Letterpress Printing :: Bookbinding :: Painting :: Graphic Design
Education
Penland School of Crafts, Penland, NC, 2008-2010
Core Fellowship Program
Shepherd University, Shepherdstown, WV, 2002 - 2006
Bachelor of Fine Arts: Graphic Design Concentration, Summa Cum Laude
Representation
Penland Gallery, Penland, NC
Green Hill Center for North Carolina Art, Greensboro, NC
The Drygoods Shop, Asheville, NC
Light : Art + Design, Chapel Hill, NC
Packrats, Columbia, SC
Pure Gifts, Mount Pleasant, SC
Stranded Art Cooperative, Montevallo, AL
Justseeds Art Collective, www.justseeds.org
Professional Experience
Penland School of Crafts with Mayland Community College, Penland, NC; Letterpress Instructor, 2010
Penland School of Crafts, Penland, NC; Studio Assistant for Print, Books, Paper,
Drawing, Painting & Textiles Studios, 5/2010 - 9/2010
Pyramid Atlantic Art Center, Silver Spring, MD; Letterpress Associate, 2007
Shakespeare Theatre Company Prop Shop, Washington D.C.; Prop Artisan and Painter, 2007
Pyramid Atlantic Art Center, Silver Spring, MD; Work Exchange, 2006-2007
The Phillips Collection, Washington D.C., Shop Supervisor & Mail Orders, 2007
UMBC, Baltimore, MD; Painter for a series of 6 murals, 8/2006
Contemporary American Theater Festival; Assistant to the Scenic Charge, Painter, Run Crew, 2006
Selected Exhibits
Via Penland, Rebus Works, Raleigh NC, 12/2010
99 Red Balloons, The Canteen, Ottawa Canada, 5/2010
Solo Show, Hi-Fi Cafe, Asheville, NC, 3/2010
Justseeds: Paper Politics for a New Decade, Hillyer Art Space, Washington D.C., 1/2010
Shoestring Artists Collective, St. Andrews School, Sewanee TN, 1/2010
Via Penland, Rebus Works, Raleigh NC, 12/2009
Seven Times Standard, Group Drawing Show, Gallery 1010, Knoxville TN, 11/2009
Core Show 2009, Penland NC, 10/2009
Bookopolis Book Show, Asheville Bookworks, Asheville, NC, 9/2009
Bridges, Em Space Book Arts Center, Portland, OR, 7/2009
Handcrafted Juried Exhibition, Rocky Mount Arts Center, Rocky Mount, NC, 1/2009
Bookopolis Book Show, Asheville Bookworks, Asheville, NC, 9/2008
Core Show 2008, Penland, NC, 10/2008
Flux, Traveling Juried Student Design Show, Corcoran College of Art, DC, 4/2007; Shepherdstown, WV, 10/2006
Shepherd University Student Honors Juried Show, Shepherdstown, WV, 4/2006
Women’s Art Show, Shepherdstown, WV, 4/2006, 2/2007
The Submissive Generation, Student Competitive Exhibition, Shepherdstown, WV, 11/2005
Mix Tape Art Exhibit, Shepherdstown, WV, 4/2005
Shepherd University Student Honors Juried Show, Shepherdstown, WV, 3/2003
Selected Craft Shows
Handmade Holiday, Richmond, VA, 12/2010
The Big Crafty, Asheville, NC, 12/2009, 7/2010, 12/2010
Pyramid Atlantic Book Arts Fair, Silver Spring, MD, 11/2010
The Indie Craft Parade, Greenville, SC, 9/2010
Groups & Awards
Shoestring Artist Collective, 2008
AIGA Blue Ridge Chapter, 2005-2007
Politics, Prose, and Art Collective; Member, 2006
Shepherd University McMurran Scholar, 2006
Museum of Women in the Arts, Philadelphia, PA; Holiday card winner, 2004