EXPERIENCE

Currently employed at The Bascom, in Highlands, North Carolina as the Director of Ceramics.  The Bascom is a non-profit center for the visual arts whose campus boosts high quality exhibitions, educational presentations, and public programs that promote the synergy of art and nature.  Responsibilities at The Bascom include:

 

  • Developing  and implementing ceramics programming  including The Three Potters Symposium, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017

  • Master’s level Ceramics Instructor

  • Oversee contractual agreements and budgets for The Bascom’s ceramics program

  • Interview, contract, and manage professional artists for educational ceramics program

  • Manage ceramics program operations, including staff management, equipment, and materials management, and studio technician duties

  • Market and promote ceramics programming

 

Education

Master of Fine Arts

Western Carolina University (2012)

 

Bachelor of Fine Arts

Winthrop University (2005)

 

Bachelor of Arts - Education

Winthrop University (2003)

 

 

Professional Certifications

South Carolina State Board of Education Professional Teaching Certificate, Art (K-12)

 

 

 

 

  

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

  • John C.  Campbell Clay Studio, Lead Clay Instructor, "Cone 6, Cone 10-Let's Do Both." (2017)

  • John C. Campbell Clay Studio, Lead Clay Instructor, “A Well Rounded Experience” (2013 and 2015, 2016)

  • Arrowmont Clay Studio, Assistant for John Britt (2013)

  • John C Campbell Clay Studio, Assistant for John Britt (2012)

  • Graduate Instructor for Sculpture 2 at The Oconaluftee Art Institute (2011)

  • Graduate Instructor for Three Dimensional Design, Western Carolina University (2010)

  • Saluda Trail Middle School, Art Teacher (2005-2009)                                      

 

COLLECTIONS AND PUBLICATIONS

  • Featured Artist “A Cottage Journal” (2016)

  • Published in:  The Complete Guide to Mid-Range Glazes: Glazes and Firing at Cones 4-7 (2014)          

  • Reader for:  The Complete Guide to Mid-Range Glazes: Glazes and Firing at Cones 4-7 (2014)

  • Museum of Art and Sciences, Macon, Georgia (2013)

 

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ADDITIONAL EXPERIENCE

  • CERRA (South Carolina Center for Educator Recruitment, Retention, and Advancement), Certfied Mentor Trainer (2008)

  • Flame working Workshop at Penland School of Crafts (2006)

  • Linda Arbuckle Clay Workshop at Penland School of Crafts (2005)

  • Fong Choo ClayWorkshop at Penland School of Crafts (2004)