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Education:

  • 2012 – BFA, Textiles

    • University of Kansas School of the Arts, Lawrence, KS

  • 2012 – BFA, Ceramics

    • University of Kansas School of the Arts, Lawrence, KS

 

Artist-in-Residence:

  • 2019 - Revolt Gallery

    • Taos, NM​

  • 2018 – Bard Graduate Center

    • Hosted by the Textile Arts Center

    • New York, NY

  • 2018 – Cumulus Project Space

    • Kansas City, MO

  • 2016/17 – Charlotte Street Foundation

    • Kansas City, MO

  • 2015/16 – Charlotte Street Foundation

    • Kansas City, MO

  • 2013 – Sewing Seeds Natural Dye Garden

    • Textile Arts Center, Brooklyn, NY

 

Exhibitions – Solo:

  • 2019 - Biocentric Interconnectedness : We All Contribute to the Web

    • Revolt Gallery, Taos, NM​

  • 2018 - Biocentric Interconnectedness : We All Contribute to the Web

    • Bard Graduate Center Gallery, Manhattan, NY 

  • 2018 – Love Gained or Lost : New World

    •    Cider Gallery, Lawrence, KS

  •  2018 – Biocentric Interconnectedness : Soul Power

    •    Cumulus Project Space, Kansas City, MO

  •  2017 -  Hempen Reforestation : Make America Natural Again

    •    Vulpes Bastille, Kansas City, MO​

  • 2015 – The Human RACE

    • SeedCo Gallery, Kansas City, MO

  • 2015 – The Human RACE

    • The Cider Gallery, Lawrence, KS

  • 2015 - We Are All Made of the Same Earth Stuff : The Human RACE

    • Delmar Riney Art Gallery, Pratt Community College, Pratt, KS

  • 2014 – Dipped in Wax (with Monica Goss)

    • The Community Mercantile, Lawrence, KS

  • 2014 – Stitching Old Wounds (with Monica Goss)

    • Be Moved Yoga Studio, Lawrence, KS

  • 2013 – The Chronology of Our Love (with Monica Goss)

    • Lawrence Arts Center, Lawrence, KS

  • 2013  - Without Land, We Must Grow Up, Not Out

    • Textiles Arts Center’s Sewing Seeds Natural Dye Garden, Brooklyn, NY

  • 2013 – Sacred Spaces

    • Plenum Space Gallery, Kansas City, MO

  • 2012 – Reflexivity

    • Kansas Union Gallery, University of Kansas, Lawrence, KS

 

Exhibitions – Group:

  • 2023-24 - Warm and Cozy : Art that Comforts

    • Annmarie Sculpture Garden & Arts Center, Solomons, MD​

  • 2019 - The Cloud Show

    • Curated by Coco Villa​

    • ​Asheville Arts Council, Asheville, NC​

  • 2018 – Intervals

    • Vivid Gallery, San Diego, CA

  • 2018 – Lead In

    • Cider Gallery, Lawrence, KS

  • 2017 - Love Right On

    • Cumulus Project Space, Kansas City, MO​

  • 2017 - Debtfair (participating artist), a project of Occupy Museums, 

    • Whitney Biennial​ 2017

    • ​Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, NY​

  • 2017 - Lawrence Arts Center Benefit Art Auction

    • Lawrence Arts Center, Lawrence, KS​

  • 2017 - The Eclectic Company

    • Plenum Space Gallery, Kansas City, MO​

  • 2016 – Something Fleeting

    • Lawrence Arts Center Faculty Show

    • University of Kansas Art and Design Gallery (Marvin Hall)

    • Lawrence, KS

  • 2016 – Sincerely Yours,

    • Curated by Michael Krueger (with Lucas Wetzel and Monica Dixon)

    • Paragraph Gallery, Kansas City, MO

  • 2016 – Lawrence Arts Center Benefit Art Auction

    • Lawrence Arts Center, Lawrence, KS

  • 2016 – Heating Up : Artists Respond to Climate Change

    • The Percolator, Lawrence, KS

  • 2016 – Sheriff Joe and His Deputies

    • Plenum Space Gallery, Kansas City , MO

  • 2016 – Earth>Water>Fire : The Art of the Mug

    • Phoenix Gallery Underground, Lawrence, KS

  • 2015 – Fiber Rocks!

    • The Mision and Convento Gallery, Espanola, NM

    • El Museo Cultural de Santa Fe, Santa Fe, NM

    • Hacienda de Los Martinez, Taos, NM

  • 2014 – LACES

    • Cider Gallery, Lawrence, KS

  • 2012 – Undergraduate Senior Show

    • Art and Design Gallery, University of Kansas, Lawrence, KS

  • 2011 – Undergraduate Senior Show

    • Art and Design Gallery, University of Kansas, Lawrence, KS

  • 2011 – School of the Arts Juried Scholarship Show

    • Art and Design Gallery, University of Kansas, Lawrence, KS

  • 2010 – Kansas Collegiate Aesthetics Show

    • Birger-Sandzen Gallery, Lindsborg, KS

  • 2010 – School of the Arts Juried Scholarship Show

    • Art and Design Gallery, University of Kansas, Lawrence, KS

  • 2010 - Juried Ceramics/Metalsmithing/Textiles Scholarship Show

    • Art and Design Gallery, University of Kansas, Lawrence, KS

  • 2009 - Juried Ceramics/Metalsmithing/Textiles Scholarship Show

    • Art and Design Gallery, University of Kansas, Lawrence, KS

  • 2008 - Design Foundations Scholarship Show

    • Art and Design Gallery, University of Kansas, Lawrence, KS

 

Publications/Reviews:

Public Installations:

  • 2017 -  Earth Protectors : Totemic Perennials 

    • Smoky Hill River Festival​

    • Lakewood Park

    • Salina, KS

  • 2016 – Invasive Species : Offered to the Earth

    • Arts Infusion : Lakewood Middle School

    • Lakewood Discovery Center in Salina, KS

  • 2016 -  Totemic Presence : Tree of Life

    • Old Stone House in Park Slope

    • In coordination with Art Slope Multi-Arts Festival

    • Brooklyn, NY

  • 2016 – Hempen Support : Vines of Passion

    • Ilus Davis Art in the Park Project (curated by Jessica Borusky)

    • Kanas City, MO

  • 2016 – Invasive Species : Offered to the Earth

    • Smoky Hill River Festival (Artist in Action)

    • Salina, KS

  • 2016 – Medicinal Birch : Visual Consumption

    • Lawrence Outdoor Downtown Sculpture Exhibition

(juried by James Martin)

  • Lawrence, KS

  • 2015 – 40 years in 40 hours : Everyday is Earth Day

    • Lawrence Arts Center, Lawrence, KS

  • 2015 – Medicinal Art Tour : East to West

    • Oakdale Park, Salina, KS

    • Gil Hodges Community Garden, Brooklyn, NY

    • Central Park, Brooklyn, NY

    • Prospect Park, Brooklyn, NY

    • Skinny Dip Falls, Asheville, NC

    • Christopher’s Garden, Asheville, NC

    • Carnegie Center for Art and History, New Albany, IN

    • Barton Creek, Austin, TX

    • Black Canyon, Santa Fe, NM

    • Star Mountain Valley, AZ

    • Spooner’s Cove/Montana de Oro Bay, Los Osos, CA

    • Golden Gate Park, San Francisco, CA

    • Butte, MT

    • Kansas River, Lawrence, KS

    • Lawrence Public Library, Lawrence, KS

  • 2014 – The Sky is the Limit

    • Lemon’s Park, Pratt, KS

  • 2014 – current These Are My Children

    • University of Kansas, Lawrence, KS

  • 2013 - Without Land, We Must Grow Up, Not Out 

    • Textile Arts Center’s Sewing Seeds Natural Dye Garden, Brooklyn, NY

  • 2011 - Re-Re-Birth of Biocentric Interconnectedness

    • University of Kansas, Lawrence, KS

  • 2011 - The Earthway Studio

    • University of Kansas, Lawrence, KS

 

Grants and Awards:

  • 2016 – Art Slope Multi-Arts Festival

    • Old Stone House in Art Slope

    • Brooklyn, NY

  • 2016 - Ilus Davis Art in the Park Project

    • Kansas City, MO

  • 2016 - Lawrence Outdoor Downtown Sculpture Exhibition

    • Lawrence, KS

  • 2016 – Artist Inc KC Fellow

    • Kansas City, MO

  • 2015 -  Selected Winner in the 6th 2015 Showcase, Installation

    • ArtSlant.com

  • 2015 – Medicinal Art Tour : East to West, Kickstarter Project

    • New York to California, Workshops and Installations

  • 2015 – Selected Winner in the 1st 2015 Showcase, Installation

    • ArtSlant.com

  • 2013 – Without Land, We Must Grow Up, Not Out, Kickstarter Project

    • Textile Arts Center, Brooklyn, NY

  • 2012 - School of the Arts Travel Funds, NCECA Presentation

    • University of Kansas, Lawrence, KS

  • 2012 - J. Michael Young Opportunity Fund, NCECA Presentation

    • University of Kansas, Lawrence, KS

  • 2011 - Doris Carey Scholarship

    • University of Kansas, Lawrence, KS

  • 2011 - School of the Arts Endowment Grant

    • University of Kansas, Lawrence, KS

  • 2010 - School of the Arts Travel Funds, TSA Conference in Lincoln, NE,

    • University of Kansas, Lawrence, KS

  • 2010 – Textile Society of America Workshop Scholarship, Natural Dye

    • Lincoln, NE

  • 2010 – School of the Arts Student Research Travel Award,

    • Instructed by Inge Norgaard (Seattle/Port Townsend, WA)

    • University of Kansas, Lawrence, KS

  • 2010 - Nomination to apply for Yale Norfolk Fellowship

    • University of Kansas, Lawrence, KS

  • 2010 - Hollander Family Fund Scholarship

    • University of Kansas, Lawrence, KS

  • 2010 - Doris Carey Scholarship

    • University of Kansas, Lawrence, KS

  • 2009 - Doris Carey Scholarship

    • University of Kansas, Lawrence, KS

  • 2008 - Brainerd, HA Scholarship

    • University of Kansas, Lawrence, KS

  • 2008 - Charles W Shipley Memorial Scholarship

    •  University of Kansas, Lawrence, KS

 

Artist Talks/Presentations:

  • 2017 - Visiting Artist in Ceramics

    • Drury University​ (with Professor David Cogorno)

    • ​Springfield, MO​

  • 2017 - GUILDit

    • ARTS Bar KC, Kansas City, MO​

  • 2016 – Live and Dye Naturally : Artist Talk

    • Textile Arts Center

    • Brooklyn, NY

  • 2016 – Ceramics Demonstration

    • University of Kansas

    • Professor Marshall Maude

    • Lawrence, KS

  • 2016 – Ceramics Demonstration and Artist Talk

    • Naropa University

    • Professor Gina Adams

    • Boulder, CO

  • 2016 – Panel Member for “Healing Rifts and Community Engagement”

    • Battleground MidWest : Mid-America American Studies Association 2016 Conference

    • University of Kansas, Lawrence, KS

  • 2015 -  Visiting Artist for Social and Sustainable Art class

    • University of Kansas Sculpture Department

    • Professor Matthew Burke

  • 2015 – Medicinal Art Tour Talk

    • Carnegie Center for Art and History, New Albany, IN

  • 2014 - Retrospective Artist Talk

    •  Pratt Public Library, Pratt, KS

  • 2014 – Retrospective Artist Talk

    • Liberty Middle School, Pratt, KS

  • 2014 – Retrospective Artist Talk

    • Pratt High School, Pratt, KS

  • 2014 – Art as a Profession

    •  Turner 6th Grade Academy, Kansas City, KS

  • 2012 - The Wild Civilized: An Environmental Art Studio Installed Outdoors in an Institutional Space

    •  Textile Society of America’s (TSA) 12th Biennial Symposium, Washington, DC.

  • 2012 - Hand Dug and Unfired

    • National Council on Education for the Ceramic Art’s (NCECA) 46th Annual Conference, Seattle, WA.

  • 2011 – Artist Talk, Earthway Studio

    • Washburn University, Topeka, KS

  • 2009 – Artist Talk

    • Broken Arrow Elementary School, Lawrence, KS

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Teaching Experience:

  • 2012 - 2017 – Fiber and Ceramics Instructor (natural dyeing, pottery)

    • Lawrence Arts Center, Lawrence, KS

  • 2018 - Backstrap Weaving Workshop

    • Echo View Fiber Mill, Weaverville, NC​

  • 2018 - Backstrap Weaving Workshop/Natural Dyeing Workshop

    • Textile Arts Center, Brooklyn, NY​

  • 2017 - Backstrap Weaving Workshop

    • The Weaving Kind Makerie, Boulder, CO​

  • 2017 - Handbuilding Potter

    • Lawrence Arts Center, Lawrence, KS​

  • 2017 - First Time Potter

    • Lawrence Arts Center, Lawrence, KS​

  • 2017 - Indigo Dyeing Workshop

    • Lawrence Arts Center, Lawrence, KS​

  • 2017 - Indigo Dyeing Workshop

    • Celery Space, Berkeley, CA​

  • 2016 – Backstrap Weaving Workshop, Instructor

    • Lawrence Arts Center, Lawrence, KS

  • 2016 – Life on the Range : Wood-fired Ceramics

    • co-taught with Kyla Strid in partnership with KU ceramics department

    • Lawrence Arts Center, Lawrence, KS

  • 2016 – Experimental Papermaking

    • co-taught with Tonja Torgerson

    • Lawrence Arts Center, Lawrence, KS

  • 2016 – Backstrap Weaving Workshop, Instructor

    • Lawrence Arts Center, Lawrence, KS

  • 2015 -  Live the Fire : Wood-Fired Ceramics, Instructor

    • Lawrence Arts Center, Lawrence, KS

  • 2015 – Natural Dyeing Workshop, Instructor

    • Lawrence Arts Center, Lawrence, KS

  • 2015 – Natural Dyeing/Backstrap Weaving Workshop, Instructor

    • GoWesty Campers, Los Osos, CA

  • 2015 – Backstrap Weaving Workshop, Instructor

    • Espanola Valley Fiber Arts Center, Espanola, NM

  • 2015 – Backstrap Weaving Demonstration/Public Art Installation

    • Carnegie Center for Art and History, New Albany, IN

  • 2015 – Indigo Dyeing Workshop, Instructor

    • Villagers, Asheville, NC

  • 2015 – Backstrap Weaving Workshop, Instructor

    • Textile Arts Center, Brooklyn, NY

  • 2015 – Indigo Dyeing Workshop, Instructor

    • Lawrence Arts Center, Lawrence, KS

  • 2015 – Pottery Demo/Visiting Artist, Ceramics

    • Haskell Indian Nations University, Lawrence, KS

  • 2015 – Natural Dye Workshop, Instructor

    • Lawrence Arts Center, Lawrence, KS

  • 2014 – Indigo Dyeing Demonstration

    • Natural History Museum, University of Kansas, Lawrence, KS

  • 2014 – Indigo Dyeing Workshop, Instructor

    • Pratt Public Library, Pratt, KS

  • 2013 – Backstrap Weaving Workshop, Instructor

    • Textile Arts Center, Brooklyn, NY

  • 2013 – Indigo Dyeing Workshop, Instructor

    • Tabbetha McCale Evans Studio, Kansas City, MO

  • 2013 – Natural Dye Workshop, Assistant to Michelle Whipplinger

    • Textiles Department, University of Kansas, Lawrence, KS

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Theatre/Set Design: 

  • 2017 - Set Design/Production, Peter and the Wolf

    • Lawrence Arts Center, Lawrence, KS​

  • 2016 – Film Set Design, Fugue

    • Kansas City, MO

  • 2016 – Set Design/Production, Peter and the Wolf

    • Lawrence Arts Center, Lawrence, KS

  • 2015 – Set Design/Production, Peter and the Wolf

    • Lawrence Arts Center, Lawrence, KS

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Concentrated Research:

  • 2014 – Peruvian Backstrap Weaving Workshop, Participant

    • Instructed by Nilda Callanaupa Alavrez, Textiles Deparment, University of Kansas, Lawrence, KS

  • 2011 – Natural Dye Independent Study, Textiles, Local and Native Kansas Plants

    • Led by Kelly Kindscher, University of Kansas, Lawrence, KS

  • 2011 – Wood Fire Independent Study, Ceramics

    • Led by Marshall Maude, University of Kansas, Lawrence, KS

  • 2010 – Natural Dye Independent Study, Textiles

    • Led by Mary Anne Jordan, University of Kansas, Lawrence, KS

  • 2010 – Backstrap Weaving Independent Study, Textiles

    • Led by David Brackett, University of Kansas, Lawrence, KS

  • 2010 – Natural Dye Workshop, Participant

    • Instructed by Dominique Cardon and Elena Phipps w/ Sachio Yashioka, Textile Society of America Symposium, University of Nebraska, Lincoln, NE

  • 2010 – Natural Dye and Yarn Spinning Intern, Textiles

    • Instructed by Inge Norgaard, Port Townsend, WA

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