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Education
2014 - 2016
Core Fellow, Penland School of Crafts, Penland NC
2013
Maine College of Art, Portland ME
BFA in Metalsmithing and Jewelry
Professional Experience
2024
Instructor, Bezels Basics & Beyond, Peters Valley School of Craft
Instructor, The Basics of Chain Making, Pocosin Arts School of Fine Craft
2023
Instructor, Chain Making; From Simple to Complex, Peters Valley School of Craft
Instructor, Set in Stone, Pocosin Arts School of Fine Craft
2022
Instructor, The Wonderful World of Wire, Pocosin Arts School of Fine Craft
2016 - Present
Mora Designer Jewelry Employee, Asheville NC
2019
Teaching assistant to Lisa Colby, Penland School of Craft
Teaching assistant to Ashley Gilreath, Arrowmont School of Arts & Crafts
2018
Artist in Residence, The Bright Angle, Asheville NC
2017
Visiting Artist, Earlham College, Richmond IN
2015
Member of Jewelry Edition, Vol. 2
2013
Jeweler at Lochlin Smith Designs, Montpelier Vermont
Haystack Conference; Crossover: Interdisciplinary & Collaborative Work
2012
Jeweler at Chart Metalworks, Portland Maine
Internship at Alchemy Jewelry Arts; Burlington Vermont
Haystack Mountain School of Crafts; A Piece a Day, Nicole Jacquard
2011
Haystack Art School Collaborative
Peters Valley Craft Center; Kinetics workshop, Sarah Doremus
Mitsuro Wax & Technical Drawing Workshops with Kate Wolf
Exhibitions, Shows & Publications
2022
Pins + Needles, Society of Arts & Crafts, Online
Plan B Art Project, travelling exhibition with 5 locations inlcuding SNAG and NYCJW 2022
2021
Drawn to Detail: Metalsmiths of North Carolina, BRAHM, Blowing Rock, NC
Sparkle Plenty ‘That’s a Wrap!’, Quirk Gallery, Richmond VA
Ware/Wear, Pocosin Arts School of Fine Crafts, Columbia NC
2020
WEAR Contemporary Jewelry, Penland Gallery, Penland NC
Object Permanence, Baltimore Jewelry Center, Baltimore MD
Ware/Wear, Pocosin Arts School of Fine Crafts, Columbia NC
2019
Copy, Paste, Repeat, Pistachios, Chicago IL
Earrings Galore, Traveling Exhibition Heidi Lowe Gallery
Pattern Play, NYCJW19, E.R. Butler & Co, New York, NY
HOTDOG!, Ornament & Object, Circa Modern, Chicago IL
WEAR Contemporary Jewelry, Penland Gallery, Penland NC
Ware/Wear, Pocosin Arts School of Fine Craft, Columbia NC
2018
Ornaments for the Ear, Monique Rancourt Artisan Gallery, Waltham MA
August Featured Jeweler, Pistachios, Chicago IL
The SNAG Exhibition, Oregon College of Art & Craft, Portland OR
Directors Choice Exhibit, Oconee Cultural Arts Foundation, Watkinsville GA
Ware/Wear, Pocosin Arts School of Fine Crafts, Columbia NC
2017
Snag JaMS - Jewelry and Metals Survey, Publication
From Minimal to Bling, Society of Arts & Crafts, Boston MA
Spotlight Series, Featured Jeweler in August, Mora Jewelry, Asheville NC
Outside the Box, Toronto Design Festival & WantedDesign, Toronto Canada
2016
Sparkle Plenty 11, Quirk Gallery, Richmond VA
Material Culture: Collage/Assemblage, North Seattle Art Gallery, Seattle WA
Collection, James May Gallery, Algoma WI
Anyway, Anyhow, Anywhere, SNAG Exhibition, Mora Jewelry, Asheville NC
At Work: Penland School of Crafts, Earlham College, Richmond IN
METAL V, LIGHT Art Design, Chapel Hill NC
Creative Voices, Visual Art Exchange, Raleigh NC
2015
Jewelry Edition Vol. 2, traveling exhibition with 7 locations
From Minimal to Bling, Society of Arts and Crafts, Boston MA
Personal Effects; Core Show, Penland School of Crafts, Penland NC
Sponsored Jeweler for CaraGreen, Greenbuild Expo, Washington DC
2014
CORE SHOW; Penland School of Crafts, Penland NC
WEAR Contemporary Jewelry, Penland Gallery, Penland NC
2013
Fabricated; An Exhibition of Wearable Art, Torpedo Factory Art Center, Alexandria VA
2012
Niche Awards; Buyers Market of American Craft, Philadelphia PA
BFA Show; Exhibition at Maine College of Art
2011
FOREST; Juried exhibition at the Institute of Contemporary Art, Portland ME
BFA Show; Exhibition at Maine College of Art
Merit Show; Juried exhibition at Maine College of Art
2010
Eat, Drink, and Be Merry, for Tomorrow We Die; Free Street Gallery, Portland ME
Thinking Outside the Body; Exhibition at the ICA, Portland ME
Merit Show; Juried exhibition at Maine College of Art
BFA Show; Exhibition at Maine College of Art
Awards & Honors
2013
Finalist in Niche Awards
Windgate Fellowship Nominee
2012
Finalist in Niche Awards
Charles E. Culpepper Scholarship, Merit Show
2011
Honorable Mention, BFA Show
Edward M. & Carole J. Friedman Scholarship, Merit Show
2010
Harley L. Flaws Endowed scholarship, BFA Show
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Part of the permanent collection of the Vermont Historical Society
