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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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