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Education

2024 (current) M.F.A., Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA
2018 B.F.A., Jewelry & Metalsmithing, University of Wisconsin - Milwaukee, Milwaukee, WI
2013 Milwaukee Area Technical College, Mequon, WI
2012 Capernwray Hall, Lancaster, United Kingdom

Job Experience

2022 Graduate Teaching Assistant, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA
2020 - present      Self Employed jeweler & artist, Richmond, VA
2018 - 2022 Art Handler, Duke Hall Gallery, Harrisonburg, VA
2021 - present      Retail Associate, Lineage Goods, Harrisonburg, VA
2018 - 2020 Shop Manager, Lineage Goods, Harrisonburg, VA
2018 Art Handler, Jon Ros, Harrisonburg, VA
2018 Engraving Specialist, Blue Ridge Engraving LLC, Harrisonburg, VA
2016-2018 Curatorial Assistant, Union Art Gallery, Milwaukee, WI
2016 Gallery Assistant, Union Art Gallery, Milwaukee WI
2017 - 2018 Retail Assistant, Third Ward Jewelry Gallery, Milwaukee, WI
2014 - 2016 Barista, The Cedarburg Coffee Roastery, Cedarburg, WI
2013 Volunteer, Warm Heart Mexico Hostel, Mexico City, Mexico
2012 - 2013 Caretaker, Bridges of Wisconsin, West Bend, WI

Honors and Awards

2023 $750 VCU Research Fund Recipient, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA
2023 $500 Funding from Ethical Metalsmiths to co-present So Fresh & So Clean 2023 at the Chicago Responsible Jewelry Conference
2022 $500 VCU Travel Grant Recipient, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA
2022 $500 VCU Travel Grant Recipient, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA
2022 Graduate Assistantship Funding, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA
2022 $750 Arts for Education Grant Recipient, Arts Council of the Valley, Harrisonburg, VA
2019 East Carolina University & Radical Jewelry Makeover Design Competition Award Recipient, Greenville, NC
2018 Metals 18! Annual Juried Exhibition, 1st Place, Juror: Susie Ganch, 3rd Floor Gallery, Milwaukee, WI
2017 Loose Bead Society Scholarship, Milwaukee, WI
2017 Junior Scholarship Competition, Arts Center Gallery, Milwaukee, WI
2017 Summer 2017 Arrowmont Scholarship Award, attended: Laura Wood Powder Coating Workshop, University of Wisconsin - Milwaukee, Milwaukee, WI
2017 Metals 17! Postcard Artwork, University of Wisconsin - Milwaukee, Milwaukee, WI
2016 - 2018 Support for Undergraduate Research Fellows, Yevgeniya Kaganovich, Grow, University of Wisconsin - Milwaukee, Milwaukee, WI
2016 Metals 16! Harold A. Milbrath Memorial Jewelry and Metalsmithing Prize, 2nd Place), Juror: Veleta Vancza, 3rd Floor Gallery, Milwaukee, WI
2015 First Year Program Exhibition Scholarship, Outstanding Student Award, Union Art Gallery, University of Wisconsin - Milwaukee, Milwaukee, WI

Exhibitions & Relevant Experiences

2023 HOTTER ‘N HELL National Collegiate Art Exhibition, Natchitoches, LA
2023 (Kin)dred Ties: Reflections from MFA students, DePillars Gallery, Richmond, VA
2023 What If We Hugged At The JCPenney?, Candidacy MFA Exhibition, Richmond, VA
2023 Tiny Shiny Student Sale and Exhibition, Dransfield Jewelers, Richmond, VA
2023 Material Synthesis, Wellington B. Gallery, East Carolina University, Greenville, NC

2022 SYCK Exhibition, Depillars Gallery, Richmond, VA
2022 SNAG’s Hope is Resiliency Exhibition (online)
2022 Radical Jewelry Makeover: Artist Project Exhibition, Bario Neal
2022 Deck Show, Larkin Arts, Sage Bird Ciderworks, Harrisonburg, VA
2022 7th Annual Artist Member Exhibition, Harrisonburg, VA
2022 Radical Jewelry Makeover: Artist Project Pop Up Exhibition, North Carolina Museum of Modern Art, Raleigh, NC

2020 (Curated) The Magnet Show, The Mark-it, Harrisonburg, VA (online)

2019 2nd Annual Koozie Show: Look West Gallery, Harrisonburg, VA 
2019 Sparkle Plenty - Radical Jewelry Makeover: Artist Project, Quirk Gallery, Richmond, VA
2019 - 2020 (Artist Project) The HVA Recycling Project, Harrisonburg, VA
2019 Ephemeral Archived: Emerge Gallery, Greenville, NC  

2018 So Fresh So Clean, Ethical Metalsmiths Student Online Exhibition
2018 Graduation Show, Lynden Sculpture Garden, Brown Deer, WI
2018 Senior Exhibition, University of Wisconsin - Milwaukee, Milwaukee, WI
2018 Metals 18! Annual Juried Exhibition, Juror: Susie Ganch, 3rd Floor Gallery, Milwaukee, WI
2018 Radical Jewelry Makeover: WI Pop-up Exhibition, Lynden Sculpture Garden, Brown Deer, WI
2018 Co-Facilitated and Participated, Radical Jewelry Makeover: Wisconsin Exhibition, Union Art Gallery, Milwaukee, WI
2018 Object & Image, Inova Gallery, Milwaukee, WI

2017 Crossing Over, Union Art Gallery, Milwaukee, WI
2017 She’s Got Coal, Tasha Rae Jewelry, Bayview, WI
2017 First Year Showcase, Mitchell Hall, Milwaukee, WI
2017 Sharon Lynne Wilson Center of the Arts Exhibition, Lynne Chappy Arts Education Wing, Sharon Lynne Wilson Center, Brookfield, WI
2017 Metals 17! Annual Juried Exhibition, Juror: Harlan Butt, 3rd Floor Gallery, Milwaukee, WI

2016 Tactile, 3rd Floor Gallery, Milwaukee, WI
2016 Metals 16! Annual Juried Exhibition, Juror: Veleta Vancza, Kenilworth East, Milwaukee, WI

2015 Crossing over Scholarship Recognition Exhibition, Union Art Gallery, Milwaukee, WI
2015 First Year Program Exhibition, Union Art Gallery, Milwaukee, WI

Professional Experience

2023 - Tiny Shiny Student Sale & Exhibition facilitator, Dransfield Jewelers, Richmond, VA
2023 The Source Contributor, ethicalmetalsmiths.org

2022 - Present Ethical Metalsmiths Student Committee Member
2022 - 2023 So Fresh + So Clean Exhibition, Lead Facilitator
2023 So Fresh + So Clean Exhibition Juror, online

2022 - Present Society of North American Goldsmiths (SNAG) Member
2022 - Present Education Committee, Ethical Metalsmiths
2022 Arts Council of the Valley, Artist Member
2021 Speaker: International State of Practice Webinar, Ethical Metalsmiths

2021 - Present Emerging Jeweler Member, Ethical Metalsmiths

2019 Attended: East Carolina University Symposium, Greenville, North Carolina

2018 - Present Radical Jewelry Makeover: Artist Project Member
2018 Interviewee: Wisconsin News Radio Network, UW-Milwaukee Jewelry Project Reimagines Old Into New, Milwaukee, WI
2018 Attended: Baltimore Jewelry Center Symposium, Baltimore, MD
2018 Radical Jewelry Makeover: Wisconsin, Liaison, Union Art Gallery, Milwaukee, WI
2015 - 2018 Object Member, student organization, University of Wisconsin - Milwaukee, WI

2017 Attended: Powdercoating Workshop with Laura Wood, Arrowmont School of Arts and Crafts, Gatlinburg, TN
2017 Object President, student organization, University of Wisconsin - Milwaukee, Milwaukee, WI

2016 - 2018 Undergraduate Research Fellow (SURF) with Yevgeniya Kaganovich, Grow, University of Wisconsin - Milwaukee, Milwaukee, WI
2016 - 2018 Black & Gold Committee, University of Wisconsin - Milwaukee, Milwaukee, WI
2017 Workshop: Studio Arts & Crafts Center, University of Wisconsin - Milwaukee, Milwaukee, WI

2016 Teaching Assistant, Introduction to Jewelry and Metalsmithing with Michael Dale Bernard, University of Wisconsin - Milwaukee, Milwaukee, WI
2016 Lakefront Festival of the Arts booth assistant, Tana Acton, Milwaukee Art Museum, Milwaukee, WI
2016 Internship: Jazz Gallery, Milwaukee, WI
2014 - 2015 Apprentice, Karen Locher Jewelry, Cedarburg, WI

Select Trunk Shows and Pop Up Shows

2022 Love Birds Market, Sage Bird Ciderworks, Harrisonburg, VA
2021 Handmade Harrisonburg, Pale Fire Brewery, Harrisonburg, VA
2021 Holiday Market, Sage Bird Ciderworks, Harrisonburg, VA
2020 Handmade Harrisonburg, Pale Fire Brewery, Harrisonburg, VA
2019 Mother’s Day Pop-Up, Lineage Goods, Harrisonburg, VA
2018 Spring Creek Barn Sale, Spring Creek, VA
2018 Trunk Sale, James May Gallery, Algoma, WI
2017 Solo Pop-Up Show, 3rd Ward Jewelry Gallery, Milwaukee, WI
2017 Studio Arts and Craft Center Artists Fair, University of Wisconsin - Milwaukee, Milwaukee, WI
2016 Villa Terrace Decorative Arts Museum Object Contemporary Craft Sale, Milwaukee, WI

Retail Representation

Lineage Goods, Harrisonburg, VA and Richmond, VA