EDUCATION
2019-2021
Master of Fine Arts, Jewelry, Metals, and Enameling. Kent State University, Kent, Ohio.
2010-2015
Bachelor of Fine Arts: Metalsmithing
Bachelor of Science: Professional Studies, Anthropology
Minor in Art History. Slippery Rock University, Slippery Rock, Pennsylvania. Magna Cum Laude.
TEACHING EXPERIENCE
2021-present
Teaching Artist, Jewelry and Metals, Armory Art Center, West Palm Beach, FL. Classes taught: Introduction to Jewelry, Intermediate Techniques in Jewelry + Metalsmithing, Chasing and Repousse, Enameling Basics Intermediate Hammer Techniques, Introduction to Wax Carving and Casting, Intermediate/Advanced Wax Carving and Casting. Workshops taught include Enameling Basics, Fold-Forming, Ornament Stamping, Youth Pendant Stamping, Summer Art Experience in Jewelry/Metals for Teens, Couple’s Ring Making, Flush-Setting Faceted Stones, Silver Spoon Forging, and Moscow Mule Cups.
2019-2021
Instructor of Record, Introduction to Jewelry and Metals. Three semesters. Graduate Teaching Assistantship in Jewelry, Metals, and Enameling, Kent State University, Kent, 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.
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
2021-2023
Artist in Residence in Jewelry/Metals, Armory Art Center, West Palm Beach, FL. Residency includes teaching 8-week classes and workshops, studio maintenance, exhibition assistance, administrative support.
2022
Verdant Bodies: A Contemporary Art Jewelry Exhibition, Montgomery Hall, Armory Art Center, West Palm Beach, FL. Co-organized with Alicia Jane Boswell. YouTube/watch.
NewClub Golf Society commission; Pollinator Golf Championship Crown.
Spring Pentaculum, Invitational Residency, Enamels Studio, Arrowmont School of Arts and Crafts, Gatlinburg, TN.
Juror for Student Independent Exhibition, Cleveland Institute of Art, Cleveland, OH.
2021
NewClub Golf Society commission; Female and Male Golf Tournament Championship Belts. YouTube/watch.
2020
Adapting Through Pandemic, Jewelry, Metals, and Enameling Student Show, JME Gallery, Kent State University, Kent, OH. Organizer.
2016-2019
A Level Bench Jeweler for Signet Jewelers, at Jared the Galleria of Jewelry, McKnight Road, Pittsburgh, PA.
2015, 2013
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.
2011-2015
Martha Gault Art Society member, President 2013-2015.
Martha Gault Art Gallery Club member, Public Relations Manager 2014-2015.
PUBLICATIONS
2022
Florida Weekly, September 22-28, 2022, pp A18-A29.
art&culture magazine, Winter 2022
2020
Enameling at Kent State, Fuse News Vol 18, No 2. The Enamelist Society
COLLECTIONS
Brockway Center for Arts and Technology, Brockway, PA.
AWARDS
2022
Conference Scholarship, Society of North American Goldsmiths Conference,
Providence, RI.
2019-2021
Graduate Teaching Assistantship, Kent State University, Kent, OH.
SELECTED EXHIBITIONS
2023
BIJOUX! Contemporary Jewelry Exhibition & Sale, Boca Raton Museum of Art, Boca Raton, FL. (forthcoming)
Artists-in-Residence Exhibition: Where/Wear. Montgomery, Greenfield, and East Galleries, Armory Art Center, West Palm Beach, FL.
Matter of Form, International Jewelry Exhibition by AdornAxis, East Gallery, Armory Art Center, West Palm Beach, FL.
Armory Faculty Show, Montgomery and Greenfield Galleries, Armory Art Center, West Palm Beach, FL.
2022
Environ: An Allegheny Metals Collective Exhibition, New York City Jewelry Week, Industry
City in Brooklyn, NY.
WTF! 10 Years, Slushbox Gallery, Ink & Pistons in West Palm Beach, FL.
Verdant Bodies: A Contemporary Art Jewelry Exhibition, Montgomery Hall, Armory Art
Center, West Palm Beach, FL.
New & Now, East Gallery, Armory Art Center, West Palm Beach, FL.
Wearables & Whatchamacallits, The Silver Fern, Fiddlehead Gallery, Cookeville, TN.
Alchemy 6: The Enamelist Society Juried Exhibition, Arrowmont School of Arts and Crafts, Gatlinburg, TN; University of Arkansas, Little Rock, AR; Ohio Craft Museum, Columbus, OH.
Adorned Spaces: Structured Observation, Solo Exhibition, Society of North American Goldsmiths Conference, Providence, RI.
Adorned Spaces: Everything Considered, Allegheny Metals Collective Group Exhibition, Society of North American Goldsmiths Conference, Providence, RI.
The Earring Show, CCBC Gallery, Craft Council of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC.
2nd SRU Art Alumni Exhibition, Martha Gault Art Gallery, Slippery Rock University, Slippery Rock, PA.
Artists-in-Residence Exhibition: How to Survive in the Woods. Greenfield & East Galleries, Armory Art Center, West Palm Beach, FL.
Armory Faculty Show, East Gallery, Armory Art Center, West Palm Beach, FL.
Small Works Exhibition, Malone Art Gallery, Malone University, Canton, OH.
2021
Hotter N Hell National Collegiate Art Exhibition, Orville Hanchey Gallery, Northwestern State University, Natchitoches, LA.
Cities of Steel, Cities of Rust, Collaborative Exhibition. Baltimore Jewelry Center Gallery, Baltimore Jewelry Center, Baltimore, MD.
Master of Fine Arts Thesis Exhibition: (Ware)withal, Center for Visual Arts Gallery, Kent State University, Kent, OH
Student Annual Art Show, KSU Downtown Gallery, Kent, OH.
SNAG Conference Student Exhibition, Society of North American Goldsmiths Online Exhibition. YouTube/watch.
WE ARE SNAG: Anthology Exhibition, Society of North American Goldsmiths Online Exhibition. snag.squarespace.com
2020
Academics in Pandemic, Ethical Metalsmiths Online Exhibition, www.ethicalmetalsmiths.org.
Collective Home, Allegheny Metals Collective Group Show, Contemporary Craft, Pittsburgh, PA.
Home: A Virtual Exhibition, Juror: Jennifer Wiegel. Womanmade Gallery, Chicago, IL.
Student Annual Art Show, CVA Gallery, Center for Visual Arts, Kent State University, Kent, OH.
micro/MACRO: Intercollegiate Jewelry/Metals Exhibition, John Waldron Arts Center, Bloomington, IL; Missouri State University, Springfield, MO; Ball State University, Muncie, IN; Earlham College, Richmond, IN; University of Wisconsin-Stout, Menomonie, WI.
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.
ARTIST LECTURES + WORKSHOPS
2022
Flush-Setting Faceted Stones, Armory Art Center, West Palm Beach, FL.
Hammer-It-Out: Silver Spork, Armory Art Center, West Palm Beach, FL.
Family Saturdays: Family Art, Jewelry Making. Cultural Council of the Palm Beaches, Lake Worth, FL.
Chasing the Small Things: Small Scale Chasing and Repousse, Armory Art Center, West Palm Beach, FL.
Hammer It Out: Moscow Mule Cups, Armory Art Center, West Palm Beach, FL.
Hammer It Out: Silver Spoon with a Valentine, Armory Art Center, West Palm Beach, FL.
2021
Chasing Form: Basics of Chasing & Repousse, Armory Art Center, West Palm Beach, FL.
Hammer It Out: Fold-Formed Cuffs, Armory Art Center, West Palm Beach, FL.
Enameling Basics: Color, Form Texture, Armory Art Center, West Palm Beach, FL.
Maria Camera-Smith: Work & Influences, Kent State University, Kent OH
2020
Carving a 3 Stone Ring, Workshop for Jewelry, Metals, and Enameling Department, Kent State University, Kent, OH
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.
PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS
Society of North American Goldsmiths
Allegheny Metals Collective
The Enamelist Society