Education
2013       MFA, CERAMICS, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN
2010       SPECIAL STATUS, Kansas City Art Institute, Kansas City, MO
2008       BFA, CERAMICS, Indiana University, Bloomington, IN
2008       BA, ART HISTORY, Indiana University, Bloomington, IN
2006       STUDY ABROAD, West Virginia University Ceramics Summer

               Program, Peoples Republic of China

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Teaching Experience
2011-13  GRADUATE TEACHING ASSOCIATE, University of Tennessee,

               Knoxville, TN
               Ceramics Instructor: Beginning Hand building​
               Foundations Instructor: 2D & 3D​
               Shop Tech
2010–11 GRADUATE TEACHING ASSISTANT, University of Tennessee,  

               Knoxville, TN
              Teaching Assistant: Beginning Wheel Throwing​
              Teaching Assistant: Beginning Hand building

              Shop Tech
2008-09 CERAMIC INSTRUCTOR, John Waldron Art Center,  

              Bloomington, IN
              Ceramics Instructor: Adult and Children’s Hand building​
              Ceramics Instructor: Children’s Wheel Throwing



Related Experience
2012       TECHNICAL ASSISTANT, Haystack Mountain School of Crafts,  

               Deer Isle, ME

               Ceramics Assistant: Paul Sacaridiz Workshop/Testing Theories,

                Models, and Prototypes

2012       PRESENTER, Haystack Mountain School of Crafts, Deer Isle,

               ME
2008-09  CERAMIC LAB TECHNICIAN, John Waldron Art Center,

               Bloomington, IN
2010-13  PRESIDENT, U.T. Potter’s, University of Tennessee, Knoxville,

               TN
2010-11  INSTRUCTOR/DEMONSTRATOR, Mighty Mud Ceramics,

               Knoxville, TN
               Ceramic Instructor: Raku Kiln Firing
2011       PREPARATOR, “From the Center to the Edge: 60 years of

               Creativity and Innovation at The Archie Bray Foundation”,

               Helena, MT
2009      DEMONSTRATOR, WonderLab Museum of Health, Science, and

              Technology, Bloomington, IN
              Pottery Instructor: Workshop for kids
2007      PREPARATOR, Mathers Museum of World Cultures,

              Bloomington, IN
              Volunteer Worker
2007      CONFERENCE SURVEYOR, National Council on Education for

              the Ceramic Arts, Louisville, KY
             Volunteer Worker
2006      CONFERENCE SURVEYOR, National Council on Education for

              the Ceramic Arts, Portland, OR
             Volunteer Worker
2006      PERSONAL STUDIO ASSISTANT, Malcolm Mobutu Smith,

              Indiana University, Bloomington, IN


Exhibitions
2013      “3rd Annual WorkHouse Clay National” McGuireWoods Gallery,

              Workhouse Arts Center, Lorton, VA
2013      “ORANGE”, White Box Gallery, Manhattan, NY

2013      “66th ANNUAL STUDENT ART COMPETITION” Ewing Gallery,

              University of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN

2012      “BEYOND THE BRICKYARD, FOURTH ANNUAL JURIED

              EXHIBITION”, Bray North Gallery, Archie Bray Foundation,  

              Helena, MT 

2012       “65th ANNUAL STUDENT ART COMPETITION”, Ewing Gallery,

              University of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN

2012      “VOLUNTEER LEADERSHIP AWARDS/ SCULPTURE SHOW”,  

              Knoxville Convention Center, Knoxville, TN

2011      “EIGHTH ANNUAL MARGE BROWN KALODNER GRADUATE

              STUDENT EXHIBITION”, The Clay Studio, Philadelphia, PA

2011      “PURPOSE”, Gallery 1010, University of Tennessee, Knoxville,

              TN

2011      “HANG IT ON THE FLOOR”, Fluorescent Gallery, Knoxville, TN

2010      “FRESH PICKIN’S”, Downtown Gallery, University of Tennessee,

               Knoxville,TN

2008      “REGIONAL STUDENT JURIED EXHIBITION”, Pittsburgh Center

               for the Arts, Pittsburgh, PA

2008      “SMALL”, Center Gallery, John Waldron Art Center, Bloomington,

               IN
2008      “BFA THESIS SHOW”, SoFA Gallery, Indiana University,

               Bloomington, IN

2007      “MENAGE A TROIS” AFoS, Studio 101, Bloomington, IN

2007      “EMERGING EXCELLENCE: 14 REGIONAL UNIVERSITY

               PROGRAMS”, Melrose Art Center, Louisville, KY

2006       “CERAMIC EXCHANGE”, Texas Tech University Gallery, Texas

               Tech University, Lubbock, TX



Collections
2008      THADDEUS MOSELY, Private Collection, Pittsburgh, PA
2005      MATHERS MUSEUM OF WORLD CULTURES, Permanent

              Exhibit, Bloomington, IN


Works Reproduced
2012      CERAMICS MONTHLY, Exposure, March Issue, Pg. 20
2012      BEYOND THE BRICKYARD FOURTH ANNUAL JURIED

             EXHIBITION, Exhibition Catalogue, Archie Bray Foundation,

              Helena, MT
2008      CANVAS MAGAZINE, Vol. 12, Issue 1, December, Indiana

              University,Bloomington, IN


Awards                                                                                        

​2013      UT POTTER’S AWARD, “66th Annual Student Art Competition”,

              Ewing Gallery, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN
2012      TRAVEL AWARD, School of Art, University of Tennessee,

              Knoxville, TN
2012      MARY B. BISHOP AND FRANCIS S. MERRITT SCHOLARSHIP,

              Technical-Assistant Grant, Haystack Mountain School of Crafts,

              Deer Isle, ME
2012      GRADUATE STUDENT TRAVEL SCHOLARSHIP, Graduate

              School of Art and Sciences, University of Tennessee, Knoxville,

              TN
2012      UT POTTER’S AWARD, “65th Annual Student Art Competition”,  

              Ewing Gallery, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN
2011      DOROTHY DILLE MATERIALS GRANT, School of Art, University

              of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN
2007      NICK’S BRICK AWARD, Henry Radford Hope School of Fine Arts,

              Indiana University, Bloomington, IN
2006      CERAMIC AREA AWARD, Henry Radford Hope School of Fine

             Arts, Indiana University, Bloomington, IN