EDUCATION
2019 MFA, Judaica, Glass, and Sculpture, University of Louisville, Louisville, KY
2009 BA, Art History and Printmaking, University of North Florida, Jacksonville, FL
PROFESIONAL/TEACHING
2022- present, Operations assistant, Glass Art Society, Seattle, WA
2022- present, Production assistant, Artful Ashes, Seattle, WA
2019- present Owner + operator, Double Dig Studio: Arts Management and Administrative Services, Seattle, WA
2020-present Studio manager, glassblowing + studio assistant, David Walters, Seattle, WA
2020-present Production supervisor/ glassblower, Glassybaby, Seattle, WA
2008-present Cofounder/ Executive Director, Project Chance, Jacksonville, FL
2023 Glassblowing assistant, Anna Mlasowsky, Seattle, WA
2023 Lecturer, Glass Department, University of Washington School of Art + Art History + Design, Seattle, WA
Winter 2023 Quarter-Intro 3D4M Glass
Winter 2023 Quarter- Studio Topics in Three Dimensional Forum
2022 Copy editor for Brandy Culp Curator for American and Decorative Arts, Wadsworth Atheneum, Hartford, CT
2022 Teaching assistant, Exploring Closed Form Vessels with an Introduction to Enamels with Dave Walters, Tulsa Glassblowing School, Tulsa, OK
2022 Hot shop coordinator, Pilchuck Glass School, Stanwood, WA
2022 Glassblowing assistant, John Kiley, Muesum of Glass, Tacoma, WA
2022 Glassblowing assistant, Shelley Muzylowski Allen, Sedro Woolley, WA
2021 Studio assistant, Noble Neon, Seattle, WA
2021 Interim Operations Supervisor, Pilchuck Glass School, Stanwood, WA
2021 Glassblowing assistant, Nancy Callan, Seattle, WA
2019-2021 Studio assistant, John Kiley, Seattle, WA
2021 Glassblowing assistant, Austin Stern, Seattle, WA
2021 Public lecture, Zoom presentation for Bruce Gallery’s Wednesday Webinar series, Bruce Gallery, Edinboro, PA
2021 Public lecture, Zoom presentation for CHROMA Guild and Northwestern PA Artist Association, Erie, PA
2021 Artist talks, studio visits, and guest critic at Edinboro University, Edinboro, PA
Artist Zoom talk for Leslie Sotomayor’s Graduate Seminar: Aesthetics and Criticism
Artist talk for Doug Eberhardt’s Screen printing I and II class
Artist Zoom talk for Bill Mathie’s Mixed Level Printmaking class
2021 Visiting artist, Allegheny University, Meadville, PA
Artist Zoom talk for Paula Burleigh’s ART 584: Contemporary Institutions of Display class
2020-2022 Branding + design consultant, grant research + writing, Paper Moon Services, Medford, OR
2020 Studio assistant, Jen Elek, Seattle, WA
2020 Glassblowing assistant, Nancy Callan, Seattle, WA
2020 Teaching assistant, Botanicals of the Northwest | Printmaking with Vitreography with Nikki Barber, Pilchuck Glass School, Stanwood, WA (rescheduled due to COVID-19)
2020 Examiner for visual arts, International Baccalaureate Program, Seattle, WA
2020 Hot shop and annex assistant, Pilchuck Glass School, Stanwood, WA (canceled due to COVID-19)
2019-2020 Production assistant/ Instructor, Seattle Glassblowing Studios, Seattle, WA
2019 Glassblowing assistant, Sarah Gilbert, Museum of Glass, Tacoma, WA
2019 Studio assistant, Kait Rhodes, Seattle, WA
2019 Teaching assistant, Dissolving Boundaries with Ben Cobb and Nadège Desgenétez, Pilchuck Glass School, Stanwood, WA
2019 Teaching assistant, Do Androids Dream of CNC Paths? with Fred Kahl, Pilchuck Glass School, Stanwood, WA
2019 Teaching assistant, Make Your Mark with Sarah Gilbert, Penland School of Crafts, Penland, NC
2018 Visiting artist, Georgetown University, Georgetown, KY
2018 Instructor, Interwoven: A Paper Weaving Workshop, Creative Catalyst Summer Workshop Series, Indigo Art Therapy Studio, Jacksonville, FL
2018-2019 Studio tech, sculpture studio, University of Louisville, KY
2017 Visiting artist, Pyramid Incorporated, Creative Center for Adults with Developmental Barriers, Tallahassee, FL
2017 Instructor, Printmaking 101: A Workshop, Creative Catalyst Summer Workshop Series, Indigo Art Therapy Studio, Jacksonville, FL
2017-2019 Graduate teaching experience, University of Louisville, KY
Spring 2019 semester-3D Design Foundations
Fall 2018 semester- Studio Art and Visual Culture
Spring 2018 semester- Studio Art and Visual Culture
Fall 2017 semester- 2D Design Foundations
2016-2019 Assistant letterpress instructor, University of Louisville, KY
2016-2017 Sutherland Endowed Chair in Glass visiting artist assistant, University of Louisville, KY
2016-2017 Studio tech, 3D foundations studio, University of Louisville, KY
2012-2016 Assistant store manager/ key leader, lululemon athletica, Jacksonville, FL
AWARDS/SCHOLARSHIPS
2022 Saxe Emerging Artist Award Nominee
2022 John and Mary Shirley Scholarship in Glass, Pratt Fine Arts Center, Seattle, WA
2021 Saxe Emerging Artist Award Nominee
2021 Nahum Goldmann Fellow, Nahum Goldmann Fellowship Program, Symposium Title: “Re-imagining the Jewish Community in A Post COVID World” (virtual)
2021 Four-week invitational solo residency with honorarium, Long Road Projects x Erie Arts and Culture Residency, Erie, PA
2020 Saxe Emerging Artist Award Nominee
2020 General Scholarship, UrbanGlass, Brooklyn, NY (virtual class)
2020 Artist Relief Fund, Seattle, WA
2020 Third Place Warm Glass, Glass Gathering Online Exhibition, glassgatheringartshow2020.artcall.org/submissions/qr_view/162558
2020 Artist Trust Relief Fund, Artist Trust, Seattle, WA
2020 Glass Art Society Emergency Relief Assistance, Glass Art Society, Seattle, WA
2020 Hilbert and Jean Sosin Scholarship, Pilchuck Glass School, Stanwood, WA (Canceled due to COVID-19))
2019 Merit Recognition, Patterns: Online Art Exhibition, Light, Space, and Time Online Gallery, www.lightspacetime.art
2019 Community Service Exchange Award, Vermont Studio Center, Johnson, VT
2019 Artist Grant, Vermont Studio Center, Johnson, VT
2019 Tina Aufiero Digital Media Scholarship, Pilchuck Glass School, Stanwood, WA
2018 Merit Scholarship, UrbanGlass, Brooklyn, NY
2018 Jurors Award, 10 x 10 x 10 Tieton, Mighty Tieton Warehouse, Tieton, WA
2018 Mary Alice Hadley Prize for Visual Art, Louisville, KY
2018 Merit Award, Blue Grass Biennial: A Juried Exhibition of Kentucky Artists, Claypool-Young Art Gallery, Morehead, KY
2017 Partnership Scholarship, UrbanGlass, Brooklyn, NY
2017 Work Study Scholarship, Penland School of Crafts, Penland, NC
2017 SGCI Student and Emerging Professionals Grant, Southern Graphics Council International, Atlanta, GA
2016 GSC Travel Scholarship, Graduate Student Council, University of Louisville, Louisville, KY
2016 Frederick G. Heath Scholarship, University of Louisville, Louisville, KY
2016 Allen R. Hite Scholarship, University of Louisville, Louisville, KY
2016 Christy Wright Scholarship, Penland School of Crafts, Penland, NC
2015 Work Study Scholarship, Penland School of Crafts, Penland, NC
EXHIBITIONS
2023 False Profit/ Prophet, Mini Mart City Park, Georgetown, WA
2022 False Profit/ Prophet, Centre d’Art du Verre Pierini, Biot, France
2022 Editions, FSCJ Kent Campus Gallery, Jacksonville, FL
2022 MFA Alumni Exhibition, Cressman Center for Visual Arts, Louisville, KY
2021 My Neighbor’s Basket, Pilchuck Glass School Campus Gallery, Stanwood, WA
2021 Assembly @ Venice Glass Week + North Lands Creative, Lunardelli, Venice, Italy
2021 Pilchuck Staff Show, Matzki Fine Art Gallery, Camano Island, Washington
2021 Bound and Unbound VI: Altered Book Exhibition, Universities Libraries, University of South Dakota, Vermillion, SD
2021 Glass Art Society Member Exhibition Online
2021 Make.Sleep.Repeat., Allegheny College Art Galleries, Meadville, PA
2021 Sacchrin(e) Shrines, Make.Shift Art Space, Bellingham, WA
2021 Methods in Glass, Applied Contemporary, Oakland, CA
2020 The Phenomenology of Hope, A satellite project of Supercollider, Los Angeles, CA
2020 10 x 10 x 10 Tieton, Mighty Tieton Warehouse, Tieton, WA
2020 Glass Gathering Online Exhibition, glassgatheringartshow2020.artcall.org/pages/web-gallery
2020 The COVID-19 Residency Show, Gallery Q, galleryq.space
2020 Notes From an Extended Performance, Bemis Building, Seattle, WA
2020 The One Pagers, House Guest Gallery, Louisville, KY
2019 Little Chair Gallery Presents: Exit Strategy, Schultz Building, Vermont Studio Center, Johnson, VT
2019 Patterns: Online Art Exhibition, Light Space and Time Online Gallery, lightspacetime.art
2019 Glass Art Society + Refract NW Member Showcase, Gallery Mack, Seattle, WA
2019 MFA Graduates Exhibitions, Cressman Center for Visual Arts, Louisville, KY
2019 Mental Misconceptions, Schneider Galleries, Louisville, KY
2019 In the Hot Seat, KMAC Museum, Louisville, KY
2019 Trace, Rowan Gallery, Louisville, KY
2019 Louisville Link, New Harmony Gallery of Contemporary Art, New Harmony IN
2019 Glass Art Society Member Exhibition Online
2019 Sinks and Chairs, Manifest Gallery, Cincinnati, OH
2019 Freeze State: Disassociating from the Here and Now, print exchange and exhibition (co-curator), Swanson Contemporary Gallery, Louisville, KY
2018 Welcome Home, Galleries at Georgetown College, Georgetown, KY
2018 10 x 10 x 10 Tieton, Mighty Tieton Warehouse, Tieton, WA
2018 Transplanted, MFA Exhibition Online, University of Montana
2018 Ontology of the Flesh, The Hive, Louisville, KY
2018 Planters Trade, UrbanGlass Window Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
2018 Doors: A Collaborative Book Project, University of Louisville, KY
2018 Blue Grass Biennial: A Juried Exhibition of Kentucky Artists, Claypool-Young Art Gallery, Morehead, KY
2018 Glass Art Society International Online Student Exhibition
2018 Freeze State: Disassociating From the Here and Now, print exchange and exhibition (co-curator), Louisville, KY
2018 It’s Your World: Art About the Future of Community, 1619 Flux: Art + Activism, Louisville, KY
2018 What’s the Theme?, OPEN Community Arts Center, Louisville, KY
2018 OH + 5: Ohio Border 10th Biennial, Dairy Barn Arts Center, Athens, OH
2017 Descent: A Collaborative Book Project, University of Louisville, KY
2017 Artists in Our Midst, Kaviar Forge Gallery, Louisville, KY
2017 Glass Show, Gallery 104, La Grange, KY
2017 Relative Perspective, Gallery K, Louisville, KY
2017 Terminus: Portfolio Exchange, SGCI Archives, Zuckerman Museum of Art, Kennesaw, GA
2017 Student Exhibition, Schneider Galleries, University of Louisville, Louisville, KY
2017 Apocalypse: A Collaborative Book Project, University of Louisville, KY
2016 Bestiary: A Collaborative Book Project, University of Louisville, KY
2016 Making Matters, Hertz Gallery, Louisville, Kentucky
2015 15' X 9' Figurative Mural, lululemon athletica, Jacksonville, FL
2015 Ceremony, Tea Haus, Jacksonville, FL
2011 Uncle Monster's Minions, One Spark: A Crowd Funding Festival, Jacksonville, FL
2009 Wolfbat Wedding, MOCA, Jacksonville, FL
2009 Print Bodies, Adelle Grage Center, Jacksonville, FL
2008 Ceramics Show, University of North Florida, Jacksonville, FL
RESIDENCIES
2022 Artist-in Residence, Mini Mart City Park, Georgetown, WA
2022 Artist-in Residence, Centre d’Art du Verre Pierini, Biot, France
2022 Neon Artist-in-Residence, Gray Barn Studios, Arlington, WA
2021 Artist-in-Residence, Chulitna Research Institute, Chulitna, AK
2021 Artist-in-Residence, Long Road Projects x Erie Arts and Culture Residency, Erie, PA
2020 Virtual Residency, hosted by Cel Del Nord, Barcelona, Spain
2020 Artist-in-Residence, COVID-19 Residency, Bemis Building, Seattle, WA
2019 Artist-in-Residence, Vermont Studio Center, Johnson, VT
BIBLIOGRAPHY
2021 Artist Interview, Glass Reflections for the Glass Art Society on Instagram Live
2020 Artist Interview May 13, KING-5 news, Seattle, WA
2020 Artist interview May 7, KIRO-7 news, Seattle, WA
2020 Glass Art Society member spotlight, glassart.org
2020 Gallery Q: Quarantine Gallery, blog post: Ode To Toilet Paper, galleryq.space
2019 Ruckus: Critical Review and Arts Journal, online curatorial review: Freeze State, Louisville, KY
2019 Ruckus: Critical Review and Arts Journal, online artist profile, Louisville, KY
2018 Insider Louisville, Hadley Prize recipient interview, Louisville, KY
2018 Artabella on the Radio, Radio Interview on ArtxFM WXOX 97.1, Louisville, KY
2018 Louisville Visual Art Association’s Artabella Blog, Hadley Prize recipient vignette, Louisville, KY
2018 Bidwell Art Library Graduate Research Spotlight, University of Louisville, KY
2018 Louisville Magazine Online, Artist in Our Midst: Opening reception review
2018 Louisville Visual Art Association’s Artabella Blog, Artist feature, Louisville, KY
2017 The Flow: A Glass Journal for The Flame working Community, Winter 2017 Edition: Women in Glass, KY.
2015 Unoriginal: An Independent Magazine, Vol I, September, Seattle, WA
PROFESSIONAL ORGANIZATION MEMBERSHIPS
Project Chance Executive Director
Southern Graphics Council International (SGCI) Member
University of Louisville Graduate Student Council Hite Art Institute representative (GSC)
Glass Art Society University of Louisville student liaison (GAS)
The American Alliance of Museums (AAM) Member
Semiotic Society of America (SSA) Member
INTERNSHIPS
2018 Museum of Glass, hot shop intern, Tacoma, WA
2016 Hound Dog Press, Louisville, KY
2016 Mid America Print Council Conference, University of Louisville, Louisville, KY
CURATORIAL
2021 Juror, The Fischer Prize, Louisville, KY
2019 Little Chair Gallery Presents: Exit Strategy, group show (co-curator), Schultz Building, Vermont Studio Center, Johnson, VT
2019 Freeze State: Disassociating from the Here and Now, print exchange and exhibition (co-curator), Swanson Contemporary Gallery, Louisville, KY
WORKSHOPS
2020 Intro to Adobe Illustrator for Neon Patterns with Stephanie Lifshutz, UrbanGlass, Brooklyn, NY (Student, Virtual)
2020 Inside a Grant or Residency Panel Process Workshop, Creative Capital, creativecapital.org (Student)
2020 Fiber and Paper Online with Fiona Duthie, three-week intensive, fionaduthie.com (Student)
2019 The Glass Electric with Victoria Bradbury and Mark Hursty, Pilchuck Glass School, Stanwood, WA (Student)
2017 The B to Y of A to Z with David Walters and Joe BenVenuto, Penland School of Crafts, Penland, NC (Student)
2017 Neon Trilogy with Mark Naylor, UrbanGlass, Brooklyn, NY (Student)
2016 Hot Glass and Electric Light with Jen Elek and Jeremy Bert, Penland School of Crafts, Penland, NC (Student)
2015 Subtleties and Nuances with Che Rhodes, Penland School of Crafts, Penland, NC (Student)
2009 Lithography with Phil Sanders, Penland School of Crafts, Penland, NC (Student)
COMMUNITY SERVICE
2012-2015 Founding member of Tacos for Tatas
Working in relationship with National Breast Cancer Marathon organization, The Donna Foundation, Tacos for Tatas is an annual fundraiser event to raise money for groundbreaking research being done at the Jacksonville, FL Mayo Clinic on the triple negative breast cancer vaccine and for women living with breast cancer. raised over $62,000 from 2012-2015.
2015-2016 Co-Founder of Artists Round Table
Building a bridge between art in the studio and art in the community. Collaborating with fellow artists with the intention of skill building and leading social change through art discussions and projects
2015 Volunteer, Penland Annual Benefit Auction
2010- 2013 Founder of Jax Beach Weekly Run Group
Organize weekly run group events and increase involvement via the use of social media. Partnered with Jacksonville Running Company to conduct product testing and health seminars on runners' health
2010-2014 Co-Founder of Guerilla Yoga Jacksonville
Bringing the vision of yoga outside the studio and making it more accessible to people in the community. Fostering relationships with local yoga studios to bring yoga to the public at different venues and events by offering complimentary classes
2009-2013 Volunteer, Inclusion Films Summer Camp
Helped children with special needs learn about film production and leadership