EDUCATION
2012-2016 Maine College of Art, BFA in Ceramics with honors
Proficient at electric and gas kiln firings, glaze chemistry, clay making, slip casting and moldmaking, photoshop
Classes taken at Maine College of Art: Slip Casting and Mold Making, CNC Printmaking, Metalsmithing and Jewelry, Woodworking, Metal Enameling
HONORS AND AWARDS
2012-2016 Jamie A. Hulley Arts Foundation Scholarship
Yearly increasing Scholarship during four years at Maine College of Art
2012-2016 Maine College of Art Grant
2012-2016 Maine College of Art Challenge Scholarship
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
2017 - Now Studio Assistant at Odyssey Clayworks in Asheville, NC
2017 - Now Current Employer: Whole Foods Market/Green life Grocery, Asheville, NC
2016-2017 Whole Foods Market, Minneapolis, MN
Working in the Whole Body Department
2017 Studio Assistant at the Northern Clay Center, MN
Making recycled clay for classes five hours a week in exchange for work space
2017 Clay Summer Camp Instructor at the Northern Clay Center
- Taught 8-12 year olds throwing, trimming, decorating, and glazing
2016 Whole Foods Market, Portland, ME
- Working in the Chef's Case in the Prepared Foods section
2015 Summer Assistant for Ayumi Horie, Portland, ME
Cleaned, waxed, glazed and loaded pots into kiln
Photographed work
Packaged and shipped work
Helped inlay stain into designs
2015 Wood Firings at Watershed Center for the Ceramics Arts
2013 Internship for the Jamie A. Hulley Arts Foundation, Orange, CT
Fundraising and organization for their yearly Auction and Benefit
2013 Commissioned Mural at the Mary L. Tracy School, Orange, CT
2012 After-School Art Teacher, Beecher Road School, Woodbridge, CT
Created weekly crafts for and taught/assisted K-6 school students
VOLUNTEER EXPERIENCE
2017 Volunteer at the St. Croix Pottery Tour at Linda Christianson's tour stop
2016 Volunteer at the American Pottery Festival at the Norther Clay Center
2016 Assisted Graphic Surface Techniques event at the ICA in Portland, ME
2015 Department fundraising sale at the Maine College of Art Holiday Sale
Helped organize, make work and set up and sell our pottery at the Maine College of Art Holiday Sale to raise money for a class trip to NCECA, all students tickets were covered
EXHIBITIONS
2016 BFA Thesis Show in May
2016 The Art of Work Show in Zand Head Gallery at the Maine College of Art
2016 Ceramics Senior Show in Zand Head Gallery at the Maine College of Art
Organized and curated show, installed work, advertised, and put on closing event
2013-2015 Maine College of Art Merit Show, 3.5 GPA required
2012-2015 Maine College of Art BFA Show
2014 Maine College of Art Nothing Major Show
WORK FOR SALE
2017 - Now Renters Gallery at Odyssey Clayworks in Asheville, NC
2018 Permanent Baggage Boutique in Milwaukee, WI