EDUCATION 2014 Master of Fine Arts: Textile Design East Carolina University - Greenville, NC Concentration in Weaving Design
2011 Bachelor of Fine Arts: Art East Carolina University - Greenville, NC Concentration in Textile Design
Bachelor of Fine Arts: Art Education East Carolina University - Greenville, NC Concentration in Textile Design Minor in Art History
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE 2014-present Art Teacher Wayne School of Engineering - Goldsboro, NC
ADDITIONAL LEADERSHIP AND TEACHING EXPERIENCE 2014 Presentation: "Museum Matters!" North Carolina Art Education Association Conference- New Bern, NC
2013 Presentation: "Textiles: Exploring the Possibilities" North Carolina Art Education Association Conference - Raleigh, NC
Presentation: "Impact of K-12 Art in the Community" North Carolina Art Education Association Conference - Raleigh, NC
Presentation: "Impairment as an Impetus: A Look at the Self Portraiture of Frida Kahlo" 2013 Student Art History Symposium, East Carolina University- Greenville, NC
Juror Margaret L. Blount Endowed Art Competition - Greenville, NC
2012 Presentation: "Visual Arts Academy" North Carolina Art Education Association Conference - Asheville, NC
Juror Margaret L. Blount Endowed Art Competition - Greenville, NC 2011 Presentation: "Creativity Hurts" Research and Creative Achievement Week, East Carolina University - Greenville, NC
AWARDS AND HONORS 2016 ECU Humanities and Fine Arts Thesis Award Research and Creative Achievement Week, East Carolina University - Greenville, NC
2013 School of Art and Design Director's Award Graduate Exhibition, J.Y. Joyner Library, East Carolina University - Greenville, NC
2012 Best in Show Annual Juried Exhibition, Greenville Museum of Art - Greenville, NC
Second Place On the Wall, Pitt County Arts Council at Emerge - Greenville, NC
Second Place 31st Annual Juried Exhibition, Kinston Community Council for the Arts - Kinston, NC
2011 Third Place, Textiles Rebel 53 Arts and Literary Competition, Pitt County Arts Council at Emerge - Greenville, NC
School of Art and Design Director's Award Graduate Exhibition, J.Y. Joyner Library, East Carolina University - Greenville, NC
Excellence in Surface Design Undergraduate Exhibition, Wellington B. Gray Gallery, East Carolina University - Greenville, NC
PUBLICATIONS 2016 East Carolina University Revue College of Fine Arts and Humanities, East Carolina University - Greenville, NC
2014 Spotlight on Education Surface Design Journal - Spring 2014
2011 Rebel 53 Arts and Literary Competition East Carolina University - Greenville, NC
EXHIBITIONS 2014 The Phenomenology of Impairment: A Thesis Exhibition Greenville Museum of Art - Greenville, NC
2013 Nobility and Newcomers in Renaissance Ireland Folgers Shakespeare Library - Washington D.C.
Hyperbolic Bombing Pitt County Arts Council at Emerge - Greenville, NC
Graduate Exhibition J.Y. Joyner Library, East Carolina University - Greenville, NC
Linked Up! SDA Student Exhibition University of Texas at San Antonio Downtown Campus Gallery - San Antonio, TX
56th National Juried Exhibition Maria V. Howard Arts Center - Rocky Mount, NC
32nd Annual Juried Exhibition Kinston Community Council for the Arts - Kinston, NC
2012 Graduate Exhibition J.Y. Joyner Library, East Carolina University - Greenville, NC
Annual Juried Exhibition Greenville, Museum of Art - Greenville, NC
Spotlight on Student Textile Trends Wellington B. Gray Gallery, East Carolina University - Greenville, NC
On the Wall Pitt County Arts Council at Emerge - Greenville, NC
31st Annual Juried Exhibition Kinston Community Council for the Arts - Kinston, NC
Tiny Art Show Pitt County Arts Council at Emerge - Greenville, NC
2011 Adroit II Mendenhall Student Center, East Carolina University - Greenville, NC
Rebel 53 Arts and Literary Competition Pitt County Arts Council at Emerge - Greenville, NC
Graduate Exhibition J.Y. Joyner Library, East Carolina University - Greenville, NC
Annual Juried Exhibition Greenville, Museum of Art - Greenville, NC
Undergraduate Exhibition Wellington B. Gray Gallery, East Carolina University - Greenville, NC BZE Red Star Coffee - Pittsboro, NC
BFA Senior Exhibition Greenville Museum of Art - Greenville, NC