EDUCATION
2019-2021
MFA, Studio Art: Jewelry, Metals, and Enameling. Kent State University, Kent, Ohio.
2010-2015
BFA: Metals/Jewelry, BS: Professional Studies, Anthropology, minor in Art History. Slippery Rock University, Slippery Rock, Pennsylvania.
Magna Cum Laude.
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
2020
SNAG Conference Student Scholarship, Society of North American Goldsmiths. (forthcoming)
2019-Current
Graduate Teaching Assistantship, Kent State University, Kent, OH.
2015-Current
Allegheny Metals Collective, member.
2016-2019
A Level Bench Jeweler for Signet Jewelers, at Jared the Galleria of Jewelry, McKnight Road, Pittsburgh, PA.
2018
Advanced Stone Setting Technical Course, Signet Jewelers Home Office, Akron, OH.
2017
Basic Stone Setting Technical Course, Signet Jewelers Home Office, Akron, OH.
2016
Teaching Assistant, Hoyt Center for the Arts, New Castle, PA. Taught Art portion of the After School S.T.E.A.M. Program at George Washington Middle School, New Castle, PA.
2015
Slippery Rock University Badlands Working Group. Expedition to White River Badlands National Park, SD. for collaborative research.
2014-2015
Internship, SRU Art Archives, Slippery Rock, PA. Created a universal inventory, including photographing, cataloging, handling, organization of art/objects.
2013-2015
Gallery Assistant, Martha Gault Art Gallery, Slippery Rock, PA. Install/uninstall shows, basic gallery maintenance.
2013
Slippery Rock University Badlands Working Group. Expedition to White River Badlands National Park, SD. for collaborative research.
2011-2015
Martha Gault Art Society member, President 2013-2015.
Martha Gault Art Gallery Club member, Public Relations Manager 2014-2015.
SELECTED EXHIBITIONS
2020
Adorned Spaces: Allegheny Metals Collective, Behind//Beyond. Society of North American Goldsmiths Conference, Philadelphia, PA. (forthcoming)
Adorned Spaces: Material/FORM, Society of North American Goldsmiths Conference, Philadelphia, PA. (forthcoming)
Collective Home, Allegheny Metals Collective Group Show, Contemporary Craft, Pittsburgh, PA. (forthcoming)
Student Annual Art Show, CVA Gallery, Center for Visual Arts, Kent State University, Kent, OH.
Macro/Micro: Intercollegiate Jewelry/Metals Exhibition, John Waldron Arts Center, Bloomington, IN.
2019
Brooching: Identity and Gender, Ton Pottery, Pittsburgh, PA.
Adorned Spaces: Amalgam of Rings, Allegheny Metals Collective Group Exhibition, Society of North American Goldsmiths Conference, Chicago, IL.
STRAND, Allegheny Metals Collective Group Exhibition, The Annex Gallery, Indiana University of Pennsylvania, Indiana, PA.
2018
Adorned Spaces: Explorations and Process: Makers of the Allegheny Metals Collective, Society of North American Goldsmiths Conference, Portland, OR.
Slippery Rock University Art Alumni Exhibition, Martha Gault Art Gallery, Slippery Rock University, Slippery Rock, PA.
2017
Allegheny Metals Collective Exhibition, Pittsburgh Center for the Arts, Pittsburgh, PA.
Badlands Working Group: Convergence in Landscape, Hoyt Center for the Arts, New Castle, PA.
2016
Allegheny Metals Collective Exhibition, Society for Contemporary Craft, Pittsburgh, PA.
Associated Artists of Butler County 2016 Invitational, AABC Art Center, Butler, PA.
Collective Independence, SRU Faculty + Alumni Show, Spinning Plate Gallery, Pittsburgh, PA.
The Keystone Collegiate Show, Brockway Center for Arts and Technology, Brockway, PA. Award: Third Place.
Refined IX: A Bracelet, a Brooch, and a Teapot Walk into a Bar, Stephen F. Austin State University Art Gallery, Stephen F. Austin State University, Nacogdoches, TX.
2015
Bachelor of Fine Arts Exhibition: Introspection, Martha Gault Art Gallery, Slippery Rock University, Slippery Rock, PA.
Badlands Working Group: Convergence in the Landscape, Martha Gault Art Gallery, Slippery Rock University, Slippery Rock, PA.
Grove City ArtWorks Collegiate Small Work Exhibition, Wendell August Forge Art Gallery, Grove City ArtWorks, Grove City, PA.
Slippery Rock University Student Juried Exhibition, Martha Gault Art Gallery, Slippery Rock University, Slippery Rock, PA. Award: First Place.
Efflorescence, Associated Artists of Butler County Art Center, Butler, PA.
2014
The Dark Show: Student Juried Exhibition, Martha Gault Art Gallery, Slippery Rock University, Slippery Rock, PA.
Slippery Rock University Student Juried Exhibition, Martha Gault Art Gallery, Slippery Rock University, Slippery Rock, PA. Awards: First Place.
5+1, Bottlebrush Art Gallery, Harmony, PA.
2013
Slippery Rock University Student Juried Exhibition, Martha Gault Art Gallery, Slippery Rock University, Slippery Rock PA. Awards: Honorable Mention.
ICE: Interstudio Collaborative Exhibition, Faculty Juried Exhibition, Art Building I, Slippery Rock University, Slippery Rock, PA.
Everything But the Kitchen Sink, Slippery Rock University, Slippery Rock, PA.
2012
ICE: Interstudio Collaborative Exhibition, Faculty Juried Exhibition, Art Building I, Slippery Rock University, Slippery Rock, PA.
Out of Context, The Spinning Plate Gallery, Pittsburgh, PA.
While You Were Out 2012, SRU Faculty and Student Exhibition, Martha Gault Art Gallery, Slippery Rock University, Slippery Rock, PA.
Slippery Rock University Student Juried Show, Martha Gault Art Gallery, Slippery Rock University, Slippery Rock, PA.
PRESENTATIONS
2016
Convergence in the Landscape: Art & Geology Collaborations. SRU Student Research Symposium, Robert M. Smith Student Center, Slippery Rock University, Slippery Rock, PA.
2014
Artistic Renditions of the Badlands. SRU Student Research Symposium, Robert M. Smith Student Center, Slippery Rock University, Slippery Rock, PA.
Combining Media: Photography and Metal. SRU Student Research Symposium, Robert M. Smith Student Center, Slippery Rock University, Slippery Rock, PA.
2013
Felting Through History. SRU Student Research Symposium, Robert M. Smith Student Center, Slippery Rock University, Slippery Rock, PA.
Artistic Renditions of the Badlands: Presentation of Student Research. Symposium on the Environment, McKelvey Campus Center, Westminster College, New Wilmington, PA.
Artistic Renditions of the Badlands: Presentation of Student Research. Regional Science Consortium. Tom Ridge Environmental Center, Erie, PA.
EDUCATIONAL TRAVEL
2015
Art History Seminar, Study in Islamic Art and Architecture. Traveled through Andalusia, Spain and Tangier, Morocco.
2014
Art History Seminar, Study in Early Modern Art. Traveled through London, England and Paris, France.
2013
Art History Seminar, Study in Early Modern Art. Traveled through Barcelona and Madrid, Spain.
PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS
Society of North American Goldsmiths
Allegheny Metals Collective
Crafthaus
Art Jewelry Forum