Education
Masters of Art + Design, Fibers & Surface Design, NC State University
Bachelors of Fine Arts in Studio Art & Art Education, East Carolina University
Program and Project Management
Program Director, NC Network of Grantmakers, 2022 - Present
Program Manager, Arts Access, Inc, 2018 - 2022
Grant Project Manager, Arts Access, Inc, 2017 - 2018
Program and Administrative Coordination
Community Project Coordinator - We Are Cary Project, Cary Arts Center, 2020 - 2021
Creative Aging Programs Coordinator, City of Raleigh Parks, Recreation and Cultural Resources, 2018 - 2020
Art4Fun Studio Coordinator, City of Raleigh Parks, Recreation and Cultural Resources, 2017
Project Assistant - In Clothes We Remember, Cary Arts Center, 2014 - 2015
Project Assistant - Up Close and Personal, Seymour Senior Center, 2012
Teaching
Adjunct Instructor of Art + Design, NC State University College of Design, 2020
Long-Term Visual Art Substitute, Governor Morehead School, 2017
High School Visual Art Teacher, Wake County Public Schools , 2013- 2016
Graduate Teaching Assistant, NC State University College of Design, 2010 - 2013
Presenting
Presenter, Dialogues for Artists in a Changing World, “Grief, Loss and the Collective”, 2021
Presenter, Arts Education Partnership Virtual Gathering, “Are We Advancing Equity for Students with Disabilities?”, 2021
Presenter, NC Department of Public Instruction, “Supporting Neurodiverse Students in Arts Education”, 2021
Panelist, NC Art Therapy Institute, “Grief and Expressive Art Therapy Roundtable”, 2021
Presenter, John F. Kennedy Center VSA Intersections Conference, “Teaching the Teachers: Artist Residencies as a Learning Tool”, 2019
Presenter, NC Art Therapy Institute - "Nobody Ever Talks About This", 2017
Presenter, Arts in Society Conference, Art as Catalyst for Conversations about Death & Dying, 2013
Jurying
Jury Panel, Pivotal Fund Artist Grants, VAE + Elsewhere Museum via Warhol Foundation, 2021
Jury Panel, Durham Art Guild Exhibition Cycle, 2020
Jury Panel, The Carrack Modern Art Exhibit Cycle, 2014
Selected Exhibitions
Constant / Change, GreenHill Center for North Carolina Art, Greensboro, NC, 2019
Soft Goods, VAE (Visual Art Exchange), Raleigh, NC, 2018
No One Ever Talks About This, North Carolina Art Therapy Institute, Carrboro, NC, 2017
Separation, Cary Art Center, Cary, NC, 2016
Art of Bereavement, Crafts Study Centre, Farnham, United Kingdom, 2015
NC Art Educators Exhibition, Western Carolina University Fine Art Museum, Cullowhee, NC, 2014
Innovations in Fiber Arts VI: Internationally Juried, Sebastopol Center for the Arts, Sebastopol, CA, 2013
Momento Mori: World of Threads Festival, The Gallery at Sheridan Institute, Oakville, Canada, 2012
Quiet Zone: World of Threads Festival, Queen Elizabeth Park Community & Cultural Centre, Oakville, Canada, 2012
Residencies and Awards
Regional Emerging Artist-In-Residence, ArtspaceNC, January-July 2017, Raleigh, NC
“Rookie of the Year” Award, NC Art Education Association, 2015
First Place, Western Carolina University Juried Art Educators Exhibit, 2014
Excellence in Research & Scholarship, NC State University College of Design, 2013
Outstanding Student Award, Surface Design Association, 2013