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education
Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA Masters in Fine Art, Concentration in Glass, Fall 2009 – Spring 2011 Penland School of Craft, Penland, NC Core Fellowship Program, February 2006 – 2008 Missouri State University, Springfield, MO Bachelor of Fine Arts, Dual Emphasis: Graphic Design and Illustration, Spring 2005, GPA 3.83 residencies and fellowships 2017 Pilchuck EAiR, Stanwood, WA Emerging Artist in Residence, Glass, September – November 2017 2015 STARworks, Star, NC Artist in Residence, Glass, September – December 2012 Oregon College of Art and Craft, Portland, OR Artist in Residence, Photography, Spring 2006-2008 Penland School of Craft, Penland, NC Core Fellowship Program honors and awards 2023 Awarded the Regional Artist Support Grant from the Toe River Arts Council 2017 Awarded the Regional Artist Program Grant from the Toe River Arts Council Selected for New Glass Review, Issue 38 by Susie Silbert 2016 Nominated for the 2016 Irvin Borowsky Prize in Glass Arts Semi-Finalist for Made in the South Awards, Garden & Gun 2015 Nominated for the 2015 Irvin Borowsky Prize in Glass Arts Award for Second Place, American Craft Today: Glass, Juried Exhibition, The Bascom: A Center for the Visual Arts, Highlands, NC Virginia Commonwealth University Graduate Teaching Assistant, Fall 2009, 2010 Teaching Assistant to Jack Wax in Denmark, 2010 Graduate Artist Association, Treasurer, 2009 – 2010 Task Force Member Missouri State University Magna Cum Laude Recognition Scholarship Art & Design Scholarship Phi Eta Sigma honor fraternity member teaching experience 2019 “Material Observation,” Haystack, Deer Isle, ME “Heat, Gravity, Form,” Penland School of Craft, Penland, NC 2018 Flameworking, Sawtooth School for Visual Art, Winston-Salem, NC “Define, Ideate, Prototype, Test,” Corning Museum of Glass, Corning, NY "Proportion/Rhythm/Repetition," Urban Glass, Brooklyn, New York, NY 2017 “Define, Ideate, Prototype, Test,” Corning Museum of Glass, Corning, NY 2016 Learning to See, Workshop, Warren Wilson, Swannanoa, NC Learning to See, Workshop, Three Rivers Community College, Poplar Bluff, MO 2015 Learning to See, Workshop, Sandhills Community College along with STARworks, Star, NC 2014 Asheville Glass Center, Asheville, NC: Beginning Glassblowing Private Lampworking Studio Instructor, Asheville, NC 2010 Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA: Art Foundations Instructor, Craft Project Course, Spring Craft/Material Studies Instructor, Beginning Glassblowing, Summer and Fall teaching assistant positions 2018 Penland School of Craft, Penland, NC, Ben Cobb Haystack, Deer Isle, ME, Devin Burgess 2017 Haystack, Deer Isle, ME, Pablo Soto Penland School of Craft, Penland, NC Studio Assistant for Winter Residents 2016 Penland School of Craft, Penland, NC, Joe Grant Corning Museum of Glass, Corning, NY, Pablo Soto Penland School of Craft, Penland, NC, Studio Assistant for Winter Residents 2015 Corning Museum of Glass, Corning, NY, Pablo Soto Penland School of Craft, Penland, NC Studio Assistant: Nick Fruin Sessions 5 - 7: Session 5: Pablo Soto & Ben Cobb Session 6: Matt Urban Session 7: Karen Willenbrink - Johnsen & Jasen Johnsen 2014 Urban Glass, Brooklyn, New York, NY, Pablo Soto STARworks, Star, NC, Pablo Soto 2010 Danish School of Design, Bornholm, Denmark, Jack Wax work history Leslie Noell Penland School of Craft, Penland, NC Programs Manager, September 2018 – current Spruce Pine Montessori Board Member, Treasurer Spruce Pine, NC 2023 – current Kathryn Gremley Penland School of Craft, Penland, NC Gallery Preparator, June 2016 – 2018 Pablo Soto De Soto Glass Design, Penland, NC Assistant Glassblower, June 2013 – 2017 STARworks, Star, NC Artist in Residence, Glass, September – December 2015 Leslie Noell Programs Director, Penland School of Craft, Penland, NC Core Fellowship Retreat Organizer, February – September 2014 John Geci John Geci Glass, Bakersville, NC Assistant Glassblower, April 2013 – March 2014 Kate Boyd and Grace Reff Penland School of Craft, Penland, NC Penland Annual Benefit Auction Art Handler, August 2012 – 2013 Oregon College of Art and Craft, Portland, OR Artist in Residence, Photography, Spring 2012 Jack Wax Professor and Artist, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA Graduate Assistant, October 2009 – 2011 Kate Boyd Penland School of Craft, Penland, NC Penland Annual Auction Assistant, January – August 2009 Devin Burgess Penland Artist in Residence, Penland, NC Assistant Glassblower, December 2007 – August 2009 Penland School of Craft, Penland, NC Core Fellowship Program, February 2006 – 2008 Springfield Glass Works, Springfield, MO Assistant Glassblower, May – December 2004 publications New Glass Review, Issue 38, 2017 Camp Spring Creek, “Interview: Inspiring People,” Online, March 19, 2015 Our State, “Fire On The Mountain,” April 2014 Cheek Teeth, “Artisan Culture: In Praise of Time & the Tactile,” Online, February 2012 PBS, “Simple Living with Wanda Urbanska, The Artist Within,” Episode 3, April 2008 WNC Magazine, Artist Profile, January – February 2008 National Publication: Creative Convocation, Premier Issue, September 2005 National Publication: CMYK Magazine, Issue 32, Winter 2005 – 2006 curatorial experience 2019 Modifed Perceptions, Co-Curator, Upstairs Artspace, Tryon, NC 2017 Fire & Form: North Carolina Glass, Co-Curator, Brahm Museum, Blowing Rock, NC artist lectures 2019 Visting Artist, RIT, Rochester, NY Instructor Slides, Haystack, Deer Isle, ME Instructor Slides, Penland School of Craft, Penland, NC 2018 Instructor Slides, Urban Glass, New York, NY Instructor Slides, Corning Museum of Glass, Corning, NY 2017 Instructor Slides, Corning Museum of Glass, Corning, NY EAiR Artist Talk, Pilchuck, Stanwood, WA University of Louisville, Louisville, KY Artist Talk, 2017 GAS Member Juried Exhbition, The Glass Wheel, Norfolk, VA Panel Discussion, Fire & Form: North Carolina Glass, Brahm Museum, Blowing Rock, NC “Coffee with the Curators,” Fire & Form: North Carolina Glass, Brahm Museum, Blowing Rock, NC Artist Talk, The Morris Museum, Augusta, GA Artist Talk, The Refinery, Asheville, NC Haystack, Deer Isle, ME Cornish Colllege of the Arts, Pilchuck EAiR Presentations, Seattle, WA University of Washington, Pilchuck EAiR Presentations, Seattle, WA 2016 Corning Museum of Glass, Corning, NY Penland School of Craft, Penland, NC Warren Wilson College, Swannanoa, NC Southern Illinois University, Carbondale, IL Three Rivers Community College, Poplar Bluff, MO 2015 Corning Museum of Glass, Corning, NY Sandhills Community College, Southern Pines, NC STARworks, Star, NC Penland School of Craft, Penland, NC 2012 Portland Photo Society Lecture, OCAC, Portland, OR demonstrations 2020 Public Glass, San Francisco, CA (cancelled due to the pandemic) 2019 Visting Artist, RIT, Rochester, NY 2018 Guest Artist Demonstration, Corning Museum of Glass Amphitheater Hot Shop, Corning, NY 2017 Visiting Artist, University of Louisville, Louisville, KY 2016 Optical Obscura, Chrysler Museum of Art, Norfolk, VA 2015 Hot Glass-Cold Beer, STARworks, Star, NC Annual Gathering, STARworks, Star, NC select exhibitions 2025 Vases, Blue Spiral 1, Invitational, Asheville, NC 2024 Penland Benefit Auction, Invitational, Penland School of Craft, Penland, NC 2023 Penland Benefit Auction, Invitational, Penland School of Craft, Penland, NC Collaboration in Craft, GreenHill, Greensboro, NC 2021 The Candy Shop, Invitational, Penland School of Craft, Penland, NC 2020 Invitational, The Bascom: A Center for the Visual Arts, Highlands, NC 2019 Gather, Two Person Show, Penland Focus Gallery, Penland, NC Modifed Perceptions, Curated, Upstairs Artspace, Tryon, NC Contemporary Glass, Cultural Arts Building, UNC Wilmington, Wilmington, NC for the table, Two Person Show, MICA Gallery, Bakersville, NC Wintershow, GreenHill, Greensboro, NC Penland Benefit Auction, Invitational, Penland School of Craft, Penland, NC Chow Chow, Makers Market, Asheville, NC Haystack Instructor Show, Haystack, Deer Isle, ME Nasty Women & Bad Hombres, The Wedge Foundation, Asheville, NC TRAC Studio Tour Exhibition, Toe River Arts Gallery, Spruce Pine, NC TRAC Studio Tour, Summer & Winter, Bakersville, NC 2018 Penland Pop-Up Shop, CCD, Asheville, NC TRAC Studio Tour, Winter, Bakersville, NC Sphere Of Influence, Toe Rive Arts Council, Spruce Pine, NC Glass On Fire, Toe Rive Arts Council, Burnsville, NC Prototype/Test, Solo Show, Harvest, Asheville, NC Gather | Eat, Drink, Enjoy, Focus Gallery, Two Person Show, Penland Gallery, Penland School of Craft, NC Pilchuck EAiR Exhibition, Pilchuck Gallery, Seattle, WA Nasty Women & Bad Hombres, The Cloud Room at The Wedge Foundation, Asheville, NC Pilchuck EAiR Exhibition, The Schack Art Center, Everett, WA Penland Benefit Auction, Invitational, Penland School of Craft, Penland, NC 2017 Perception of Sense, Two Person Show, The Refinery, Asheville Area Arts Council, Asheville, NC 2017 GAS Member Juried Exhbition, Juried GAS Members Show, The Glass Wheel, Norfolk, VA Pilchuck EAiR Exhibition, Pilchuck Gallery, Stanwood, WA Momentum, Juried, River House Arts, Toledo, OH 6th Annual WNC Studio Glass Exhibition, Invitational, Burke Arts Council, Morganton, NC Fire & Form: North Carolina Glass, Invitational, Brahm Museum, Blowing Rock, NC Capturing Light, Invitational, The Galleries of the Cabarrus Arts Council, Concord, NC The Penland Series, Invitational, Bill and Patty Gorelick Galleries at CPCC, Charlotte, NC Glass on Fire in the Mountains, Invitational, Cary Arts Center Gallery, Cary, NC Penland Benefit Auction, Invitational, Penland School of Craft, Penland, NC The Nasty Women Exhibition AVL, Clayspace, Asheville, NC New Artist Show, Toe River Arts Council, Burnsville, NC GlassFest, Invitational, STARworks, Star, NC 2016 Sense of Sight, Solo Show, Tinnin Center, Poplar Bluff, MO Nomad: Asheville, Invitational, GreenHill, Greensboro, NC Phantom Practices, photo + craft event, Invitational, Revolve Gallery, Asheville, NC At Work: Penland, Curated by Rachel Meginnes, Leeds Gallery, Earlham College, Richmond, IN InFocus, Curators Pick, GreenHill, Greensboro, NC Penland Benefit Auction, Invitational, Penland School of Craft, Penland, NC GlassFest, Invitational, STARworks, Star, NC 2015 The Center for Visual Arts, Invitational, Greensboro, NC Annual Gathering, STARworks, Star, NC American Craft Today: Glass, Award for Second Place, Juried, The Bascom: A Center for the Visual Arts, Highlands, NC Cup: The Intimate Object XI, Invitational, Charlie Cummings Gallery, Gainesville, FL Penland Benefit Auction, Invitational, Penland School of Craft, Penland, NC AACG Glassville, Juried, The Center for Craft, Creativity, & Design, Asheville, NC AACG Glassville Cup Show, Invitational, Asheville Art Museum, Asheville, NC Penland Core Fellows, Invitational, Caldwell Arts Council, Lenoir, NC GlassFest, Invitational, STARworks, Star, NC 2014 Rainbow Art School, Asheville, NC The Big Crafty, Asheville, NC Penland School of Craft Cassilhaus Photography Show, Invitational, Cassilhaus, Chapel Hill, NC 2013 Unhinged, Juried, Brooklyn Waterfront Artists Coalition, Brooklyn, NY In the Flesh, Juried, The Target Gallery at the Torpedo Factory, Alexandria, VA The Next Generation of Studio Glass in Western North Carolina, Juried, CCCD, Hendersonville, NC 2012 Penland Benefit Auction, Invitational, Penland School of Craft, Penland, NC Resident Artist Presentation, OCAC, Portland, OR Portland Photo Society Lecture, OCAC, Portland, OR 2011 Manipulated, Juried, Castell Gallery, Asheville, NC Condensation, Anderson Gallery, Richmond, VA GAS Student Show, GAS Conference, Seattle, WA 2010 Siblings, Two Person Show, Margaret Harwell Art Museum, Poplar Bluff, MO GAS Student Show, GAS Conference, Louisville, KY Whichcraft, VCU Craft/Material Studies Candidacy Show, Richmond, VA All in the Approach, Invitational, Cabarrus Arts Council Gallery, Concord, NC 2009 Alter Ego, Fine Arts Building Gallery, Richmond, VA Spring Into Arts Festival, Concord, NC The Big Crafty, Asheville, NC 2008 Reclamation, Juried, Fredericksburg Center for the Creative Arts, Fredericksburg, VA Petal Pushers, Juried, Worcester Center for Crafts, Worcester, MA 2007 Core Show, Penland School of Craft, Penland, NC Contemporaries of the Carolinas, Juried, Fayetteville Museum of Art, Fayetteville, NC 2006 Core Show, Penland Gallery, Penland, NC 2005 Ceramics, Metals & Jewelry Invitational, Juried, Student Exhibition Center, Springfield, MO 2004 Students in Design Exhibition, Student Exhibition Center, Springfield, MO 2003 Students in Design Exhibition, Student Exhibition Center, Springfield, MO 16th Annual Pictures by the People,Margaret Harwell Art Museum, Poplar Bluff, MO 2002 Students in Design Exhibition, Student Exhibition Center, Springfield, MO 2001 MSU Foundations Exhibition, Student Exhibition Center, Springfield, MO |
