RESUME

EDUCATION

MFA, Visual Art/Ceramics, Clemson University, Clemson, SC

Professional Crafts Studies, Arrowmont School or Arts & Crafts and Penland School of Craft

Grants Writing, Working with Non-Profits courses, AB Tech, Asheville, NC

BS, Computer Science, New Mexico State University, Las Cruces, NM

PROFESSIONAL ORGANIZATIONS

Southern Highland Craft Guild (view website)

Ikebana International - Asheville Chapter #74 (view website)

WORKSHOPS & LECTURES PRESENTED

SC Clay Conference 2015 – Newberry Art Center, Newberry, SC – Presenter

The ARTS Center, Clemson, SC – (Glazing & Cone 6 Firing Tips)

North Greenville University, Tigerville, SC – Slide Lecture & solo show

Brevard College, Brevard, NC – Visiting Artist & solo show

Midlands Clay Arts Society, Columbia, SC – 2-day Throwing Demo

The ARTS Center, Clemson, SC – 2 sessions “The Ultimate Drinking Vessel”

Anderson University, Anderson, SC – Visiting Artist

Meredith College, Raleigh, NC – Visiting Artist

Furman University, Greenville, SC – Visiting Artist

Winthrop University, Rock Hill, SC – Lecture “Marketing in the Crafts”

UNC Asheville, Asheville, NC – Visiting Artist

USC, Columbia, SC – Visiting Artist

CURATOR/JUROR

Improv Girls of Clay - in 2011, this 3-person group of clay artists came together. Our goal is to creatively exchange dialog & periodically we plan to exhibit our work in select locations. Follow us on www.improvgirlsofclay.blogspot.com

20x20 Invitational Clay Show - Inaugural clay event I established for The ARTS Center in Clemson, SC. This is an annual event. http://explorearts.org

“Points of Departure: Vessel Forms from the SC State Art Collection”, September through October 2008 at The ARTS Center, Clemson, SC. - Curators talk, additionally the concurrent show “New Works” for expanded view of participating artists. The show traveled to the Aiken Center for the Arts, Aiken, SC in December 2008 – January 2009. www.southcarolinaarts.com

“Clemson Anagama Invitational Wood Fire Show”, December 2008 through January 2009, Anderson County Arts Center, Anderson, SC. This show was preceded in November by an Invitational Wood Fire Event in the Clemson University Anagama Kiln including Clemson Faculty & students plus area ceramic artists & potters.

“Wood Fired Works from the Clemson Anagama Kiln”, Opening October through November 2006, Blue Ridge Arts Center, Seneca, SC. Featuring works from the first 4 firings of the Clemson University Anagama Kiln.

Juror in February 2010 in selecting student art works for inclusion in The Laurel Magazine, North Greenville University, Tigerville, SC.

"An Incubation Location: Current and Former Resident Artists of the Energy Xchange", April 2011, The ARTS Center, Clemson, SC. The Energy Xchange is a sustainable craft studio near Burnsville, NC.

PROFESSIONAL RECOGNITION

Nominated to Southern Artists Registry by SC Arts Commission

Selected Alternate, Craft Fellow 2009, SC Arts Commission

COLLECTIONS

City of Columbia, South Carolina, SC

University of South Carolina at Sumter, Sumter, SC

Southern Highland Craft Guild Permanent Collection, Asheville, NC

Clemson University, Clemson, SC

PUBLICATIONS

2011 - Studio Potter: Summer/Fall Issue 2011 - article titled Teapot Improv. Read article here.

2014 - Studio Potter: Winter/Spring Issue 2014 - article titled Worth More Than A Glance. Read article here.

PUBLIC ART

2012 - Part of a 2-person team designing, building & installing a sculptural ceramic arch commemorating the Founding Fifty Donors for The ARTS Center, Clemson, SC.

SELECT EXHIBITIONS

2015

  • It Is a Small World, SHCG Themed Exhibit, Folk Art Center, Asheville, NC (September 2014 - January 2015)
  • Clemson Art: Then & Now, Clemson University, Clemson, SC (February - March)
  • Indulging in Fancy, SHCG, Focus Gallery, Folk Art Center, Asheville, NC (August - November)
  • Southern Highland Craft Guild Members Exhibition, ARC in Washington, DC

2014

  • ZEN, Blue Spiral 1, Asheville, NC (March - May)
  • Potters of WNC, Transylvania Community Arts Council, Brevard, NC (June)
  • Southern Women Potters, Hamilton Williams Gallery & Studio, Morganton, NC
  • Southern Highland Craft Guild Members Exhibition, ARC in Washington, DC

2013

  • Something Old, Something New, Cabarrus Arts Council, Concord, NC
  • Southern Highland Craft Guild Members Exhibition, ARC in Washington, DC
  • Celebration of Women in the Arts, BRCC, Flat Rock, NC

2012

  • Texas Teapot Tournament, 18 Hands Gallery, Houston, TX
  • Craft As Object and From Hand to Hand, HandMade in America, Asheville, NC
  • Black & White III at Southern Highland Craft Guild, Folk Art Center, Asheville, NC
  • Southern Highland Craft Guild Members Exhibition, ARC in Washington, DC
  • Fly Asheville, Group Exhibition, AVL Regional Airport, Asheville, NC
  • Clemson Ceramics National Juried Exhibition: Containment, Clemson University, Clemson, SC

2011

  • New Members Show, Southern Highland Craft Guild, Folk Art Center, Asheville, NC
  • Clay + One, Transylvania Community Arts Council, Brevard, NC
  • Conversations With Teapots, Toe River Arts Council, Burnsville, NC & Southern Pottery Gallery, Columbia, SC

2010

  • Fly Asheville, Group Exhibition, AVL Regional Airport Gallery, Asheville, NC
  • Invitational participant to SC Arts Gala, Columbia Museum, Columbia, SC

2009

  • Junctions+Surface+Meaning, Solo Show, Brevard College, Brevard, NC
  • The Art Faculty Exhibition, Clemson University, Clemson, SC
  • The UpState of Clay Invitational, Pickens County Museum, Pickens, SC

2008

  • International Orton Cone Box Show, NCECA, Pittsburg, PA & Baker University, Baldwin, KS
  • South Carolina Juried Art Show, The State Museum, Columbia, SC
  • Clemson Anagama Invitational Wood Fire Show, Anderson Co Arts Center, Anderson, SC
  • Fly Asheville, Group Exhibition, AVL Regional Airport Gallery, Asheville, NC

2007

  • ACC-SE Spotlight Exhibition, Arrowmont School of Arts & Crafts, Gatlinburg, TN
  • Wood Fire National Exhibition, NCECA, Louisville, KY
  • The Art Faculty Exhibition, Clemson University, Clemson, SC
  • Con-Functionality, Solo Show, USC Sumter, Sumter, SC

2006

  • Wood Fired Works from the Clemson Anagama Kiln, Blue Ridge Art Center, Seneca, SC
  • International Orton Cone Box Show, NCECA, Portland, OR & Baker University, Baldwin, KS

2005

  • Clay On The Wall, Texas Tech University, Lubbock, TX
  • Clay Cup X, Southern Illinois University, Carbondale, IL
  • The Art Faculty Exhibition, Clemson University, Clemson, SC

2004

  • A Notion Of Function, Thesis Show, Clemson University, Clemson, SC
  • Strictly Functional Pottery National, Market House Craft Center, Lancaster, PA