Education
2022 BA in Sustainability, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN
Professional Experience
2025 Studio Assistant at the Oki Doki Studio, Germantown, NY
Studio Assistant at Kingston Ceramics Studio, Kingston, NY
Studio Assistant for Winter Residency at Penland School of Crafts, Spruce Pine, NC
2023-25 Studio Technician at Mighty Mud, Knoxville, TN
2024 Student Host Work-Study at John C. Campbell Folk School, Brasstown, NC
Studio Assistant for Winter Residency at Penland School of Crafts, Spruce Pine, NC
2023 Summer Assistant at the International Center for the Arts, Monte Castello di Vibio, Italy.
Garden Work-Study at John C. Campbell Folk School, Brasstown, NC
2022 Kitchen Work-Study at Penland School of Craft, Spruce Pine, NC
Supply Store Work-Study at Arrowmont School of Arts and Crafts, Gatlinburg, TN
2021-23 Studio Assistant for Bug Pottery, Knoxville, TN
Teaching Experience
2025 Wheelthrowing and Handbuilding Instructor at Kingston Ceramics Studio, Kingston, NY
Teaching Assistant to Christy Knox at Idyllwild Arts Academy, Idyllwild, CA
Teaching Assistant to Vanessa Hartman at John C. Campbell Folk School, Brasstown, NC
2024 Studio Assistant to Liz Summerfield at Penland School of Crafts, Spruce Pine, NC
Arrowmont Community Class Instructor, Gatlinburg, TN
2023-25 Wheelthrowing and Surface Decoration Instructor at Mighty Mud, Knoxville, TN
Solo Exhibitions
2025 Interdependence, Mighty Mud Studio Gallery, Knoxville, TN
2022 Resiliency, Gallery 1010, Knoxville, TN
Group Exhibitions & Publications
2025 Murmurations, DeVos Art Museum, Marquette, MI
100 & Under: The Vase Show, Arrowmont Knoxville Gallery, Knoxville, TN
Symbiogenesis: A New Nature in the Anthropocene, Ijams Nature Center, Knoxville, TN
Gently Used Hauntings, in collaboration with Kai Mote, Tri-Star Arts, Knoxville TN
2024 FRAGILE: A Group Ceramic Exhibition, Dogwood Arts Gallery, Knoxville TN
The Dirt in Our Garden, Information Space, Philadelphia PA
Subo Art July 2024 Publication
2023 FRAGILE: A Group Ceramic Exhibition, Dogwood Arts Gallery, Knoxville, TN
Living in the Play, International Center for the Arts, Monte Castello di Vibio, Italy
Issue 65: Artwork from the Phoenix Literary Arts Magazine, Gallery 1010, Knoxville, TN
The Mighty Mixed Media Show, Knoxville Community Darkroom, Knoxville, TN
2022 Arrowmont Summer Exhibition, Arrowmont School of Arts and Crafts, Gatlinburg, TN
Common Ground, Gallery 1010, Knoxville, TN
Awards, Grants, and Fellowships
2025 Pi Beta Phi Scholarship, Arrowmont School of Arts and Crafts, Gatlinburg, TN
STAY Summer Institute, Kingston, TN
2024 Gee’s Bend Scholarship, Alabama Folk School, Nauvoo, AL
2023 General Scholarship, Touchstone Center for Crafts, Farmington, PA
Intensive Workshops
2025 Oki Doki Atmospheric Firing Studio, Germantown, NY - Studio Assistant
Ash, Dust, and Flow with Andrew Sartorius
Double the Fun Double the Fire with Harry Levenstein and Andrew Sartorius
Delicate Fire with Eva Funderburg
Build, Burn, and Crunch with Dakota Joan Parkinson
Idyllwild Arts Academy, Idyllwild, CA - Teaching Assistant
Embossed Surface and Handbuilt Form with Christy Knox
John C Campbell Folk School, Brasstown, NC - Teaching Assistant
Beginning Handbuilding for Everyday Life with Vanessa Hartman
2024 Alabama Folk School, Nauvoo, AL - Scholarship Recipient
Gee’s Bend Quilting Intensive with China and Mary Ann Pettaway
John C Campbell Folk School, Brasstown, NC - Student Host Work Exchange
Printing & Painting with Natural Dyes with Tasha Miller Griffith
Summer Mushroom Foraging with Olga Katic
Felt Extravaganza with Tasha Miller Griffith & Becky Walker
Tools Tools Tools with Lucas House & Matt McLean
Double Irish Chain Quilting with Jeanne Hunter
Ironwork for the Home and Garden with Greg Price
Forging in Three Dimensions with Chris Winterstein
Transforming Surfaces with Underglazes with Jane Cartwright
Beginning Landscape Painting in Acrylics with Laurel McFarland
Quilting with Transfer-painted Fabric with Tone Haugen-Cogburn
The Appalachian Mountain Dulcimer: Let's Build One with Jack Smoot
Your Favorite Work Pants with Ann Tilley
Capacity with David Stumpfle
Making Tools for Cooking and Eating with Josie Vogel
Penland School of Craft Short Session, Penland, NC - Studio Assistant
Developing Depth with Hand Built Slab Pots with Liz Summerfield
2023 Arrowmont School of Arts & Crafts, Gatlinburg TN - Kitchen Work Study
Thirteen Ways of Painting from a Photograph with Kristy Deetz
Touchstone Center for Craft, Farmington, PA - Scholarship Recipient
Thrown & Altered Pouring Vessels with Taylor Sijan
John C Campbell Folk School, Brasstown, NC - Garden Work Study
Primitive Quilt Sampler with Annie Smith
Beginning Bluegrass Banjo with Jim Pankey
Blacksmithing for Fun and Profit with Pat McCarty
Making A Connection with Mary McBride
Constructing a Mountain Dulcimer with Jack Smoot
2022 Penland School of Craft Fall Concentration, Penland, NC - Kitchen Work Study
Finding Form and Surface with Matt Repsher
Arrowmont School of Arts & Crafts, Gatlinburg TN - Supply Store Work Study
Spouts for Pouring Pots with Seth Green
Quilting in Appalachia with Ann Tilley
Make it Move: Forging Non-Ferrous Metal with Adam Atkinson and Everett Hoffman