Education:
Saddleback College 2000 – 2002 Advanced Jewelry Fabrication; Studied under Marne Ryan and Carol Sivets, Instructors
Irvine Fine Arts Center 1999 – 2003 Intermediate and Advanced Jewelry Fabrication; Studied with Bill Gallagher, Wendy
Shields, and Jean Freeland-Salcedo.
Coastline College 1998-1999 Beginning Jewelry Fabrication; Studied under Teri Brudnak  

Licensed Marriage Family Child Counselor (MFCC), State of California, 1990
Azusa Pacific University 1987-1989; Master of Arts, Marriage, Family, Child Counseling
University of California, Irvine 1985 – 1987; Interior Design Studies
California State University, Hayward; graduate studies leading to Standard Elementary Lifetime Teaching Credential,
Kindergarten through 8th Grade 1965
University of California, Berkeley 1965; Bachelor of Arts, English

Affiliations:
American Crafts Council 2004-2006
Society of North American Goldsmiths 2003-2004
Metal Arts Society of Southern California 2000-2007
American Society of Interior Designers, 1985; Founder and Charter Member,          
University of California, Irvine, Student Chapter

Awards
       * Second Prizes for Sterling Silver necklace and necklace with fused glass;
    * Third Prize for Body of Work: five fused glass bracelets:
    July 2004 Orange County Fair  Professional Jewelry Division;
       * Honorable Mention for “Sea Weave” Fine Silver knitted necklace with Pearls:  
February 2004
Hillcrest Festival of Fine Arts
* First Prize for Fine Silver knitted necklace, Third prize for fused glass earrings:
July 2003
Orange County Fair - Professional Jewelry Division
* First Prize for “Forest Greens” fused glass and Sterling Silver necklace:
Art Glass Category of the Sixth Annual
Surf City Art Show
Carolyn Stanton Designs - Artist’s Resume

Forthcoming Exhibitions:
Hillcrest Festival of Fine Arts – February 2007
Brea Women’s Jewelry and Accessories Show - May 2007
Irvine Fine Arts Center Spring Studio Arts Show and Sale - June 2007
Irvine Fine Arts Center Holiday Faire - November 2007

Selected Exhibitions:
46th Annual Hillcrest Festival of Fine Arts: February 2006; also 42nd–45th Festivals
Irvine Fine Arts Center Spring Studio Arts Show and Sale, May 2006, and 2000 to 2004
The 6th Annual Surf City Art Show - Pierside, Huntington Beach, CA, September 2003
Irvine Fine Arts Center Holiday Faire, November 2006