EDUCATION

 

2015                Indiana University of Pennsylvania, Masters of Fine Arts, Indiana, Pa. 

                         

2011                Shippensburg University, Bachelors of Science in Art Education, Shippensburg, PA

                        

 

PROFESSIONAL QUALIFICATIONS

State of Pennsylvania Art Certification K-12, Received May 2011

 

TEACHING EXPERIENCE

Long-term substitute at Chambersburg Area School District, Chambersburg High School, Chambersburg PA

• Plan and implement lesson plans that meet national and state standards

• Prepare imaginative projects and activities in order to stimulate student creativity

• Utilize classroom management to reinforce a structured learning environment

• Create a pre-test/ post-test to evaluate lessons in relation to student learning

 

Graduate Teaching Assistant, Indiana University of Pennsylvania, Indiana, PA

• Assist the Professor with teaching classes, organizing and developing lessons, gathering material, and lecturing.

• I was also an assistant to the Gallery Director, helping to set up exhibitions and turn over shows, obtaining the experience to professionally exhibit artwork.

 

Long term and daily substitute at Shippensburg Area School District, Shippensburg High School, Shippensburg PA

 

Council for the Arts, Chambersburg, PA

• I created fun interactive lessons that established a foundation for students to explore materials and start to develop their own creative ideas.

 

Sculpture Intern, Shippensburg University, Shippensburg PA

• Supervise and maintain studio space/use of equipment

• Assist students with use of tools

 

 

COMMUNITY OUTREACH

2015    Soup for Soul,

(Proceeds benefit The Gleaning Project and a Student of Good Character Scholarship)

            Artist Choice

            Art Fest

 

EXHIBITIONS

2015    Identity, The Thought Lot, Shippensburg PA

            *Solo Exhibit

           

2014    DRAWN, Manifest Gallery, Cincinnati Ohio

            Curated by Jason Franz. Juried

           

            Graduate Scholars Forum, Kipp Gallery, Indiana PA

            Curated by Tommy White. Juried

            *Best of Show

 

            Subterranean Reality, Unsmoke Systems, Braddock PA

           

            Ignorance is not Innocence, Kipp Gallery, Indiana PA

 

            Beyond the Surface, Art Works, Johnstown PA

            Curated by Emilio Valerio D’Ospina

 

2013    Project Elevate, Chambersburg, PA

            Council for the Arts

            *Solo Exhibit

 

            Dixon Center, Harrisburg, PA

            Curated by Cheryl Hochberg

           

            Spectrum, University Museum, Indiana, PA.     

            Curated by Graduate Art Association.  Invitational.

           

            Graduate Scholars Forum, Annex Gallery, Indiana, PA.

            Curated by Adam Kenney Juried

 

            A Person, Place, or Thing, Kauffman Gallery, Shippensburg PA

            Curated by Michael Cambell

 

            Day of the Dead, Miller Gallery, Indiana PA

            Curated by SAA of Indiana PA

 

2012    Interchange, StARTup Incubator Gallery, Edinboro, PA.

            Curated by Graduate Art Association. Juried.

             

2011    Senior Exhibition, Kauffman Gallery, Shippensburg, PA.

             *Solo Exhibition

           

            Laser Bear, Box Gallery, Shippensburg, PA

            Group Show by Invitation

 

2010    Fall Exhibition, Kauffman Gallery, Shippensburg, PA.

            Curated by Steve Dolbin. Juried.

 

2007    Shape Gallery, Shippensburg, PA

           

PUBLICATIONS AND REVIEWS

 

 2013   New Growth and Arts Review: Art and Writing of IUP

           

            Indiana Student Cooperative Association, Graduate Scholars Forum             Exhibition        Catalogue

           

            Graduate Art Association, Spectrum

            Exhibition Catalogue

 

2011    Drawing Published as cover of Shippensburg University Magazine

 

COMMISIONS AND COLLECTIONS

 

2014                Keith Boyer

                        “Harrison” Oil on Paper, Private Collection

                         

2013                Rev. Nancy Hudson

                        “Swing” Charcoal on Paper, Private Collection

 

                        Office of President Dr. Bill Ruud

                        “Local to Global” Mixed Media on Paper, Private Collection

 

                        Dr. Erin Diehl

                        “Evening in Fall” Oil on Canvas, Private Collection

 

2012                Oasis International Training Center

                        “Subliminal Portrait” Graphite on Paper, Private Collection

 

2011                Shippensburg Area Senior High School

                        “Anonymous Faces” Paper Pulp and Acrylic, Public Display