Artist-in-Residence, Appalachian Center for Craft
1560 Craft Center Dr
Smithville, TN, 37166
503-753-8715
Education
2018 MFA, Department of Craft and Material Studies, Virginia Commonwealth University (VCU), Richmond, VA
2008 BFA, Metals Concentration, Oregon College of Art and Craft (OCAC), Portland, OR
2001 BS, Social Science, Portland State University, Portland, OR
Solo Exhibition
2019 Bewilder, AFRU Gallery, Portland, OR
Group Exhibitions
2019 Deliberate Works, Southern Highland Craft Guild, Asheville, NC
The Art of Blacksmithing, Columbia Center for the Arts, Hood River, OR
Arrowmont Annual Instructor Exhibition, Gatlinburg, TN
2018 MFA Thesis Exhibition, “Edgelands,” Anderson Gallery, Richmond, VA
Fierce and Frail, Verum Ultimum Art Gallery, Portland, OR
New Art From an Old Craft, Gallery Flux, Ashland, VA
material, process, object, Appalachian Center for Craft, Smithville, TN
2017 Forge, Form, Fabricate, Southern Illinois University, Carbondale, IL
Create New +, University of Montana, online exhibition
Critical, MFA Candidacy Exhibition, Richmond, VA
2015 Multnomah Art Center, Annual Instructor Exhibition, Portland, OR
2013 AFRU Gallery, Fire Sale! Show, Portland, OR
good: A Gallery, Monster Mash Group Show, collaboration with Logan Hirsh, Portland, OR
OCAC 20th Anniversary Teapot Show, Hoffman Gallery, Portland, OR
2012 NW Anvil 4, Pratt Gallery at the Tashiro Kaplan Studios, Seattle, WA
AFRU Gallery Grand Opening, Portland, OR
2008 OCAC Thesis Exhibition, Worksound, Portland, OR
2007 “Cross Section,” Art Adventures Gallery, Madras, Oregon
Centrum Gallery, OCAC, Metals Department Exhibit, Portland, OR
Publication
2013 The Art of the Teapot: A 20 Year Retrospective, Oregon College of Art and Craft,
2013, p.22
2008 Ironwork Today 2, Jeffery B. Snyder, Schiffer Publishing, 2008, pg.73
Bibliography
2018 “Society of Inclusive Blacksmiths: Forging Our Future,” Hot Iron News, The Voice of the Northwest Blacksmith Association, Fourth Quarter 2018, p. 28-32
Media
2019 “Discover the Upper Cumberland,” WCTE Cookeville, television interview by Craig Gray https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pYdT_eUE5Ag&list=PL9AKb3oROVWALZHwuIw_LUFPhuHaW8YTe&index=3
2014 Crafted in Carhartt, https://craftedincarhartt.wordpress.com/2014/06/05/
anne-the-riveter- and-her-riveted-rabbit/
Experience
Work Experience
Artist-In-Residence, Appalachian Center for Craft, August 2018-present
Owner, Riveted Rabbit Studio, 2012-2016
Studio Manager, Oregon College of Art and Craft Metals Department, 2013-2016
Teaching Experience
2019 Introduction to Art, ART 1035-009, Tennessee Technological University (TTU), Smithville, TN
Introduction to Art (online), ART 1035-501, TTU, Cookeville, TN
Introduction to Metals, ART 2810-300, TTU, Cookeville, TN
Appalachian Center for Craft Outreach – half-day workshop for high school students; textured pendants; ongoing
Forging Ferrous Floral Forms, Appalachian Center for Craft, (five days), Smithville, TN
Forming Floral Forms (nonferrous), Appalachian Center for Craft, (one day), Smithville, TN
Jangling Bangles, Appalachian Center for Craft, (one day), Smithville, TN
Introduction to Raising, Appalachian Center for Craft, (one day), Smithville, TN
Cabinets of Curiosity High School Intensive, 2 one-week sessions, Appalachian Center for Craft, Smithville, TN
Forming Floral Forms (nonferrous), Arrowmont School of Arts and Crafts, (3 day), Gaitlinburg, TN
2018 Botanical Chasing and Repousse, Donkey Mill Art Center, (weekend) Holualoa, HI
Cold Connected Pendants, Appalachian Center for Craft, (one day) Smithville, TN
Textured Bangles, Appalachian Center for Craft, (one day) Smithville, TN
Appalachian Center for Craft Outreach – half-day workshop for high school students; textured pendants; ongoing
2017 Introduction to Jewelry, Craft 211-010, VCU, Richmond, VA
Forging Flatware, Craft 491-002, (three week intensive) VCU, Richmond, VA
2016 Graduate Teaching Assistant, “Forming and Hollowware,” VCU, Richmond, VA
Metalsmithing II, OCAC Art Adventures, Pre-College Program, (one week)
Portland, OR
Forming Flora, OCAC Studio School, (ten weeks) Portland, OR
Chasing and Repoussé, Multnomah Art Center (ten weeks) Portland, OR
2015 Demystifying Steel, Multnomah Art Center (two day) Portland, OR
Cold Connected Pendants, OCAC Studio School (two day) Portland, OR
The Art of Chasing and Repoussé, OCAC Studio School (10 weeks) Portland, OR
Forming Flora, OCAC Art Adventures, Pre-College Program (one week) Portland, OR
Jewelry Basics, OCAC Art Adventures, Pre-College Program (one week) Portland, OR
2014 Direct Metal Forming: Flora and Fauna, OCAC Art Adventures, Pre-College Program (one week) Portland, OR
2013 Counselor and metals instructor, Art Adventures Summer Youth Program, OCAC, Portland, OR
Related Experience
2008 Workshop assistant to David Clemons, “Hand Made Bar-B-Q Tools”
2007 Work-study position at OCAC Metals Department, raising room tool maintenance, general studio upkeep
Volunteer at the National Ornamental Metal Museum, preparation for the 2007 Society
of North American Goldsmiths conference
2006 Volunteer at Penland School of Craft Annual Benefit Auction
Awards, Scholarships, Grants
2019 Partial tuition scholarship, Touchstone Center for Craft, Farmington, PA
2018 Graduate Student Travel Grant, VCU, for travel to the “Material Topics Symposium,” East Carolina University, Greenville, NC
Semi-Finalist, Fulbright Fellowship Research Grant
Society of North American Goldsmiths Student Conference Scholarship, “Makers Across Disciplines Engage,” Portland, OR
2017 Graduate Teaching Assistantship, VCU. Instructor, “Introduction to Metals.” Richmond, VA
Unitus Community Credit Union Scholarship Award, Portland, OR
Graduate Student Travel Grant, VCU, for travel to the Society for North American Goldsmiths annual conference “Nexus: A Connection of Ideas,” New Orleans, LA
Society of North American Goldsmiths Student Conference Scholarship, “Nexus: A Connection of Ideas,” New Orleans, LA
Graduate Student Travel Grant, VCU, “Living with Animals” conference, Eastern Kentucky University, Richmond, KY
William B. Clopton Scholarship, School of the Arts, VCU
Graduate Student Travel Grant, VCU, for travel to the “Material Topics Symposium,” East Carolina University, Greenville, NC
2016 Graduate Teaching Assistantship, VCU. Richmond, VA
2013 Al Bart Educational Grant, Northwest Blacksmith Association
2006 Work-study Scholarship, Haystack Mountain School of Craft, “Basic Blacksmithing” with Marc Miaorana
Work-study Scholarship, Penland School of Craft, “Art of Contemporary Blacksmithing,” with Alice James
Workshops and Continuing Education
2019 Touchstone Center for Craft, Forging Sculptural Forms, Aaron DeSheilds, Farmington, PA
2017 Haystack Mountain School of Craft, Skin and Bones, armature construction and sheet
metal forming with Hoss Haley, Deer Isle, ME
2015 OCAC, Botanical Illustration, 9 session class with Janet Parker, Portland, OR
2013 New England School of Metalwork, French repoussé with Wendel Broussard,
Auburn, ME
Clackamas Community College, Welding 102, Clackamas, OR
2012 Bridgetown Forge, toolmaking with Arnon Kartmazov, Portland, OR
2011 Penland School of Craft, forging with non-traditional materials and sheet forming
with Meagan Crowley, Penland, NC
Mercy Corps 8-week Small Business Development Seminar, Portland, OR
2010 Oregon Tradeswomen Pre-apprenticeship Program: 7 week
Pre-Apprenticeship Certification including exploration of careers in the trades, basic
math review, and hands-on construction experience, Portland, OR
2007 Penland School of Craft, NC “Basic Blacksmithing,” with Zack Noble
2006 Haystack Mountain School of Craft, ME, “Basic Forging” with Marc Miaorana,
Deer Isle, ME
Penland School of Craft, “Art of Contemporary Blacksmithing,” with Alice James, Penland, NC
OCAC, hydraulic forming with Suzanne Pugh, Portland, OR
2005 OCAC, jewelry workshop with Robert Ebandorf, Portland, OR
Conferences Attended
2019 East Carolina University, Material Topics Symposium, “State of Adornment,” Greenville,
NC
Repair Days, Ornamental Metal Museum, Memphis, TN
2018 East Carolina University, Material Topics Symposium, “Re/DeConstruct,” Greenville, NC
Society of North American Goldsmiths, MADE: Makers Across Disciplines Engage, Portland, OR
Artist Blacksmith Association of North America, Asheville, VA
Blacksmith Week, Government Camp, OR
Southern Ohio Forge and Anvil, Quad State, Troy, Ohio
2017 East Carolina University, Material Topics Symposium, “Collective Voices,” Greenville,
NC
Eastern Kentucky University, “Living with Animals” Symposium, Richmond, KY
Society of North American Goldsmiths, Nexus: A Connection of Ideas, New Orleans, LA
2016 Artist Blacksmith Association of North America, Salt Lake City, UT
Northwest Blacksmith Association Annual Conference, Longview, WA
2015 Northwest Blacksmith Association Annual Conference, Longview, WA
2014 Northwest Blacksmith Association Annual Conference, Longview, WA
2013 Northwest Blacksmith Association Annual Conference, Longview, WA
Western States Blacksmith Conference, Government Camp, OR
2012 Northwest Blacksmith Association Annual Conference, Skagit, WA
2007 Society of North American Goldsmiths, Memphis, TN
Professional Memberships
Ethical Metalsmith Student Committee
Society of North American Goldsmiths
Northwest Blacksmith Association
Membership Service
2018-present Founding member, Society of Inclusive Blacksmiths
2017 Coordinator, 4th Annual Ethical Metalsmiths International Student Exhibition and Emerging Artist Award “So Fresh + So Clean”
2017-2018 Chair, Ethical Metalsmith Student Committee
2016-2017 Co-Chair, Ethical Metalsmith Student Committee
2014–2016 Northwest Blacksmith Association Board of Directors,Vice President (2015-2016), Librarian (2014-2016)
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