1607 SE 31st Ave.
Portland, OR. 97214
615.714.2358
EDUCATION
2002-2005
BFA in Ceramics, Appalachian Center for Craft, Tennessee Technological
University
2000-2002 BFA Program, University of New Mexico
PROFESSIONAL
EXPERIENCE
2006 Glaze Lab Technician, Appalachian Center For Craft, Smithville,
TN
2006 Soda Kiln Construction, Appalachian Center for Craft, Smithville,
TN
2005-2006 Silver Ridge Pottery, Lebannon, TN, Thrown Piecework
2005 Soda Kiln Construction, Appalachian Center for Craft, Smithville,
TN
2005 President, Visual Art Society, Appalachian Center for Craft,
Smithville, TN
2004 Pine Creek Pottery, Smithville, TN, Thrown Piecework
2003-2004 FACCT Outreach Program, Teaching Elementary and High School
Ceramics
2003 Murfreesboro Discovery Center Children’s Museum, Weekend
Ceramics Workshops for Children
2001-2002 Studio S Pottery, Murfreesboro, TN, Thrown Piecework and
Handbuilding
2002 Folk Art Pottery, Albuquerque, New Mexico, Thrown Piecework
SHOWS
AND EXHIBITIONS
2006 TACA Spring Juried Craft Fair at Centennial Park, Nashville,
TN
2006 Southern Highland Craft Guild ACC Exhibition, Asheville, NC
2005 TACA Arts at the Airport, Regional Invitational Exhibition,
Nashville International Airport, Nashville, TN
2005 TACA Fall Juried Craft Fair at Centennial Park, Nashville,
TN
2005 TACA Fall juried Craft Fair at Coolidge Park, Chattanooga,
TN
2005 500 Cups (Juror Tom Coleman), 2 Published Entries
2005 Serve and Devour: BFA Exhibition, Appalachian Center For Craft,
Smithville, TN
2005 Emerging Juried Student Exhibition, Merit Award, Appalachian
Center For Craft, Smithville, TN
2005 Niche Awards Student finalist, American Craft Council, Baltimore,
Maryland
2004 Stepping Up, Group Show, Lacoste Gallery, Concord, MA
2003 VAS Student Show (Juror Richard Painter), Appalachian Center
for Craft, Smithville, TN
2002 Bailey vs. Romero: An Exhibition of Ceramic Art, UNM Valencia,
Los Lunas, NM
2000 Scholastic Institute for Young Artists and Writers National
Juried Competition, Corcoran Gallery, Washington, D.C.
AWARDS
AND SCHOLARSHIPS
2006 Best New Exhibitor,
TACA Spring Craft Fair, Nashville, TN
2004 Merit Award, Emerging Exhibition, Appalachian Center for Craft
2003 Workstudy Scholarship, Penland School for Craft, Penland, NC
2000-2002 Amigo Scholarship, University of New Mexico. Albuquerque,
NM
2000 Gold Key in Mixed Media, Scholastic Institute for Young Artsts
and Writers National Juried Exhibition,
Corcoran Gallery, Washington, D.C.
WORKSHOPS
2005 Lyn Read, Advanced Glassblowing, Appalachian Center for Craft,
Smithville, TN
2005 Frank Murrow, Potter’s Techniques, Appalachian Center
For Craft, Smithville, TN
2005 Juan Granados, Finding Your Voice, Appalachian Center for Craft,
Smithville, TN
2004 Frank Martin, Thrown and Altered Forms, Appalachian Center
for Craft, Smithville, TN
2004 Shawn Ireland, Traditional Japanese Techniques, Appalachian
Center for Craft, Smithville, TN
2003 Sarah Jaeger, Surface Decoration with Porcelain Forms, Penland
School for Crafts, Penland, NC
