Curriculum Vitae

EDUCATION                                                                                                                                                              

Arizona State University, Herberger School of Art                                                                 expected Spring 2023

Master of Fine Art candidate                                                  

West Virginia University, College of Creative Arts                                                                                 Spring 2017

Bachelor of Fine Arts, Ceramics; Honors, Summa Cum Laude

Honors & Awards: Fulbright Grant (2018)

West Virginia University, Eberly College of Arts and Science                                                              Spring 2017

Bachelor of Arts, English; Honors, Summa Cum Laude

Honors & Awards: Fulbright Grant (2018)

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE                                                                                                                                 

Arizona State University, Teaching Assistant; Phoenix, AZ                                                                   Fall 2021-present

- Taught 3D Design, and served as 3D Desidn Coordinator

West Virginia University, Department Guest Lecture (Zoom); Morgantown, WV                                        Spring 2020       

Sonoma Ceramics, Instructor, Sonoma, CA                                                                                                  Spring 2019

-  Instructor for 10-week “Storytelling with Clay” class

Fulbright Program, English Teaching Assistant (ETA); Perak, Malaysia                                                                   2018

-  Applied for and received US Embassy grant to organize “Clay All Day” and

“Perak Art and Culture Camp” teaching ceramics to over 300 students.

Penland School of Crafts, Studio Assistant; Penland, North Carolina                                                                 Fall 2017

-Assisted Kip O’Krongly in her 10-week Fall Concentration course.

RESIDENCEIS

Red Lodge Clay Center, Long-term Resident; Red Lodge, MT                                                                     2019 – 2021

Sonoma Ceramics, Long-term Resident ; Sonoma, CA                                                                                            2019

Red Lodge Clay Center, Advanced Student Placement Network (ASPN) Resident; Red Lodge, MT               Spring 2017

Red Lodge Clay Center, Short-term Resident; Red Lodge, MT                                                                     Winter 2016

The Pottery Workshop International Residency, Resident; Jingdezhen, China                                               Fall 2015

SELECTED EXHIBITONS

Red Lodge Clay Center Resident Exhibition, Group; Red Lodge Clay Center, Red Lodge, MT                             2021

Red Lodge Clay Center Resident Exhibition, Group; Northwest College, Powell, WY                                              

New Bones, Solo; Sonoma Community Center, Sonoma, CA                                                                                    2019

Collaborative Companions, Group, Invited, NCECA Sponsored; The Union Project, Pittsburgh, PA                        2018

Ripple Effects, Group, Invited, NCECA Sponsored; Artists Image Resource (AIR), Pittsburgh, PA           

Empty Bowls 2017 Ceramic Show, Group, Invited; Wichita Falls Museum of Art, Wichita Falls, TX                       2017

Advanced Student Placement Network (ASPN) Exhibition, Group, Juried, Red Lodge Clay Center; MT                                 

Dog Years, Solo, Bachelor of Fine Arts Exhibition; Morgantown Arts Center, Morgantown, WV                               2016

West Virginia University Student Juried Exhibition, Group, Juried, WVU, Morgantown, WV

AWARDS & PUBLICATIONS                                                                                                                        

The Potters Cast, Guest, Paul Blais                                                                                                   forthcoming in 2022

Ceramics Monthly, Studio Talk, May 2021 Special Issue  “Fostering Creativity Through Studio Practice,”                 2021

Ceramics Monthly Emerging Artist Award                                                                                                           2020

Ceramics Monthly, May 2020 issue, “Emerging Artists”

Creative Pottery: Innovative Techniques and Experimental Designs in

Thrown and Handbuilt Ceramics by Deb Schwartzkopf, work featured