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Education:
MFA 2005
3-D Studio Art The University of Arizona
BFA
2002 Studio Art
The School of the Art Institute of Chicago
MEd
2000 Secondary Education Grand Valley State University
BS
1992 Secondary Art Educ. Vanderbilt University
Studio Art (minor)
Professional Experience:
2005 Adjunct Instructor
The University of Arizona, Tucson, Arizona
(Sculpture: Combining Media, alternative methods in clay work Architecture: Drawing Foundations)
2003-2004 Graduate Teaching Assistant
The University of Arizona, Tucson, Arizona
(instructor of record: Beginning Ceramics, Summer 2003, 2004 3-D Design, Fall 2003, 2004, Spring 2004) 2002-
2003 Studio Technical Assistant
The University of Arizona, Tucson, Arizona
(maintained ceramics studio equipment and chemical materials)
2000-2002 Special Collections Librarian’s Assistant
Joan Flasch Artists’ Book Collection, The School of The Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois
(responsible for archived and cataloged materials; patron correspondence; collection/classroom supervision)
1996-2000 Secondary Art Teacher
Grand Haven High School, Grand Haven, Michigan
(ceramics and sculpture grades 9-12; athletic coach)
1992-1996 Secondary Art Teacher
Gallatin Middle School, Gallatin, Tennessee
(art education grades 6-8; art club supervisor)
Scholarships/Residencies:
2005
-Professional Development Grant: Arizona Commission on the Arts Lomea: International Symposium for Contemporary Art, Rousse, Bulgaria
-Suzanne Hesh Endowed Scholarship for Graduate Studies in the Studio Arts
-College of Fine Arts Dean’s Fund for Excellence, The University of Arizona
-School of Art Small Grants Program, The University of Arizona
2004
-Graduate and Professional Student Council Travel Grant, The University of Arizona
-Beyond the Call of Duty Award, The University of Arizona
-Medici Scholarship; The University of Arizona
-Ari Blattstein Scholarship; The University of Arizona
-Edward Francis Dunn Scholarship; The University of Arizona
2003
-Medici Scholarship; The University of Arizona
-Albert M. Haldeman Scholarship; The University of Arizona
2001
-GSTS Scholarship, The University of Arizona
Exhibitions / Shows:
2005
-Lomea: International Symposium for Contemporary Art Exhibition, City Art Museum, Rousse, Bulgaria
-Everyday, The University of Maryland Union Gallery, College Park, MD
-Arizona Biennial, (juried) Tucson Museum of Art, Tucson, AZ (memorial award)
-Portal Spaces, Urban Institute of Contemporary Art, Grand Rapids, MI
-Systems Unseen, (solo) Shane House Gallery, Tucson, AZ Dinnerware Annual Art Auction,
-Dinnerware Contemporary Arts, Tucson, AZ
-MFA Thesis Exhibition, The University of Arizona Museum of Art / Joseph Gross Gallery, Tucson, AZ
-Creative City Annual Arts Festival, Tucson, AZ
-Wild West Side Show Adventures, Workshop Arts Center, Willoughby, Australia
-Medici Scholars, Kachina Lounge Gallery, Tucson, AZ
-Bound and Unbound, (juried) Tohono Chul Gallery, Tucson, AZ (second Place)
2004
-Plugged: Video Collaborative, Platform Gallery, Tucson, AZ -Wild West Side Show Adventures, Mangere Community Outreach Gallery, Manukau, New Zeeland
-Connections, Pima Community College Gallery, Tucson, AZ
-Performative Functioning, (solo) Gross Gallery Centennial Hall, Tucson, AZ
-Repeat After Me, (solo) Showcase Gallery, Tucson, AZ
-ISQ404: Basic Shapes, (juried) Imaginestation, Lehigh Valley, PA
-One-Minute Video Collective, Jason Simon, Narrowsberg, NY
-Rombach Summer Reading Program, (juried) Rombach Gallery, Tucson, AZ
-Ready… Set… D’Art, Tucson Museum of Art, Tucson, AZ
-Medici Scholars, Kachina Gallery, Tucson, AZ 321, Bay 3, Tucson, AZ
2003
-Arizona Biennial, (juried) Tucson Museum of Art, Tucson, AZ (catalogue)
-Déjà vu, (juried) The University of Arizona Student Union Gallery, Tucson, AZ, (best of show)
-One to None, (juried) Rombach Gallery, Tucson, AZ
-First Place Highlight, (solo) FUMC, Grand Rapids, MI 2002
-University of Arizona Art History Club Auction, Rombach Gallery, Tucson, AZ
-Bulbous Projections, Shane House Gallery, Tucson, AZ _
-Domestic Discourse, (juried) Gallery X, Chicago, IL
-B.F.A. Thesis Exhibition, (solo) The School of the Art Institute of Chicago: Gallery 2, Chicago, IL
-Art Windows 2002, (juried) Lester Lambert Jewelers, Chicago, IL
2001
-9-11, (juried) Gallery X, Chicago, IL
-Utopia Deceived, 1926 Gallery, Chicago, IL
-A Community of Arts, Hotti Biscotti, Chicago, IL
-Skopelos Arts Foundation Exhibition, Skopelos, Greece 1995
-Celebration of Arts, (juried) FUMC, Grand Rapids, MI 1992 _Margaret Stonewall Hamblet Exhibition, (juried) Nashville, TN Visiting
Artist / Workshops:
2005
-Ironwood High School, Tucson, AZ 2004
-Pima Community College, Tucson, AZ 2003
-Oro Valley Public Library, Oro Valley, AZ
Bibliography:
-Margaret Regan, “Radical Demonstration”, Tucson Weekly, Vol. 20, No. 14, June 2003, 32
-Arizona Biennial ’03: Tucson Museum of Art Exhibition Catalog, Tucson, AZ, May–August, 2003, 3, 8
-“Ready… Set… D’Art,” Benefit for Tucson Museum of Art, Tucson, AZ, March 13, 2004, 9
-“Self-Portraits”, F-News, Chicago, IL, March 2002, 36
Conferences/Panels:
-Arizona Commission on the Arts Residency Roster Selection Panel, 2005, Phoenix, Arizona
-National Council on Education for the Ceramic Arts (NCECA), 2003, San Diego, California “Graduate Student and International Slide Forum” slide presentation
-Mid America College Arts Association (MACAA), 2004, Minneapolis, Minnesota “Sculptor’s Dinner Meeting” slide presentation
Technical Abilities:
Proficient in:
-wood/metal shop equipment including hand powered fabrication tools, stationary equipment, mig, tig, and oxy-acetylene welders, plasma cutter, and metal casting
-ceramics studio equipment including gas, electric, raku, and pit firing kilns, potter’s wheel, clay mixing equipment, clay and glaze chemistry, and slip-casting
-video equipment including digital video camera, projection equipment, editing program, Final Cut Pro
-printmaking: traditional and non-traditional methods
-bookbinding
Professional Organizations:
-College Arts Association
-Mid-America College Arts Association
-Plugged: Women’s Video Collaborative (founding member)
-National Council on Education in the Ceramic Arts
-Paperworks: Sonoran Collective for Paper and Book Artists
Collections: Public
-Intersections of Time, City Art Museum, Rousse, Bulgaria
-Wild West Side Show Adventures, Tekura Toi O Buck Nin Collection, Manukau, New Zeeland
-Arizona Artichoke, The University of Arizona Special Collections, The University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ
-The Prestige of Acquired Time, Joan Flasch Artists’ Book Collection, The School of The Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL
… and they gave the winner a crown of olive twigs, Skopelos Mayoral Administration, Skopelos, Greece
-An Investigation of Class Size, Grand Valley State University Library, Grand Rapids, MI
-Ottawa County Humane Society, West Olive, MI
Collections: Private
-Consciousness Pillar and Unconvinced Series, John Wahl and Mary Lou Forier. Collection, Tucson, AZ
-Chewed Up; An Installation, Mary Jane and Steve Evink collection, Grand Haven, MI
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