Education

MFA Candidate   Studio Art, New Mexico State University, Las Cruces, New Mexico
BA 2009             Studio Art, Mary Baldwin College, Staunton, Virginia, Summa Cum Laude, Distinction in the major
BA 2009             Art History, Mary Baldwin College, Staunton, Virginia, Summa Cum Laude, Distinction in the major

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Awards, Scholarships, Fellowships, & Grants
 

2013        Vivien B. Head Scholarship, Finalist, New Mexico State University, Las Cruces, NM
2013        Ken Barrick Memorial Graduate Endowed Scholarship, New Mexico State University, Las Cruces, NM
2013        Babey Encourage Young Artists Award, New Mexico State University, Las Cruces, NM
2012        Juror's Choice Award, Annual Student Exhibition, New Mexico State University, Las Cruces, NM
2012        Ken Barrick Memorial Scholarship, New Mexico State University, Las Cruces, NM
2012        Janet K. Swenson Memorial Award, New Mexico State University, Las Cruces, NM
2011-12    HED Graduate Scholarship,  New Mexico State University, Las Cruces, NM
2010        First Place, Juried Fine Crafts Exhibit, The Tombaugh Gallery, Las Cruces, NM
2009        Ulysses Desportes Award for Excellence in Studio Art, Mary Baldwin College, Staunton, VA
2009        Ulysses Desportes Award for Excellence in Art History, Mary Baldwin College, Staunton, VA
2008        Melissa Mitchell Memorial Travel Award, Renaissance Studies in Italy
2008        Mary Baldwin College Annual Juried Student Art Exhibition, Second Place
2007        Mary Baldwin College Annual Juried Student Art Exhibition, Honorable Mention

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Selected Group and Juried Exhibitions

2013        Annual Juried Student Exhibition, New Mexico State University, Las Cruces, NM (juror: Grant Billingsly)
2012        And What Remains, Two Person Show, Wells Hall, New Mexico State University, Las Cruces, NM
2012        Video Art Showcase, Digital Media Theater-Creative Media Institute, New Mexico State University, Las  Cruces, NM
2012        Smoke and Mirrors: NMSU Department of Art Graduate Students' Installation, Greenworks, Las Cruces, NM
2012        Annual Juried Student Exhibition, New Mexico State University, Las Cruces, NM (juror: Lisa Anne Auerbach )
2012        The Last Picture Show, Preston Contemporary Art Center, Las Cruces, NM
2011        Dialog: MFA Group Exhibition, New Mexico State University, Las Cruces, NM
2011        Distortion: Group Show, Wells Hall, New Mexico State University, Las Cruces, NM
2011        Radical Jewelry Makeover, Wheelwright Museum of the American Indian, Santa Fe, NM
2011        From the Ground Up, Las Cruces Museum of  Fine Art, Las Cruces, NM (juror: Kurt Weiser)
2010        Juried Fine Crafts Exhibit, The Tombaugh Gallery, Las Cruces, NM  (juror: Suzanne Kane)

 

 

Work Experience and InternshipsWork Experience and Internships



2011-Present   Graduate Assistant, Department of Art, New Mexico State University, Las Cruces, NM
2011-12          Studio Technician, Ceramics Department, New Mexico State University, Las Cruces, NM
2011-12          Teaching Assistant for Brian Widmaier, Ceramics Professor, New Mexico State University, Las Cruces, NM
2008-09          Assistant to the Director of First & Second Year Experience, Mary Baldwin College, Staunton, VA
2008-09          Peer Educator, Mary Baldwin College, Staunton, VA
2008              Hunt Gallery Internship, Hunt Gallery, Mary Baldwin College, Staunton, VA
2007-09          Studio Assistant for the Department of Ceramics, Mary Baldwin College, Staunton, VA
2005              Intern, Lancaster County Historical Society, Lancaster, PA

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Related Experience
 

2012-2013        Visiting Artist Committee, NMSU (contacting visiting artist, making travel arrangements)
2013                Visiting Artist Critique Member at Alma D’Arte High School