2001-2004 MFA Candidate, University of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX

1999 BA Summa Cum Laude, Meredith College, Raleigh, NC

Awards and Grants

2004 Nominee for Master of Fine Art Fellowship, Joan Mitchell Foundation

2003-2004 Marshall F. Wells Scholarship and Fellowship Endowment in the
College of Fine Arts, University of Texas at Austin

Irving and Jeanette Goodfriend Endowed Presidential Scholarship in Art,
University of Texas at Austin

2003 Nominee for Master of Fine Arts Fellowship, Dedalus Foundation

2001-2002 Emily Maverick Miller and Emily Miller Wells Endowed Presidential Scholarship in Art, University of Texas at Austin

2001 Merit Award, People’s Choice Award, Seventh Annual Spring Artists
Exhibition, Juried Exhibition, Fine Arts League of Cary, Cary, NC

First Award, 23rd Annual Raleigh Fine Arts Society Artists Exhibition, Juried Exhibition, Raleigh, NC (juried by Miriam Schapiro)

2000 Creative Ideas Grant, Meredith College

1999 Eula Bagwell Jones Endowed Prize, Meredith College

Academic Excellence Award, Meredith College

Alpha Lambda Delta Maria Leonard Senior Book Award, Meredith College

Outstanding Student in Art, Meredith College

Louise Ruth Award, Annual Juried Student Art Exhibition, Meredith College

1995-1999 Honors Scholar, Meredith College

Dean’s List, Meredith College

A.J. Fletcher Art Scholar, Meredith College

Julia Hamlet Harris Scholar, Meredith College

1996-1999 Kappa Nu Sigma Scholastic Honor Society, Meredith College

1998 Meredith Undergraduate Research Conference Award, Meredith College

Merit Award, Annual Juried Student Art Exhibition, Meredith College

1997 Merit Award, Annual Juried Student Art Exhibition, Meredith College

1996 Merit Award, Annual Juried Student Art Exhibition, Meredith College

1995 Watauga County Arts Council Scholar
Exhibitions

2004 Featured Artist, dberman Gallery, Austin, TX

MFA II, Creative Research Laboratory at the University of Texas at Austin

2003 Murmur, Creative Research Laboratory at the University of Texas at Austin

Featured Artist, Main Street Gallery, Blowing Rock, NC

2002 Jacket, Creative Research Laboratory at the University of Texas at Austin

2001 Changing Places, McCombs School of Business at the University of Texas at
Austin

Faculty Art Exhibition, Frankie G. Weems Gallery at Meredith College,
Raleigh, NC

Seventh Annual Spring Artists Exhibition, Juried Exhibition, Fine Arts League
of Cary, Cary, NC

23rd Annual Raleigh Fine Arts Society Artists Exhibition, Juried Exhibition, Frankie G. Weems Gallery at Meredith College, Raleigh, NC

2000 Twentieth Century Trends by Women Artists, Frankie G. Weems Gallery at Meredith College, Raleigh, NC

Featured Artist, Main Street Gallery, Blowing Rock, NC

Featured Artist, Collective Arts Gallery, Raleigh, NC

Dean’s Exhibition, Johnson Hall at Meredith College, Raleigh, NC

1999 Twelfth Annual Sculpture in the Garden, North Carolina Botanical Garden, Chapel Hill, NC

Fourteenth Annual Sculpture Celebration, J.E. Broyhill Park, Lenoir, NC

Senior Art Exhibition, Gaddy-Hamrick Hall at Meredith College, Raleigh, NC

Featured Artist, Main Street Gallery, Blowing Rock, NC

Dean’s Exhibition, Johnson Hall at Meredith College, Raleigh, NC

Annual Juried Student Art Exhibition, Johnson Hall at Meredith College,
Raleigh, NC

1998 Dean’s Exhibition, Johnson Hall at Meredith College, Raleigh, NC

Annual Juried Student Art Exhibition, Frankie G. Weems Gallery at
Meredith College, Raleigh, NC

1997 Meredith Faculty and Student Exhibition, Eagle Gallery, Raleigh, NC

Dean’s Exhibition, Johnson Hall at Meredith College, Raleigh, NC

Annual Juried Student Art Exhibition, Frankie G. Weems Gallery at
Meredith College, Raleigh, NC

1996 Annual Juried Student Art Exhibition, Frankie G. Weems Gallery at
Meredith College, Raleigh, NC

Teaching Experience

2003-2004 Instructor, Three-Dimensional Foundations, Department of Art and Art History, University of Texas at Austin

2002-2003 Teaching Assistant, Intermediate/Advanced Sculptural Ceramics, Janet Kastner, Department of Art and Art History, University of Texas at Austin

2002 Teaching Assistant, Life Drawing, Cynthia Camlin, Department of Art and Art History, University of Texas at Austin

Teaching Assistant, Intermediate/Advanced Contemporary Vessels, Don Herron, Department of Art and Art History, University of Texas at Austin

2001-2002 Teaching Assistant, Beginning Ceramics, Janet Kastner, Department of Art and Art History, University of Texas at Austin

2000-2001 Guest Lecturer and Teaching Assistant, Meredith College

Ceramic Technician, Meredith College

Artist in Residence, Meredith College

2000 Drawing Fundamentals Guest Critic, North Carolina State University,
Raleigh, NC

Drawing Fundamentals Substitute Teacher, Meredith College

1998-1999 Teaching Assistant and Museum Intern, North Carolina Museum of Art, Raleigh, NC

1998 Teaching Assistant, Department of Art History, Meredith College

Additional Professional Experience

2002 Intern, Creative Research Laboratory at the University of Texas at Austin

1999-2001 Created site-specific sculpture for private patrons

1999-2000 Tour Coordinator, North Carolina Museum of Art, Raleigh, NC

1999 Assistant Sculptor, Lyle Estill Studio, Moncure, NC

1998 Commissioned to paint mural for Honors Lounge at Meredith College

Slide Librarian and Art Department Assistant, Meredith College

1997 Constructed model and drawings for prototype soft sculpture

Constructed model for playground to be built in Berlin

1995-1997 Gallery Assistant, Hands Gallery, Boone, NC

Gallery Assistant, Main Street Gallery, Blowing Rock, NC