Education
2021-2024 BFA - Bachelors of Fine Arts - Metalsmithing and Jewelry Design
Maine College of Art & Design, Portland, ME
2019-2020 Vermont Technical College, Williston, VT (Respiratory Therapy)
2018-2019 Vermont Academy of Science and Technology, Williston, VT
Awards, Grants, Fellowships, Scholarships
2021-2024 Dean’s Scholarship, Maine College of Art & Design, Portland, ME
2021-2023 Dean’s List, Maine College of Art & Design, Portland, ME
2022 Merit Show, Honorable Mention, Maine College of Art & Design Portland, ME
2021 Women’s Jewelry Association Student Scholarship, New York, NY
Group Exhibition
2023 Accelerated Momentum, Emerging Artist from Maine College of Art & Design
Maine Craft Association - Portland, ME
Merit Show, Maine College of Art and Design, Portland, ME (Honorable Mention)
Table Exhibition (window display) Maine College of Art & Design, Portland ME
Croquet Collection (window display) Maine College of Art & Design, Portland ME
2022 BFA Show, Maine College of Art & Design, Portland ME
Pre College Resident Assistant Exhibition
Maine College of Art & Design - Portland ME
Valentines Day Pop-up Shop - 49 Oak Gallery, Portland, ME
2021 Halloween Pop-Up shop - Maine College of Art & Design, Portland ME
Friends and Family Display - Dorothy Allen Memorial Library - Williston, VT
Related Work Experience
2023 Assistant Bench Jeweler & Sales Associate - Folia Jewelry - Portland, ME
Production assistant, cleaned castings, set stones, filled out jobs cards for incoming jewelry, worked with customers to discuss custom jewelry, obtained skills for laser repairs, set up the display room
Metalsmithing Studio Assistant - Penland School of Craft - Bakersville, NC
Two-Week Workshop: Distributed materials, tracked material resale, maintained a safe and clean studio, assisted demo set up, communicated information from staff to instructors and students, set up an installation for students to display work.
2022- 2023 Sales Associate - Urban Outfitters - Portland, ME
Attended to customer needs, unpacked/tagged new product, assisted display set up, lead associate for markdowns, packaged online orders.
Related Work Experience Continued
2022 Pre-College Resident Assistant - Maine College of Art & Design - Portland, ME
Monitored students during meal times, hosted nightly meetings with residents, facilitated field trips and activities for students, maintained happy and healthy relationships with my residents, hosted check in with residents to monitor their well being, wrote incident reports, on-call for 24 hour shifts at a time for any emergencies, constant and consistent communication with other RA’s. Organized and managed a pop-up shop for students to sell and trade their work.
Pre-College Artist Talk - Maine College of Art & Design - Portland, ME
10 minute presentation for 80 high school students - detailing personal journey as an artist and my college experience.
2020-2021 Americorps National Civilian Community Corps - Vicksburg, MS
(Assistant Team Leader/Community Relations Representative)
Traveling team of 11 members throughout the southern US performing service work. Repaired hurricane-damaged homes, Covid vaccine distribution, built hiking trails, collected data and replaced signage, responded to food insecurity by working on a farm, and packaging and distributing food through mobile food drives.
Technical Abilities and Expertise
Metalsmithing:
Proficient in basic metalsmithing and stone setting, soldering, raising, casting, enameling, forging
Studio Skills:
photography, welding, screen printing, embroidery
Digital Skills:
Adobe Photoshop, Adobe Audition, Davinci Resolve, Social Media Management