Teaching Experience
Visual Arts Instructor. McKay High School, Salem, OR 2022 - current Visual Arts Instructor. Newport Middle School, Newport, OR 2020 - 2022 Visual Arts Instructor. Davies High School, Fargo, ND 2016 - 2020 Program Coordinator. Kid Quest Programming. The Plains Art Museum, Fargo, ND 2017 - 2020 Visual Arts Instructor. Fargo South High School, Fargo, ND 2008-2016
Education
Master of Arts in Art Education, MAAE, Maryland Institute College of Art, MD 2016 Certification, Advanced Placement Studio Art, School of Chicago Institute of the Arts, Chicago, IL 2011 BS summa cum laude, Art Education at Minnesota State University Moorhead, Moorhead, MN 2007 Santa Reparata International School of Art, Florence, Italy (summer session) 2006
Exhibitions
Solo Exhibition, Things We Cannot See, The Spirit Room, Fargo, ND Nov 12-Dec 29 Solo Exhibition, Barry Hall, NDSU, Fargo, ND 50102 Oct-Nov 2017 Group Exhibition, APT artist members, MSUM School of Art Gallery, Moorhead MN 56563 Sept 2017 Art Educators Exhibition, Rourke Art Museum, Moorhead, MN 2016 MA Thesis Exhibition, Sheila & Richard Riggs Gallery, Maryland Institute College of Art, Baltimore, MD 2016 2016.micagradshow.com Group Exhibition, Fred Lazarus IV Third Floor Gallery, Maryland Institute College of Art, Baltimore, MD 2015 Group Exhibition, FMVA featured artists, Memorial Union Gallery, NDSU, Fargo, ND 2015 Art Educators Exhibition, Center for Creativity, Plains Art Museum, Fargo, ND 2015 Group Exhibition, FMVA featured artists, Memorial Union Gallery, NDSU, Fargo, ND 2015 Group Exhibition, 3 P's in a Pod Show, Marcil Commons, Moorhead, MN 2014 Art Educators Exhibition, Hjemkomst Center, Moorhead, MN 2014 Group Exhibition, The Little Show, Essentia Health Atrium, Fargo, ND 2014 Group Exhibition, Print Portfolios: Touched and Untouched, NDSU Art/PEARS Summer Workshops 2008/09/12, Renaissance Gallery, NDSU, Fargo, ND 2013
Grants
North Dakota Council on the Arts, Professional Development Grant 2018 North Dakota Council on the Arts, Professional Development Grant 2014 North Dakota Council on the Arts, Professional Development Grant 2012 North Dakota Council on the Arts, Professional Development Grant 2009
Professional Involvement
Published “Rethinking Reflection Practices: Using Social Topics to Expand Meaning Making” in Art Education Journal, March 2020 issue of Art Education (volume 73, issue number 2). Participant in Printmaking and Education and Research Studio (PEARS), NDSU, Fargo ND Topic: "Poetry & Pictures", 2018 Participant in Printmaking and Education and Research Studio (PEARS), NDSU, Fargo ND Topic: "The Printed Collage", 2014 Participant in Printmaking and Education and Research Studio (PEARS), NDSU, Fargo ND Topic: "The Non-Repeatable Print", 2012 Presenter, Professional Development Workshop, Fargo South High School Topic: Creating a Performance Rubric for the Secondary Classroom, 2010 Participant in Teachers in Contemporary Art (TICA) Workshop, School of Chicago Institute of the Arts, 2010 Participant in Collagraph Workshop, NDSU Printmaking Studio, Instructor: Susan Heggestad 2009 Participant in Printmaking and Education and Research Studio (PEARS), NDSU, Fargo ND Topic: "Direct Intaglio Processes", 2009
Community Involvement
Treasurer, Board Member, Fargo-Moorhead Visual Artists, http://fmva.org 2012-2015 Member of A.P.T. Studios, A Creative Incubator, Fargo, ND 2017- current Member of Spirit Room Studios, Fargo, ND 2011 - 2016 Member of Seagrave Studio Cooperative, Fargo, ND 2011