Resume

Education

• University of Nebraska-Lincoln, Lincoln, Nebraska – BFA with emphasis in Ceramics, 2002

• Center for Montessori Teacher Education, Montessori Teaching Certificate, 2009

Exhibitions

• New Masters Exhibit, PACE, Council Bluffs, Iowa, May 2022

• Opening Exhibition, SWAG at the Bank, Villisca, Iowa 2021

• Southwest Iowa Art Tour, Colorado Art Studio, Malvern, Iowa, 2017-2021

• Anna Stoysich & Jorge Chavez Colorado, Two Person Exhibition, Love’s Jazz & Art Center, Omaha, Nebraska, 2019

• Celebrate Council Bluffs Clean Sweep Chalk Drawing Mural, Bayliss Park, Council Bluffs, Iowa, 2019

• Winter Holiday Art Show, Colorado Art Studio, Malvern, Iowa - 2017, 2018, 2019

• Malvern Concert Series and Farmers Market, Artist Exhibitor, Malvern, Iowa — 2017, 2018, 2019

• Fete Benefit Auction, NCECA, James Rouse Center of the American Visionary Museum, Baltimore, Maryland, 2005

• La Mesa - A National Invitational Dinnerware Exhibition, Santa Fe Clay, Wyndham Baltimore Inner Harbor, Baltimore, Maryland, 2005

• Our Cups Runneth Over - Functional and Sculptural Ceramic Cup Exhibition, The Society of Arts and Crafts, Boston, MA, 2005

• Contemporary Ceramic Vessels, COPIA: The American Center for Wine, Food, and the Arts, Napa, California, 2004

• First Taiwan Ceramics Biennale, Taipei County Yingge Ceramics Museum, Taipei, Taiwan, 2004

• First Taiwan Ceramics Biennale, Kaohsiung Museum of Fine Arts, Kaohsiung, Taiwan, 2004

• Raw, Santa Fe Clay Gallery, Santa Fe, New Mexico, 2004

• For The Table, Sante Fe Clay Gallery, Sante Fe, New Mexico, 2004

• Mid-Summer’s Picnic, Watershed Center For Ceramic Arts, Aucocisco Gallery, Portland, Maine, 2004

• Archie Bray Foundation Resident Exhibition, NCECA, Marvis Cultural Center, Indianapolis, Indiana, 2004

• St. Petersburg Clay National 2003, St. Petersburg Clay Company, St. Petersburg, Florida, 2003

• Archie Bray Residents, Adams Street Lofts-Kolva Sullivan Gallery, Spokane, Washington, 2003

• Archie Bray Foundation Summer Residents 2003, Sante Fe Clay Gallery, Sante Fe, New Mexico, 2003

• Archie Bray Foundation Summer Residents Exhibition, Archie Bray Foundation, Helena, Montana, 2003

Awards

• Iowa Arts & Culture American Rescue Plan Grant, Iowa Art Council, 2021

• Iowa Arts & Culture Resilience Grant, Iowa Art Council, 2021.

• Bill & Stirling Sage Scholarship, Archie Bray Foundation, Helena, Montana, 2003

• Vreeland Award, University of Nebraska, Lincoln, Nebraska, 2002

• Ronald N. Scheerer Scholarship, University of Nebraska, Lincoln, Nebraska, 2001-2002

• Alvah H. Minton Fund, University of Nebraska, Lincoln, Nebraska, 2001-2002

• Dean’s List for the College of Fine and Performing Arts, Lincoln, Nebraska 2001-2002

• University of Nebraska-Lincoln Honors Convocation, Lincoln, Nebraska, 1998-2002

• Amity Art Foundation Print Collection, 2nd Place Award, Woodbridge, Connecticut, 2001

Apprenticeships

• Eisentrager-Howard Gallery, Gallery Internship Staff, University of Nebraska, Lincoln, Nebraska, 2002

• Christopher Gustin Ceramics, Apprentice, South Dartmouth, Massachusetts, 2003-2005

Residencies

• Whiterock Conservancy, Coon Rapids, Iowa, April 2022

• Waubonsie State Park, Artist In Residence, Hamburg, Iowa, 2020

• Penland School of Craft, Studio Assistant, Penland, North Carolina, 2006

• Archie Bray Foundation, Artist In Residence, Helena, Montana, Summer 2003

• Robert M MacNamara Foundation, Artist-in-Residence, Westport Island, Maine, Spring 2003

• Pomona College, Visiting Artist-in-Residence, Claremont, California, 2002

• Watershed Center for Ceramic Arts, Artist in Residence, Newcastle, Maine, 2002

• University Place Art Center, Summer Resident of Ceramics, Lincoln, Nebraska, 2001

Collections

• Waubonsie State Park, Wa-Shaw-Tee Lodge, Hamburg, Iowa

• Archie Bray Foundation Permanent Collection, Helena, Montana

• Private Collection of Dan Anderson, Edwardsville, Illinois

• Private Collection of Sandy Besser, Santa Fe, New Mexico

• Amity Art Foundation Print Collection, Woodbridge, Connecticut

Teaching

• Waubonsie State Park, Hamburg, Iowa, moon journal workshop, 2019

• Colorado Art Studio, adult and children art classes, 2017-current

• Holy Rosary Montessori, Glenwood, Iowa, children’s seasonal craft projects, 2019-2020

• Loess Hills Maker Space, Glenwood, Iowa, quarterly ceramic workshops, 2018-2019

• East Mills High School, Malvern, Iowa, ceramic workshops, spring term, 2019