Education

May 2009

• Kutztown University; Kutztown, PA
• BFA Crafts, Fibers concentration
• 3.86 cumulative GPA
• Summa Cum Laude
• J. Allen Pawling Crafts Memorial Award

Spring 2008

• Studio Art Centers International; Florence, Italy
• Fine Arts General Studies

2005

• Graduate of Dallastown Area High School

RELEVANT COURSES

• Drawing I and II
• 2-D and 3-D Design
• Introduction to Photography
• Introduction to Sculpture
• Introduction to Painting
• Introduction to Watercolor and Studio I & II
• Painting Conservation
• Weaving I & II and Studio I & II
• Non-Loom Fabric Structures I & II and Studio I, II, III, IV, & V
• Batik
• Fine Metals I
• Wood Design I
• Survey of Crafts
• Computer Aided Modeling and Rendering

EXHIBITIONS and JURIED SHOWS

SOLO

• 2010: American Craft Council Show; Baltimore, MD
• March-April 2009: Tenacious Texture: Select Watercolors. Student Union Gallery, Kutztown University; Kutztown, PA

GROUP

• April 2009:Crafts/Art Education Senior Exhibition. Sharadin Art Gallery, Kutztown University; Kutztown, PA
• April 2009:(Dis)Functional Fiber. Student Union Gallery, Kutztown University; Kutztown, PA
• March 2009:Crafts Department Exhibition, Sharadin Student Gallery, Kutztown University; Kutztown, PA
• November 2008:Emerging Crafts: A Crafts Collaboration. Eckhaus Gallery; Kutztown, PA
• 2005: National Scholastic Art Competition (State-Level); Harrisburg, PA
• 2005: National Scholastic Art Competition; York/Adams County, PA
• 2004: National Scholastic Art Competition (State-Level); Harrisburg, PA
• 2004: National Scholastic Art Competition; York/Adams County, PA
• 2003: National Scholastic Art Competition; York/Adams County, PA
• 2002: National Scholastic Art Competition; York/Adams County, PA

HONORS AND ACTIVITIES

• 2009: J. Allen Pawling Crafts Memorial Award, Kutztown University; Kutztown, PA
• 2008-2009: Crafts Club, Kutztown University; Kutztown, PA
• 2007-present: Phi Kappa Phi Academic Honor Society, Kutztown University; Kutztown, PA
• Spring 2006-2009: Dean's List, Kutztown University; Kutztown, PA
• 2005-2009: Board of Governor's Scholarship, Kutztown University; Kutztown, PA
• 2005: Silver Key, National Scholastic Art Competition (State-Level); Harrisburg,PA
• 2005: Second place, National Scholastic Art Competition; York/Adams County, PA
• 2004: Second place, National Scholastic Art Competition; York/Adams County, PA

COLLECTIONS

• PUBLIC: College of the Visual and Performing Arts Offices, Kutztown University; Kutztown, PA