Studio Experience

• Ceramic Studio Assistant, Dan Finch Studio, Bailey, NC, 2015-present

  • Kiln loading, unloading, and firing

  • Organizing/cleaning greenware and bisqueware area

  • Glaze Mixing

• Installation Crew, Scholastics Art Awards for Eastern/Central North Carolina, Student Artwork Exhibition, Barton Art Gallery, Barton College, Wilson, NC, 2016, 2017

• Gallery Intern, Barton Art Gallery, Barton College, Wilson, NC, 2016, 2017

• Instructor, Imperial Center, Rocky Mount, NC, Spring, 2017

  • Family friendly paper maché mask making workshop

• Studio Assistant, Four Amigos Encore Workshop, Dan Finch Pottery, Bailey, NC, 2016

  • Prepared glazes

  • Assisted in set up of “Glowworm Kiln”

  • Kiln loading and unloading

  • Cleaning

• Prop Assistant, Arts Council of Wilson, Act! For Youth,  “James and the Giant Peach” Wilson, NC, 2016

  • Assisted youth creating scenic props

• Studio Assistant, Ceramic’s Department, Barton College, Wilson, NC, 2015

  • Constructed Barton College art department Raku ceramic kiln,

• Instructor, Barton College Visual and Performing Arts Summer School, Wilson, NC, 2015

  • Taught ceramic hand building techniques: Pinch pots, slab construction, and coil pots

• Ceramic Hand Building Demonstrator, Elm City 4-H, NC, 2015

  • Ceramic hand building techniques: Pinch pots, slab construction, and coil pots

 

Exhibitions/Juried Shows

• Downeast National Juried Sculpture Exhibition, Emerge Gallery, Greenville, NC, 2017

• Holiday Artist Invitational, Arts Council of Wilson, NC, 2016

• Open House and Sale, Dan Finch Pottery, Bailey, NC, 2016

• Juried Student Show, Barton College Art Gallery, Wilson, NC, 2015, 2016

• Student Exhibition, Tri-State Sculptors Conference, Seagrove, NC, 2016

• Faculty/Student “Mentor” Exhibition, Cape Fear Studios, Fayetteville, NC, 2015

• Nellie Allen Smith Pottery National Competition, Cape Fear Studios, Fayetteville, NC, 2015

 

Honors and Awards

• 2nd Place, Barton College Art Gallery Juried Student Exhibition, Wilson, NC, 2016​

• Best-in-Show, Barton College Art Gallery Juried Student Exhibition, Wilson, NC, Dec. 2015

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Commissions

• Barton College Theater, A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Wilson, NC, 2016

  • Paper maché donkey head mask for character, Nick Bottom

• Arts Council of Wilson, Act! For Youth, James and the Giant Peach, NC, 2016

  • Paper maché rhinoceros head mask

 

Workshops Attended

• Dan Finch Studio, 4 Amigos Encore Workshop, Bailey, NC, 2016

  • Dan Finch, Tom Coleman, Randy Brodnax, Don Ellis

• 38th Annual Tri-State Sculptors Conference, Seagrove, NC, 2016

• Barton College Artist-in-Residence Enzo Torcoletti, Wilson, NC, 2015

  • Figurative sculpture workshop

• Dan Finch Studio, 4 Amigos Workshop, Bailey, NC, 2015

  • Dan Finch, Tom Coleman, Randy Brodnax, Don Ellis

• Barton College Artist-in-Residence Donovan Zimmerman, Wilson, NC, 2015

  • Paper maché mask making workshop

 

Grants

• Art Supply Grant Endowed Funding, Barton College, Wilson, NC, 2015, 2017

• Edward C. Brown Endowed Art Scholarship, Barton College, Wilson, NC, 2016, 2017  

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Education

• Barton College, Wilson, NC

  • BFA with emphasis in ceramics; projected graduation, 2017

• Middle Georgia Technical College, Warner Robins, GA, 2002

  • Certificate in Marketing Management with concentration in Small Business Management, and Retail Operations Specialist