curriculum vitae
Education
2013
Masters in Education
Mary Lou Fulton School, Arizona State University.
Masters in Education, Art Focus, Additional graduate non-degree studies in ceramics. Independent study with Kurt
Weiser. Herberger School of Art and Design, Arizona State University, Tempe,
AZ.
2009
Bachelors of Studio Art, Photography
Herberger School of Art, Arizona State University
Concentration in photography,
2008 Undergraduate portfolio building in ceramics and photography. Mesa Community College
2007
Diploma in Western Herbalism
Southwest Institute of Healing Arts
Concentration in various aspects of clinical practice of Western herbalism (anatomy, physiology, pharmacology, botany). Additional areas of study: traditional medicine making, traditional applications, wildcrafting, and entheology.
from tech to teacher
June 2025-August 2025 Adjunct Faculty Ceramics. Dallas College, Mountain View Campus. Part time.
Aug 2024- May 2025 Faculty, full time (temp), ceramics, art appreciation, art club. Institutional service: curriculum committee, and safety/space committee. Dallas College, Mountain View Campus.
Aug 2023-Aug 2024. Adjunct Faculty, Ceramics and Art Appreciation, Dallas College, Mountain View Campus. Part time.
2021-2023 Adjunct Faculty, Ceramics, Mesa Community College. Part time.
2015- 2017 Adjunct Faculty, Ceramics, Gateway Community College. Part time.
2014-2017 Adjunct Faculty, Beginning Ceramics, Mesa Community College. Part time.
2013- 2014 Substitute Adjunct faculty, all levels, Mesa Community College Art Department Part time.
2009-2013 Studio Technician, Mesa Community College, Ceramics. Part time.
2020-2023 Senior Studio Technician, Mesa Community College, Ceramics. Full time.
exhibitions
2025
-Mountain View College Annual Faculty and Staff Show, Dallas, TX
-Undefined #8, Kush Art Gallery, Fort Worth, TX. Selected.
-Legacy in Motion: Mesa Community College Alumni Faculty Invitational. Mesa, AZ. Selected, juried.
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-Afterhours #9, Kush Art Gallery, Fort Worth, TX. Selected.
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-Ceramics on the Wall VII, Goldmark Cultural Center, Dallas, TX. Juried by Colby Parsons.
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2024
-Ceramics on the Wall VI, Goldmark Cultural Center Dallas. Juried by Ariel Bowman. Honorable Mention
-Sick, Sad, Surreal World, Eclectika, Irving TX. Selected, juried by Opal.
-On My Own Time, Dallas College Galleries, Faculty Show. Dallas, TX.
-Mountain View College Annual Faculty and Staff Show, Dallas, TX
2023
-Ceramics on the Wall V. Goldmark Cultural Center, Dallas, TX. juried exhibition.
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-MCC Art Faculty Biennial Show, Mesa Community College, Mesa, AZ
2009-2012
2012:
MCC Ceramics Student Alumni Invitational, Mesa Community College
2011:
-The Third Dimension, Braggs Pie Factory,
-Desert Mountain Member’s Art Fair,
Scottsdale AZ,
-Mesa Community College Student Art Show,
-Phoenix Matsuri Tea Ceremony Booth
2010:
-Empty Bowls Mesa Community College,
-Zoni to Zoni Mesa Community College,
-Mesa Community College Student Art Show
2009:
-Zoni to Zoni, Central Arizona College,
-Dumpster Dive Show, Mesa Community
College,
-Mesa Community College Empty Bowls, Mesa Community College
-Student Art show, Mesa Community College
-N.C.E.C.A. Student Show Mesa CC Library
published in
2013 NCECA Catalog 2013, Studio assistant to Susan Beiner for Organic
Disillusion
2012 Peterson Jan, Peterson, Susan. The Craft and Art of Clay 5th edition.
Laurence King, London. 2012.