Education
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MFAIA 2014 Goddard College Master of Fine Arts in Interdisciplinary Art BA 2011 University of Alabama in Huntsville BA in Art Studio, Painting & Drawing (Magna Cum Laude) Certificate 2000 Coastal Carolina Community College, Effective Teachers Training |
Professional Experience |
2024-Present
Visual Arts Teacher, Bragg Middle School, Jefferson County Schools, Birmingham, AL 2023-2024 Owner, Creator, Instructor & Sketchbook Artist, "Art Explorers Club", Walker County, AL 2021-2024 Traveling-Teaching Artist, Walker County Schools, Walker County, AL 2022-2024 Art Camp Instructor, Walker County Arts Alliance, Jasper, AL 2022 Summer Camp Enrichment Instructor, Visual Arts, 21st Century Program, Oakman Elementary School, Oakman, AL 2018-2019 Adjunct Faculty-Art, Art Appreciation, University of South Alabama, Mobile, AL 2018 Artist In Cellophane, Art-O-Mat, Winston-Salem, NC 2016-2018 Adjunct Faculty-Art, Design I & Art Appreciation, University of North Alabama, Florence, AL 2015-2016 Part-time Lecturer, Drawing, University of Alabama in Huntsville, Huntsville, AL 2013 Summer Camp Art Educator, Greengate School, Huntsville, AL 2012-2013 Art Educator, Lyman Ward Military Academy, Camp Hill, AL 2011-2012 Program Administrator/Art Educator, Inspired Hearts, Merrimack Hall Performing Arts Center, Huntsville, AL |
Awards & Honors |
2011 Emerging Woman Artist, Women’s Studies Art Award, Annual Juried Student Art Exhibition, University of Alabama in Huntsville 2011 Phi Kappa Phi, University of Alabama in Huntsville 2010 Kappa Pi, University of Alabama in Huntsville 2010 Finalist, Outstanding Student Leader, University of Alabama in Huntsville 2009 Honorable Mention, Bike Sculpture Contest, Downtown Anniston Bike Festival 2001 Phi Theta Kappa, Southern Union State Community College |
Exhibitions |
2022
• "Art Party", Walker County Arts Alliance, Jasper, AL (Fundraiser & Auction, Invitational) 2021 • "Tasting of the Arts", Synovus Bank, Jasper, AL (WCAA Group Show) • "Found Imaginings", Carl Elliot Regional Library, Jasper, AL (SOLO, Invitational) 2018 • "Found Imaginings", Kennedy-Douglas Center for the Arts, Florence, AL (Solo) 2017 • "Bearing(s)", University of North Alabama, University Gallery, Florence, AL (Invitational) • "Mostly Blues", Kennedy-Douglas Center for the Arts, Florence, AL (Invitational) • "Our Nature", Georgia State University, 4th Floor Library Gallery, Clarkston, GA (Invitational) 2016 • Art Faculty Showcase, Salmon Library Gallery - UAH Campus, Huntsville, AL 2015 • “Precarious: The Dangerous Practice of Uncertainty”, Union Grove Gallery - UAH Campus, Huntsville, AL (Invitational) • “Tiny Art Show”, Emerge Gallery, Greenville, NC (Juried) 2011 • "Our Town", ARTworks Gallery, Beaufort, SC (Juried) • "BLEEP", Connector Gallery, Flying Monkey Arts Center, Huntsville, AL (Collaboration: Matthew Knopps) • Emerging Artist, Panoply Festival of the Arts, Huntsville, AL (Juried) • Annual Juried Student Art Exhibition, Wilson Hall Gallery, University of Alabama in Huntsville, Huntsville, AL (Juror: Steven Alvarez): Women's Studies; Emerging Woman Artist Award • "Obsessive Convulsory Distraction", Union Grove Art Gallery, University of Alabama in Huntsville, Huntsville, AL (Solo) 2010 • "Do It" Collaborative Performance Show, Union Grove Art Gallery, University of Alabama in Huntsville, Huntsville, AL • "Serial Treasures: Miniature Painting Show", Connector Gallery, Flying Monkey Arts Center, Huntsville, AL (Solo) • Emerging Artist, Panoply Festival of the Arts, Huntsville, AL (Juried) 2009 • "Oblique Strategies" Small Group Exhibition, Connector Gallery, Flying Monkey Arts Center, Huntsville, AL (Invitational) • Embracing Art VII, Carnegie Visual Arts Center, Decatur, AL (Juried) • Art Hive Old Bridge Art Festival, Florence, AL (Invitational) • Emerging Artist, Panoply Festival of the Arts, Huntsville, AL (Juried) • Bike Sculpture Contest, Downtown Anniston Bike Festival, Anniston, AL: Honorable Mention |
Residencies & Visiting Artist Positions |
2012-2016 Resident Artist, Lowe Mill Arts & Entertainment, Huntsville, AL 2015 Visiting Artist, Lecture & Books Demo, James Madison University, Harrisonburg, VA 2015 Old Furnace Artist Residency, Harrisonburg, VA 2014 Visiting Artist/Bookmaker, Greengate School, Huntsville, AL |
Community Projects |
2012-2013 Picturing Community, Community-Based Arts Initiative & Mural, Tallapoosa Girls Ranch, Camp Hill, AL & SOS School, Decatur, AL 2012-2013 Inner Pages, Community-Based Arts Initiative, Hands Home, Decatur, AL |
Professional Development |
2015 “Art of Text” Workshop, Kenyon Review, Kenyon College, Gambier, OH |
Professional Organizations: Past & Present |
Walker County Arts Alliance Women’s Caucus for Art
College Art Association Southeastern College Art Conference |