She is also owner and director of Blue Cat Gallery & Studio in downtown Wayne, NE. She formerly owned and operated L’eglise Art Center & Gallery in Aurora, NE and taught K-12 art at Hampton Public School in Hampton, NE. Carolyn also served as the Visual Arts Coordinator for the Fall Arts & Music Festival in Aurora from 2004-2007, and served on the Fine Arts Board of the Hamilton Community Foundation for ten years. She has been a member of the Nebraska Art Teachers Association since 2008, and served as the 2014 Fall Conference Chair in Aurora. Carolyn was selected as NATA’s Higher Education Art Educator of the Year in 2016.