Education

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2020                Post-bac, Ceramics, Hartford Art School, University of Hartford, West Hartford, CT

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2019                BFA, Major in Ceramics, Hartford Art School, University of Hartford, West Hartford, CT

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                        BFA, Major in Sculpture, Hartford Art School, University of Hartford, West Hartford, CT

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                        BFA, Minor in Art History, Hartford Art School, University of Hartford, West Hartford, CT

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2015                High School Diploma, South Windsor High School, South Windsor, CT

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Professional Experience

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2018               Teaching Assistant, University of Hartford, West Hartford, CT (courses taught: Intro to Ceramics                           [Matthew Dercole], Summer 2018) Responsibilities: Assist in the teaching of techniques to

                        students, hand-building, throwing, glazing, and firing kilns for student work

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2016                Full-time Faculty, Life Church New England, Granby, CT

                        Responsibilities: Teaching students how to use polymer clay, and acrylic paint

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2013                Full-time Faculty, South Windsor Public Library, South Windsor, CT

                        Responsibilities: Teaching students how to use polymer clay, wire and tinfoil to create figures

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Residencies

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2021                Artist in Residence in Ceramics, Truro Center for the Arts, Castle Hill, Truro, MA

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Grants and Scholarships

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2020                Artists of Color COVID Relief Grant, Hartford Performs, Hartford, CT

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2015-2019      University Funded Merit Scholarship, University of Hartford, West Hartford, CT

                        Federal Pell Grant, University of Hartford, West Hartford, CT

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​​Exhibitions

2022              "Robots, Rockets, and Space", Group Exhibition, Virtual, NotRealArt

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2021                "Tell Me More", Group Exhibition, Virtual, Art Gallery 118

                        

                        Residency Solo Exhibition, Castle Hill Residency Exhibition, Castle Hill, Truro, MA

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2020                “The People”, Juried Exhibition; Artspace Hartford, 555 Asylum Ave, Hartford, CT

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                         Hartford Open Studios, Group Exhibition; Virtual, Hartford, CT

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2019                “From the Ground Up”, Ceramics Senior Thesis Show, Joseloff Gallery, University of Hartford,

                        West Hartford, CT

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                        “Today is a Work Day”, Sculpture Senior Thesis Show, Slipe Gallery, University of Hartford,

                        West  Hartford, CT

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                        Goldfarb Student Exhibition, Juried Exhibition; Joseloff Gallery, University of Hartford,

                        West Hartford, CT

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2018                Hartford Open Studios, Group invitational exhibition; Colt Building, Hartford, CT

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2016                Alumni Art Exhibition, Group invitational exhibition; South Windsor Public Library,

                        South Windsor, CT

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2015                Freshman Foundations Show, Silpe Gallery, West Hartford, CT

                        High School Senior Show, South Windsor Public Library, South Windsor, CT

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2009                Solo Exhibition, South Windsor Public Library, South Windsor, CT