CV
Education
2025 Penland School of Craft Spring Concentration Studio Assistant to Michael Kline
2022 Penland School of Craft Summer Session Studio Assistant to Courtney Martin
2022 Studio Alluvium Making Glazes Using Local Materials
2019 Penland School of Craft Summer Session with Bandana Pottery
2019 Penland School of Craft Spring Clay Concentration with Terry Gess
2014 Vassar College BA English
Public Presentations and Exhibitions
2025 Cup Show at Alma’s Richmond, VA
2025 Visiting artist talk on wild clay for a 2 week textiles class Penland, NC
2025 ‘WNC Craft Futures: From Here’ Exhibition at Center for Craft Asheville, NC
2024 Open House Exhibition at Township 10 Marshall, NC
2024 Artist Talk at Warren Wilson (cancelled due to Helene) Swannanoa, NC
2024 Open Flame Invitational Show at NCECA Richmond, VA
2022 Woodfire Invitational Exhibition Marshall, NC
Gallery Representation
Alma’s Richmond, VA
MICA Gallery Bakersville, NC
Residencies
2025 Township 10 Marshall, NC
2024 Township 10 Marshall, NC
Awards and Grants
2025 Center for Craft’s Craft Futures Fund Recipient
2023 Second Place – North Carolina Ceramic Arts Festival
2023 Artist Support Grant to conduct research on formulating a local clay body
2022 Emerging Artist Booth – North Carolina Ceramic Arts Festival
2014 Vassar College English Senior Thesis Award
Craft Show Organizer
2023-present Gather Art Market Burnsville, NC
I founded and organize a bimonthly art market that showcases emerging artists working in art and craft at pop-up markets in Burnsville, NC.
Ceramic Employment / Training
2019-present Assistant for Bandana Pottery Penland, NC
Making plate, tray, and large vase forms using press molds, processing wild clay, stacking wood, pugging clay, mixing glazes, processing raw materials for glazes, helping glaze big pots, loading kilns, firing wood kiln.
2019-present Studio Technician and Instructor at HCCA Burnsville, NC
Teaching wheel throwing classes, mixing glazes, loading and firing kilns.
2021-2023 Assistant for Courtney Martin Penland, NC
Wedging clay, mixing glazes, testing new glazes using local materials, stacking wood, loading and firing bisque and wood kilns, glazing work.
2019-2021 Assistant for John Britt Penland, NC
Assisted with PDF on gohonde spotting, mixing up glaze tests using raw materials, making test tiles, making bowls using a RAM press, loading and firing kilns, spraying test tiles, photographing work, helping build wood kiln.
2020-2021 Assistant for Shawn Ireland Penland, NC
Making forms using clay slabs, mixing clay using raw materials, pugging clay, stacking wood, firing wood kiln.
Teaching / Workshops
2025 Turkey Wing Hand Brooms Burnsville, NC
2025 Wild Clay and Brushmaking Workshop Burnsville, NC
2025 Intro to Obvara Workshop Bakersville, NC
2025 Intro to Obvara Workshop Burnsville, NC
2019-2025 Private lessons
Garden
2019-present Freelance gardener and garden designer
2016-2019 Apprentice at Mountain Gardens