WORK EXPERIENCE
2016-2021
Michiko Sakano Studio, Brooklyn, NY
Hotshop Team Leader, Gaffer, Coldworker, Assistant
2013-2015
StarWorks Glass Lab, Star, NC
Production Coordinator, Gaffer, Studio Technician, Administration
2013
Starworks Glass Lab, Star, NC
Glass Studio Intern
2012-2013
Richard Jolley Studios, Knoxville, TN
Artist Assistant
2010
Dohmen and Company Hand Blown Glass, Omaha, NE
Hot Shop Assistant
2009-2012
Student Assistant, Hastings, NE
Artist Assistant, Teachers Assistant
EDUCATION
2012-
Hastings College, Hastings, NE — BA Major English Literature
Minor Studio Art
AWARDS AND RESIDENCIES
2019
Urban Glass Studio Residency
Starworks Residency
PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT
2019
Instructor- Next Steps: Hitting Specs
Advanced Workshop at Urban Glass
Teachers Assistant: Advanced Basics- Peter Ivy and Rob Lewis
Advanced Workshop at Haystack Mountain School of Crafts
2018
Instructor- Beginning Bubbles
4 Week Beginning Workshop at Urban Glass
Teachers/ Studio Assistant- Goblets: Don’t Waste Your Time: Nick Fruin
Advanced Workshop at Penland School of Crafts
Teachers Assistant- Proportion/ Rhythm/ Repetition: Courtney Dodd
Advanced Beginning Intensive Workshop at Urban Glass
Teachers Assistant- Define, Ideate, Prototype, Test: Courtney Dodd
Advanced Beginning Workshop at Corning Museum of Glass Studio
Teachers Assistant- Goblets, Break ‘Em Down: Adam Holtzinger
Intermediate/ Advanced Class at Urban Glass
Instructor- Glass Blowing 101
Introduction Workshop at Urban Glass
Visiting Artist- Salem Community College
Guest Lecturer and Demonstrator
2017
Coordinators Assistant- Penland Glass Studio
Three Sessions of Managing Hot Shop and Studio Assistant to Instructors
Studio Assistant-Hot Glass Sculpting: Ross Richmond
Intermediate/ Advanced workshop
Studio Assistant-The B to Y of A to Z: Joe BenVenuto and David Walters
All levels Penland Workshop
Studio Assistant- Back to the Drawing Board: Nate Cotterman and Adam Holtzinger
All levels Penland Workshop
Instructor- The Hotter the Better
Weekend Introduction to Glass Workshop at Urban Glass
Student- Short Cuts and Cold Cuts: Leo Tecosky and Simon Klenell
Intensive Class at Urban Glass, Scholarship Recipient
2016
Visiting Artist- Hastings College
Alumni Glass Weekend
Studio Assistant- Pendland Glass Workshop- Pushing, Folding, Molding and Blowing, Penland, NC
Introduction to glass workshop with Joe Grant
Student- Controlled Failure: Adam Holsinger
Intermediate Class at Urban Glass
Student- The Ins and Outs of Internal and External Folds: Boyd Sugiki, Brooklyn, NY
Intermediate class at Urban Glass
2015
Teacher’s Assistant- ECU Introduction to Glass Blowing, Star, NC
East Carolina University intensive glass blowing class at Starworks
Studio Assistant- Starworks Visiting Artist Greg Fidler, Star, NC
2014
Teacher’s Assistant- Divide the Bubble and Conquer: Pablo Soto, Star, NC
Intermediate/ Advanced Glass Workshop at Starworks
Instructor- Compound Glass Blowing: Footed Vessels off the Pipe, Star, NC
Intermediate/ Advanced Glass Workshop Co-taught with Tom Zogas at Starworks
2013
Teacher’s Assistant- Intro to Goblet Making: Nick Fruin, Star, NC
Intermediate Glass Workshop at Starworks
Teacher’s Assistant- Eckerd School At Risk Youth Glass Class: Nick Fruin, Star, NC
Year Round Course at Starworks
Teacher’s Assistant- East Montgomery High School, Star, NC
Semester based course at Starworks
Student- Nurturing Craft: Jeff Mack, Penland, NC
Intermediate/Advanced Workshop at Penland
2012
Studio Assistant- Thoryn Ziemba and Matthew Cummings, Smithville, TN
Visiting Artists at Appalachian Center for Craft
2011
Student- Pushing the Envelope: John Miller, Pilchuck, WA
Pilchuck Summer Course
2010
Hot Shop Assistant: Dohmen and Company Hand Blown Glass, Omaha, NE
Exhibitions
2016
Let Them Eat Cake, Urban Glass, Brooklyn, NY
2015
Chromatica- Idea Space at Colorado College, Colorado Springs, CO
Fragile, The Glass House, The Center for Visual Arts, Greensboro, NC
Firefest, Starworks Gallery, Star, NC
Annual Gathering, Starworks Gallery, Star, NC
2014
STARworks Glass Exhibition, Fayetteville Tech University, Fayetteville, NC
Annual Gathering, Starworks Gallery, Star, NC
Firesfest, Starworks Gallery, Star, NC
2013
Annual Gathering, Starworks Gallery, Star, NC
2012
Prisoners, Grahm Gallery, Hastings, NE