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Education
2009 M.F.A. Ceramics, University of Colorado at Boulder
Boulder, Colorado
2006 Post-Baccalaureate, Ceramics, University of Massachusetts, Dartmouth
Dartmouth, Massachusetts
2005 B.F.A. Ceramics, Magna Cum Laude, Michigan State University
East Lansing, Michigan
Professional Experience
2013 Affiliate Instructor: Ceramics- Metropolitan State University of Denver, Denver, Colorado
Lecturer: Ceramics, University of Colorado, Boulder, Boulder, Colorado
2012 Lecturer: Ceramics, University of Colorado, Boulder, Colorado
Affiliate Instructor: Metropolitan State College of Denver
Denver, Colorado
Adjunct Instructor: University of Denver
Denver, Colorado
2011 Affiliate Instructor: Metropolitan State College of Denver
Denver, Colorado
Adjunct Instructor: University of Denver
Denver, Colorado
Resident Artist, Anderson Ranch Arts Center
Snowmass, Colorado
Resident Artist, Red Lodge Clay Center
Red Lodge, Montana
Panelist, Taking the Mystery out of Slip Dipping, with Jessica Orlowski and Rebecca Hutchinson, NCECA
Tampa, Florida
2010 Affiliate Instructor: Metropolitan State College of Denver
Denver, Colorado
Adjunct Instructor: University of Colorado
Boulder, Colorado
Exhibitions Assistant, CU Art Museum
Boulder, Colorado
2009 Affiliate Instructor: Metropolitan State College of Denver
Denver, Colorado
Adjunct Instructor: Red Rocks Community College
Lakewood, Colorado
Visiting Artist, Fort Hays State University
Hays, Kansas
Instructor: Continuing Education: Alternative Drawing Techniques and the Self-Portrait, University of Colorado, Boulder
Boulder, Colorado
Instructor: University of Colorado, Boulder
Boulder, Colorado
Student Budget Committee, Graduate Student Chair, University of Colorado, Boulder
Boulder, Colorado
2008 Invited Artist, Artists Invite Artists, Watershed Center for Ceramic Arts
Newcastle, Maine
Graduate Assistant to Exhibition Manager, Steve Martonis, CU Art Museum, University of Colorado, Boulder
Boulder, Colorado
Student Budget Committee, Graduate Student Chair, University of Colorado, Boulder
Boulder, Colorado
Instructor: Drawing for Non-majors, University of Colorado, Boulder
Boulder, Colorado
2007 Instructor: Foundations: Introduction to Art: 2-D and 3-D, University of Colorado, Boulder
Boulder, Colorado
Visual Resource Assistant, Visual Resource Collection, University of Colorado, Boulder
Boulder, Colorado
Graduate Assistant to Exhibition Manager, Steve Martonis, CU Art Museum, University of Colorado, Boulder
Boulder, Colorado
Teaching Assistant to Anders Ruhwald, Wheel Throwing, University of Colorado, Boulder
Boulder, Colorado
2006 Graduate Kiln Technician, kiln maintenance and student education, University of Colorado, Boulder
Boulder, Colorado
Teaching Assistant to Tsehai Johnson, Wheel Throwing, University of Colorado, Boulder
Boulder, Colorado
Summer Studio Assistant, Peter’s Valley Center for Crafts
Layton, New Jersey
Studio Assistant to Wally Owens, Silvershell Studios, Custom Mold-making
New Bedford, Massachusetts
2005 Teaching Assistant to Bruce Dehnert, University of Massachusetts, Dartmouth
Dartmouth, Massachusetts, Kiln Building
Search Committee, Undergraduate Representative, Michigan State University
East Lansing, Michigan
Teaching Assistant to Brain Boldon, Michigan State University
East Lansing, Michigan
2004-2005 Assistant Student Ceramics Technician, Michigan State University
East Lansing, Michigan
Exhibitions
2013 What Remains, Houston Community College, Houston, Texas
Connections and Directions, Art League of Houston, Houston, Texas
2012 Ecumene: Global Interface in American Ceramics, Sante Fe, New Mexico
Deviations from Comfort, Seattle Design Center, Seattle, Washington
Across the Divide, Coconino Center for the Arts, Flagstaff, Arizona
Contemporary Clay Biennial 2012, Second place Jurors Award, Juror: Brad Miller, Western Colorado Center for the Arts, Grand Juncion, Colorado
The Faculty Trienniel, University of Denver, Denver, Colorado
2011 Beyond Useful and Beautiful: Rethinking Domestic Craft. Houston Center for Contemporary Craft
Houston, Texas
The Red Lodge Clay Center Juried National, Juror: Brad Schwieger, Curator's Award, Red Lodge Clay Center
Red Lodge, Montana
A Collaboration: Anderson Ranch Arts Center and Plinth Gallery, Plinth Gallery
Denver, Colorado
Intuition, Walker Fine Art Gallery
Denver, Colorado
Thrown, Slabbed, Fired and Trompe l'oeil, Goodwin Fine Arts
Denver, Colorado
Peter's Valley Center for Crafts: Curated by Bruce Dehnert, Moscow Clayworks Gallery Moscow, Pennsylvania
Uncommon Ground: Impact and Influence, 2011 NCECA and Arvada Center Regional Exhibition, Arvada, Colorado
2010 Architecture in Clay, Juror: Kevin A. Myers, The Myer’s Gallery at Muddy’s Studio
Santa Ana, California
New Decade of Clay: 2010 National Juried Exhibition, Juror: Richard Shaw, Sierra Nevada College
Incline Village, Nevada
Alumni Exhibition, University of Colorado, Boulder
Boulder, Colorado
2009 Ceramic Interface: From Dawn to Digital, The Arizona State University Art Museum, Ceramics Research Center, NCECA Clay National Biennial
Tempe, Arizona
Young Guns, Australian Ceramics Triennial, SCA Galleries
Sydney, Australia
Tracing, solo exhibition, Vertigo Art Space
Denver, Colorado
Material Mastery, KACA Conference, Fort Hays State University
Hays, Kansas
Continental Divide, Arvada Center for the Arts and Humanities
Arvada, Colorado
2009 MFA Thesis Exhibition, The Dairy Center for the Arts
Boulder, Colorado
2008 The Fifth Annual Marge Brown Kalodner Graduate Student Exhibition, The Clay Studio
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Last Word, Collaboration/exchange with Colorado State University, Fort Collins
Fort Collins, Colorado
2007 One Nightstand, One night exhibition, The Factory
Albuquerque, New Mexico
COllaboratioNE, UMC Gallery, University of Colorado, Boulder, Rotunda Gallery, University of Nebraska, Lincoln
Boulder, Colorado and Lincoln, NE
2006 Artist Books and Book Art Objects, University Arts Gallery College of Visual and Performing Arts, University of Massachusetts, Dartmouth at the Star Store
New Bedford, Massachusetts
Thresholds: Innovative Clay, Ogle Gallery
Portland, Oregon
2005 Clay Cup X, Juried Exhibition, Juror: Virginia Scotchie, Southern Illinois University
Carbondale, Illinois
Memory: Attribution and Reconstruction, Solo Senior Exhibition, Gallery 114, Kresge Art Center, Michigan State University
East Lansing, Michigan
Publications
2010 “2010 College Art Association Conference Chicago,” Korean Ceramics Monthly, April 2009
2009 “2009 NCECA Clay National Biennial Exhibition,” Ceramics Monthly, June/July/August 2009
“NCECA 2009 Clay Biennial,” Clay Times July/August 2009
“The MFA Factor” Ceramics Monthly, January 2009
Awards and Honors
2011 Curator’s Choice Award, Red Lodge Clay Center Juried National
Red Lodge, Montana
2009 Getzleman Fellowship, University of Colorado, Boulder
Boulder, Colorado
2008 Dedalus Foundation Fellowship Nominee Neuman Family Fellowship, University of Colorado, Boulder
Boulder, Colorado
Bri Fera Scholarship, University of Colorado, Boulder
Boulder, Colorado
2007 Getzleman Fellowship, University of Colorado, Boulder
Boulder, Colorado
Neuman Family Fellowship, University of Colorado, Boulder
Boulder, Colorado
2005 Windgate Fellowship Awards Nominee, University of North Carolina
Hendersonville, North Carolina
2001-2005 University Scholars Award, Michigan State University
East Lansing, Michigan
2003 Study Abroad Scholarship, John Cabot University
Rome, Italy
Nora Sager Stackhouse Endowed Scholarship in Arts and Letters Michigan State University
East Lansing, Michigan