biography resume

Education

2006 School for American Crafts, RIT, Rochester, NY, M.F.A. in Ceramic Arts
1996 Skidmore College, Saratoga Springs, NY, B.S. Magna Cum Laude
1992-1994 Lewis and Clark College, Portland, OR

Professional Experience

2006-Present Ceramics Teacher, The Rivers School, Weston, MA
2004-2006 Graduate Assistant Ceramics, School for American Crafts, RIT, Rochester, NY
 Graduate Assistant, Foundations Department, RIT, Rochester, NY
 Graduate Teaching Assistant, School for American Crafts, RIT, Rochester, NY
2005 Grant Researcher for Julia Galloway, Rochester, NY
2001-2004 Art Department Chair, Darrow School, New Lebanon, NY
1999-2004 Teacher, Darrow School, New Lebanon, NY
1999 Teacher, Edmund Burke School, Washington DC
1996-1997 Apprentice to Toshiko Takaezu

Exhibitions

2007 Faculty Art Exhibition — Davenport Gallery, The Rivers School, Weston, MA
2006 Journey — Solo Exhibition — Davenport Gallery, The Rivers School, Weston, MA
2006 Absence & Presence — MFA Thesis Exhibition — NTID Dyer Arts Center, RIT, Rochester, NY
2005 Art At Its Best — The Hungry Eye, Saratoga Springs, NY
 Fired Up — Mill Art Center & Gallery, Honeoye Falls, NY
2004 Artist/Teacher Invitational — Columbia-Greene Community College, Hudson, NY
2003 Faculty Art Show — Joline Arts Center, Darrow School, New Lebanon, NY
2001 Faculty Art Show — Heyniger Memorial Library, Darrow School, New Lebanon, NY
1999 Art-O-Matic — Manhattan Laundry, Washington, DC
1997 End of Apprenticeship — Toshiko Takaezu's Studio, Quakertown, NJ
1996 Senior Art Exhibit — Starbuck Center, Skidmore College, Saratoga Springs, NY
 Ceramics and Drawings — Case Gallery, Skidmore College, Saratoga Springs, NY
1995 Works in Clay — Case Gallery, Skidmore College, Saratoga Springs, NY
1994 Student Art Show — Lewis & Clark College, Portland, OR

Awards and Honors

2006 The School for American Crafts Annual Fund Alumni Award, RIT, Rochester, NY
2004 Senior class selected graduation speaker, Darrow School, New Lebanon, NY
2002 John F. Joline III Award, Darrow School, New Lebanon, NY
1996 Periclean Honor Society, Skidmore College, Saratoga Springs, NY
 Departmental Honors in Art, Skidmore College, Saratoga Springs, NY
 Ella Van Dyke Tuthill 1932 Award in Ceramics, Skidmore College,Saratoga Springs, NY
1995 Francis Simches Memorial Scholarship in Ceramics, Skidmore College, Saratoga Springs, NY
1994 Art Department Award, Student Art Show, Lewis & Clark College, Portland, OR

Professional Development

 

Conferences and workshops attended


2005 Poetic Intentions with Xavier Toubes, Santa Fe Clay, Santa Fe, NM
2004, 2005 NCECA, Indianapolis, IN and Baltimore, MD
2001 NYSAIS Curriculum Mapping, White Plains, NY
2000 Understanding by Design, Princeton NJ
1999 Sustainability and Technology, Presented by NYSAIS, New York, NY