Education

2004-2007             University of Nebraska-Lincoln (UNL)

                                          MFA in Ceramics, Hixson-Lied Graduate Fellow

1997-2002             University of Wisconsin-Whitewater (UWW)

                                          BFA with Ceramic Emphasis, Summa Cum Laude

 

Select Awards and Special Recognition

2008                     NICHE Award Finalist, Professional Category: Ceramics, Wheel-Thrown

                            Emerging Artist, Ceramics Monthly

2004-2007             Hixson-Lied Graduate Fellowship, UNL

                            Graduate Teaching Assistantship, UNL

 

Select Exhibitions

2009          January Invitational, Terra Incognito, Chicago, IL (Upcoming Invitational)

                 Recent Work, Tugboat Gallery, Lincoln , NE (Upcoming Invitational)

                 Spoon it, Fork It, Cut It Up: A Salon Show of Domestic Ceramic Implements, Baltimore Clayworks, Baltimore, MD (Upcoming Invitational)

                 Individuals Developing Together, NCECA, Phoenix, AZ (Upcoming Group)

2008          Gifts from the Heart, Lux Center for the Arts, Lincoln, NE (Invitational)

                 Intimate Distances, University of Kansas Art & Design Gallery, Lawrence, KS  (3-person)

                 All Fired Up: The Artful Table, Lyndhurst, Tarrytown, NY (Invitational)

                 Desire and Utility, Lux Center for the Arts, Lincoln, NE (Solo)

                 Look Inside: Work from Burro Branch Studios, A to Z Printing, Lincoln, NE (Two-person)

2007          National Cup Show, Siena Heights, Adrian, MI (Juried)

                 Winter Showroom, Lux Center for the Arts, Lincoln, NE (Invitational)

                 Gifted, The Clay Studio, Philadelphia, PA (Upcoming Invitational)

                 National Juried Ceramics Exhibition, Lawrence Arts Center, Lawrence, KS (Juried)

                 Art of Fine Craft, Elder Gallery, Wesleyan University, Lincoln, NE (Juried)

                 It's Only Clay, Bemidji Community Art Center, Bemidji, MN (Juried)

                 Clay Convergence, Lux Center for the Arts, Lincoln, NE (Invitational)

                 4th Annual Marge Brown Kalodner Graduate Exhibition, The Clay Studio, Philadelphia, PA (Juried)

                 Beautiful Objects, Eisentrager · Howard Gallery, Lincoln, NE (Solo)

                 COllaboratioNE, UMC Gallery, Boulder, CO (Invitational)

                 Red Alert, Hastings College Art Gallery, Hastings, NE (Invitational)

2006          Delineations, SoOh Gallery, Lincoln, NE (Invitational)

                 Blue Grass Clay National Show, The Yeiser Art Center, Paducah, KY (Juried)

                 Botanicals, The Eisentrager · Howard Gallery, Lincoln, NE (Invitational)

                 Code Red, Peru State College Gallery, Peru, NE (Invitational)

                 100 Cups, Lux Center for the Arts, Lincoln, NE (Invitational)

                 3rd Annual Marge Brown Kalodner Graduate Exhibition, The Clay Studio, Philadelphia, PA (Juried)

                 New Visual Voices: UNL MFA Students, Haydon Art Center, Lincoln, NE (Invitational)

                 Quiet Obsessions, Rotunda Gallery, Lincoln, NE (Two-person Exhibition)

 

Gallery Representation

                 

                  Lux Center for the Arts, Lincoln, NE

                  The Clay Studio, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, PA

                  Sheldon Museum Shop, Lincoln, NE

 

Residencies

      2007          Artist-in-Residence, Lux Center for the Arts, Lincoln, NE

 

Citations

2008                      Woman uses finer things for pottery inspiration, Lincoln Journal Star, August 10, 2008, pg. 8K

                             Emerging Artists, Ceramics Monthly, May, pg. 80

                             500 Plates, Lark Book Publications, pg. 352

                             Art Axis Webpage, http://www.artaxis.org

2007                      Ceramic Connections, L Magazine, November, pg. 60-61

                             MFA Factor, Ceramics Monthly, August/September, pg. 42

2006                      Local Color, Lincoln Lifestyle Magazine, Winter, pg. 10-11  

 

Professional Experience

Jan 2008-Present    Education Director, Lux Center for the Arts, Lincoln, NE

July 2007-Present   Studio Artist, Burro Branch Studios, Lincoln, NE

2007                     Adjunct Faculty for Beginning Ceramics, Doane College, Lincoln, NE

                            Gallery Assistant, Lux Center for the Arts, Lincoln, NE                           

                            Assistant Gallery Director, Eisentrager - Howard Gallery, UNL

2005-2006             Teacher of Record, University of Nebraska-Lincoln

2005                     Exhibition Coordinator, UNL MFA Ceramics: Recent Works, Rotunda Gallery, Lincoln, NE

                            Fundraiser Coordinator, UNL Clay Club Throw-a-Thon and Sale for the Craft Emergency Relief Fund (CERF)

2004-2005             Graduate Teaching Assistant, University of Nebraska-Lincoln