Curriculum Vitae
Education
2010-2013 Masters of Fine Arts-Ceramics, Edinboro University, Edinboro, PA
2007-2009 Bachelor’s of Arts-Ceramics, Buffalo State College, Buffalo, NY
2003-2006 Associates of Liberal Arts and Sciences, Corning Community College, Corning, NY
Related Experience
2017-Present Programs Manager, Touchstone Center for Crafts, Farmington, PA
2022 Juror, Associated Artists of Pittsburgh at Touchstone, Touchstone Center for Crafts, Farmington, PA
2020 Juror, Associated Artists of Pittsburgh at Touchstone, Touchstone Center for Crafts, Farmington, PA
2019 Juror, Associated Artists of Pittsburgh at Touchstone, Touchstone Center for Crafts, Farmington, PA
2017 Curator, “Ceramic Sculpture Culture”, James May Gallery, Algoma, WI
Curator, “Ceramic Sculpture Culture”, Baltimore Clayworks, Baltimore, MD
2016 Juror, Artscape 2016, Baltimore, MD
2014-2015 Materials Testing, Highwater Clays, Asheville, NC
2014 Curator, “A Collective Perspective”, Asheville Area Arts Council, Asheville, NC
2013 Studio Technician, Odyssey Center for the Ceramic Arts, Asheville, NC
2010-2012 Art History Graduate Assistant, Edinboro University, Edinboro, PA
2011-2013 Bruce Gallery Graduate Assistant, Lead Art Handler, Edinboro University, Edinboro, PA
2009 Ceramic Studio Assistant, Buffalo State College, Buffalo, NY
Teaching / Visiting Artist / Demonstrations
2022 Instructor, “Bright and Bold Low-Fire Ceramic Surfaces” Virtual Workshop, Pocosin Arts, Columbia, NC
2021 Instructor, “Bright and Bold Low-Fire Ceramic Surfaces” Virtual Workshop, Pocosin Arts, Columbia, NC
Instructor, “Handbuilding Expressive Cups” Virtual Workshop, Touchstone Center for Crafts, Farmington, PA
2020 Demonstrating Artist, NOC, Cleveland Institute of Art, Cleveland, OH
Visiting Artist, Baldwin Wallace University, Berea, OH
Instructor, “Animal Forms”, Reitz Ranch, Clarkdale, AZ
2019 Visiting Artist, Buffalo State College, Buffalo, NY
Instructor, “Making Faces”, Touchstone Center for Crafts, Pittsburgh PA
2018 Presenter, "Collectively Coming Together", NCECA 2018, Pittsburgh, PA
Instructor, "Dynamic Expressions", Pittsburgh Center for the Arts, Pittsburgh, PA
Visiting Artist, College of Southern Maryland, La Plata, MD
2017 Instructor, “Dynamic Expressions” Workshop, Touchstone Center for Crafts, Farmington, PA
Adjunct Professor, Arts 508: Ceramic Sculpture, Hood College, Frederick, MD
Visiting Artist, West Virginia University, Morgantown, WV
Demonstrating Artist, AMACO NCECA Gallery Expo, Portland, OR
Visiting Artist, Corning Community College, Corning, NY
Visiting Artist, Ceramic Sculpture Culture Workshop, Towson University, Towson, MD
Presenter, A Conversation with the Founders of Ceramic Sculpture Culture, Towson University, Towson, MD
Upper and Lower School Ceramics, Bryn Mawr, Baltimore, MD
2016 Adjunct Professor, Arts 508: Ceramic Sculpture, Hood College, Frederick, MD
Instructor, “Narrative Expressions” Workshop, Johns Creek Art Center, Johns Creek, GA
2015-2017 Instructor, Baltimore Clayworks, Baltimore, MD
2014 Assistant, Janis Mars Wunderlich, “Imaginative Figures in Clay” Santa Fe Clay, Santa Fe, NM
2013-2014 Instructor, Odyssey Clayworks, Asheville, NC
Residencies / Fellowships
2019 Pentaculum, Arrowmont School of Arts and Crafts, Gatlinburg, TN
2018 Artist-Invite-Artists, Red Lodge Clay Center, Red Lodge, MT
2016-2017 Artist in Residence, Baltimore Clayworks, Baltimore, MD
2016 Artist-Invite-Artists, Watershed Center for the Ceramic Arts, New Castle, ME
2015-2016 Lormina Salter Fellowship, Baltimore Clayworks, Baltimore, MD
2015 Short Term Resident, Red Lodge Clay Center, Red Lodge, MT
2013-2015 Artist in Residence, Odyssey Center for the Ceramic Arts, Asheville, NC
2012 Kiln God Summer Residency, Watershed Center for the Ceramic Arts, New Castle, ME
Solo and Two Person Exhibitions
2021 So There I Was..., Box Heart Gallery, Pittsburgh, PA
2019 HUH?, ARC Contemporary, Cottonwood, AZ
2018 Really?, Touchstone Center for Crafts, Farmington, PA
2017 Bathhouse, Corning Community College, Corning, NY
2016 Folks, Baltimore Clayworks, Baltimore MD,
2013 Man’s Best Friend, Bates Gallery, Edinboro, PA
2010 Sculpture & Illustration, Homegrown, Ithaca, NY
Group Exhibitions
2022 Thinking with Animals, Canton Museum of Art, Canton, OH (Upcoming)
Beauty in the Beast, Blue Spiral Gallery, Asheville, NC
Surreal Salon 14, Baton Rouge Gallery, Baton Rouge, LA, Juror: Carrie Ann Baade
2021 Cup the Intimate Object XVII, Charlie Cummings Gallery, Gainesville, FL
Small Favors, The Clay Studio, Philadelphia, PA
Last Call, Companion Gallery, Humboldt, TN
Past, Present, and Future, NCECA Virtual Exhibition, Baltimore Clayworks, Baltimore, MD
Laughing in Clay, NCECA Virtual Exhibition
2020 Touchstone Center for Crafts, Saville Gallery, Cumberland, MD
Past, Present, and Future, Baltimore Clayworks, Baltimore, MD
2019 Character and Narrative, Foothills Art Center, Golden, CO
The Emotional Animal, Clay Art Center, Port Chester NY, Juror: Crystal Morey
Thinking Outside the Jar, AMACO NCECA, Minneapolis, MN
Material Impulse: A Confluence of Clay Artists (NCECA), Corner Store Gallery, NE, Minneapolis, MN
Touchstone at Pittsburgh International, Pittsburgh International Airport: Art in the Airport, Pittsburgh, PA
Ceramic Sculpture Collective, Morean Center for Clay, St. Petersburg, FL
Uniting the Figure, Heftler Gallery; Endicott College, Beverly MA
2018 A Maker’s Mark: Touchstone’s Innovative Expression, Clay Place at Standard Clays, Pittsburgh, PA
Ceramics Sculpture Culture, Flora Kirsch Beck Gallery, Alma, MI
Cup: The Intimate Object XIV, Charlie Cummings Gallery, Gainesville, FL
Sight Lines, The Gym, Pittsburgh, PA
OUTLAWS, Lexington Art League, Lexington, KY
Gist Street International, NCECA, Pittsburgh, PA
Ceramic Sculpture Culture, NCECA, Pittsburgh, PA
Clay in the Keystone, Brockway Center for Arts and Technology, Brockway, PA
Tall Tales: Ceramic Sculpture Culture College of Southern Maryland, La Plata, MD
Taste of Touchstone, Saville Gallery, Cumberland, MD
Stand{ing} Together, Baltimore School for the Arts, Baltimore, MD
Surreal Salon 10, Baton Rouge Gallery, Baton Rouge, LA, Juror: Ron English
Me, Myself, and I, Clay Art Center, Port Chester, NY, Juror: Kathy King
Fahrenheit 2018, AMOCA Museum, Pomona, CA, Juror: Patty Warishina
2017 Rust Belt Invitational, Clayspace at Standard, Pittsburgh, PA
Annual Alumni Art Show, Corning Community College, 60th Corning, NY
Heads Up!, ARC Contemporary @The Manheim Gallery, Cottonwood, AZ
Annual Ceramic: Containers, Three Wheel Studios, Providence, RI
Ceramic Sculpture Culture, James May Gallery, Algoma, WI
2017 Fellows, Assistants, and Technicians Exhibition, Touchstone Center for Crafts, Farmington, PA,
Juried National 4, Red Lodge Clay Center, Red Lodge, MT, Juror: Sunshine Cobb
Abstract Subtract, RHouse, Baltimore, MD
Beyond The Brickyard, Archie Bray Foundation, Helena, MT, Juror: Josh Deweese
Ceramic Sculpture Culture, Baltimore Clayworks, Baltimore, MD
2016 Clay from The Class Room, Baltimore Clayworks, Baltimore, MD
Workhouse Clay National, Workhouse Arts Center, Lorton, VA
Clay Connections, Gallery CA, Baltimore, MD
2015 Winter Show, Green Hill, Greensboro, NC
Annual Ceramic Show: Tea Pots, Three Wheel Studios, Providence, RI
Winter Fest, Baltimore Clayworks, Baltimore, MD
Clay from the Classroom, Baltimore Clayworks, Baltimore, MD
35th Anniversary Show, Baltimore Clayworks, Baltimore, MD
Extraordinary Forms IV, Kenan Center, Lockport, NY,
Nu Contemporary, Martha Gault Art Gallery, Slippery Rock, PA
2014 Odyssey Clayworks: A Collective Perspective, Asheville Area Arts Council, Asheville, NC
Biennial Cup Show, Morean Center for Clay, St. Petersburg, FL
History in the Making XIII, Fire House Gallery, Rochester, NY
Looking at Ourselves: A Contemporary Figure Exhibition, Baltimore Clayworks, Baltimore, MD
Any Way You Wanna Shake It, The Art Center of Clemson, Clemson, NC
Workhouse Clay National, Workhouse Arts Center, Lorton, VA
Push Gallery, Our Favorite Toy, Asheville, NC
Playdate The Ceramics Center, Cedar Rapids, IA
Clay? V, Kirkland Arts Center, Kirkland, WA
Southern Hospitality, Baltimore Clayworks Gallery, Baltimore, MD
2013 Edinboro MFA-Ceramics, Bliss Hall Gallery, Youngstown, OH
2013 Annual Student Show, Bruce Gallery, Edinboro, PA
90th Annual Spring Show, Erie Art Museum, Erie PA
Interchange, Kipp Annex Gallery, Indiana PA
NCECA Energy of the Future, Heritage Plaza Gallery, Houston, TX
2012 Chimera 7, Erie Art Museum, Erie, PA
Super Flutie’s, Bates Gallery, Edinboro, PA
Un-wedged, Pottery Northwest, Seattle, WA
October Evenings, Heeschen Gallery, Meadville, PA
Clay Club Show, Bates Gallery, Edinboro, PA
The Ninth Annual Marge Brown Kalodner Graduate Student Exhibition, The Clay Studio, Philadelphia, PA
2012 College Clay Collective, Fire House Gallery, Rochester, NY
2012 Annual Student Exhibition, Bruce Gallery, Edinboro, PA
Smaller Than a Bread Box, Baron Forness Library, Edinboro, PA
2011 Visual Narrative Bates Gallery, Edinboro. PA
13th Annual Mug Exhibition, Clarion Arts Council, Clarion, PA
Second Installment, Basement Transmissions, Erie, PA
Chimera 6, Erie Art Museum, Erie, PA
October Evenings, Heeschen Gallery, Meadville, PA
Clay Club, Bates Gallery, Edinboro PA
Freedom Through Surface, Art Continuum Gallery, Fort Wayne, IN
Critical State: First Year, Bates Gallery, Edinboro, PA
2010 Figure and the Body, Bates Gallery, Edinboro, PA
In Transit, The Northern Illinois University Annex Art Gallery, Dekalb, IL
2009 The 2009 College Clay Collective, The Firehouse Gallery, Rochester, NY
Publications
2019 American Craft, Tales From the Kiln, February/March 2019
2018 American Craft, December 2018
2017 Ceramics Monthly, Emerging Artist, May 2017
2016 Ceramics Monthly, Exposure, July 2016
2015 Baltimore Style, August 2015
2013 Chimera, Spring 2013, Juried Book
2012 Chimera, Spring 2012, Juried Book
2011 500 Raku Ceramics, Lark Books, Spring 2011, National Juried Book
2009 Ceramics Monthly, Undergraduate Showcase 2009, September 2009
Awards
2022 Honorable Mention, Surreal Salon 14, Baton Rouge Gallery
2015 Lormina Salter Fellowship, Baltimore Clayworks
2013 Best in Show, NCECA Energy of the Future
2012 Watershed’s Kiln God Scholarship
2009 Hyatt’s Award of Excellence in Ceramics
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