Education
M.F.A. in Studio, Interdisciplinary | School of Art the Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL, 2023
Structured mentorship with Lenka Clayton, 2019-2021
M.A. in English Education, emphasis in creative writing | University of Buffalo, Buffalo, NY
B.A. in Art, English, Secondary Education | Calvin College, Grand Rapids, MI
Solo and Small Group Exhibitions
2024
Tell Me Who You Are | Louise Hopkins Underwood Center for the Arts | Lubbock, TX | (solo, July-August, 2024)
Trace Extractions: Interior Awareness of Pandemic Spaces - with Stefani Byrd and Stephanie Serpick | Cascade Paragon Art Gallery, Portland, OR
2023
MFA Exhibition, Epilogue for a Life |SAIC Galleries | School of Art Institute of Chicago
2022
Ways of Being | SITE Gallery, School of Art Institute of Chicago | solo show
Trace Extractions: Interior Awareness of Pandemic Spaces - with Stefani Byrd and Stephanie Serpick | Leonor R. Fuller Gallery, Kenneth J. Minnaert Center for the Arts, Olympia, WA
2021
Work/Life | Gallery at Rhodes Arts Center | Northfield Mount Hermon | Mount Hermon, MA
Xylem | Southside Gallery | Oxford, MS
Selected Juried | Group Exhibitions
2024
Mama Needs a Raise! Towards a “Utopian” Care Economy | Old Stone House & Washington Park, Brooklyn, NY
2023
We've Come a Long Way...? | The Art Center Highland Park | Highland Park, IL
Growing Up Now | ARC Gallery | Chicago, IL
Scope Art Fair | Nickerson Projects | Miami FL
Care and Collaboration | Louise Hopkins Underwood Center for the Arts | Lubbock, TX | curated by Sarah Sudhoff
Procreate Project Archive | Manchester Craft and Design Centre | Manchester, UK
My Private Property | Carnation Contemporary | Portland, OR
ARTIST/PARENT | Air Gallery | Altrincham, Manchester, UK
(RE)PRODUCTION: PARENTHOOD AND THE ART WORLD | Open Eye Gallery, Liverpool
Who’s Story Is It? | Spilt Milk Gallery | St. Margaret’s House | Edinburgh, Scotland
Apocalypse. Maybe. | Gallery 114 | Portland, OR
2021
Acting/Balance(d) | Spilt Milk Gallery | Edinburgh, Scotland
Ritual | Intersect Arts Center | St. Louis, MS
Maternochronics: Maternal Exhaustion in the Time of Pandemic | University of Indiana, Bloomington, IN | curated by Emily Zarse
Spectrum | Stay Home Gallery | Paris, TN
ConTEXT | Art Fluent | curated by Amy Matteson Neill
Home | Arc Gallery | San Francisco, CA | juried by Susan Aulik
Text and Visual Language | St. Louis Arts Guild | juried by Tate Foley
Artist-Parent Pandemic Video and New Genres | College Art Association (CAA) Annual Conference | curated by Myrel Chernick and Niku Kashef
Womyn’s Werq | Studio Montclair Gallery | juried by Donna Kessinger
“You Are Not Wonderful Just Because You Are a Mother” - Ishiuchi Miyako | Digital | juried by Qiana Mestrich
Beauty in the Mundane | curated by Sari Shryack
2020
TSA_PDF x SVA | Tiger Strikes Asteroid and The School of Visual Arts | Fall 2020 Exhibition
Home and Revolution | Stay Home Gallery, Paris, TN | juried by Lauren Jackson Harris
42nd Annual | Monmouth Museum, Lincroft, NY | juried by Christy E. O’Connor
North x Northwest: Women’s Work | Yellowstone Art Museum, Billings, MT | juried by Jill Ahlberg Yohe
Home-works | Spilt Milk Gallery | Edinburgh, Scotland
2019
Small Works 2019 Exhibition | Main Street Gallery, Clifton Springs, NY | juried by Anna Kaplan
re : birth | Spilt Milk Gallery | St Margaret’s House | Edinburgh, Scotland
2016
Invisible Cities | Constellation Studios | Lincoln, NE
Published Work | Media
2024
“Ode to the Mundane” and other poems | Gone Feral | Demeter Press | Ontario, Canada
2023
This Is How I See It | John M. Flaxman Library Repository, School of the Art Institute of Chicago
“Finding Equilibrium, Releasing Pressure: Exhibitions in Lubbock Addresses Women’s Labor and Care" | Glasstire, Texas Visual Art
2021
Variation on “Extol” | Grayscale | Torpor House
“You are not wonderful just because you are a Mother" | Brooklyn Rail, R. Shane.
2020
“Mother/Daughter” and “Claire Margaret’s Liminal Move” | Home-works through Spilt-Milk Gallery, September 12-October 11
“Day 12: Light, Love, and Toilet Paper Rolls” | Social Distancing: A Global Community Publication, Mar-Apr 2020 | Design Arts Utah ‘20 exhibition
2012
“Adirondack Visits” | Literary Life Center Chapbook | Grand Rapids, MI, Vol. 3
Grants/Honors/Awards
2023 | Oregon Arts Commission in partnership with The Ford Family Foundation Documentation Support Grant
2021 | Third Place Award | Text and Visual Language, “The Parking Lot” | St. Louis Arts Guild | juried by Tate Foley
2020 | Integrity: Arts & Culture Association (IACA) Grant (September Grant)
2005 | Grandville Education Foundation Grant
Lectures/Artist Talks
November 2022 | “Conversations on Attachment” with Dr. Kelley Munger | School of Art Institute of Chicago
October 2022 | Labor Made Visible | Leonor R. Fuller Gallery, Kenneth J. Minnaert Center for the Arts, Olympia, Washington
October 2022 | SECAC (Southeastern College Art Conference) Panel Discussion, Work, Work, Work::Domestic Labor in Art | Baltimore, MD
February 2021 | Xylem Group Show Panel Artists Talk
Residencies
Spring 2024 | Sub Par Residency | Morehead City, NC
Fall 2020 | The Artist Residency Project | School of Visual Arts, NYC
September 2019 - May 2021 | Artist Residency in Motherhood | Eugene, OR | Exploring the “fragmented focus, upheaval, limited flexibility and resources of parenthood while letting it shape direction and work” Additional information for ARiM
Teaching Experience
Tenured Art Educator, Grandville High School, Grandville, MI
Developed syllabi and course structure for Honors Art, Independent Study, and Advanced Placement Art Supervision; taught courses through inquiry-based group discussions, studio thinking theory, Constructivism, and Attachment Theory
Developed syllabi and course structure for thematic based, interdisciplinary art courses rotating on a three-year sequence in a variety of media to include drawing, painting, ceramics, sculpture, and printmaking; taught courses through inquiry-based group discussions, active-learning models, and research-driven assessment and critique methodology.
Supervised approximately 150 students in three-four different course syllabi per semester within interdisciplinary structure and/or advanced student coursework. Modeled and presented problem-based creative explorations, evaluating student academic progress through weekly in-depth individual conferences and workshop critiques after extensive feedback training
Facilitated portfolio application assessment for students pursuing B.F.A program acceptance and Advanced Placement Art credit
Supervisor for Art Education Student Teachers through Hope College and Calvin University
Tenured English Educator, Grandville High School, Grandville, MI
Developed syllabi and course structure for Creative Writing, College Writing, American Literature, Senior Writing, World Literature, Freshman Language Arts, and Independent Study; taught courses through inquiry-based group discussions, active-learning models, and research-driven assessment and critique methodology.
Chaired development of revised junior year curriculum into new yearlong World Literature course with emphasis on Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and Belonging.
English Educator, Williamsville East High School, Williamsville, NY
Developed syllabi and course structure for thematic based, 10-week and 20-week English courses grouped heterogeneously, based on academic classification and varied grade-levels to include instruction on 24 different novels over three years.
6th/7th Grade Blended Class Educator, BCS, East Los Angeles, CA
Developed syllabi and course structure for sixth and seventh grade language arts, math, science, social studies, physical education, and art with students from socio-economically compromised backgrounds.
Developed Outdoor Education Program to include one-week overnight camps near Big Bear Mountain.
Professional Organizations and Memberships
Nomîneê Circle, a collective
College Art Association
Southeastern College Art
Surface Design
Professional Experience
Commissioned to design and create artwork and welcome materials for Upstream, women’s retreat of rest, play, and growth. | 2018-2019
Successful support of students in Scholastic Arts Competitions
Grandville High School Literary Magazine Editor, le raison d'être
Grandville High School Junior Class Advisor
Williamsville East High School Junior Class Advisor
Williamsville East High School Amnesty International Advisor
Just Buffalo Literary Center Writing Workshop Contributor
Williamsville District Professional Development Presenter, Heterogeneous Whole Language Instruction in Grades 9-12
Other Experience
Vice President | Keith Sumey, MD PC | 2015-present
Unpaid Volunteer Labor
Provide safe, loving, and supportive environment for child development to include life skill training, informal counseling, tutoring, financial planning, and project management
Volunteer at Edison Elementary School | 2016-2018 | Reading Instruction, Art, Library
Assistant for anthropological fieldwork in Guyuk, Nigeria
Provided childcare for two-year-old son, food preparation based on products sourced from market availability, and home maintenance all within compound of three mud huts in rural village. Lacked running water, regular electricity, and cultural representation.
Teaching Certificates
Michigan Art and English Certificate, grades 9-12, All subjects grades 7-9
New York State Language Arts Certificate, grades 9-12