Education

 

2017 MA in Art Education, Illinois State University, Normal, IL

1996 BA in Studio Art, Illinois State University, Normal, IL

Selected Exhibitions

 

2020

(Postponed) Two-Person Exhibition with Stacey Gross, Joe McCauley Gallery, Heartland Community College, Normal, IL

 

2018

Collaborative Project, Risk/Play/Reap, mixed media works with Allison Carr, Danell Dvorak and Monica Estabrook, Jan Brandt Gallery, Bloomington, IL

Regional Juried Exhibition 15, Freeport Art Museum, Freeport, Il (Juror: Kathy Knapp, Co-Director, Wantoot Gallery, Mineral Point, WI)

 

2016

micro<MACRO, Mclean County Arts Center, Bloomington, IL

 

2011

CIAO Branches Out, Peoria Public Library, Peoria, IL

2019

Everyday Objects, Studio Montclair, Montclair, NJ (Juror: M. Gosser, Chief Curator and Gallery Director, College of Architecture and Design, NJIT, Newark, NJ)

Regional Juried Exhibition 16, Freeport Art Museum, Freeport, Il (Juror: Victor Armendariz, Gallery Victor Armendariz’, Chicago, IL)

Pop Up Member Show, Illinois Art Education Association Statewide Conference, Marriot Hotel and Conference Center, Normal, IL

 

2017

Solo Exhibition, Steady as She Goes, Joe McCauley Gallery, Heartland Community College, Normal IL

 

2015

Inspire(d), Transpace, Illinois State University, Normal, IL

Third Annual Art Educator Exhibition, Bridgeport Art Center, Chicago, IL

Media Appearances

 

Online Periodicals

Risk Play Reap Article

 
 

Publications

2017 Artist Teacher, Master’s Thesis, Illinois State University

Teaching and Related Experience

 

2014-Present

Art Teacher, Bent Elementary School, Bloomington, IL

Exhibition Coordinator, District 87 Fifth Grade Art Show,

Bloomington Public Library, Bloomington, IL

 

2009-2011

Art Teacher, Bloomington Junior High School, Bloomington, IL

2019

Mural Coordinator, Artist Danell Dvorak and Bent Fifth Graders, Bent Elementary School, Bloomington, IL

 

2016

Visiting Artist and Mural Coordinator, Artist Juan Chavez, Chicago IL, with Bent Fifth Graders and Community Artists, Bent Elementary School, Bloomington, IL

 

2001-2007

Art Teacher, The High School of St. Thomas More, Champaign, IL