Curriculum Vitae
Education
M.F.A. 2006 Ceramics Emphasis, Jewelry Minor
Fort Hays State University, Hays, KS.
B.F.A. 2002 Ceramics Emphasis, Jewelry Minor
Fort Hays State University, Hays, KS.
Licensure
2002-Present Kansas Teaching Certification in Art K-12
Professional Experience
2006-Present Instructor of Art, Dodge City Community College, Dodge City, Kansas
2005-2006 Graduate Teaching Assistant, Fort Hays State University, Hays, Kansas
Assisted in ceramics, jewelry, sculpture and art fundamentals.
Teaching beginning handbuilding ceramics class.
2002�2003 Graduate Assistant to the Gallery Director, Landmark Arts Galleries of Texas Tech University, Lubbock, Texas
Receiving and installation of artworks, facilitated gallery events and assistant to visiting artists.
2003 Graduate Teaching Assistant, Texas Tech University, Lubbock, Texas
Assisted in the introduction to the wheel ceramics, 3-D foundations.
2001 � 06 Summer Art Programs Instructor, Hays Arts Council, Hays, Kansas
Designer of curriculum, lesson planning, procurement of supplies and classroom management. Classes included ceramics: beginning handbuilding and throwing, jewelry and sculpture.
Professional Memberships
1998-Present National Council on the Education of the Ceramic Arts
Conferences Attended: 2006 Portland, OR
2005 Baltimore, MA
2003 San Diego, CA
2002 Kansas City, MO
2001 Charlotte, NC
1999 Columbus, OH
1999-Present Kansas Artist and Craftsman Association
Conferences Attended: 2004 Manhattan, KS
1999 Topeka, KS
2005-Present International Society of Glass Beadmakers
2006-Present Dodge City Arts Council
Solo Exhibitions
2006 America�s Nuclear Family, MFA Thesis Exhibition.
Moss-Thorns Gallery of Art, Fort Hays State University, Hays, KS
2005 Atomic Culture, Solo Invitational Exhibition of ceramic sculpture and jewelry that
illustrated the ideas and concepts discussed at the Eisenhower�s Nuclear Policies and their
Legacies Conference, Kansas State University Alumni Center, Manhattan, KS
Group Exhibitions
2006 Invitational, Fabulous Foods
Birger Sandzen Memorial Gallery, Lindsborg, KS
2006 Kansas Artists and Craftsman Association Members Exhibition
Mingenback Art Center, Lindsborg, KS
2006 Southwest Kansas Art Educators� Exhibition
Carnegie Center for the Arts, Dodge City, KS
2005 Plains� Pitchers
Dodge City Community College, KS
2004 Biosynthesis
Sternberg Museum, Hays, KS
2002 Two-Person Exhibition, Bachelor of Fine Arts Exhibition
Hays Arts Council Gallery, Hays, KS
Selected Juried Exhibitions
2007 University of Dallas Regional Ceramic Competition
Beatrice M. Haggerty Gallery, Irving, TX
Juror: Val M. Cushing, Professor Emeritus New York State College of Ceramics at Alfred
2006 San Angelo National Ceramic Competition
San Angelo Museum of Fine Arts, San Angelo, TX
Juror: Ann Lancaster, former executive director and co-founder of the Houston Center
for Contemporary Craft
2006 The Baker Art Center�s 10th National Juried Art Exhibition
The Baker Arts Center, Liberal, KS
Juror: Stephen Wicks, Independent Curator
2006 9th Annual Sandhills Art Association Art Exhibit
Mercer Gallery, Garden City Community College, Garden City, KS
Juror: Ye Wang, Associate professor of Art at Dodge City Community College
2006 Kansas Collegiate Aesthetics, Award of Excellence $500
Birger Sandzen Memorial Gallery, Lindsborg, KS
Juror: Jan Schall, Sanders Sosland Curator of Modern and Contemporary Art at the
Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art in Kansas City.
2006 Smoky Hill Arts Exhibition
Hays Arts Council Gallery, Hays, KS
Juror: Paul Dorrell, founder and director of the Leopold Gallery and author of �Living the
Artist�s Life.�
2005 Kansas Artist and Craftsman Association Emerging Talent Exhibition
Sabatini Gallery at the Topeka Shawnee County Public Library, Topeka, KS
Juror: Gail Kendall
Selected Juried Exhibitions continued�
2005 Smoky Hill Arts Exhibition
Hays Arts Council Gallery, Hays, KS
Juror: Jan Schall, Sanders Soslend Curator of Modern and Contemporary Art at the
Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art in Kansas City
2004 Kansas Artist and Craftsman Association Members Show
Manhattan Arts Center, Manhattan, KS
Jurors: John Kudlacek and Larry Peters
2004 Materials: Hard & Soft
The Meadows Gallery: The Center for the Visual Arts, Denton, TX
Juror: Davira S. Taragin
2004 The Propaganda Show
Gallery on Q, Lubbock, TX
2001 Kansas Artist and Craftsman Association Members Show
Hays Arts Council Gallery, Hays, KS
Juror: John Kudlacek and Larry Peters
2001 Student Honors Exhibition
Fort Hays State University, Hays, KS
2000 Russell Original Art Review
Russell, KS
Juror: Carla Scott
2000 Student Honors Exhibition
Fort Hays State University, Hays, KS
2000 Smoky Hill Arts Exhibition
Hays, KS
Juror: Louise Cadillac
1999 Russell Original Art Review
Russell, KS
Juror: Marlana K. Stoddard-Hayes
1999 Student Honors Exhibition
Fort Hays State University, Hays, KS
Publications:
2006 Image Transfer on Clay, Paul Andrew Wandless, Lark Books. pg 50.
2006 Creative Convocation, Apr-Jun Volume 2 Issue 2, pgs 42-43.
2006 Art on Fire: Lampworking, The University Leader, April 14, page 2.
2006 FHSU Professor, Students Attend National Ceramics Convention,
The Hays Daily News, April 5, page A7.
2006 Lines: A Journal of the Arts, Fort Hays State University Printers, pgs 8,20.
2006 500 Pitchers: Contemporary Expressions of a Classic Form, Lark Books, pg 178.
2004 1000 Glass Beads: Innovation and Imagination in Contemporary Glass Beadmaking, by Valerie Van Arsdale Shrader and Cathy Finegan, Lark Books, pg 68, 228.
2003 1000 Rings: Inspiring Adornments for the Hand, by Marthe Le Van and
Robert W. Ebendorf, Lark Books, pgs 30,98.
Presentations
2006 Graduate Slide Forum
National Council on the Education of the Ceramic Arts Conference
Portland, OR
2005 Graduate Slide Forum
National Council on the Education of the Ceramic Arts Conference
Baltimore, MA
2005 Ceramic Tour of China, Beijing, Zhengzhou, Xian, Jingdezhen to Shanghai
Images and experiences gained from the three week trip taken in May 2005
Fort Hays State University, Hays, KS
Workshops Presented
2007 Image Transfer on Clay: Screen Print and Decals
Garden City Community College, Garden City, KS
2006 Referencing the Body: Body Casting
Demonstration: The use of plaster bandages as a body casting material to make single and multiple piece body molds, which were then used to create ceramic multiples.
Discussion: Concept development using references to the body.
Dodge City Community College, Dodge City, KS
Grants
2006 Student Research Grant from Fort Hays State University Graduate School, $400.
Development of image transfer processes onto ceramic sculpture using screen
printing techniques.