• Education


• August 2006 - May 2008
  State University of New York at New Paltz
  Masters of Fine Art degree in Ceramics
  New Paltz, NY
  
  July 2000 - June 2002
  Southern Oregon University
  Bachelors of Science in Art
  with an emphasis in Ceramics, Cum Laude
  President SOFAS (Southern Oregon Fine Arts Society) Ashland, OR
  
  August 1991 - December 1994
  Lake Forest College
  Majors: Business, Computer Science, Math, and Physics,
  NCAA Div III Lacrosse
  Lake Forest, IL
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• Teaching


• August 2008 - December 2008
  State University of New York at New Paltz
  Adjunct Professor - Teaching Introduction to Ceramics for non-majors
  New Paltz, NY


• August 2006 - May 2007
  State University of New York at New Paltz
  Teaching Assistant to
  Michelle Martin and Ayumi Horie
  New Paltz, NY
  

• August 2006
  Penland School of Crafts
  Studio Assistant to S.C. Rolf
  Penland, NC
  
  June 2006
  Redfish Artist Cooperative
  Slab construction techniques in porcelain.
  East Aurora, NY
  
  October 2005 - June 2006
  Ben Wilton Pottery
  Individual one-on-one instruction in wheel-thrown and hand built pottery
  East Aurora, NY
  
  June 2005 - July 2005
  The Buffalo Seminary Summer School
  Teaching 12 to14 year old girls ceramics.
  Buffalo, NY


• Work Experience


• June 2003 – August 2006
  
• Ben Wilton Pottery
• Responsible for design, production, sales and accounting. Producing functional ceramics for sale in galleries and at art shows.
  East Aurora, NY

• September 2005 - May 2006
• Rochester Folk Art Guild Limited production wheel throwing. Producing pottery in stoneware clay being sold through the guild.
• Middlesex, NY


• December 2003 - April 2004
• Jack Merlino Pottery
• Assisting in the fabrication of bathroom sink installations.
• Marilla, NY


• Workshops
• 2002 - Paul Soldner at Oregon College of Arts and Crafts


• 2002 - Skeff Thomas at Sierra Nevada College


• 2002 - Karen Newgard at Penland School of Craft


• 2003 - Leah Leitson and Silvie Granatelli at Penland School of Craft


• 2003 - Tom Coleman, Frank Boyden and Janet Mansfield at Dan Finch Pottery


• 2003 - Allegany Meadows, Denise Pelletier and John Gill at Alfred University


• 2004 - Aysha Peltz, Walter McConnell and John Gill at Alfred University


• 2005 - Todd Piker at Peters Valley Craft Center


• 2006 - Jason Hess at Corning Community College


• 2007 - Gail Nichols at The Archie Bray Foundation

• Exhibitions & Awards


• March 2005 - NCECA “Cups of Merit” award winnerAugust 2005 - In Our Cups at SUNY Geneseo’s Lockhart Gallery. Purchase award


• April 2007 - Creative Grant Award, SUNY New Paltz March 2008 - Curator/Coordinator, SUNY New Paltz Alum-plus at Standard Ceramics, NCECA 2008


• March 2008 - Cold Beer and Hot Clay, SUNY New Paltz MFA show, NCECA 2008


• July 2008 - 5th Annual Marge Brown Kalodner Graduate Art Exibition, The Clay Studio, Philadelphia, Pa. 3rd Place Award Winner


• October 2008 - Curator/Coordinator/Exhibitor, Focus on Gender at The Westchester County Courthouse, White Plains, NY. In conjunction with All Fired Up: A Celebration of Clay in Westchester County, NY.