Education

May 2009

• Kutztown University; Kutztown, PA
• BFA Crafts, Fibers concentration
• 3.86 cumulative GPA
• Summa Cum Laude
• J. Allen Pawling Crafts Memorial Award

Spring 2008

• Studio Art Centers International; Florence, Italy
• Fine Arts General Studies

2005

• Graduate of Dallastown Area High School

EXHIBITIONS and JURIED SHOWS

SOLO

• 2012: Craft Boston; Boston, MA
• 2012: American Craft Council Show; Atlanta, GA
• 2012: American Craft Council Show; Baltimore, MD
• 2011: Washington Craft Show; Washington, D.C.
• 2011: Philadelphia Museum of Art Craft Show; Philadelphia, PA
• 2011: Central Pennsylvania Festival of the Arts; State College, PA
• 2011: American Craft Council Show; Baltimore, MD
• 2010: Washington Craft Show; Washington, D.C.
• 2010: Philadelphia Museum of Art Craft Show; Philadelphia, PA
• 2010: Westchester Craft Show; Westchester, NY
• 2010: American Craft Council Show; Baltimore, MD
• March-April 2009: Tenacious Texture: Select Watercolors. Student Union Gallery, Kutztown University; Kutztown, PA

GROUP

• 2011: Craft Forms 2011, Wayne Art Center; Wayne, PA
• 2011: Daily Fiber Intake, Some Things Looming Gallery; Reading, PA
• 2011: Art Bazaar, Lyons Wier Gallery; New York, NY
• 2011: Pop Melange, Lyons Wier Gallery; New York, NY
• 2010: Art of the State, State Museum of Pennsylvania; Harrisburg, PA
• April 2009:Crafts/Art Education Senior Exhibition. Sharadin Art Gallery, Kutztown University; Kutztown, PA
• April 2009:(Dis)Functional Fiber. Student Union Gallery, Kutztown University; Kutztown, PA
• March 2009:Crafts Department Exhibition, Sharadin Student Gallery, Kutztown University; Kutztown, PA
• November 2008:Emerging Crafts: A Crafts Collaboration. Eckhaus Gallery; Kutztown, PA
• 2005: National Scholastic Art Competition (State-Level); Harrisburg, PA
• 2005: National Scholastic Art Competition; York/Adams County, PA
• 2004: National Scholastic Art Competition (State-Level); Harrisburg, PA
• 2004: National Scholastic Art Competition; York/Adams County, PA
• 2003: National Scholastic Art Competition; York/Adams County, PA
• 2002: National Scholastic Art Competition; York/Adams County, PA

HONORS AND ACTIVITIES

• 2009: J. Allen Pawling Crafts Memorial Award, Kutztown University; Kutztown, PA
• 2008-2009: Crafts Club, Kutztown University; Kutztown, PA
• 2007-present: Phi Kappa Phi Academic Honor Society, Kutztown University; Kutztown, PA
• Spring 2006-2009: Dean's List, Kutztown University; Kutztown, PA
• 2005-2009: Board of Governor's Scholarship, Kutztown University; Kutztown, PA
• 2005: Silver Key, National Scholastic Art Competition (State-Level); Harrisburg,PA
• 2005: Second place, National Scholastic Art Competition; York/Adams County, PA
• 2004: Second place, National Scholastic Art Competition; York/Adams County, PA

PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS

• American Craft Council

COLLECTIONS

• PUBLIC:
  
  College of the Visual and Performing Arts Offices, Kutztown University; Kutztown, PA
  Hunters Hill Orthodontics, Dr. Greg R.Bennett, D.M.D.; York, PA