Education
2020 MFA – Ceramics, Ball State University. Muncie, Indiana
2017 BFA - Ceramics, Indiana University Southeast. New Albany, Indiana
2011 BA – Writing, Indiana University Southeast. New Albany, Indiana
Employment
2020 - Present Studio Technician, Arrowmont School of Arts and Crafts. Gatlinburg, TN.
Exhibitions
2021 Hudgens 4th National Cup Show, (Invited) Hudgens Center for Art and Learning, Duluth Georgia. Juried by Shoko Teruyama
Last Call V: Vessels for Storing, Pouring, and Serving Libations, Companion Gallery, Humboldt, Tennessee. Juried by Samantha Momeyer
Sevier County Biennial, Arrowmont School of Craft. Juried by Mary Welch Thompson
2020 Strictly Functional Pottery National, Online Exhbition. Juried by Julia Galloway
Cup: The Intimate Object, Charlie Cummings Gallery, Gainesville, Florida. Invitation
Material Mugs: Underglaze, Companion Gallery, Humboldt, Tennessee. Curated by Mike Cinelli
Contemporary Clay, Western Colorado Center for the Arts, Grand Junction, Colorado. Juried by Bill Van Gilder
Pots from the White Bread and Mayo Belt, Solo Exhibition, Annex Gallery, Western Illinois University, Macomb, Illinois *postponed due to covid-19*
Space//Self : Pots from the White Bread and Mayo Belt, Thesis Exhibition, Ned and Gloria Griner Gallery, Ball State University, Muncie, Indiana
International Wood Fire Conference Juried Student Exhibition, STARworks Center for Creative Enterprises, Star, North Carolina. Juried by John Neely
Yunomi Invitational, Clay Akar, Iowa City, Iowa
Delectable: The Fine Art of Dining, The Art Student League of Denver, Denver, Colorado.
Juried by Liz Zlot Summerfield
Last Call V, Companion Gallery, Humboldt, Tennessee. Juried by Naomi Clement
Invitational Cup Show, Artlink Gallery, Fort Wayne, Indiana
Twin Cups, Missouri Western State University, Saint Joseph, Missouri
The Cup Invitational, GoggleWorks Center for the Arts, Reading, Pennsylvania
Paper and Clay, Utah State University Caine College of the Arts, Logan, Utah. Juried by
Jessica Brandl
2019 Raise A Toast, Edwardsville Art Center, Edwardsville, Illinois. Juried by Mark Arnold
The Cup The Mug, Main Street Arts Gallery, Clifton Springs New York.
State of Clay Indiana, Purdue Fort Wayne Visual Arts Gallery, Fort Wayne, Indiana. Juried by Ted Neal
Working Pots, James May Gallery, Algoma, Wisconsin. Juried by Nick Devries
Last Call IV, Companion Gallery, Humboldt, Tennessee. Juried by Carol Epp
Think Outside the Jar: 100 Years, 100 Artists, NCECA Concurrent Exhibition,
Minneapolis, Minnesota. Curated by AMACO
2018 Serving: Ice Cream, Made in Muncie Pottery, Muncie, Indiana
First and Second Year MFA Candidate Showcase, Atrium Gallery, Ball State University, Muncie, Indiana
Ceramicidal Tendencies: The Intersection of Punk and Clay. Concurrent Exhibition with the National Council for Education of Ceramic Arts, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
The Cup The Mug, Main Street Arts, Clifton Springs New York. Juried by Melissa Weiss
Cup IV: Vessel, Icon, Canvas, George Caleb Bingham Gallery, Columbia Missouri.
Juried by Ayumi Horie
Pots Save America, Indy Clay Co-Op Gallery, Indianapolis Indiana. Invitation
2017 The Cup, The Mug, Main Street Arts, Clifton Springs New York. Juried by Peter Pincus
Annual Holiday Show Edwardsville Arts Center, Edwardsville Illinois. Invitational
Images on Clay Clay Arts Vegas, Las Vegas Nevada. Juried by Jason Burnett
Juried Student Exhibition Indiana University Southeast, New Albany Indiana
Bread and Roses: Recent Works from Indiana University Southeast Ceramics, The Arts Council, New Albany, Indiana
2016 Ten Four: Curated Cargo, Exhibition of 2017 Indiana University Southeast Graduating BA and BFA Students, 24’ Budget Rental Box Truck, New Albany, Indiana (mobile show with two locations)
Out of the Ashes, Morean Center for Clay, St. Petersburg, Florida. Juried by Matt Schiemann
Surface: Beyond the Form, AA Clay Studio and Gallery, Louisville, Kentucky
Nebraska National Undergraduate Juried Art Exhibition, Eisentrager-Howard Gallery. University of Nebraska, Lincoln, Nebraska. Juried by Shoko Teruyama
Drink Me: Cups, Mugs and Tumblers, Mariani Gallery. University of Northern Colorado, Greeley, Colorado. Juried by Sebastion Moh
IUS Student Juried Exhibition, Barr Gallery. Indiana University Southeast. New Albany, Indiana
Connect, Blackburn Gallery, Mary Anderson Art Center. Floyds Knobs, Indiana. Organized by Indiana University Southeast Ceramics Program
Professional Experience/Technical Experience
2021 500 Pots Initiative: Clay Siblings Project, in conjunction with NCECA, Cincinnati, Ohio
Virtual ArtReach on the Road Program Support, Arrowmont School of Arts and Crafts,
Gatlinburg, Tennessee
2020 Soda Kiln firing for Arrowmont Souper Bowls XVII Charity Event, Gatlinburg, Tennessee
Virtual ArtReach on the Road Program Support, Arrowmont School of Arts and Crafts,
Gatlinburg, Tennessee
Firing Loveland train kiln (Bruce Wasserman) Fort Collins, Colorado
2019 Firing the Train Kiln, Arrowmont School of Arts and Crafts, workshop assistant to Jason
Hess.
Studio Assistant to Jessica Calderwood, Muncie, Indiana
Ceramics Studio Technician for Ball State University
Assisted Construction of Soda Kiln, Ted Neal, Fort Collins Colorado
Assisted Construction of Train Kiln, Ted Neal, Fort Collins, Colorado
2018 Wood Firing Intensive: Exploring Regular and Reduction Cooled Processes, Arrowmont School of Arts and Crafts, workshop assistant to Ted Neal
Ceramics Studio Technician for Ball State University
Assisted construction of sprung arch wood kiln, Ted Neal, Woodstock, Virginia
2017 Inaugural firing of Arrowmont train kiln with Ted Neal
Ceramics Studio Technician for Ball State University
Assisted construction of Ball State mini train kiln, Ted Neal, Muncie, Indiana
Assisted construction of Ball State salt kiln, Ted Neal, Muncie, Indiana
2016 Assisted with Indiana University Southeast soda kiln construction
2014 – 2016 Coordinated semester firings of Indiana University Southeast Anagama
2013 Assisted with Indiana University Southeast Anagama kiln construction
Teaching Experience
2021 Clay as Canvas, National Workshop, Arrowmont School of Art and Craft, Gatliburg, Tenessee
2020 Cocoa and Conversation, Community Workshop, Arrowmont School of Art and Craft, Gatlinburg, Tennessee
Introduction to Ceramics, Spring Semester, Ball State University
2019 Ceramics: Throwing 1,2,3 (stacked course) Fall Semester, Ball State University
Introduction to Ceramics, Spring Semester, Ball State University
2018 Teaching Assistant to Ted Neal, Intro to Wheel Throwing, Ball State Univsersity
Teaching Assistant to Vance Bell, Intro to Ceramics, Ball State University
2017 Teaching Assistant to Ted Neal, Intro to Ceramics, Ball State University
Teaching Assistant to Ted Neal, Wheel Throwing 1,2,3 (stacked course), Ball State
University
Technical Skills
Electric kiln programming, firing, maintenance and repair, kiln building, reduction gas firing of cross draft, updraft and downdraft kilns, wood, soda, and salt kiln firing, pottery wheel maintenance and repair, clay materials stocking, clay and glaze mixing, clay body formulation, glaze calculation, wheel throwing and hand-building processes, intaglio print processes, silk screen processing, screen printing with ceramic materials, welding, soldering, brazing, hot forging, metal forming, metal casting, ferrous and non-ferrous metal processes, Adobe Photoshop and Lightroom experience, Microsoft Word and Power Point experience, photographic documentation, gallery installation and lighting power tool operation, hydraulic and manual wood splitting, chainsaw operation, skid steer operation