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SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2023
BELONGING: Community Work Spring 2023
Gallery at the MFA Building, Hite Art Institute Portland Studios, Louisville, KY
In Plain Sight: Sites of Memory and Rituals, Gallery at the MFA Building, Hite Art Institute Portland Studios, Louisville, KY
2022
Scorpio Assemblage, Darby Forever Gallery at Surface Noise, Louisville, KY
Open Studio Louisville Juried Exhibition, Cressman Center for Visual Arts, Louisville Visual Art, Louisville, KY
SPACES, Gallery at the MFA Building, Hite Art Institute Portland Studios, Louisville, KY
2021
Embodiment Terrain, Carrie Able Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
Teacher | Student, Hearst Center for the Arts, Cedar Rapids, IA
2017
13th Annual Small Works Show, 440 Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
2016
Art3 mentor | faculty | mentoree, The Anderson Gallery at Drake University, Des Moines, IA
2nd Annual Hand Pulled Prints: The Current Practice in Printmaking, juried by Kathy Caraccio, Site:Brooklyn, Brooklyn, NY
TYPECAST, Hillyer Art Space, juried by Jarvis DuBois, Washington, D.C.
2012
New York Abstractions, Fluxx Gallery, Des Moines, IA
Convergences, New York Art Residency & Studios Foundation Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
2011
Single Fare: A Show of Small Works, Sloan Fine Art, New York, NY
2008
3 li’l NDNS, A Gathering of the Tribes Gallery, New York, NY
Artistic Expression: Modern Perspectives of a Modern People, JNB Center, Providence, RI
EDUCATION
2024 MFA, University of Louisville
2004 – 2006
Rhode Island School of Design, Providence, RI
Department of Teaching + Learning in Art + Design Education
2001 – 2004
University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, IL
Bachelor of Fine Arts in Studio Arts, with Distinction
2000 – 2001
Drake University, Des Moines, IA
AWARDS AND RECOGNITIONS
2023
Pollock-Krasner Foundation Grant, Byrdcliffe Guild, Woodstock, NY
2022
Sarah Stanley Gordon Edwards and Archibald Cason Edwards Fellowship, Virginia Center for the Creative Arts, Amherst, VA
2009
Nomination, Louis Comfort Tiffany Biennial Award
Nominated by Jaune Quick-to-See Smith, painter
2005
Graduate Division Fellowship, Rhode Island School of Design, Providence, Rhode Island
2004
President’s Scholar, Rhode Island School of Design, Providence, Rhode Island
Dean’s Discretionary Scholarship, Rhode Island School of Design, Providence, Rhode Island
2003
Roin Family Award for Studio Art, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, IL
2002
Professor John E. Walley Memorial Scholarship, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, IL
2000
Presidential Scholar, Drake University, Des Moines, Iowa
PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES
2023
Louisville Maker Faire 2023, Louisville, KY
Making Collage Happen,
Maker
Byrdcliffe Guild, Woodstock, NY
Artist Residency Program, Summer
University of Louisville, Louisville, KY
Graduate Teaching Assistant, Foundation Drawing and Foundation 2D Design
Anne Braden Institute for Social Justice Research, University of Louisville, Louisville, KY
Intern
Scholastic Art Awards Regional Awards
for the Louisville Metropolitan Area,
Judge, Painting
2022
Virginia Center for the Creative Arts, Amherst, VA
Fellow, June
Louisville Maker Faire 2022, Louisville, KY
Making Collage Happen,
Maker
Flower Shop Collective, Brooklyn, NY
Studio member
2021
Carrie Able Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
Artists-In-Residence Program, Fall
2019
Julio Valdez Project Space, New York, NY
Artist-in-Residence Program
Printmaking
Jan. 2013 – Present
New York Cares, New York, NY
Volunteer Team Leader. Completed Team Leader Training in 2011. Past Team Leader of Art Explorers at Project FIND Hamilton House and Clinton Housing.
Oct. 2016—Feb. 2018
National Museum of the American Indian (NMAI), New York, NY
Contracted Workshop Educator. Develop and implement workshops and teacher professional development modules
Sept. 2014—Present
Museum of Chinese in America (MOCA), New York, NY
Volunteer. Assist during public arts programs.
Feb. 2010—Present
New York Cares, New York, NY
Volunteer. Provide supporting services for projects including SAT tutoring, public park revitalization, meal preparation for Citymeals on Wheels, job readiness preparation, computer tutoring of Microsoft Office and Photoshop Creative Cloud.
July 2011 – Nov. 2012
New York Art Residency & Studios Foundation (NARS), Sunset Park, Brooklyn, NY
Volunteer and Art Education Coordinator. Assist during event set-up, handle ongoing marketing projects, maintain mailing lists, assist Program Coordinator Dana Harrison. Managed the public art education workshop with NARS studio artist during the GO: Brooklyn community-curated open studio project.
2010
DUMBO Arts Festival, Brooklyn, NY
Volunteer. Distributed festival brochures throughout Brooklyn. Directed festival attendees during event.
2006 – 2007
Providence Children’s Museum, Providence, RI
Volunteer Exhibit Educator. Facilitated positive learning experiences using play, discovery, and informal instruction.
2005 – 2006
Hope High School Portfolio Studio, Rhode Island School of Design, Providence, RI
Instructor. Taught after school portfolio development class in collaboration with Hope High School and the Department of Art + Design Education. Coordinated with guest artists, designers, and faculty to give presentations, workshops, and critiques. Initiated the first gallery show featuring work created by participating students throughout all high school art programs maintained by the Department.
2005
Art I, Art II, and Art III, Hope High School, Providence, RI
Student teacher. Developed and implemented lesson plans, including mural painting and architectural design
Department of Art + Design, Rhode Island School of Design, Providence, RI
Teaching assistant. Supported lead instructors Mara O’Day and Dr. Paul Sproll during after-school arts portfolio development for high school students with supplementary instruction, handling art materials, and clean-up.
2002
Women in the Director’s Chair Film Festival, Chicago, IL
Juror. Selected by Silvia Malagrino, photographer
AFFILIATIONS
2023 to Present
Foundations in Art: Theory and Education, member
2020 to Present
National Art Education Association, member
Social Distance Powwow, member of Board of Directors