Exhibitions
Kirk Newman Art School Faculty Review (December 2021)
West Michigan Area Show (juried), Kalamazoo, MI (June 2021)
Award: West Michigan Potters Guild Eleanore Smith Memorial Award
West Michigan Area Show (juried), Kalamazoo, MI (April 2020)
Kirk Newman Art School Faculty Review (December 2019)
Muskegon Museum of Art 91st Michigan Contemporary Art Exhibition (juried), Muskegon, MI (September 2019)
NCCA—Artsplace Exhibit: West Michigan Potters Guild, Fremont, MI (February 2019)
Crooked Tree Arts Center 2018 Juried Fine Arts Exhibition (juried), Traverse City, MI (September 2018)
Muskegon Museum of Art 89th Regional Exhibition (juried), Muskegon, MI (August 2018)
The Way Forward: New Acquisitions at the KIA, Kalamazoo, MI (July 2018)
Texarkana Regional Arts & Humanities Council's 30th Annual Juried Exhibition (juried), Texarkana, TX (July 2018)
Juried Fine Arts 2018 (juried), Charlevoix, MI (July 2018)
37th Annual Michigan Fine Arts Competition (juried; invited but unexhibited), Birmingham, MI (June 2018)
Art Hop at Life Story Network / Ignertia Featuring Students of the Kalamazoo Institute
of Arts (invitational), Kalamazoo, MI (May 2018)West Michigan Area Show (juried), Kalamazoo, MI (May 2018)
Muskegon Museum of Art 89th Regional Exhibition (juried), Muskegon, MI (September 2017)
Kirk Newman Art School Faculty Review (September 2017)
OutFront Kalamazoo Love Who You ART 2017, Kalamazoo, MI (June 2017)
May 2016: Muskegon Museum of Art 88th Regional Exhibition (juried), Muskegon, MI.
Award: West Michigan Potters Guild Eleanore Smith Memorial Award
April 2016: West Michigan Area Show (juried), Kalamazoo, MI.
May 2015: West Michigan Area Show (juried), Kalamazoo, MI.
Award: Grand Prize
Award: The Ward H. and Cora E. Nay Director's Purchase Prize
February 2015: West Michigan Regional Art Competition (juried), Lowell, MI.
September 2013: ArtPrize 2013 entry “God's Kitchen” by Potters for the Hungry (contributor)
June 2013: West Michigan Area Show (juried), Kalamazoo, MI.
March 2012: Kalamazoo Institute of Arts' Kirk Newman Art School “Loosen Up” Student Invitational, Kalamazoo, MI.
February 2009: West Michigan Area Show (juried), Kalamazoo, MI.
July 2008: West Michigan Area Show (juried), Kalamazoo, MI.
Related Experience
Teaching
2023 Winter Term, Accessible Arts, Kalamazoo Institute of Arts
2022 Fall Term, Accessible Arts, Kalamazoo Institute of Arts
2022 Summer Term, Accessible Arts, Kalamazoo Institute of Arts
2021 Fall Term, Accessible Arts, Kalamazoo Institute of Arts
2020 Winter Term, Accessible Arts, Kalamazoo Institute of Arts
2019 Fall Term, Accessible Arts, Kalamazoo Institute of Arts
2019 Summer Term, Accessible Arts, Kalamazoo Institute of Arts
2019 Winter Term, Accessible Arts, Kalamazoo Institute of Arts
2018 Fall Term, Accessible Arts, Kalamazoo Institute of Arts
2017 Summer Term, Accessible Arts, Kalamazoo Institute of Arts
2018 Winter Term, Accessible Arts, Kalamazoo Institute of Arts
2017 Fall Term, Accessible Arts, Kalamazoo Institute of Arts
2017 Summer Term, Accessible Arts, Kalamazoo Institute of Arts
2017 Winter Term, Accessible Arts, Kalamazoo Institute of Arts
2016 Fall Term, Accessible Arts, Kalamazoo Institute of Arts
2016 Summer Term, Accessible Arts, Kalamazoo Institute of Arts
2016 Winter Term, Accessible Arts, Kalamazoo Institute of Arts
2014 Summer Term, Accessible Arts, Kalamazoo Institute of Arts
(Accessible Arts is a multi-media class designed for adults and near-adults with developmental disabilities who wish to express their creativity and increase their skills with clay and other media.)
Presentations/Events
ARTbreak: Up Close and Personal: West Michigan Area Show Artists' Talks, Kalamazoo Institute of Arts (June 2015)
August Art Hop, Kalamazoo Institute of Arts (2015) (Featured Artist)
Service/Memberships
(Co-) President, Kalamazoo Valley Potters 2015-2021
Marketing & Social Media Coordinator, KVP 2014-2021
Member, Kalamazoo Valley Potters
Member, West Michigan Potters Guild 2016-present
Marketing (post cards/mailings), WMPG 2016-present
Member, Kalamazoo ARTisans Ceramic Cooperative 2020-present