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Sue's Résumé:
SUSAN LESLIE SWANSON
Email: swansonMN@comcast.net

EDUCATION:

  • Master of Divinity, United Theological Seminary of the Twin Cities
Concentrations in Ecumenical Studies, Art and Women's Theologies 
  •  Bachelor of Arts with Honors, Metropolitan State University
                    Major: Professional Communications   
  • CAREER EXPERIENCE:
  • Purple Apple Arts  Woodbury, Minnesota.  2000-Current Owner, Independent Teacher, Artist and Writer
  • Teacher and Retreat Leader
    • Published designer and teacher of various art and craft techniques
    • Retreat topics include: Sabbath, Simplicity, Prayercraft, Women’s Theologies
    • Prayer Beads and the use of Christian jewelry as a prayer tool
    • Artists of Woodbury Member
  • Piano Instructor
    • Specializing in music education for children
    • Background as a church musician, choir director and accompanist
  • Spiritual Director secializing in using art media and creativity coaching           
  • Labyrinth Facilitation:
  • Advanced Certified Veriditas Facilitator – trained by Lauren Artress, Grace Cathedral 
  • Constructed labyrinths at various locations including Arlington Hills United Methodist Church, Pilgrim Point United Church of Christ Camp, Farmington Lutheran, Christ Episcopal Woodbury, and others
  • Member of The Labyrinth Society and Minnesota Labyrinth Network.
  • Creates and delivers courses about using the labyrinth as a tool for prayer 

PUBLICATIONS:
Circle of Love Meditation Bracelet (Woodbury, Minnesota: self-published, 2006)

editor of Bless Sophia: Worship, Liturgy and Ritual of the Re-Imagining Community (Woodbury, Minnesota: self-published, 2003)  

Beadwork published in the following publications:
Gerlach, Julia, ed. Peyote Stitch from Beading Projects: The Best of Bead and Button Magazine “Collectible Catch-Alls” (Waukesha, Wisconsin: Kalmbach Publishing, 2005) p.80.

Campbell, Jean, ed. “Chakra Ring” Beadwork Creates Beaded Rings (Loveland, Colorado: Interweave Press, 2004) p. 78-79.

Beadwork Magazine “Terry’s Love Beads”  Feature Article about Terry Mays, Clay Bead Artist - May 2003 (Vol. 6/No. 3) p. 70. 

“Ski Sweater Matchbox Cover” – January 2003 (Vol. 6/No. 1) p. 66
 

“Milk and Honey Bookmark” – March 2002 (Vol. 5/ No. 2) p. 28
Bead and Button Magazine            “

Collectible Catch-Alls”
– August 2001 (Issue 44) p. 42.
 

Songs published in the following publications:
Whitmore, Alan C. ed., “We Meet Together for Peace” arrangement for Doreen Lanshear-Smith Spirit Anew: Singing Prayer and Praise (Kelowna British Columbia, Canada: Wood Lake Press, 1999) p. 75.

Re-Imagining Quarterly  “The Lost Coin” May 1999 (Issue 19) p. 6.

Lankshear-Smith, Doreen, “Distant Sisters” (music) and “We Meet Together for Peace” (arrangement) Songs for Mending the World (Thunder Bay, Ontario, Canada: DLS Music, 1998) p. 11 and 19.

Martin, Madelin Sue, ed. “You Call Us” with Nancy Berneking, Bring the Feast: Songs from the Re-Imagining Community (Cleveland: Pilgrim Press, 1998)  p. 49.

Berneking, Nancy J. and Joern, Pamela Carter, eds. “Sophia’s Song” Remembering and Re-Imagining (Cleveland: Pilgrim Press, 1994) p. 168-169. 

Articles published in the following publications:
“Personal Reflections on the Labyrinth Walk” Re-Imagining Quarterly, May 1997, p. 19.

“Labyrinth Images” and Book Review on Praying the Labyrinth by JKH Geoffrion, Re-Imagining Quarterly, November 2000, p. 21.

“Prayercraft” Re-Imagining Quarterly, May 2001, p. 4.

"Images of the Feminine Divine" The Spirit of Veriditas: Voices from the Labyrinth, Spring 2010

SHOWS AND AWARDS:
  • Jack in the Green – 3rd place – Upper Midwest Bead Society 2003
  • Heart of Gold Chatelaine – Blue Ribbon – Minnesota State Fair 2004
  • Trinity Basket – ‘top finisher’ – Upper Midwest Bead Society Challenge 2001
  • Participated in shows at the Textile Center, United Theological Seminary, Woodbury Lutheran Church, Edina Art Center and the Goldstein Gallery.
PERSONAL INFORMATION:           
Sue lives in
Woodbury, Minnesota. She is married to Roger Swanson. They have two boys: Matthew and Jeremy Swanson, who is married to Krista, parents of Victoria Grace and Robert Leith. She enjoys traveling, reading, knitting and gathering circles of women's wisdom.