Education History

Appalachian State University, Boone NC

BFA Art Education, Summa Cum Laude & Departmental Honors, 2024

Wake Tech Community College, Raleigh NC

Associate in Fine Arts, 2020

Associate in Liberal Arts, 2020

Southeast Raleigh Magnet High School, Raleigh NC

Diploma, 2015

Teaching Experience

Student Teacher at Watauga County High School, Boone NC

Spring Semester, 2024

Intern at Mountain View Elementary, Morganton, NC

Fall Semester, 2023

Intern at Avery County High School, Newland NC

Spring Semester 2023

Intern at the Lighthouse Education Center, Boone NC

Spring Semester, 2022

Professional Experience

Studio Member Artist, Nth Degree Gallery

Boone, NC

Teaching Assistant for Andrea Keys-Connell, Appalachian State University

Boone, NC

Sculpture Studio Monitor, Appalachian State University Art Department

Boone, NC

Studio Assistant for Kurt Anderson

Spruce Pine, NC

Intern at western North Carolina Sculpture Center

Lenoir, NC

Exhibitions

“Mud Thoughts; Learning and Knowing Through Clay Reckoning”

Solo Show Expose, Nth Degree Gallery, Boone NC

1 March, 2024

“A Place Called Home”

Juried Exhibition, National Council on Education for the Ceramic Arts

Virginia Commonwealth University, Cabell Library, Richmond VA

March, 2024

“Emergence: A Survey of Southeastern Studio Programs”

Juried Exhibition, The Bascom: Center for the Visual Arts, Highlands NC

23 March - 30 April, 2023

“Divine Embodiment: The Labors of Wild Creation”

Curated, Nth Degree Gallery, Boone NC

7 April, 2023

“Off the Wall”

Invitational Exhibit, Transylvania Community Arts Gallery, Brevard, NC

21 September - 29 October, 2022

“Metal Thoughts”

Juried Exhibition, Greensboro Project Space, Greensboro NC

1 August - 13 August, 2022

Awards and Achievements

Steele Reese Scholarship, Penland School of Craft

Summer Session, July 2023

Bakersville, NC

The Peel: Literature and Arts Review Magazine

“Mother” (2023) displayed in Print Edition, Spring 2023

Boone, NC