Education
2012-2014
Penland School of Craft, Core Fellow
2006-2011
Murray State University, BFA in Art Education with a painting emphasis
Awards/Publications
2017
Caldera Art Center, Sisters, Oregon, Artist in Residence
Fund for the Arts, Louisville, KY, Lift A Life Foundation, Emerging Leaderin the Arts Award
2016
American Craft Magazine, December Issue, Steam Exchange
Center for Craft, Creativity, Design, Asheville, NC, Windgate Project Grant
2012-2014
Penland School of Crafts, Core Fellow
2013
Work featured in 500 Handmade Books Volume 2, Juried by Julie Chen
Work featured in Huffington Post article: 7 Gorgeous Handmade Books
2011
Center for Craft, Creativity andDesign, Asheville, NC, WindgateFellowship
Murray State University, Outstanding Student Teacher Award
2010
Dorothy Caplinger Rowlett Art Education Scholarship
Broughton/Breazeale Fellowship in Creative Expression
Exhibitions
2017
Solo Exhibition, Volunteer State Community College, Nashville, TN
All that Remains is Nowhere, LyndonHouse Art Center, Athens, GA
Open Studio, Caldera Art Center,Sisters, OR
2015
Unhinged: Book Art on the Cutting Edge, Whatcom Museum, Bellingham,WA 2015
DuPont Manual Alumni Show, Louisville, KY
2014
Murray Bound, Murray Art Guild, Murray, KY
Faculty and Teaching Assistant Show, Haystack Mt. School of Crafts
A Seat at the Table, WoCA Gallery, Fort Worth, Texas
29th Annual Positive/Negative National Juried Art Exhibition, JohnsonCity, TN, Honorable mention
2013
Core Show 2013: 18 Hands, Penland School of Crafts, Penland, NC
The Book As Art: 21st Century Meets Tradition, The Gallery at the ArtInstitute of Atlanta-Decatur, Decatur, GA
12x12 Exhibition Todd ArtGallery, Murfreesboro, TN
Codicology CAB Gallery, UNCW, Wilmington, NC
Tales They Told Us Lexington Art League, Lexington, KY
2012
Core Show, Penland Gallery, Penland School of Crafts, Penland,NC
2011
Flora and Fauna 930 Arts Center, Louisville, KY: Award recipient
Visual Evidence Murray Art Guild, Murray, KY: 2ndplaceFiber/sculpture
Monumental Ideas in Miniature Books Traveling Book Arts Exhibition:national and international
Change Exchange, Collaborative Drawing Exchange, Hand Held Gallery,Melbourne, Australia
2010
Unearthed, Clara M. Eagle Upper Gallery, Murray State University,Bachelor of Fine Arts Senior Exhibition
Art in a Time for Social Change, Marshall University, Huntington, WV,2nd place
Artist Books, Clara M. Eagle Foyer Gallery, Murray State University
Organization of Murray Art Students Show, Clara M. Eagle Gallery, 3rdplace and Merritt Award
Workshops/Teaching Experience
2015-Present
Kentucky Museum of Arts and Crafts, Louisville, KY
Residency Educator
2014-Present
Steam Exchange, Louisville, KY
Co-Founder/Program Director of the Steam Exchange, a community arts organization in the Smoketown neighborhood
2017
Center for Craft Creativity and Design, Asheville, NC,
Artist Lecture & Workshop
2016
Hounddog Press, Louisville, KY,
Letterpress Intern
2014
La Fundación Comunitaria del Bajío, Mineral dePozos, Mexico
Designed and taught paper making, painting, and bookbinding Workshops
Murray State University, Murray KY
Visiting Artist/Lecturer
2013
Heart of Los Angeles (HOLA), Los Angeles, CA
Visiting Artist, Designed and taught a week long book binding workshop
School for the Arts, Winston-Salem, NC
Visiting Artist/Lecturer, Designed and taught a Screen Printing Workshop
2011-2013
Visiting Artist/Lecturer,
Calloway County High School, Murray KY
Southwest Elementary School, Murray, KY
Noe Middle School, Louisville, KY
Arthur Morgan School, Celo, NC
Deyton Elementary School, Spruce Pine, NC
Gouge Elementary School, Bakersville, NC