EDUCATION

2021     Master of Fine Arts, The University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa, AL

2017     Bachelor of Fine Arts, Frostburg State University, Frostburg, MD

ACADEMIC APPOINTMENTS  

2019-21      Instructor of Record and Graduate Teaching Assistant, The University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa, AL

2019           Ceramics instructor, Birmingham Museum of Art, Birmingham, AL

2018-19      Graduate Teaching Assistant, The University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa, AL

RELATED EXPERIENCE

2021           Empty Bowls Partnership with Grace Presbyterian Church, Loaves and Fishes Food Pantry, Tuscaloosa, AL

2020          14 Selections Exhibition Curator, Sarah Moody Art Gallery, Tuscaloosa, AL

                  Demonstrating Artist, Kentuck Arts Festival, North Port, AL

                  Empty Bowls Partnership with Grace Presbyterian Church, Loaves and Fishes Food Pantry, Tuscaloosa, AL

2019-21      Crimson Clay Club President, The University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa, AL

2019           Demonstrating Artist, Kentuck Arts Festival, North Port, AL

           Afterschool Art Project at Arcadia Elementary, Tuscaloosa, AL

           Empty Bowls Partnership with Grace Presbyterian Church, Loaves and Fishes Food Pantry, Tuscaloosa, AL

2018           Demonstrating Artist, Kentuck Arts Festival, North Port, AL

2017-18        Tutor of Art History, Fine Arts, English, Philosophy in LAC Department, Howard Community College, Columbia, MD

2016-17        Studio Assistant, Frostburg State University, Frostburg, MD

2015-2017   Kappa Pi International Art Honor Society President, Frostburg State University, Frostburg, MD

2014           Kappa Pi International Art Honor Society Vice President, Frostburg State University, Frostburg, MD

SOLO EXHIBITIONS

2021     The Somewhere in Between, MFA Candidacy Exhibition, The University of Alabama Art Gallery at the Dinah Washington, Tuscaloosa, AL

2020     Beneath the Fabric, MA Candidacy Exhibition Sella Granata Art Gallery, Tuscaloosa, AL

SELECT GROUP EXHIBITIONS

2021      44th Montgomery Art Guild Museum Exhibition, Montgomery Museum of Art, Montgomery, AL. Juried by Wendy Castenell

2020     Mentor/Mentee Exhibition, Alabama Clay Conference, Orange Beach, AL

2019     Clay Cubed, ClaySpace Ceramic Art Center, Lisle, IL

            Monster Makeover, Harrison Gallery, Tuscaloosa, AL

            Graduate Student Exhibition, Sella Granata Art Gallery, Tuscaloosa, AL

2017     All Fired Up! Alumni Ceramic Exhibition, Stephanie Ann Roper Gallery, Frostburg, MD

            Meraki, BFA Thesis Exhibition, Stephanie Ann Roper Gallery, Frostburg, MD

            Frostburg State University Student Show, Stephanie Ann Roper Gallery, Frostburg, MD

2016     Frostburg State University Faculty and Student Exhibition, Allegany Arts Council, Cumberland, MD

            10th annual Cochise College Pit Fire International Invitational Exhibition, Cochise College, Douglas, AZ

2015     9th annual Cochise College Pit Fire International Invitational Exhibition, Cochise College, Douglas, AZ

            Underground POP, Locality Gallery, Bedford, PA

PUBLIC WORKS

2017        Untitled, Frostburg State University Art Building, Frostburg, MD

AWARDS

2021        The Outstanding Graduate Student Award in Studio Art, The University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa, AL

                  Rouse-Gates Student Award, Montgomery Museum of Art, Montgomery, AL

2020     Ceramics Scholarship, Anderson Ranch Arts Center, awarded by The University of Alabama

ATTENDED WORKSHOPS/ADDITIONAL COURSES

2021        Activism and Overcoming Obstacles, virtual workshop run by Roberto Lugo

Crafting Resilience: Education and Community Engagement, virtual workshop by Andres Payan Estrada

2018        Wood kiln firing at Arrowmont school of arts and crafts, facilitator, Gatlinburg, TN

2017       Understanding Pottery Glazes, Hood College, Frederick, MD 

ATTENDED CONFERENCES

2021     National Council on Education for the Ceramic Arts,

2020     Alabama Clay Conference, Orange Beach, AL

2019     National Council on Education

COMMUNITY SERVICE

2019        Construction of E.O. Wilson dedication feature in The University of Alabama Natural History Museum, Tuscaloosa, AL

 PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPS

2018-pr N.C.E.C.A - National Council on Education for the Ceramic Arts

2017-pr  Washington Street Studios, Bolivar, WV