education:
Master’s of Art + Design, North Carolina State University, December 2013
Master’s Final Project: MATRIDENTITY: exploring loss and identity through digital jacquard design.
Bachelor’s of Fine Art, East Carolina University, December 2010
Women’s Studies Minor, East Carolina University, December 2010
professional experience:
Program Coordinator Assistant, Orange County Department on Aging - Seymour Center, Chapel Hill, NC January 2023 -
Senior Designer, Debs Textile Corp USA, Cary, NC, April 2017- March 2021
Junior Designer, Vescom America, Henderson, NC, September 2015 - April 2017
Designer, Giammona Collective, Fuquay-Varina, NC, February 2014 - April 2015
Designer, MEFIVER, Cary, NC, March 2013 - December 2013
Design Intern, BekaertDeslee, Winston-Salem, NC, May 2013 - August 2013
Museum Attendant, Greenville Museum of Art, Greenville, NC, May 2009 - August 2011
Community Arts Intern, Pitt County Arts Council at Emerge, Greenville, NC January 2009 - June 2010
Teaching Experience:
Fibers Studio Instructor
Sertoma Arts Center, Raleigh, NC, November 2022 - Present
Cary Arts Center, Cary, NC, November 2021 - Present
Lecturer - Fibers, Materials and Processes, North Carolina State University, College of Design, Raleigh, NC, Spring 2022
Graduate Teaching Assistant, North Carolina State University, College of Design, Raleigh, NC, August 2011 - December 2013
Sophomore Studio, assistant to Chandra Cox, Fall 2011 - Spring 2012
Basic Woven + Constructed Textiles, independently instructed, Fall 2012
Design, Culture + Context, assistant to Kathleen Rieder, Spring 2013 - Fall 2013
Summer Camp Instructor (paid), Pitt County Arts Council at Emerge, Greenville, NC, Summer 2011
community + volunteer:
Member, Friends of Geer Cemetery, Durham, NC July 2023 -
Board Member, Chapel Hill Historical Society, Chapel Hill, NC May 2023 -
Family Support Volunteer, Transitions LifeCare, Wake County, NC July 2021 -
Artist Assistant (paid), We Are Cary: 150 Later, Cary Arts Center, Cary, NC, November 2019 - April 2021
Election Official (paid), Wake County Board of Elections, Raleigh, NC, 2020 -
Artist Assistant (paid), In Clothing We Remember, Cary Arts Center, Cary, NC, August 2014 - April 2015
Co-curator, Reciprocal: A Partnered Exhibit of Art + Design Graduate Student Work, North Carolina State University - College of Design, Raleigh, NC, Jan – Apr 2012
Artist Assistant (paid), Up Close + Personal, Seymour Senior Center, Chapel Hill, NC, December 2011 - May 2012
Scholarships + awards:
Award for Best Student Work, Complexity 2014 (juried, national), Complex Weavers, 2014
Excellence in Art and Design Award, College of Art + Design, North Carolina State University, 2014
Surface Design Association (SDA) Outstanding Student Award, SDA (national), 2014
Studio Assistant Scholarship, Arrowmont School of Arts + Crafts, Gatlinburg, TN, Summer 2013
Course: 4-End Blockweaves - Summer + Winter
Instructor: Jason Collingwood
Work Study Scholarship, Penland School of Craft, Penland, NC, June - July 2012
Course: Contemporary Portrait Painting
Instructors: Beverly McIver and Michael Dixon
First Place in Textile Design, Rebel 53 Literary & Arts Competition (student publication), East Carolina University, 2010
Award of Merit in Drawing, ECU School of Art & Design Undergraduate Exhibition (student), 2007
Award of Excellence in Surface Design, ECU School of Art + Design Undergraduate Exhibition (student), 2007