CURRENT PROFESSIONAL POSITIONS
Independent Artist, West Edge Factory Turret Studio, Huntington, WV
COMMUNITY SERVICE/VOLUNTEER WORK
Board Member, Huntington Pride, Huntington, WV, 2023-present
Board Member, Mayors Council for the Arts, Huntington, WV, 2022-current
Board Member, Huntington Museum of Art, Huntington, WV, 2020-2021
Vice President, Barboursville Arts & Wellness Council, Barboursville, WV, 2017-2019
EDUCATION
Master of Arts in Teaching, with Honors, Marshall University, 2013
Bachelor of Fine Arts, Sculpture, with Honors, Marshall University, 2011
SELECT EXHIBITIONS, PERFORMANCES, PROJECTS, AND PUBLIC WORKS
Unbound, Large-scale outdoor mural, Central City, Huntington, WV, 2023
Healing Hands, Large-scale outdoor mural, West Edge Factory, Huntington, WV, 2023
Solo Exhibition, One Hundred Badass Women, Huntington Museum of Art, Huntington, WV, 2023
Juliet Museum Invitational Exhibition, Clay Center, Charleston, WV, 2023
Transformed, Large-scale indoor mural, West Edge Factory, Huntington, WV, 2022
Carter G. Woodson portrait commission/Huntington Quarterly magazine cover, Marshall University Carter G. Woodson Lyceum, 2021
Juliet Museum Invitational Exhibition, Clay Center, Charleston, WV, 2019
Solo Exhibition, Qualia, Holler: Contemporary Art Gallery, Princeton, WV, October 2019
Solo Exhibition, Chapter 38: A Novel/Art Experience, book launch and immersive art exhibition & performance, Steptoe & Johnson, Huntington, WV, April 2019
Interactive Novel, Qualia. Published weekly online from August 2018 -April 2019
Creator/Host, Village Art Market & Village ArtWalk (periodic art vendor/live music events), Farmers Market Pavilion & Downtown Barboursville, WV 2017-2019
Two Person Exhibition, Home/Made, /Māk/ Art Gallery, Barboursville, WV, 2017
Art Director, Maggie’s Playground, Ronald McDonald House, Huntington, WV, 2017
Solo Exhibition, Personal Space, MU, Carroll Gallery, Huntington, WV, 2017
Invitational, Morsels & Minutia, Apartment Earth, Charleston, WV, 2014, 2015, 2016
Public Art, The Seeker, sponsored by the City of Barboursville, WV, 2016
Solo Exhibition, Phantoms, Esther Allen Greer Museum, Rio Grande, OH, 2016
Solo Exhibition, Before I Wake, Apartment Earth Gallery, Charleston, WV, 2016
Biennial Exhibition, Cream of the Crop, Southern Ohio Museum, Portsmouth, OH, 2016
Invitational Group Exhibit, Earth Day, Apartment Earth Gallery, Charleston, WV, 2016
Group Exhibition, Feminist Art Project, Ohio University Southern, OH, 2016
Group Exhibition, Paper Works, Ohio University Southern Gallery, Ironton, OH, 2015
Group Exhibition, Art, Music & Social Change, Ohio University Southern, OH, 2015
Public Art Project, We Are All the Same, Huntington, WV, 2015
Group Exhibition, The Art of Teaching Art, HMOA, Huntington, WV, 2014
Interactive Painting Installation, Apartment Earth Studio, Charleston, WV, 2011
Public Art, Dancing With Max, Large-scale permanent steel sculpture, Harris Riverfront Park, Huntington, WV, 2011
TEACHING, DEMONSTRATION, & WORKSHOPS
The Turret at West Edge, Community and Corporate Art Workshops, West Edge Factory, Huntington, WV, 2021-present
Governor's School for the Arts Studio Art Faculty, Huntington, WV, 2017, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023
/Māk/ Art Studio, Painting & Drawing Courses, Private Lessons, 2017-2020
Studio Art Teacher, Fine Arts Academy, Cabell Midland H.S., Ona WV, 2014-2017
Workshop Presenter, Book-Making, Annual Teacher Institute, Huntington, WV, 2016
Interim Art Education Prof., Marshall University School of Art, Huntington, WV, 2013-14
Drawing Instructor, Marshall University School of Art, Huntington, WV, 2011-2013
ARTIST TALKS & PANELS
TEDx Speaker, Marshall University, Huntington, WV, 2023
Presenter/Workshop Leader, Picalilli, Parkersburg Art Center, September 2022
Lunch & Learn Guest Speaker, Tamarack Foundation for the Arts, August 2022
Featured Speaker, Women’s History Month, Corps of Engineers, Huntington, WV, 2020
Panelist, Women’s Work, Marshall University Art Department, Huntington, WV, 2019
Featured Speaker, Mind-Altering Aesthetics, Art Society Talk, Huntington, WV, 2018
Featured Speaker, Mindfulness in the Art Room, Cabell County Art Educators, Huntington, WV, 2018
Presenter, Model Schools Conference, Atlanta, GA, 2015
Panelist, Feminist Art Exhibit, Ohio University Southern, Ironton, OH, 2015
RECOGNITION, AWARDS, & APPOINTMENTS
Marshall University Distinguished Alumni, 2023
2-year Artist Residency Appointment, Funded by National Endowment for the Arts, West Edge Factory, Huntington, WV, 2021-2023
Barboursville's Finest, Rotary Club of Barboursville, 2018
Teacher of the Year, Cabell County Teacher Induction Program, 2015
Rookie of the Year, Cabell Midland High School, 2015
Graduate Teaching Assistantship Award Recipient, Marshall University, 2013
Outstanding Undergraduate in Art & Design, Marshall University, 2011
Huntington Steel Public Art Competition Winner, Huntington, WV, 2010