EDUCATION

2022-       New York State College of Ceramics at Alfred University
present     Graduate Studies in Ceramics


2019-       Syracuse University. Syracuse, NY
2020       Post-Baccaleurate Studies in Ceramics
2012-        Pratt Institute Brooklyn, NY
2014         BFA Art History
2010-       Bennington College Bennington, VT
2011          Visual Arts and Literature






ADDITIONAL STUDIES

2021.         Rat City Studios. Seattle, WA
                 Teapot Workshop: Virtual Wednesday Work Along with

                  Deb Schwartzkopf

2019         Arrowmont School of Crafts. Gatlinburg, TN
                 Workshop: Firing the Train Kiln with Seth Green

        .        Studio at the Corning Museum of Glass. Corning, NY
                 Workshop: Casting Voids with Richard Whitely


2018.        Penland School of Crafts. Penland, NC
                 Fall Concentration: 'Red Clay Every Way'
                 with Maggie and Tom Jaszczak


2008        Silvermine Arts Guild. Norwalk, CT
                 Classes in Sculpture, Painting & Darkroom Photography
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

2023       Alfred University Ceramics 
                 Venturi and Industrial Kilns Assistant


2021        Muddy River Clay Pod. Easton, PA
                Founder & lead instructor of children's clay classes       
                New Prospect Pottery. Pine Bush, NY
                Firing leader of the 7th firing of the Donnagama

                Mill Creek Pottery. Gresham, WI
                Crew, firing the Mill Creek Anagama with Simon Levin
2019       The Clay Studio. Philadelphia, PA
                Work Exchange Artist: Studio & Gallery Assistant
2019-      Chester Springs Studio. Historic Yellow Springs, PA
2020      Wood Kiln Assistant to Matt Wren
2018       Sugar Maples Center for the Arts. Maplecrest, NY
               Seasonal Studio Assistant

2016      Penland School of Crafts Penland, NC
              Workshop Assistant to Tracy & David Gamble


2015-     Jono Pandolfi Designs. Union City, NJ
2017       Production Assistant
2017       Jenny Lynn McNutt.  Brooklyn, NY
               Artist’s Assistant
2016       Michele Quan Brooklyn, NY
               Production Assistant
 SELECTED EXHIBITIONS

2023    '
Hilltown 6 Pottery Tour'
             Guest Artist to Maya Machin Pottery
             Ashfield, MA

            
'Rising'
            Fosdick Nelson Gallery
         Alfred, NY

2022   
'Clay National XVI'
            Carbondale Clay Center         
            Carbondale, CO


2021    'Women of Woodfire' Juried By Brett Binford
             Eutectic Gallery
             Portland, OR  

              '
Playing With Fire: Altered Atmospheres' Juried by Mark Shapiro
              Saratoga Clay Arts Center             
              Schuylerville, NY
2020     'Kindled Spirits' Juried By Simon Levin
              Good Earth Pottery

              Bellingham, WA
             'Woodfireworks III' Invitational Exhibition
              Charlie Cummings Gallery
              Gainsville, FL
2019     'The Almighty Cup' Juried By Garth Johnson
              The Gandee Gallery             
              Fabius, NY


             'Art In Action' Teaching Artist Exhibition
              Main Line Art Center
              Haverford, PA

              'The Art of Clay' Wichita National Juried Exhibition
              Mark Arts Mary R Koch Art Center
              Wichita, KS

2018      'HOLD: A Celebration of Ceramics' Invitational Exhibition
               Kaaterskill Fine Arts Gallery              

               Hunter, NY

2014.      'Eat, Clay, Kill' Student Exhibition
               Steuben Gallery, Pratt Institute

               Brooklyn, NY
             

2013      'Don’t Touch Me' Student Exhibition
              Steuben Gallery, Pratt Institute
              Brooklyn, NY


PRESENTATIONS

2023      Invited Speaker,
'Ceramics Forum'
               Grand Valley State University. Grand Valley, MI
 
TEACHING EXPERIENCE
 
 2022-      
 New York State College of Ceramics at Alfred University
 2024        Teaching Assistant, 'Junior Pottery I' with Linda Sikora 

                  Workshop Assistant, 'Lighting Up: Firing the Alfred Wood Kilns' with                                              Matthew Kelleher
                  Teaching Assistant, Foundations Program: Color, Image & 3D Classes

  
2021 &      Oki Doki Center for Atmospheric Firing, Germantown, NY

2022         Workshop Instructor, 'Firing & Reduction Cooling the Train Kiln'
                  Workshop Instructor, 'An Introduction to Hollow Forms'

2021-      The Baum School of Art. Allentown, PA

 2022      Ceramics Instructor, Introductory Wheel and Hand-building
               classes for adults
                  
2020       Katonah Art Center. Katonah, NY
                 Teaching Artist in Ceramics, Painting and Drawing
                Syracuse University. Syracuse, NY
                 Teaching Assistant, 'Introduction to the Wheel' with Peter Beasecker

2019-       Main Line Art Center. Haverford, PA

2022        Ceramics Instructor to Children & Teens
2019       Starr Garden Recreation Center. Philadelphia, PA
               Ceramics Instructor
2017-      Children’s Arts Guild. New York, NY
2018       Program Facilitator
2015-      Artshack Brooklyn Ceramics. Brooklyn, NY
2018       Ceramics Instructor to Children & Adults
2014       The Painted Pot. Brooklyn, NY
              Children’s Ceramics Instructor

AWARDS
2021.       Emerging Artist Award
                Ceramic Monthly's "Emerging Artist' Competition
2020       Juror’s Choice Award
                'Kindled Spirits’ Good Earth Pottery. Bellingham, WA
                Juried by Simon Levin

2019        Dr. Judith Temple Scholarship

                Arrowmont School of Crafts. Gatlinburg, TN

                Summer Workshop Scholarship
                Corning Museum of Glass. Corning, NY
2018        General Winter Scholarship
                Urban Glass. Brooklyn, NY
                Texas Star Scholarship
                Penland School of Crafts. Penland, NC
2016        Studio Assistant Scholarship
                Penland School of Crafts. Penland, NC
2014        Presidential Scholarship
                Pratt Institute. Brooklyn, NY
2010       Frankenthaler-Stickney Scholarship
               Bennington College. Bennington, VT

PUBLICATIONS

2021.     Ceramics Monthly, Emerging Artist Feature 2021
              May Issue, Page 38

2021.      Ceramics Monthly,
Exposure
               March Issue, Page 18


2020.     Ceramics Monthly, Exposure
               October Issue, Page 14

2016       Belvedere: Journal of Art and Design History Volume II
               'Scivias, a Doctorine of Female Emporwerment' Page 36-43