ART EXHIBITIONS AND FEATURES
Incubator Artist Residency Group Exhibit, Cracked, McGuffey Art Center June 2020
Bad Milk Press Features: Issues #4 and #5, 2022
Figurative Drawing Exhibit, One Minute or Many Days, McGuffey Art Center, October 2021
Honors Program Selected Art Thesis Award, Guilford College, May 2020
Online Exhibition, FRESH, ArtSpace Raleigh, April 2020
Senior Thesis Online Exhibition, Shift, Guilford College, April 2020
Selected to exhibit installation piece in the Carnegie Room, Hege Library, Guilford College, January 2020
Selected to exhibit a personal show in Hege-Cox Gallery at Guilford College, 2019
Member Show, Shenandoah Valley Art Center, June 2019
Greenleaf Review features: 2017 - 2019
MUSIC EXPERIENCE
My album Headaches and Heartbreaks was released on December 1st, 2022, recorded and produced by Matty Metcalfe.
Singing and Banjo Performances: Opened for Dan Pell and Jordan Perry at The Bridge PAI, Solo performance at Visible Records, Opened for Night Teacher at Ciders from Mars, Solo performances at Chiswell Farm & Winery, and various Solo House Concerts.
Workshop Participant: Song and Sanctuary by Nan MacMillan and Naomi Westwater (2021) and Mountain Road Camp for Fiddle and Banjo by Alex Caton (2018-2022)
Music Theory Tutor for Theory I-IV, 2018-2020
Solo and group performances on piano (Piano studies, Jazz Band and Ensemble, and Choir) 2016-2020
Read more about my professional experience below:
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
Glen Echo Photoworks, Glen Echo, MD
Marketing Director
June 2020 - Present
Photoworks is a 50-year-old non-profit photography organization within Glen Echo Park, just outside Washington, DC. It offers approximately 100 classes per year, 6 exhibitions, regular monthly events, and a supportive community for DC photographers. Within this organization, I do the following:
Design and manage the website glenechophotoworks.org
Recruit new faculty/board members & potential exhibitors/collaborators
Create content for website, social media accounts & promotional materials
Serve as a member of grant writing/reporting team
Lead fundraising activities, including the past two fundraiser galas
Organize and work with others to host monthly community events
Host artist talks and curate online exhibitions
Coordinate internship/volunteer program
Oversee electronic payment and automatic invoice system
Develop collaborations with other photography organizations and high schools
Create class schedule in coordination with the Executive Director
Creative Framing & the Art Box, Crozet, VA
Front of House
December 2021 - July 2023
Assisted with frame design and front of house check out
Plan community events (ex: Open House and Journaling Workshop)
Communicated with customers and art/framing suppliers
Handled social media and create newsletter content
OTHER EXPERIENCE
New Suns Print Studio, Charlottesville, VA
Co - Creator
Est. August 2022 (within Visible Records Studio, shared with Kendall King)
A print studio with upcoming community workshops and open printshop hours
2022 New City Artist Exchange, Charlottesville, VA
Participant
September - November 2022
12 local artists chosen to participate in physical art exchange
Incubator Studio Program, Charlottesville, VA
Resident Artist
July 2021 - 2022, McGuffey Art Center
A residency for emerging artists providing communal studio space
EDUCATION
Guilford College, Greensboro, NC
August 2016 - May 2020
B.A. in Printmaking, Minor in Music
Student in Honors Program all 4 years, 3.7 GPA
Leader of Free Press, 2017 - 2020. Free Press is a collection of student artists who run free print shop open houses for the community. I facilitated hands-on screen-printing and woodcut tutorials as well as group planning sessions.
Teacher’s Assistant 2018 - 2020 for etching, color monotype, woodcut, drawing, and political printmaking. Maintained order and cleanliness in the print shop.
Music Theory Tutor for Theory I-IV, 2018-2020
Solo and group performances on piano (Piano studies, Jazz Band and Ensemble, and Choir) 2016-2020