Education 2002 MA: Philosophy, magna cum laude, Georgia State University (GRA) 1998 BA: Philosophy, cum laude, Georgia State University
Ceramics Education/Influences 2019 Certificate, MN NICE Program, Northern Clay Center, Mpls MN 2018 Residency, Mark Shapiro/Stonepool Pottery, Westhampton MA 2017 Workshop Participant, Anderson Ranch Arts Center (Scholarship), Aspen CO 2017 Residency, Mark Shapiro/Stonepool Pottery, Westhampton MA 2016 Workshop Participant, Penland School of Craft, Mark Shapiro/Sam Taylor (Scholarship), Penland NC
Selected Works, Exhibitions and Representation 2019 “Northern Clay Center Members Exhibition,” Mpls MN 2019 “Security in a State of Violence,” APE Gallery, Northampton MA 2019 Sales Gallery, Textile Center Gallery, Mpls MN 2018 Northern Clay Center Gallery, Mpls MN 2018 Duluth Pottery, Duluth MN 2017-19 Macon Arts Alliance Gallery, Macon GA 2016 Featured Artist, Mudfire Clayworks and Gallery, Decatur GA 2015-19 Mudfire Clayworks and Gallery, Decatur GA 2011 "On the Fringe,” Mixed Media, GA Perimeter College, Clarkston GA 2010 "Exits in Retrograde (Necessity in a Yellow Box)," 7th Biennial Outdoor Sculpture Exhibit, GA Perimeter College, Clarkston GA 2009 “Gateway to the World,” Mural, College Park GA 2008 "Should Stumps Have Seating," 6th Biennial Outdoor Sculpture Exhibit, GA Perimeter College, Clarkston GA 2006-7 College Park Arts Festival, College Park GA 2006-7 East Point Arts Festival, East Point GA 2005 "The Examined Life," Forum at Defoor Centre, Atlanta GA
Experience 2019 Instructor, White Bear Center for the Arts, White Bear Lake MN 2018-19 Studio Support, Northern Clay Center, Mpls MN 2016-18 Staff/Instructor, Mudfire Clayworks and Gallery, Atlanta GA 2007-12 Head Tutor, Lit/Math, Gateway to College Academy, Clarkston GA 2005-6 Temple Gallery Director, Dekalb Council for the Arts, Decatur GA 2005 Juror, 8th Annual Oakhurst Arts and Music Festival, Decatur GA 2001-19 Co-owner, Joy Investments, LLC., Atlanta GA 1993-95 Director/Instructor of Mathematics, Fa'asao College Preparatory Girls High School, American Samoa 1993-95 Director/Instructor of Fine Arts, Marist College Preparatory Boys High School, American Samoa 1992-93 Project Coordinator/Instructor, American Samoa Council on Arts, Culture and Humanities, American Samoa
Awards/Recognition 2006-7 “Best in Show,” College Park Arts Festival, College Park, GA 2006 First Place, Student Art Show, Perimeter College, Clarkston GA 2005 Merit Award, Student Art Show, Perimeter College, Clarkston GA 1998 Honors Award, Classical Languages, Georgia State University, Atlanta GA
Press 2018 Catalog Entry, Anderson Ranch Arts Center Annual Art Auction 2012 Article, “Negatiivinen Tila: Yksityisalueen Avaaminen Yhteisille Elämyksille,” Korkea Taivas 2004 Introduction, “Fleshly Resonance,” Johanna Hällsten, Birmingham Botanical Gardens and Glasshouses, United Kingdom 2004 Citation, British Journal of Aesthetics and Art Criticism, 44(1):44-56
Workshops/Lectures 2017 Demonstrator, “Handles”, Mudfire Clayworks, Decatur GA 2017 Demonstrating Potter, Atlanta Craft Council, Atlanta GA 2010 Speaker, “Negative Space: Reframing Personal Space as Perceptual Commons,” Living Walls the City Speaks: A Conference on Street Art and Urbanism, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta GA 2010 Speaker, “Negative Space…” 7th Intl Conference on Environmental Aesthetics: Celestial Aesthetics: The Aesthetics of Sky, Space, and Heaven, Valamo Monastery, Heinävesi, Finland 2005 Co-presenter, “Soap-making with Beeswax”, GA Beekeepers Assn Annual Conference, University of Georgia, Athens GA 2003 Commentator, American Society for Aesthetics, Philadelphia PA 2002 Speaker, “Next Stop, Scenic(World)View: A few Implications of Synesthesia for Environmental Aesthetics, Seventh Intl Summer School of Applied Aesthetics, "Aesthetics of the Unseen," Lahti Finland Professional Memberships National Council on Education for the Ceramic Arts Minnesota Women Ceramic Artists American Society of Aesthetics
Volunteer Work: 2019 NCECA, Core Crew, “Make In” with Mark Shapiro and Sam Taylor 2019-17 St. Croix Valley Pottery Tour, Assistant 2013-18 Center for Puppetry Arts, Educator and House Management 2012-18 Chattahoochee Riverkeeper, Proctor Creek Water Monitor 1999-10 Adopt-a-Stream, Utoy Tributary Water Monitor