Dawn’s artwork on display and available for purchase at The Painted Mermaid in Southport, NC, as of June, 2017.
Teaches Middle Eastern drum and percussion meditation class at Yoga Center, 2012 – ongoing.
The Ventimiglia’s ’66 Yellowstone Cavalier camper “retrovation” rebuild featured in Vintage Camper Trailers, Issue 22, Nov/Dec. 2015.
Facilitated monthly “Drum and Dance” (improv bellydance w/doumbek drumming), 2015.
Plays percussion and Native flute for meditations at Danville Yoga Center. 2014 – ongoing.
Presented “The Mural Process and Business”, Danville Art League at Museum of Fine Arts & History, ’11.
Honorary Member of the Danville Art League in exchange for presentations given to League.
Taught “How to Paint” class for teens, 2010.
Dawn’s airbrushed customized Honda ACE Tourer wins 1st Place at Two Rivers Rally.
Her airbrushed customized 1998 Honda 1100 ACE Tourer wins Best Bike Overall, Bogie Burgers, 9/2009.
Exhibited Buddha and Nature works at Danville Yoga Center, 11/2008.
Honda CB750 airbrush work appears in 12/2007 issue of “The Horse” motorcycle mag.
Member of Danville Art League, 2007.
Consistently a “Top Ten” artist on ArtWanted.com, among 10,000+ members, ’03 – ’05.
“Our Florida Home” design chosen for ’04 Tallahassee Door Project.
Exhibit: Art Arbor, Boyd Hill, St. Petersburg, FL, 2003.
Exhibit: “Artists at Work” Native American Exhibit, Hillsborough Community College, Tampa. One of only two non-Native Americans invited to show. Nov.-Dec. ’03.
Featured guest on Madame Ani’s radio show, “Ask The Blonde”. 8/2003, discussing art, spirituality, life.
EDA store featured in: Watermark Magazine (Central FL Arts/Entertainment) ’02, St. Pete News various times 2002 – 03, Northeast Neighborhood News (multiple features 2002 – 03), downtownpete.com (02-03), Sterling Powell’s “Art of Living” website, 2002.
Tampa news CH 10: 2002 (henna art).
Bayside News: 2002, 2003 (EDA store).
Henna art presentation at Herb’n Yoga, St. Petersburg, 2002; Viva La Frieda, Tampa, 2002, 2004; Bellydance Winter Hafla, St. Pete, 2002.
Store opened: Eclectic Dawn Arts import store/gallery in St. Petersburg, FL, w/Michelle Gagnon, ’01.
Published: “Sparrows on my Porch”, Wisconsin Poet’s Calendar, 1995.
Published articles on various topics in WI newspapers, ’90 – ’96.
Owned/operated The Sentiment Shop (antiques and hand-crafted goods) in Manawa, WI, 1990 – 1996.
Dawn taught herself to play guitar at 11 years of age, a couple years after she started lessons on keyboards and clarinet. She has performed solo and in various bands (guitar, keyboards, vocals), and toured throughout the Midwest and Eastern U.S. since the early ’70’s.
Her bands have backed up such groups as Survivor, UFO, Pat Travers, Danny Johnson and the Bandits, B*tch, Kenny Loggins, and even the Mommas and the Papas. Dawn has done jingles and voice-overs for commercials in Green Bay and the Fox Valley, and in 2011, voice-overs for a local Danville, VA, TV station.
She performed a solo tribute show in the mid-90’s, appearing as Marilyn Monroe, Cher, Stevie Nicks, and Janis Joplin. Dawn has a solo CD (“The Keeper of the Flame”, 1998), and plays guitar, ukulele, clarinet, piano, Native American flute, doumbek, and has dabbled with a lap harp, didgeridoo, and violin. She has taught guitar, piano, ukulele, and doumbek.
Dawn is the only female rocker to win the WAPL Battle of the Bands. Her band Hijinx headlined the first Memorial Fest in Appleton, WI, performing in front of an estimated crowd of 12,000.
White Witch (five women from Fox Valley).