Bio
Professional Experience
2009 to present
Studio Potter at Home studio
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2006-2009
Resident Artist
Black Mountain Center for the Arts Clay Studio
Black Mountain, NC
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2005-2006
Resident Artist
Odyssey Center for the Ceramic Arts
Asheville, NC
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1998-2001
Production Potter
J&S Beaumont Pottery
Valle Crucis, NC
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Education
2002-2005
University of North Carolina at Asheville
Bachelor of Fine Arts: Ceramics
1998-2001
Appalachian University
Boone, NC
Ceramics, Photography, Art Education
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Teaching Experience
2008-current
Black Mountain Center for the Arts Clay Studio
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2006-2009
Odyssey Center for Ceramic Arts
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2004-
Demonstrations at University of North Carolina at Asheville
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2002-04
Private wheel throwing classes
Black Mountain, NC
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1999-2000
Wheel Throwing Instructor
Valle Crucis, NC
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1999
visiting teacher, wheel and altering
Watauga High School
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Exhibitions
2011
Jackson, MS. Home Show
Black Mountain Center for the Arts- Student and Teacher Show
2010
Black Mountain Center for the Arts Student and Teacher Show
UNC Asheville Alumni Show
Black Mountain, NC Home Show
Pottery 101- Exhibit with Joy Tanner
2009
-Art in Bloom- Black Mountain, NC
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-Power of the Purse- WNC Women- Grove Park Inn Asheville, NC
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2008
-Solo Show and Sale- Jackson, MS
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-Black Mountain Center for the Arts- Resident Artist Exhibit
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2006
-Solo Show and Sale- Jackson, MS
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-UNCA Alumni and Faculty Show
Center for Craft Creativity and Design
Hendersonville, NC
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-662.16 A Resident Exchange
Resident Exhibit
Odyssey Center for Ceramic Art, Asheville, NC
St. Petersburg Clay Company, St. Petersburg, FL.
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-Strictly Functional Pottery National
Juried by Tom Coleman
Lancaster, PA
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-Roswell Gallery
Resident Artist Exhibition
Atlanta, GA
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-“Skin Deep”
National Juried Exhibition
Juror: Val Cushing
Florence, South Carolina
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2005
-Clingman Café
Hanging Show
Asheville, NC
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-Studio Stroll
Asheville, NC
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-Sky People Gallery
Constant Flux: Resident Artist Exhibition
Asheville, NC
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-Bachelor of Fine Arts Exhibition
Senior Show
Conversations in Clay
University of North Carolina at Asheville
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-Juried Student Exhibition
Owen Gallery
Asheville, NC
Honorable Mention in Ceramics
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2004-05
-Gallery Minerva
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2004
-Cup Show
NCECA
Indiana, Indianapolis
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2003
-Juried Student Exhibition
Owen Gallery
Asheville, NC
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-Student/Faculty Exhibition
Invitational
Black Mountain Center for the Arts
Black Mountain, NC
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-SECA, Multimedia Exhibition
Charlotte, NC
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-Sourwood Festival
Black Mountain, NC
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Publications
500 Pitchers, Lark Books, 2006
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Galleries
Pottery 101- Salisbury, NC
Black Mountain Center for the Arts- Black Mountain, NC