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CV/RESUME

EDUCATION

2023 Fort Hays State University, Master of Fine Arts, Ceramics, Hays KS

2020 Doane University, Bachelor of Arts in Fine Art, Professional Practices and Ceramics, Crete NE

AWARDS

2023 Outstanding Student Leader of the Year, Student Engagement Awards, Fort Hays State University, Hays, KS

Earl O & Winona M Field Art School Grant, Fort Hays State University, Hays KS

Graduate Scholarly Experience (GSE) Grant, Fort Hays State University, Hays, KS

Diversity Program of the Year: Figurative Symposium with Joey Quiñones and Jonathan Caballero,

Student Engagement Awards, Fort Hays State University, Hays, KS

1st Place Graduate Art, SACAD, Fort Hays State University, Hays, KS

2nd Place Graduate Art, SACAD, Fort Hays State University, Hays, KS

3rd Place Graduate Art, SACAD, Fort Hays State University, Hays, KS

Earl O & Winona M Field Art School Grant, Fort Hays State University, Hays, KS

2022 Earl O & Winona M Field Art School Grant, Fort Hays State University, Hays, KS

2021 Graduate Scholarly Experience (GSE) Grant, Fort Hays State University, Hays KS

Best of Show, Sunflower Biennial, Salina Art Center, Salina KS

2020 Graduate Scholarly and Experience (GSE) Grant, Fort Hays State University, Hays KS

Earl O & Winona M Field Art School Grant, Fort Hays State University, Hays KS

2017 Best 3-Dimensional Work in Show, Student Juried Show, Doane University, Crete NE

SOLO EXHIBITION

2024 Everything Changes, Rall Gallery, Crete, NE

2023 Everything Changes, Nothing Dies, MFA Thesis Exhibition, Moss-Thorns Gallery, Fort Hays State

University, Hays KS

2020 The Emotional Response, Solo Senior Exhibition, Rall Gallery, Doane University, Crete NE

GROUP EXHIBITION

2023 Graduate Student Exhibition, Moss-Thorns Gallery, Hays KS

18th Annual John Heinrichs Scholarly and Creative Activities Day Exhibition (SACAD), Hays, KS

2022 Iridescence, invitation, Fort Hays State University, Hays KS

Jana’s Campaign: Sexual and Domestic Violence Awareness, Styles Dance Studios, Hays KS

17th Annual John Heinrichs Scholarly and Creative Activities Day (SACAD), Hays KS

Fortitude and Persistence (traveling show), Hays Arts Council, Hays KS

Emotions - 2021, virtual exhibition, Gallerium Arts

2021 Five State Photography Exhibition, Hays Arts Council, Hays KS

harmony + tension, Hays Public Library, Hays KS

Fortitude and Persistence (traveling show), Lincoln KS

FHSU Graduate Exhibition, Moss-Thorns Gallery, Hays KS

Fortitude and Persistence (traveling show), Prairie Museum of Art and History, Colby KS

MONA Biennial Exhibition, Museum of Nebraska Art, Kearney NE

Inside The Box, 2021 Installation Workshop Exhibition, Moss-Thorns Gallery, Hays KS

Summer Art Walk's Graduate Exhibition, Hays Arts Annex, Hays KS

2021 Nebraska Artist Biennial, Gallery 1516, Omaha NE

16th Annual John Heinrichs Scholarly and Creative Activities Day Exhibition (SACAD), Virtual, Hays KS

FHSU Art and Design: Fortitude and Persistence, Hays Arts Council, Hays KS

Sunflower Biennial, Salina Art Center, Salina KS

2020 Connect Exhibition, Virtual, Hays KS

Orton Cone Box Show, Virtual, NCECA

2019 Student Juried Show, Rall Gallery, Crete NE

2017 Student Juried Show, Rall Gallery, Crete NE

RELATED EXPERIENCE

2024 Volunteer Director of Programs, The Arts Center at Gray Photography Studio, St. John, KS

Invitational Judge, Academic Olympics: Art Category, Pratt Community College, Pratt, KS

2022 Researcher under Judith Schwartz, Museum of Ceramic Art - New York, virtual

Ceramica Clay Club (C3) President (second term), Fort Hays State University, Hays KS

Graduate Teaching Assistant (GTA), Fort Hays State University, Hays KS

Installation Assistant, Human Nature, Shafer Gallery, Barton Community College, Great Bend, KS

Winter-term Residency, LUX Center for the Arts, Lincoln, NE

2021 Ceramica Clay Club (C3) President, Fort Hays State University, Hays KS

Graduate Teaching Assistant (GTA), Fort Hays State University, Hays KS

Assistant Graphic Designer, FHSU Alumni Association, Hays KS

2020 Winter Residency under Linda Ganstrom, Fort Hays State University, Hays KS

Iron Pouring Assistant, Fort Hays State University, Hays KS

Virtual Event Designer, FHSU Alumni Association, Hays KS

Teaching Assistant (TA) to Eric Stearns, 3D Design, Doane University, Crete NE

2019 Gallery Installation Assistant, Lauren Baird Exhibition, Rall Gallery, Crete NE

Summer Intern, LUX Center for the Arts, Lincoln NE

Fellowship, winter term, LUX Center for the Arts, Lincoln NE

Private Instructor, LUX Center for the Arts, Lincoln NE

Teaching Assistant (TA) to Eric Stearns, 3D Design, Doane University

2018 Gallery Installation Assistant, Eric Stearns Exhibition, Rall Gallery, Crete NE

WORKSHOPS CONSTRUCTED

2023 Handbuilt Functional Ceramics, Ceramica Clay Club, Fort Hays State University, Hays KS

2022 Constructing Conceptual Ideas, Hoisington High School, Hoisington KS

Sculpting The Figure, FHSU High School Art Day, Hays KS

2021 Colby Pit Firing Workshop Assistant, Prairie Museum of Art and History, Colby KS

Ceramica Clay Club: Clay Play, Fort Hays State University, Hays KS

Functional Handbuilding, Ceramica Clay Club Fort Hays State University, Hays KS

Solid to Hollow: A Guide to Carving Solid Work, FHSU High School Art Day, Hays KS

2020 Plaster Body Casting, Doane University, Crete NE

Non-Traditional Apparel, 3D Design, Doane University, Crete NE

2019 Introductory Ceramics, age 6-15, LUX Center for the Arts, Lincoln NE

Animal Painting, LUX Center for the Arts

WORKSHOPS ATTENDED

2023 Clayton Keyes, Figures and Flowers, Fort Hays State University, Hays, KS

Bede Clarke, Surfacing Workshop, Fort Hays State University, Hays, KS

2022 Joann Quinones and Jonathan Caballero, Figurative Symposium, Fort Hays State University, Hays KS

Andrea Keys Connell, Hollow Building a Bust: Head, Shoulders, Neck and Face, Virtual Workshop