Associate Professor of Fashion, Dress & Merchandising
Colleen’s artistic expression gained recognition with the DuPont Company through a futuristic collection and integrating the Calico company’s interior fabrics for apparel; this visionary collection was featured at the prestigious Hollidazzle held at the nationally acclaimed cultural venue, Longwood Gardens in Pennsylvania. Redkin acknowledged and featured Colleen’s innovative and dramatic collection talents for their international traveling trend exposé. Whether gallery exhibits or trade organizations, Colleen has claimed countless winning designs, to name a few- ITAA (International Textile Apparel Association), MA (Indianapolis Museum of Art) and the Goldstein Museum of Design at the University of Minnesota, winning the Dean’s Scholar Award.
Colleen’s unrelenting pursuit for professional growth went onto complete an MFA in Visual Arts from Marywood University where her thesis on digitally designed play-on-words fabrics was featured in the prestigious Mahady Gallery. She continues academic development to enhance her academic and technological skill-sets studying at, Iowa State University, Moore College of Art & Design, and NYC’s Fashion Institute of Technology--- in the areas of experimental and advanced technology for the apparel industry. Her dynamic creative range resulted in invitations as a design critic at the Drexel University’s Fashion Design department, for the University of Delaware’s Senior Design Collection, and as a presenter at University of Minnesota’s Symposia and ITAA conventions.