Education
2017
MFA summa cum laude, Sculpture, Herron School of Art and Design, Indianapolis, IN
2014
BFA cum laude, Sculpture and Art History, Indiana State University, Terre Haute, IN
Employment, Grants and Public Commissions
2024
April 2024 edition of Suboart Magazine - an “International Art Magazine for Emerging Artists”, two page spread of images and text
Indiana Arts Commission On-Ramp Creative Entrepreneur Co-Coordinator - coordinated artist panels and facilitated during a 3-day intensive workshop
2023
Indiana Arts Commission Artist Needs Assessment Co-Coordinator- Identified, engaged and convened artists from a 6-county region for a needs assessment session
The Indianapolis Propylaeum, Salon Society Gala, Featured Artist commission
Indiana Arts Commission sculptural awards commission for the 2023 Governors Arts Awards - Created seven unique fiber art awards based on each awardees individual artistic style
Indiana Arts Commission Lifelong Arts Indiana Grant Recipient - a project that engages adults 65 years and older to create a collaborative needle felted mural that narrates their past, present and future.
Indiana Arts Commission sculptural awards commission for Poetry Out Loud Competition - Created 22- 6” awards; 4- 8” awards and 4- 12” awards
2022
Program Coordinator, Community School of the Arts, Terre Haute, IN - Produce, curate, plan and publicize all arts, music and theatrical programming for community members ages 5-95. (2022-Present)
City of Terre Haute and Arts Illiana Mini Mural Grant Recipient - Mural located in Downtown Terre Haute, IN
Indiana Arts Commission, On-Ramp Creative Entrepreneur Grant Recipient - a project titled “Artventure: Weaving” that engaged local families to experience and create fiber art together
Wabash Valley Community Foundation Commission for 30th Anniversary Competition
Advisory Group Member, 41|40 Arts & Cultural District in Terre Haute, IN - group that oversees the projects, marketing, ect. for the cultural district
2021
Director of Education, Swope Art Museum, Terre Haute, IN (2021-2022)
Fiber Art Instructor, Makers Studio, Terre Haute, IN
Sculptures Angola - Fall Installation, One year sculpture lease for public display, Angola, IN
2020
Adjunct Professor of 3D Design, Saint-Mary-of-the-Woods College, Terre Haute, IN
2019
Adjunct Professor of 3D Design, Indiana State University, Terre Haute, IN
Adjunct Professor of 3D Design, Saint-Mary-of-the-Woods College, Terre Haute, IN
Juror, Gaslight Art Colony Fiber Arts Show, Marshal, IL
2018
Adjunct Professor of Drawing Foundations, Indiana State University, Terre Haute, IN
Adjunct Professor of 3D Design, Saint-Mary-of-the-Woods College, Terre Haute, IN
Juror, Indianapolis Arts Center Student Show, Indianapolis, IN
2017
Adjunct Professor of 3D Design, Herron School of Art and Design, Indianapolis, IN
Public Mural Commission, MOD restaurant, Indianapolis, IN
Suzie Coles Memorial Grant, Tippecanoe Arts Federation, Lafayette, IN
Indianapolis Art Center Grant for Installation Nation Exhibition
2016
IRC Commission for recycled sculpture, Indianapolis, IN
Pike House Commission for permanent sculpture, Indiana State University
Indianapolis Art Center Grant for Installation Nation Exhibition
Awards, Publications and Residencies
2023
Hoosier Women Artist Selection, IN Statehouse, Indiana Arts Commission
2022
Indiana Arts Commission, On-Ramp Creative Entrepreneur Fellowship Recipient
Wabash Valley Community Foundation Purchase Award for 30th Anniversary Competition
2021
Sculptures Angola article in fwbusiness.com; Quote and photos of sculpture. Angola, IN.
2019
Juror, Gaslight Artist Colony, Fiber Art Show, Marshall, IL
2017
Juror, Indianapolis Arts Center Student Show, Indianapolis, IN
Public Mural Commission, MOD restaurant, Indianapolis, IN
Religion Spirituality and Arts Seminar, round six artist, Indianapolis, IN
Artist-In-Residence, Cuttyhunk Island Artists Residency, Cuttyhunk Island, MA
Full Merit Scholarship, Cuttyhunk Island Artists Residency, Cuttyhunk Island, MA
Nomination for Sculpture Magazine’s Outstanding Student Award, 2017
Merit Scholarship for summer arts program at Ox-Bow School of Art, Saugatuck, MI
Indianapolis Art Center Grant for Installation Nation Exhibition, Indianapolis, IN
2016
Holiday Window Display, Harrison Center for the Arts, Indianapolis, IN
Arts Illiana Merit Award, Terre Haute, IN
People’s choice award, IRC event Indianapolis, IN
Merit Scholarship for summer arts program in Ox-Bow, Michigan
National Society of Arts and Letters Charter Award
Merit Scholarship for study abroad fine arts experience in Denmark
2015
Purchase Award, Masterpiece in a Day, Fountain Square Arts Council
Blick Art Materials Sculpture Award, Buchanan Center for the Arts
Mary Ann Carroll Award of Distinction, Swope Art Museum
Graduate Tuition Fee Remission Merit Award, Herron School of Art and Design
2014
Outstanding Senior Award, ISU Department of Art and Design
Center for Student Research and Creativity Purchase Award
2013
Marian J. Frutiger Memorial Scholarship in Art, Indiana State University
Best in Show, ISU Juried Student Exhibition
Grant Award: Passages, ISU Juried Scholarship
2012
President’s Merit Award for Sculpture, ISU Juried Student Exhibition
2010
Best Underclassman Sculpture, Student Juried Exhibition, CPFA Gallery
2009
Two Creative and Performing Fine Arts Merit Scholarships, Indiana State University
Select Exhibitions
2023
Starry Night, Juried Festival, West Lafayette, IN
Transitions, Java Haute, Terre Haute, IN
2022
Starry Night, Juried Festival, West Lafayette, IN
Small Art, Arts Illiana, Terre Haute, IN
Intertwined, Anderson Museum of Art, Anderson, IN
2021
Fiber Art Exhibition, Gaslight Art Colony, Marshall, IL
2019
Common Threads, Saks Fifth Avenue Gallery, Indianapolis, IN
Blue: A Color Exhibition, Garfield Park Art’s Center, Indianapolis, IN
2018
Multiplied Motions Solo Exhibition, Gaslight Art Colony, Marshall, IL
Tablescapes, Ohio Building, Terre Haute, IN
reVISON, Indiana Interchurch, Indianapolis, IN
Religion Spirituality and the Arts Exhibition, Butler University, Indianapolis, IN
Between the Seams, Woman Made Gallery, Chicago, IL
National Society of Arts & Letters Emerging Artists, Waldron Arts Center, Bloomington IN
2017
Broad Ripple Spring Gallery Walk, BRVA Gallery, Indianapolis, IN
Look-See Graduate Exhibition, Eskenazi Fine Arts Center, Indianapolis, IN
Art + Design, Lamar Architecture & Design, Newburgh, IN
Installation Nation, Indianapolis Arts Park, Indianapolis, IN
reVISION, Indiana Interchurch, Indianapolis, IN
National Society of Arts & Letters Emerging Artists, Waldron Arts Center, Bloomington IN
2016
Blue Indy, Harrison Center for the Arts, Indianapolis, IN
REVENT, Stutz Gallery, Indianapolis, IN
Prayer House Interactive Sculpture, Maryland Community Church, Terre Haute, IN
Arts Illiana Juried Exhibition, Arts Illiana, Terre Haute, IN
Wrong, EFAC Gallery, Indianapolis, IN
Every Trick in the Book, Speck Gallery at the Harrison Center, Indianapolis, IN
Alloy of Iron, Eskenazi Fine Arts Center, Indianapolis, IN
Installation Nation, Indianapolis Arts Park, Indianapolis, IN
Rumination, Indy Indie Arts Colony, Indianapolis, IN
reVISION, Indiana Interchurch, Indianapolis, IN
2015
Dreams Diner, Collaborative Exhibition, Marsh Gallery, Indianapolis, IN
Black Tie, Harrison Center for the Arts, Indianapolis, IN
National Society of Arts & Letters Emerging Artists, Waldron Arts Center, Bloomington IN
Masterpiece in a Day Exhibition, The Hinge Bureau Gallery, Indianapolis, IN
Children of the Corn, Graduate Exhibition, Fuller Gallery, Bloomington, IN
64 Arts National Juried Exhibition, Buchanan Center for the Arts, Monmouth, IL
Tall Walls, Cleveland West Art League, Bruno Casiano Gallery, Cleveland, OH
Unblurred, Pittsburgh Most Wanted Fine Artists Gallery, Pittsburgh, PA
Waterloo Arts Battle, Cleveland West Art League, Gallery One-Sixty, Cleveland, OH
71st Annual Wabash Valley Juried Exhibition, Swope Art Museum, Terre Haute, IN
Beneath The Surface, Indy Indie Arts Colony, Indianapolis, IN (solo)
Go Figure, Ohio Valley Art Center, Chagrin Falls, OH
Monsters, Myth, and Mayhem, Indy Indie Arts Colony, Indianapolis, IN
2014
Color Exhibition, Contemporary Art Gallery Online
Ann Metzger Memorial National Exhibition, St. Louis Artists Guild, St. Louis, MO
11th Annual Switching Stations Open House, Chicago ArtSpace Gallery, Chicago, IL
Material Matters National Fiber Exhibition, Union Street Gallery, Chicago Heights, IL
ISU Juried Student Exhibition, CPFA Gallery, Terre Haute, IN
2013
Summer Exhibition, Arts Illiana, Terre Haute, IN
Passages, Turman Art Gallery, Terre Haute, IN
Fall Exhibition, Arts Illiana, Terre Haute, IN