Work EXPERIENCE

GoggleWorks Center for the Arts- Reading, PA 2012-2019
Chief Programs Officer, Director of Program Operations, & Ceramic Studio Manager

The Clay Studio - Philadelphia, PA 2010 - 2012
Work Exchange Artist

Extensive Customer Service Food Industry Management

Education & Training

Atlantic Cape Community College- Mays Landing, NJ 2004-2006
Associate Degree in Craft Studies

New York State College of Ceramic at Alfred University - Alfred, NY 2010
Bachelor of Fine Arts

Penland School of Craft - Penland, NC
Winter Resident

Ox-Bow School of Art - Saugatauk, MI
Teaching Assistant to John and Andrea Gill

Alfred, NY
Studio assistant to Walter McConnell

Summer Internship , Division of Ceramic Art at Alfred University - Alfred, NY

Alfred Clay Collective - Alfred University

            Co-Founder and Officer-Founded January 2009

Teaching

GoggleWorks Center for the Arts -Reading, PA
Artist-instructor; wide range of ceramic courses

UNIVERSITY OF THE ARTS, Continuing Education Program - Philadelphia, PA
Non-ranked faculty; wide range of ceramic courses

ALBRIGHT UNIVERSITY - Reading, PA
Visiting Artist

KUTZTOWN UNIVERSITY - Kutztown, PA
Visiting Artist

Curation

Awards

2018: Lehigh Valley Business Journal’s 40 under 40 Award

2009: Val Cushing Award, Alfred University, Alfred, NY

2009: Anderson Ranch Craft Center, Markell Brooks Fellowship, Snowmass, CO

2008 : Peter’s Valley Scholarship Student, Layton, NJ

Jonathan Allen Award for Leadership

Miller Portfolio Scholarship

Exhibitions

Faculty Exhibition- Atlantic Cape Community College, Mays Landing, NJ.2016

Gulf Coast State College, Eighth Annual Cup Show: Form and Function, Panama City, FL 2015

New Works- Green Wall, GoggleWorks Center for the Arts, Reading, PA. November 2014

PA:Made- Schmidt Gallery, GoggleWorks Center for the Arts, Reading, PA. June 2012

Profile 2010: Alfred University’s School of Art and Design- Gem Hotel, New York, NY. June 2010

Pots and Prints- Random Room Gallery, Alfred, NY. November 2009 

Utilitarian Digest - Robert Turner Gallery, Alfred University. March 2008

Some People: Alfred, NY