Resume
EDUCATION
GRADUATION – NOV 2020
BACHELOR OF ARTS IN ART, Morehead State University
Minor in Arts Entrepreneurship
Morehead, Kentucky
Photography focus
Drawing focus
Organizations:
-Phi Sigma Pi National Honors Fraternity
-Baptist Campus Ministries (BCM)
-MSU Ceramics Guild
-MSU Photography Guild
WORK EXPERIENCE
MAR 2022 – PRESENT
ARTISTIC DIRECTOR, Appalachian Artisan Center
CULTURE OF RECOVERY COORDINATOR, Appalachian Artisan Center
Hindman, Kentucky
JAN 2021 – OCT 2023
CERAMICS INSTRUCTOR, You, Me & Pottery
Pikeville, Kentucky
NOV 2021 – FEB 2022
MARKETING INTERN, Appalachian Artisan Center
Hindman, Kentucky
AUG 2019 – MAY 2020
GALLERY ASSISTANT, Golding-Yang Art Gallery
Morehead, Kentucky
MSU Arts Entrepreneurship Practicum
EXHIBITIONS
2023
dis/placed, Gateway Regional Arts Center
Mt. Sterling, KY
The Impact of the Eastern Kentucky Floods on the Arts Community.
2022
EMERGING ARTISTS, Appalachian Artisan Center
Hindman, KY
2020
EVERYTHING CONSIDERED, MSU Golding-Yang Art Gallery
Morehead, Kentucky
Juried
Honorable Mention, Black & White Photography
-Silver Gelatin Print, “Dreamscape (Clarity)”
-https://msuarde2020.wordpress.com/senior-exhibition/
2020
IN FRONT OF THE SCENES, Rowan County Arts Center
Morehead, Kentucky
MSU Golding-Yang Art Gallery Staff Exhibition
2020
21st ANNUAL STUDENT ART & DESIGN EXHIBITION, Gateway Regional Arts Center
(Virtual)
Honorable Mention in Digital Photography, “Spider”
2019
20th ANNUAL STUDENT ART & DESIGN EXHIBITION, Gateway Regional Arts Center
Mt. Sterling, Kentucky
Juried
2nd Place in Drawing/Printmaking, “Phelps”
2019
IN THE MAKING, MSU Golding-Yang Art Gallery
Morehead, Kentucky
DEVELOPMENT
PRESENT
BOARD MEMBER, Kentuckians for the Arts
Kentucky
Kentuckians for the Arts is a nonprofit, nonpartisan 501 (3) (c) membership organization made up of Kentucky arts organizations, artists, arts educators, and arts supporters.
PRESENT
COUNCIL MEMBER, Knott Drug Abuse Council
Hindman, Kentucky
The Knott Drug Abuse Council is a nonprofit coalition organization dedicated to helping the community, assisting members in addiction recovery, and preventing substance abuse disorder.
2024
PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT IN FUSED GLASS, Arrowmont School of Arts & Crafts
Gatlinburg, Tennessee
Completed over 20 hours of formal instruction by Gayle Haynie
2024
AFTA ARTS & HEALTH WEBINAR Americans for the Arts
Washington, DC
Presented research and evidence to support the power art has in healing during Americans for the Arts’ May 2024 webinar titled Arts & Health.
Focusing on art and addiction recovery by talking about the Culture of Recovery program at the Appalachian Artisan Center in Hindman, KY.
2024
TEACHING RESIDENCY, Arrowmont School of Arts & Crafts
ArtReach on the Road
Spent one week teaching for Arrowmonts ArtReach on the Road program in Harlan and Perry Counties in Eastern Kentucky.
Focused on the fundamentals of printmaking and adding color with watercolor.
2023
PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT IN WOODTURNING, Arrowmont School
Gatlinburg, Tennessee
Completed over 20 hours of formal instruction with Phillip Fuentes
2023
PRESENTER- ARTS AND WORKFORCE, South West Virginia Economic Forum
Wise, Virginia
Presented about creative solutions to the talent pipeline
Focusing on addiction recovery and how the Appalachian Artisan Center has created a workforce that helps forge a path forward for people in recovery by offering ceramics, blacksmithing, and luthiery.
PUBLIC ART / PUBLICATIONS
2025
UNTELLING - ISSUE 2, Hindman Settlement School
(Bound)
Juried
“Indulgence” Linoleum Blockprint
“Reflections” Ink & Watercolor mixed media painting/drawing
2025
TROUBLESOME RISING, Hindman Settlement School
(Online)
Juried
“Thoroughbred” Silver Gelatin Print
“Dreamscape” Silver Gelatin Print
www.troublesomerising.org
2023
SAFARI, Appalachian Artisan Center
Hindman, Kentucky
Abstract mural in the Artistic Director office at the Appalachian Artisan Center
2021
MASTERPIECES ARE CREATED HERE, You, Me & Pottery
Pikeville, Kentucky
Mural in You, Me & Pottery
2021
WINGED ANIMALS OF KENTUCKY, City Park Mural
Morehead, Kentucky
Collaborative mural by five MSU Art & Design alumni, chosen by Professors Lisa Mesa- Gaido, and Gallery Director, Melissa Yungbluth.
Completed two of six portions of the mural
-Lettering Design
-Big Brown Bat
2021
INSCAPE, Morehead State University Literary & Arts Publication
(Bound)
Juried
Digital Photography, Page 78
Biography, page 85
https://scholarworks.moreheadstate.edu/inscape_magazine_archive/83/
Photo by Marah Media
https://www.marahmediaphotoandfilm.com/