| Education
September-December 2008, Internship, North Dakota State University Ceramics Dept.
March-May 2008, Penland School of Craft, Penland, NC: "Fired, Not Fried" Concentration with Kent McLaughlin.
July 2007, Archie Bray Foundation, Helena, MT: "Soda in the Fire" workshop with Gail Nichols.
August 2002-May 07, North Dakota State University, Magna cum Laude, Fargo, ND: BA with majors in Art, emphasis ceramics, and English, emphasis Literature.
August 2006, Anderson Ranch Arts Center, Snowmass Village, CO: "Colorful Gestural Tableware" workshop by Lisa Orr.
Shows, Awards, and Commissions
"New Bohemia North Dakota" traveling art show: 10 different galleries across North Dakota, curated by the North Dakota Art Gallery Association, September 20, 2008-March 10, 2010.
Downtown Leadership Group, Grand Forks, ND/East Grand Forks, MN: Selected as an Emerging Artist for Grand Cities Art Fest, June 14-15, 2008.
North Valley Arts Council, Grand Forks, ND: Recipient, Professional Development grant to attend "Fired, Not Fried," Concentration with Kent McLaughlin at Penland School of Craft, March 2008.
Penland School of Crafts, Penland, NC: Recipient, Full Work-Study Scholarship to attend "Fired, Not Fried," March-May 2008.
Buyers Market of American Craft, Philadelphia, PA: Selected by Red River Regional Council, North Dakota Small Business Development Center, and North Valley Arts Council as one of ten ND artists to participate in Art Up! Program though a booth at BMAC, February 2008.
North Dakota Council on the Arts: Recipient, Professional Development Grant to attend "Soda in the Fire," July 2007.
Reineke Visual Arts Gallery, Fargo, ND: Baccalaureate show: "Cups," April 30-May 4 2007.
NDSU Downtown Campus Gallery, Fargo, ND: "Arts and Humanities Summit," October 2006.
Commission of 12 plates to the University of North Dakota's IHLUAC committee, May 2006.
NDSU Downtown Campus Gallery, Fargo, ND: "Billboard Show" : winner, "green bowl," photo of bowl posted on full-size billboard at corner of NP Avenue and 7th Street North, Fargo, ND, March through June 2006.
Reineke Visual Arts Gallery, Fargo, ND: "NDSU Annual Juried Art Show," James R. Dean, Juror. Honorable Mention, "Untitled" lithograph, March 2006.
Print Articles
Grand Forks Herald: Friday, June 13 2008.
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