Education:
2012 Rochester Institute of Technology (RIT): School for American Crafts
Bachelor of Fine Arts: Jewelry and Metal-Smithing
Rochester, NY
2009 Penland School of Crafts
Iron Class
Penland, NC
Teaching Experience:
2015 Surface Over Form: Created a curriculum for and taught a 2-Day workshop focusing on technical fabrication and surface
finishing and texture for RIT Metals Department Sophomore and Junior Class
2011 RIT: Metals Elective Class
Teaching Assistant for Freshman Elective Metals and Jewelry Course
2010 - 2011 Mahany Welding Supply and School
Teaching Assistant for MIG and TIG welding classes. Also taught and created a curriculum for a sculptural welding course.
Award and Exhibitions:
-Barbara Heinreich Award for Outstanding Undergrad Achievement
-Award for Excellence in Metals at The Student Exhibition of The
Memorial Art Gallery's Fine Craft Show
-Small: Small work- Rochester, NY 2011
-La Noche Del Broche- Equinox Gallery, San Antonio, TX 2011
-Ganoskin: Differences Unite Us. Online Exhibition. 2012
-Kohler Arts Center: Unique Gifts. Sheboygan, WI. 2013
-30 Under 30. Memorial Art Gallery. Rochester, NY 2015
-Not The Usual Heart. Memorial Art Gallery. Rochester, NY 2015
-The Fine Craft Show at The Memorial Art Gallery. Rochester, NY 2016
-Drawing From the Same Well, Roberts Wesleyan College. Chili, NY 2018
-JCK Kickstarter Award, 2018
- JCK Editor's Choice Award. Las Vegas, NV 2018
-Tiffany & Co. Foundation Metals and Jewelry Design Endowed Scholarship. 2018
Publications:
The National Lapidary Journal, Fall 2012
The Democrat and Chronicle, May 17, 2015