EDUCATION
BFA University of Kansas: Visual Communication
MA National-Louis University: Teaching
MA National-Louis University: Technology in Education
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2021
Deep Waters, Side Street Studio Arts, Elgin, IL
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2022
Making Our History: Artists Render Lincoln's Legacy, University of Illinois, Springfield
2021
77th Annual Wabash Valley Exhibition, Swope Art Museum, Terre Haute, IN (Juried)
After Hours, Minneapolis College of Art and Design, Minneapolis, MN (Juried)
Continuous Span, Hyde Park Art Center, Chicago, IL
Observing Motherhood, ARC Gallery, Chicago, IL (Juried)
Winter Member Show, Elmhurst Artist Guild, Elmhurst, IL (2nd place)
Dreams & Their Edges, I Like Your Work (Juried, Online)
Black Then, Black Now, Black in the Middle, Side Street Studio Arts, Elgin, IL (Juried)
4th Midwest Open, Woman Made Gallery, Chicago, IL (Juried)
You Are Not Wonderful Just Because You Are a Mother, Artist/Mother (Juried, Online)
2020
Race in America, Drury University, Springfield, MO (Juried)
FL3TCH3R Exhibit: Social and Politically Engaged Art, Reece Museum, East Tennessee State University, Johnson, TN (Juried, Award of Merit)
Tremendously Diminutive, Oak Park Art League, Oak Park, IL (2nd place)
RESIDENCIES / FELLOWSHIPS
2023 Summer Teacher Residency: Cleveland Institute of Art
2022 Stay Home Gallery Residency
2022 Making Our History: Artists Render Lincoln's Legacy, University of Illinois, Springfield
2021 The Bridge Program, Hyde Park Art Center
2020 Qatar Foundation International & The University of Texas at Austin Leadership Program
2020 Nasher Sculpture Center Museum Forum for Teachers
2019 NEA Foundation Global Learning Fellow in Cape Town & Johannesburg, ZA
2018 Fund for Teachers Fellow at KOBAKANT in Berlin, DE
2017 Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago Teacher Institute
2013 Teacher Institute in Digital Arts Learning, School of the Art Institute of Chicago
2011 Fund for Teachers Fellow at Parsons School of Design in NYC
INVITED TALKS
2020 "Arts Education - Guidance & Tips in the Time of COVID" | Panelist, One State Arts Conference
PUBLICATIONS
2023 "An Artist and a Mother" Bradford, Ontario, CA, Demeter Press
2020 "Beyond Buzzwords: Diversity, Inclusion, & Equity in an Art Classroom" | MOSAIC - IAEA Annual Publication
2019 NEA Creative Lessons to Open Classrooms & Minds To The World
2018 Illinois Vision 20/20: Coding Across the Curriculum
PRESENTATIONS
2019 "Beyond Buzzwords: Diversity, Inclusion, & Equity in an Art Classroom" | Illinois Art Education Association Conference
2018 "Universal Design for Learning in the Art Classroom" | Illinois Art Education Association Conference
2018 "Leveraging Student Choice in the Middle School Classroom" (with Alex Mendralla) | International Society for Technology in Education Conference
2014 "Executive Functioning and the iPad" (with Jolene Lorimer) | Illinois Computing Educators Conference
RELATED TEACHING EXPERIENCE
Art Teacher, Roosevelt Middle School, River Forest, IL, 2018-present
Drawing, painting, printmaking, ceramics, 3D modeling, augmented reality.
CERTIFICATIONS
Visual Arts K-12 | Illinois State Board of Education
Technology Specialist K-12 | Illinois State Board of Education
Elementary Education K-9 | Illinois State Board of Education
PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS
Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago | Teacher Advisory Council
Illinois Art Education Association Board Member | Advocacy Representative
Women's Caucus for Art, Chicago chapter
BFA University of Kansas: Visual Communication
MA National-Louis University: Teaching
MA National-Louis University: Technology in Education
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2021
Deep Waters, Side Street Studio Arts, Elgin, IL
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2022
Making Our History: Artists Render Lincoln's Legacy, University of Illinois, Springfield
2021
77th Annual Wabash Valley Exhibition, Swope Art Museum, Terre Haute, IN (Juried)
After Hours, Minneapolis College of Art and Design, Minneapolis, MN (Juried)
Continuous Span, Hyde Park Art Center, Chicago, IL
Observing Motherhood, ARC Gallery, Chicago, IL (Juried)
Winter Member Show, Elmhurst Artist Guild, Elmhurst, IL (2nd place)
Dreams & Their Edges, I Like Your Work (Juried, Online)
Black Then, Black Now, Black in the Middle, Side Street Studio Arts, Elgin, IL (Juried)
4th Midwest Open, Woman Made Gallery, Chicago, IL (Juried)
You Are Not Wonderful Just Because You Are a Mother, Artist/Mother (Juried, Online)
2020
Race in America, Drury University, Springfield, MO (Juried)
FL3TCH3R Exhibit: Social and Politically Engaged Art, Reece Museum, East Tennessee State University, Johnson, TN (Juried, Award of Merit)
Tremendously Diminutive, Oak Park Art League, Oak Park, IL (2nd place)
RESIDENCIES / FELLOWSHIPS
2023 Summer Teacher Residency: Cleveland Institute of Art
2022 Stay Home Gallery Residency
2022 Making Our History: Artists Render Lincoln's Legacy, University of Illinois, Springfield
2021 The Bridge Program, Hyde Park Art Center
2020 Qatar Foundation International & The University of Texas at Austin Leadership Program
2020 Nasher Sculpture Center Museum Forum for Teachers
2019 NEA Foundation Global Learning Fellow in Cape Town & Johannesburg, ZA
2018 Fund for Teachers Fellow at KOBAKANT in Berlin, DE
2017 Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago Teacher Institute
2013 Teacher Institute in Digital Arts Learning, School of the Art Institute of Chicago
2011 Fund for Teachers Fellow at Parsons School of Design in NYC
INVITED TALKS
2020 "Arts Education - Guidance & Tips in the Time of COVID" | Panelist, One State Arts Conference
PUBLICATIONS
2023 "An Artist and a Mother" Bradford, Ontario, CA, Demeter Press
2020 "Beyond Buzzwords: Diversity, Inclusion, & Equity in an Art Classroom" | MOSAIC - IAEA Annual Publication
2019 NEA Creative Lessons to Open Classrooms & Minds To The World
2018 Illinois Vision 20/20: Coding Across the Curriculum
PRESENTATIONS
2019 "Beyond Buzzwords: Diversity, Inclusion, & Equity in an Art Classroom" | Illinois Art Education Association Conference
2018 "Universal Design for Learning in the Art Classroom" | Illinois Art Education Association Conference
2018 "Leveraging Student Choice in the Middle School Classroom" (with Alex Mendralla) | International Society for Technology in Education Conference
2014 "Executive Functioning and the iPad" (with Jolene Lorimer) | Illinois Computing Educators Conference
RELATED TEACHING EXPERIENCE
Art Teacher, Roosevelt Middle School, River Forest, IL, 2018-present
Drawing, painting, printmaking, ceramics, 3D modeling, augmented reality.
CERTIFICATIONS
Visual Arts K-12 | Illinois State Board of Education
Technology Specialist K-12 | Illinois State Board of Education
Elementary Education K-9 | Illinois State Board of Education
PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS
Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago | Teacher Advisory Council
Illinois Art Education Association Board Member | Advocacy Representative
Women's Caucus for Art, Chicago chapter