingham, MA (Juried) | Temporal Identities, NK Gallery, Boston, MA | Winter Wonderland, The Beehive, Boston, MA | 2009 | Everything but Paper Prayers, Annual AIDS Benefit Exhibition, Barbara Krakow Gallery, Boston, MA | RED: It's more than a color, University Place Gallery, Cambridge, MA (Juried) | Bag It!, GASP arts, Brookline, MA | 2009 International Paperworks Winners' Show, bj spoke gallery, Huntington, NY (Juried) | Off the Wall, Danforth Museum of Art, Framingham, MA (Juried) | Northeast Prize Show, University Place Gallery, Cambridge, MA (Juried) | Hyde Park Artists at the Boston Convention Center, Boston, MA | Add and Subtract, Gallery Kayafas, Boston, MA | 2008 | Brookline Artists at Hyde Park Open Studios, Hyde Park Bank, Brookline, MA | Blue, Kathryn Schultz Gallery, Cambridge, MA (Juried) | Why Not?!, Housatonic Museum of Art, WCA-CT, Bridgeport, CT (Juried) | A Woman's Place, WCA-MA, Bromfield Gallery, Boston, MA | Empowered by Artistry, Sewall-Belmont House and Museum, Washington, DC | Community of Artists' Show, Danforth Museum of Art, Framingham, MA (Juried) | Northeast Prize Show, University Place Gallery, Cambridge, MA (Juried) | TreasurePostcards '08, Art4Development, Benefit for Women's Shelters in the US | and Turkey, Ninth Street Gallery, Washington, DC | Salon Seven, Small Works on Paper, sevengaits project space, Southbridge, MA | 2007 | Anything but Paper Prayers, Annual AIDS Benefit Exhibition, | Barbara Krakow Gallery, Boston, MA | Proof of Purchase 2, RHYS Gallery, Boston, MA | Fifth Year Exhibition, School of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston | 2006 | The Boston Open Studios Coalition 12th Anniversary, Boston City Hall, Boston, MA | Open Call / Size Matters, RHYS Gallery, Boston, MA (Juried) | Traces of Memory and Loss, Project Space, Boston, MA | Student Annual, Grossman Gallery, Boston, MA (Juried) | Advanced Installation Projects, A212, Boston, MA | 2005 | Red, University Place Gallery, Cambridge, MA (Juried) | Nine Walls Don't Make a Room, Gallery 212, Boston, MA | Part of the Mix, Bag Gallery, Boston, MA | Painting Workshop Open Studio, Spannocchia, Tuscany, Italy | Student Annual, Grossman Gallery, Boston, MA (Juried) | Paper Unfolded, Bag Gallery, Boston, MA (Juried) | 2004 | New Student Salon Show, Bag Gallery, Boston, MA | Annual Prints and Paper Show, Bag Gallery, Boston, MA (Juried) | Student Annual, Grossman Gallery, Boston, MA (Juried) | 2002 | Work from Open Studio, Bag Gallery, Boston, MA | related work | 2000-present | uniquely lara, sole-proprietor, free-lance consulting for home and landscape design | 2006-2008 | Teaching Assistant, School of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston | 2005-2006 | Gallery Assistant, Genovese / Sullivan Gallery, Boston, MA | 1985-1987 | Conservation Assistant, Objects Conservation, Indiana University Art Museum | architectural competitions | 2005 | Flight 93 National Memorial, Somerset, PA (with SAS/Design, Brookline) | 2004 | Worcester Firefighters' Memorial, Worcester, MA (with SAS/Design, Brookline) | 2003 | World Trade Center Memorial, New York, NY (with SAS/Design, Brookline) | 2002 | Grand Egyptian Museum, Giza, Egypt. | Selected for publication as distinctive project (with SAS/Design, Brookline) | public commissions | 2009 | St Mary of the Assumption School, Brookline, MA | 2008 | Temple Emeth, Brookline, MA (with Lauren Karp) | 2007 | Children's Trust Fund, Voices for Children Gala and Auction, Boston, MA (with Lauren Karp) | 2006 | Young Israel of Brookline, Brookline, MA (with Lauren Karp and Chris Vespermann) | | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||