EDUCATION
Pennsylvania State University, University Park, Pennsylvania 2016-Current
Ph.D. Candidate - Art Education and African American Diaspora Studies
Bunton-Waller Scholar
Cranbrook Academy of Art, Bloomfield Hills, Michigan 2014-2016
M.F.A. - Ceramics
Academy Merit Scholar
University of Minnesota, Minneapolis-St. Paul, Minnesota 2010-2014
B.F.A. - Ceramics and Painting
Annexstad Family Foundation Scholar
University of Anchorage, Anchorage, Alaska 2012-2013
Studio Artist, On Exchange
ACADEMIC APPOINTMENTS AND PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
University Instructor
Art Education 225: Diversity and Visual Culture 2017-Current
Integrative Arts 62: African/African American Art 2016-2017
Art 20: Introduction to Drawing 2016-2017
The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, Pennsylvania
Studio Teaching
Cranbrook Academy Upper School Ceramic Instructor, Bloomfield Hills, MI 2015-2016
Potek Glass Studio Torch Instructor, Minneapolis MN 2015-2016
Northern Clay Center Instructor, Minneapolis MN 2013-2015
Gallery Positions
Exhibition Curator and Event Coordinator 2018-Current
The Hush Room Event Venue, State College, Pennsylvania
Exhibition Curator 2016-Current
Hump Day Gallery, The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, Pennsylvania
Curator Assistant 2012-2014
Northern Clay Center, Minneapolis, Minnesota
Appleby Gallery Curator 2011-2012
University of Minnesota’s Office for Equity and Diversity, Minneapolis-St. Paul, MN
EXHIBITIONS
Upcoming
Embodied Resistance, Lacuna Gallery, Minneapolis, MN
"World" Travel Entro Mundos, Paul Robeson Gallery, University Park, PA
Get Bodied II, Bruxas Bruxas Collective, Academia de Artes Visuales, Mexico City, Mexico
2018
Black to the Future, Recess Art, New York, NY
Graduate Exhibition, HUB Gallery, University Park, PA
Envisioning the Future of Critical Geographies Conference Exhibition, University Park, PA
2017
GRAE Conference Showcase, University Park, PA
Choosy Programmers Choose GIF, Woskob Family Gallery, State College, PA
Get Bodied, Zoller Gallery, University Park, PA
Graduate Exhibition-Awardee, HUB Gallery, University Park, PA
Woke Towers, State Theater, State College, PA
Y-ART, Friendship House, State College, PA
My Seasoned Roots, Err Artist Collective, Minneapolis, MN
Under the Pretense of Unity, Zoller Gallery, University Park, PA
SPEAK / ACT / MAKE, Samek Art Museum, Lewisburg, PA
2016
Carpetland Flux Collective, State College, PA
Northern Perspectives, The Front, New Orleans, LA
Thesis Exhibition, Cranbrook Academy of Art, Detroit, MI
Cave Community Workshop, MOCAD, Detroit, MI
2015
The internet provides us with an indexical link to an instantaneously refreshed history. Forum Gallery, Cranbrook Academy of Art, Detroit, MI
Smokin' Show, Forum Gallery, Cranbrook Academy of Art, Detroit, MI
Winter Wonder Cup, Ceramics Department, Cranbrook Academy of Art, Detroit, MI
CERA-MIX, Ceramics Department, Cranbrook Academy of Art, Detroit, MI
The Exchange, School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL
2014
Practice/Practice, Nash Gallery, University of Minnesota-Twin Cities
Ceramics Collective, Regis Center for Arts, University of Minnesota-Twin Cities
2013
Ceramic Student Sale, Gordon Hall, University of Alaska-Anchorage
Ceramics Collective, Regis Center for Arts, University of Minnesota-Twin Cities
PRESENTATIONS/LECTURES
Bruxas, Bruxas Collective, Academia de Artes Visuales, Mexico City, Mexico 2018
Calling All Clappers, Borland Project Space, University Park, PA 2018
Why Beyoncé IS NOT A Terrorist, African Diaspora Working Group, University Park, PA 2018
‘Space is the Place’, Georgia State University, Atlanta, GA 2018
Calling All Clappers, Zoller Gallery, University Park, PA 2017
Afrofuturist Episomologies, Ashesi University, Berekuso, Ghana 2017
Pecha Kuchas, School of Visual Arts, University Park, PA 2016
The Exchange-Artist Talks, School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL 2016
Ceramics Department Presentations, Cranbrook Academy of Art, Detroit, MI 2015
Annual Ceramics Forum, Grand Valley State University, Allendale, MI 2015
FUNDED RESEARCH PROJECTS
Calling All Clappers 2016-Current
The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, Pennsylvania
Investigate movement and the development of community via cultural exchange.
Acquire and analyze knowledge of subcultural practices and beliefs within academic spaces.
Organize and facilitate lessons for a ranged student body interested in complex social constructs, philosophically hybrid spaces.
Redbone Series 2014-2017
Cranbrook Academy of Art, Bloomfield Hills, Michigan
The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, Pennsylvania
Examine racially varied dialog, popular culture, and narratives in regards to the American Transatlantic Slave Trade.
Analyze and discuss current events pertaining to African American, Hispanic, Afro Latino, Caribbean, and other African diasporic culture.
Create collaborative sculpture and installation with the objective of social engagement in celebration of community, inclusion, Black epistemologies.
MEMBERSHIPS & AFFILIATIONS
Bruxas Bruxas Arts Collective - Founder 2018-Current
National Alliance of Black School Educators 2017-Current
National Association of Multicultural Education 2017-Current
National Art Education Association (NAEA) - Member 2016-Current
Err Artist Collective - Member 2016-Current
Northern Clay Center - Member 2014-Current
National Council on Education for the Ceramic Arts (NCECA) - Member 2012-Current
PROFESSIONAL SERVICE
Member - Anderson Lecture Series Curation Committee 2018-Current
The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, Pennsylvania
Coordinator - Print Media Artist Residency 2017-Current
The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, Pennsylvania
Coordinator - Sculpture Club Visiting Artist Series 2016-Current
The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, Pennsylvania