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Katherine Cole
IKatherine has been a member of Virgin Valley Artists Association for 9 years. She has been a jewelry artist for the last 30 years in Reno, NV until retiring and moving to Mesquite, NV in 2009. In the past, my work has been sold in small shops in Truckee, CA and Carson City, NV and at art shows. As with many others, initially, I learned to string beads, then moved on to beadweaving, loom work and lampworking. I teach beading technique weekly to a small group of jewelry makers and at the Gallery periodically where I love to introduce this medium to newcomers.
Prior to moving to Mesquite, I was a university professor in the school of business at North Texas, Fresno State and UNR, founded and ran a marketing research company for 24 years and was an Executive Coach and CEO peer group facilitator for the last 6 years I was working. I served as President of the Sierra Nevada Girl Scout Council for 5 years; President of the Northern Nevada Marketing Association; officer and board member on over 10 other community boards and task forces.
