Education
2018 - 2020
MFA in 3D Studio Art (Ceramics), Bowling Green State University, Bowling Green, OH
Thesis Advisor: John Balistreri
2011 - 2017
BFA in Studio Art (Ceramics), The University of Mississippi, Oxford, MS
Thesis Advisor: Matt Long
Teaching and Technical Experience
2020 - Present
Art Instructor, Catawba Valley Community College, Hickory, NC
Fall 2020: Art Appreciation (2 sections) (Online)
Spring 2021: Drawing I (Hybrid)
Fall 2021: Drawing I, Art Appreciation (2 sections) (Hybrid)
Spring 2022: Drawing I, Drawing II, Art Appreciation (2 sections) (Hybrid)
Summer 2022: Ceramics I, Ceramics II
Fall 2022: Drawing I, Two-Dimensional Design
Spring 2023: Drawing I, Drawing II, Digital Photography, Art Appreciation
Fall 2023: Drawing I, Art Appreciation, Two-Dimensional Design
Spring 2024: Drawing II, Two-Dimensional Design
2023
Presenter, Sculptural Ceramics Workshop, Brevard College, Brevard, NC
2022 - 2023
Art Instructor, Lenoir Rhyne University, Hickory, NC
Fall 2022: Drawing I
Spring 2023: Sculpture
Fall 2023: Photography
2022
Sally Jones Pottery Staff, Instructor, Glaze and Clay Manager, Montreat, NC
2020 - 2021
Studio and Marketing Manager, Warehouse Arts, Statesville, NC
Assistant Kiln Builder, Tolbert Ceramics, Statesville, NC
Anagama for Blue Ridge Community College in Flat Rock, North Carolina
Two cross draft wood kilns for Jackson County Green Energy Park, Dillsboro, NC
2021
Printmaking Instructor, Hickory Museum of Art, Hickory, NC
2020
Graduate Research Assistant, Bowling Green State University, Bowling Green, OH
Ceramics Instructor, Montreat, NC
2019 - 2020
Ceramics I Instructor of Record, Bowling Green State University, Bowling Green, OH
2018 - 2019
Teaching Assistant and Technician, Bowling Green State University, Bowling Green, OH
Related Experience
2023 - Present
Digital Media Consultant, Why We Do What We Do Podcast, Remote
2022 - Present
Digital Media Consultant, Fit Learning Consulting, Remote
2022
Digital Media Consultant, Kimberly Berens Communications, Remote
Awards and Grants
2022
Nominated for the 2021-2022 CVCC Teaching Excellence Award, Catawba Valley Community College, Hickory, NC
2021
2020-21 CVCC Teaching Excellence Award, Catawba Valley Community College, Hickory, NC
2020
Nominated for the 2019 Outstanding Graduate Student Teaching Award, Bowling Green State University, Bowling Green, OH
First Place 3-D, Northwest Ohio (NowOH13) Community Art Show (Online), BGSU Fine Arts Center Galleries, Bowling Green, OH, Juror: Lane Cooper
Aaron Macy Memorial Scholarship Award, Bowling Green State University, Bowling Green, OH
2019
Katzner Graduate Student Research and Professional Development Award, Bowling Green State University, Bowling Green, OH
Medici Circle Student Field Trip Grant, Bowling Green State University, Bowling Green, OH
Assisted Clay Club undergraduate students in preparing Medici Circle Student Field Trip Grant Applications, Bowling Green, OH
2018
Assisted in preparing a Medici Circle Faculty Field Trip Grant Application, Bowling Green, OH
2016
Mud Daubers Award, The University of Mississippi, Oxford, MS
2015
Best in Photography, Student Summer Exhibition, The University of Mississippi, Oxford, MS
Exhibitions
2023
A Nonsensical Nature (Resurfaced and expanded), Spiers Gallery, Sims Art Center, Brevard College, Brevard, NC, Solo Exhibition
2022
Publication: Quasar, Issue No. 3, Summer 2022
2020
A Nonsensical Nature: MFA Exhibition, Bowling Green State University, Bowling Green, OH
Distant Ceramics: Online International Ceramics Exhibition 2nd Edition, Distantceramics.com, Juror: Shoji Satake
Southern Miss Ceramics National, The University of Southern Mississippi Museum of Art, Hattiesburg, MS, Juror: Richard Notkin
Northwest Ohio (NowOH13) Community Art Show (Online), BGSU Fine Arts Center Galleries, Bowling Green, OH, Juror: Lane Cooper
Art in the Park, Simpson Garden Park, Bowling Green, OH
2019 - 2020
Invitational Exhibition: Graduate Show, McFall Center, Bowling Green, OH
2019
Sculpture X: The Material Condition of an Immaterial State, River House Arts, Toledo, OH, Juror: Scott Hocking
Northwest Ohio (NowOH) Community Art Show, BGSU Fine Arts Center Galleries, Bowling Green, OH, Juror: Dan McInnis
Graduate Collaboration, Red Door Gallery, Bowling Green State University, Bowling Green, NC
2018
First Year Graduate Student Exhibition, DADA, Bowling Green, OH
2017
Student Summer Exhibition, Gallery 130, Meek Hall, The University of Mississippi, Oxford, MS, Juror: Katherine Hunter
2017
Fleshed: BFA Thesis Exhibition, Gallery 130, Meek Hall, The University of Mississippi, Oxford, MS
2016
Student Summer Exhibition, Gallery 130, Meek Hall, The University of Mississippi, Oxford, MS, Juror: Jill Hutton-Foote
The Clicks Space Available Pop-Up Show, Lagniappe, Oxford, MS
2016
Mississippi Collegiate Arts Competition, Johnson Hall Gallery, Jackson State University, Jackson, MS, Juror: Richard Doubleday
Fluidities: Constructing Gender in Recent Student Art, The Powerhouse, Oxford, MS, Curated by Brooke White and Eunika Rogers
2015
Feminine Cartographies’, Residential College, The University of Mississippi, Oxford, MS
Mississippi Collegiate Arts Competition, Johnson Hall Gallery, Jackson State University, Jackson, MS, Juror: Jean Donegan
Blurred Lines, Residential College, The University of Mississippi, Oxford, MS
Student Summer Exhibition, Gallery 130, Meek Hall, The University of Mississippi, Oxford, MS, Juror: Michael Williams
2014
Student Summer Exhibition, Gallery 130, Meek Hall, The University of Mississippi, Oxford, MS, Juror: William Dunlap
Curatorial Projects
2023
Memed, Mural, Catawba Valley Community College, Hickory, NC
Student Photography Installation, Catawba Valley Community College, Hickory, NC
2022
Heartstrings, Mural, Catawba Valley Community College, Hickory, NC
2019
Graduate Collaboration, Red Door Gallery, Bowling Green State University, Bowling Green, NC
Assistant Curator, SculptureX: The Material Condition of an Immaterial State, River House Arts, Toledo, OH
Workshops / Lectures / Demonstrations
2023
Workshop, Sculptural Ceramics Workshop, Brevard College, Brevard, NC
2022
Demonstrating Artist and Instructor, Montreat Conference Center Summer Staff Clay Night, Montreat, NC
2019
Panel Member, Material | Immaterial Lightning round, Sculpture X, Bowling Green State University, Bowling Green, OH
Ceramics Educational Presenter, Art Discovery Day, Bowling Green State University, Bowling Green, OH
Tea Time Presenter, Clay Club, Bowling Green State University, Bowling Green, OH
2018 - 2019
Demonstrating Artist, ArtsX event, Bowling Green State University, Bowling Green, OH
Service to Profession
2023
Mentor, Student Portfolio Feedback sessions, 2023 NCECA Current Conference, Cincinnati, OH
2022
Envision: 2022 Woodfire Conference, NC Mountains PreHEAT, Western North Carolina, Assisted in firing: Blue Ridge Community College Anagama; University of North Carolina - Asheville Anagama; Land Shark at Josh Copus’s Compound
Ceramics Instructor, All-Church Retreat: Paths to Peace, Montreat, NC
2021
Starworks wood firing, 3-chambered wood kiln with Noborigama, glaze and salt chambers, Star, NC
2019 - 2020
Treasurer, Media Manager, Trip Coordinator, Bowling Green State University’s Graduate Students of Arts Organization, Bowling Green, OH
Empty Bowls Project, Bowling Green, OH
2019
Gallery Front Desk Volunteer, Now Ohio Exhibition, BGSU Fine Arts Center Galleries, Bowling Green, OH
2016
Volunteer, Makers, Mentors, and Milestones, National Council on Education for the Ceramic Arts (NCECA), Kansas City, MO
2014 - 2018
Empty Bowls Project, Oxford, MS
2015 - 2018
Treasurer, The University of Mississippi Student Organization, The Mud Daubers Organization, Oxford, MS
Double Decker Spring Run, made trophies and medallions, Oxford, MS