CV:
Professional Experience:
2020 - Present: Administrative Assistant at the Maker Innovation Studio, University of Southern Maine
2018 - Present: Writing Center Specialist at Maine College of Art
2018 - 2019: Teaching Assistant, Maine College of Art, Portland, ME (courses taught: 3D Design, Fall 2018, World History, Fall 2018 Intro to Textiles Spring 2019, Intro to
Wheel Throwing, Fall 2019)
2017 - 2018: Driscoll Middle School Art Teacher
2016 - 2017: 1906 Gallery S.M.A.R.T. Lab Intern
2016: PR Director for Clay Fusion
2014: Clay Casa, Kiln Tech
Education:
2020: Master of Fine Arts, Interdisciplinary Studies, Maine College of Art
2017: Bachelor of Fine Arts, Ceramics, University of Texas at San Antonio, Teaching Certification Art EC - 12
Residency:
2019: Watershed Center for Ceramics Arts
Fellowship:
2019: Artist Campaign School Fellowship, Fractured Atlas, New York, NY
Publications:
2020: Walking Portland: A Reflection on “ecologies of the local”, thechart.me
2020: The White-washing of Good Taste, MFA Thesis, Maine College of Art
2019: Create! Magazine MFA Edition
2018: Hallowell Newspaper, Fiber Exhibition Review
Curation:
2021: Sorry We Missed You, a Panel Discussion Series, Maine College of Art, Portland, ME
2019: The Constructed Self, New Systems Exhibitions, Portland, ME
2019: Spectacle in the Digital Age Panel Discussion, Maine College of Art, Portland, ME
2018: Personal Flotation Devices, Maine College of Art, Portland, ME
2017: Persona, Corporate Gallery, San Antonio, TX.
Exhibition:
2021: MFA Exhibition (forthcoming), Institute for Contemporary Art, Portland, ME
2020: CMCA Biennial, Center for Maine Contemporary Art, Rockland, ME
2019: Tin Ceilings and Other Specifics, The Magenta Suite, Exeter, NH
2018: Window Works, Maine College of Art, Portland, ME
2018: Tactile, Harlow Gallery, ME
2018: Vitrified, Terminal 136, San Antonio, TX
2017: Piecemeal, Revenant Gallery, San Antonio, Tx, Solo Exhibition.
2017: Isocyanates/Polypl/Amine Catalysts, Studio Fantomas, San Antonio. TX, Group Show, Curated by: Alejandro Padilla.
2017: “More Than Just Coincidence”, South Texas College Gallery, McAllen TX. In conjunction with South Texas Ceramic Symposium.
2017: Crossing Borders, Clamplight, San Antonio, Tx, Group Show.
2017: San Antonio Potter's Guild Annual Exhibition, Centro Cultural Aztlan, San Antonio, TX, Judge: Ovidio Giberga.
2017: 33nd Annual Juried Student Exhibition, 1st Place Undergraduate Award, University of Texas at San Antonio, Main Gallery, San Antonio, TX, Judge: Doug Clark and Sarah
Cusimano Miles.
2017: Feminine: A Woman in Many Acts, S.M.A.R.T. Project Space, San Antonio, TX, Solo Exhibition.
2016: Denial, Provenance Gallery, San Antonio, TX, Solo Exhibition.
2016: Collaborative Public Art piece: design, build project. Installed at SCG building on UTSA 1604 campus, San Antonio, TX.
2016: BFA Exhibition 2016, University of Texas at San Antonio, Main Gallery, San Antonio, TX.
2016: COLFA Exhibit, University of Texas at San Antonio, COLFA Display, San Antonio, TX. Curated by Ovidio Giberga.
2016: Chalk It Up, Clay Fusion Collaborative Project, Art Pace, San Antonio TX, 1st Place College Division.
2016: Constants and Variables, South Texas College, McAllen, Tx. Invitational.
2016: San Antonio Potter's Guild Annual Exhibition, Centro Cultural Aztlan, San Antonio, TX Judge: Dan Hammond
2016: 32nd Annual Juried Student Exhibition, 1st Place Undergraduate Award, University of Texas at San Antonio, Main Gallery, San Antonio, TX Judge: Joey Fauso
2015: Chalk It Up, Bernie Sanders Collaborative Project, Art Pace, San Antonio, TX
2013: Juried Student Show, San Antonio College, San Antonio, TX
Continued Studies:
2017: Arrowmont School of Craft, Summer Workshop: Sewing Techniques with Jim Arendt
2016: Haystack Mountain School of Crafts, Summer Workshop: Layers, Surface, Space with Kirsty McDougall
2016: San Angelo Museum Pottery Workshop with Ron Myers
Awards:
2018: President’s Award, Maine College of Art, Portland, ME
2017: Arrowmont, Dr. Judith Temple Fund, Gatlinburg, TN
2017 : 1st Place, 33nd Annual Juried Student Exhibition, University of Texas at San Antonio, Maine Gallery, San Antonio, TX
2016: 1st Place, 32nd Annual Juried Student Exhibition, University of Texas at San Antonio, Main Gallery, San Antonio, TX
2016: Haystack Mountain School of Crafts Fellowship, Deer Isle, ME
2016: 1st Place Undergraduate Arts Competition, 16th Annual Spring Research Conference
2015: Gloria Galt Endowed Scholarship
Skills:
Ceramic: Firing Electric, Manual, Soda/Salt, and Wood Kilns, Mixing Glazes, Mixing Clay, Pit firing, Proficiency with all types of hand-building, and throwing on the wheel
Fiber: Constructing looms, basic patterning skills, Tapestry Weaving, 4, 8, and 10 Shaft Floor Loom Proficiency, Hand and Machine sewing, hand embroidery, English and Canadian Smocking
Metal: MIG and Oxy-Acetylene Welding, Cutting, Drilling, Sanding, Pneumatic and Hand tools
Woodworking: Hand and Power tools, Furniture making, Installation, Weathering, Sanding, Staining
Digital: Photoshop, Microsoft Office, All Social Media, Adobe Suite, Google Suite