Education:
Master of Arts in Teaching Visual Arts, The University of the Arts, Philadelphia, PA 2012
- Diane Taylor Foxman Award in Art and Design Education
- Scholarship Award, Graduate Assistantship
Bachelor of Fine Arts in Painting, Cum Laude, Boston University, College of Fine Arts,
Boston, MA 2006
- Scholarship Award, Dean’s List, Dean’s List with Distinction
Continuing Education:
Modern Quilt Guild QuiltCon, Raleigh, NC, 2026
CraftNOW Symposium, Moore College of Art & Design, 2025
Express Your True Self: One Piece at a Time with Sheila Frampton Cooper, Schweinfurth Art Center Quilting by the Lake, 2025
PA FiberShed Goodwill Recycling Center Tour & Panel Discussion, Pennsauken, NJ, 2025
Tools of the Trade Conference, NextFab Studio, 2025
Big and Bold: New Comfort Zone with Joe Cunningham, Schweinfurth Art Center Quilting by the Lake, 2024
Flower Power Improvisational Quilting with Sherri Lynn Wood, Schweinfurth Art Center Quilting by the Lake, 2024
Color and Line with Sujata Shah, Schweinfurth Art Center Quilting by the Lake, 2023
Improv Fundamentals Workshop with Sherri Lynn Wood, Madeleine Island School of Art, 2022
Selected Professional Experience:
Soft Armor Workshop & Artist Lecture, Abington Art Center, Jenkintown, PA 2024
- Led community sewing workshop and art discussion
Lower School Art Teacher, Abington Friends School, Jenkintown, PA, 2013-2023
- Wrote and implemented art curriculum for students PreK-4th grades in drawing, painting, ceramics, woodworking, fiber arts and sculpture
- Arts Department Co-Head, 2022-23
- Served on Scheduling, Diversity and Community Life Committees
New Courtland Fellowship, Center for Emerging Visual Artists, Philadelphia, PA, 2014
- Taught printmaking workshop series for seniors and college students
Teaching Artist, Mural Arts Program, Philadelphia, PA, 2012
- Co-taught workshops used in development for Aqui y Alla mural
Program & Data Entry Assistant, Mural Arts Program, Philadelphia PA, 2010-2011
- Created inventory, managed teaching artists, student data entry for art education department
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