curriculum vitae
Solo Exhibitions
Angels and Aliens, Museum of the Shenandoah Valley, February-April 2017
Character Bleed, Tin Top Art & Handmade, July 2016
Select Group Exhibitions
Hidden Talent, Museum of the Shenandoah Valley, February 2025
The Spirit of Leyaluthan: Creation and Corruption in the Spine (A D&D Art Adventure
Group Exhibit), Frame Factory & Gallery, January 2025
The Dark Arts, Tin Top Art & Handmade, October 2023
Artists 4 ERA, Laurel Ridge Community College, August 2022
ShenArts Members Juried Show, Barns of Rose Hill, July 2022
Year of the Tiger, Tin Top Art & Handmade, January 2022
Quarantine 2020: While We Wait, We Create, ShenArts, May 2020
The Selfie Show, Tin Top Art & Handmade, February 2020
The Dark Arts II, Tin Top Art & Handmade, October 2019
Blast From the Past, Hideaway Cafe, September 2019
Hidden Talents, ShenArts, December 2018
The Dark Arts, Tin Top Art & Handmade, October 2016
True Love & Broken Hearts, Tin Top Art & Handmade, February 2016
Freeze Frame, Tin Top Art & Handmade, September 2015
Artist's Cartel: One Decade On, Shenandoah Arts Council, July 2015
True Love and Broken Hearts, Tin Top Art & Handmade, February 2015
Curatorial & Installation Experience
Hidden Talent, Museum of the Shenandoah Valley, February 25 - May 11, 2025
Wild, Museum of the Shenandoah Valley, November 2024-February 2025
Come and See, Museum of the Shenandoah Valley, June 2024- September 2024
ArtScape 15, Museum of the Shenandoah Valley, May 2024- July 2024
Telling Tales, Museum of the Shenandoah Valley, Featuring the art of Julia’s House Goes Home by Ben Hatke and the collection My Imagination Followed Me Here by David Kiefer, March 5- May 5 2023
Impact, Museum of the Shenandoah Valley, February 8-March 3 2023
Pop!, Museum of the Shenandoah Valley, July 25-October 15 2023
ArtScape 14, Museum of the Shenandoah Valley, April 2023- July 2023
Tiny Ridge, Sarah Jones Decker, Museum of the Shenandoah Valley, April 2023-December 2023
Sense of Place, Zoe Hawkins & Pamela Winegard, Museum of the Shenandoah Valley, January-April 2023
Syncopated Waltz, Norma Fredrickson, Museum of the Shenandoah Valley, July- October 2022 (Co-curated with Corwyn Garman)
One 2 Many, Arlene Butler, Museum of the Shenandoah Valley, July- October 2022
ArtScape 13, Museum of the Shenandoah Valley, April 2022- July 2022 (Co-curated with Corwyn Garman)
Loretta Allison, Carmen Crawford & Ray Crawford, Museum of the Shenandoah Valley, January 2022-April 2022 (Co-curated with Corwyn Garman)
New Frontiers, Matthew Kern, Sally Myers, MJ Seal, Kerry Stavely & Neil Stavely, Museum of the Shenandoah Valley, July 2021-October 2021 (Co-Curated with Corey Garman)
ArtScape 12, Museum of the Shenandoah Valley, April 2021- July 2021 (Co-curated with Corwyn Garman)
2021 Teen Art Club Exhibition, ShenArts Gallery, March 2021-April 2021 (Co-curated with Curry Schiavone)
ShenArts Youth Art Month Exhibition, Virtual Exhibition, March 2021
Abide: Working Artists Showcase, Museum of the Shenandoah Valley, January 2021-April 2021 (Co-curated with Corwyn Garman)
Seen and Heard, Museum of the Shenandoah Valley October 2020-January 2021 (Co-curated with Corwyn Garman)
Life Aquatic, ShenArts Virtual Exhibition, September 2020
ArtScape 11, Museum of the Shenandoah Valley, July 2020-October 2020 (Co-curated with Corwyn Garman)
Quarantine 2020: While We Wait, We Create, ShenArts Virtual Exhibition, May 2020
ShenArts 2020 Youth Art Month Exhibition, Old Town Welcome Center, March 2020-April 2020
FRESH, Matthew Kern, Andy Kulp & Rachel Crockett Smith, Museum of the Shenandoah Valley, January 2020-March 2020 (Co—curated with Corwyn Garman)
ShenArts Veterans Art Show 2019, Old Town Welcome Center, November 2019-December 2019
Unexpected Landscapes, Museum of the Shenandoah Valley, October 2019-December 2019 (Co—curated with Corwyn Garman)
Wonders & Stories, Tanya Gupta, Old Town Welcome Center, September 2019-October 2019
Insights: The Healing Power of Art, Handley Regional Library, September 2019
Mountain Encounters, Kate Rice, Old Town Welcome Center, July 2019-August 2019
Serpents & Circles, Glenn Horr, Dan Houston, Jim Koenig, & Sally Myers, Museum of the Shenandoah Valley, July 2019-September 2019 (Co—curated with Corwyn Garman)
Natural Muses, Kira Skala, Old Town Welcome Center, May 2019-June 2019
ArtScape 10, Museum of the Shenandoah Valley, April 2019-June 2019 (Co—curated with Corwyn Garman)
ShenArts 2019 Youth Art Exhibition, Old Town Welcome Center, March 2019-April 2019
Flow, Renae H. Carey, Cyrus Robertson & Meg Ryan, Museum of the Shenandoah Valley, January 2019-March 2019, (Co—curated with Corwyn Garman)
Farm & Field Collection: Wilson Webb Retrospective, Hexagon House, January 2019
Hidden Talents, Hexagon House, December 2018
Never Stop Playing, Roberto Rosas, Old Town Welcome Center, November 2018-December 2018
ShenArts 40th Anniversary Exhibit, Museum of the Shenandoah Valley, October 2018-January2019, (Co—curated with Corwyn Garman)
Jury Experience
Song For Autumn, ShenArts, 2024
ArtScape 15, ShenArts, 2024
ArtScape 14, ShenArts, 2023
Arte LibreVA Piccadilly Parking Space Mural Project, 2022
ArtScape 13, ShenArts, 2022
On Paper, ShenArts, 2021
ArtScape 12, ShenArts, 2021
Innaugural Banking Hall Exhibition, Innovault, 2020
76th Waterford Fair, Waterford Foundation, 2020
ArtScape 11, ShenArts, 2020
Insights: The Healing Power of Art, Winchester Art & Music Festival, 2019
75th Waterford Fair, Waterford Foundation, 2019
ArtScape 10, ShenArts, 2019
Teaching Experience
Watercolor On the Go, Museum of the Shenandoah Valley, September 2024
Home Sweet Home, Museum of the Shenandoah Valley, March 2023
Pop-Art Pet, Museum of the Shenandoah Valley, January 2022
ShenArts Workshop: Found Item Art, Museum of the Shenandoah Valley, April 2021
ShenArts Workshop: Home Sweet Home, Museum of the Shenandoah Valley, January 2021
ShenArts Workshop: Watercolor Landscapes, Museum of the Shenandoah Valley, October 2020
Watercolor Valentines, Museum of the Shenandoah Valley, February 2020
Youth Workshop: Painted Glass, Museum of the Shenandoah Valley, August 2019
ShenArts Watercolor Still Life, Museum of the Shenandoah Valley, July 2019
ShenArts Workshop: Charcoal Still Life, Museum of the Shenandoah Valley, July 2019
Show Ready 4: Framing & Hanging, ShenArts, May 2019
Teen Art Club, Museum of the Shenandoah Valley, April 2019- Present
Show Ready 3: Social Media & the Artist, ShenArts, April 2019
Show Ready 2: Who Are You?, ShenArts, March 2019
Watercolor Valentines, Museum of the Shenandoah Valley, February 2019
Show Ready 1: Developing a Body of Work, ShenArts, February 2019
Art, Music & Literature in the Quality of Life of Individuals & Communities, Seminar Panelist, Winchester Art & Music Festival, September 2018
Summer Art Camp Instructor, Foxcroft School, Summer 2013
Private Art Instructor, 2010- Present
Miscellaneous
Amuse Art Fair, Amuse at Home guest interviewer, October 2020
Rob Paints The Movies, Episode: Two Brains are Better Than One, October 15th, 2020
miniARTures, founder and curator, 2020-present
Published Words
Strengthening Communities Through Public Art, TVRC Chamber News, January 2020
The Thing: Man is the Warmest Place to Hide, From the Projection Room, February 11, 2016
Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory (Or Be Good So the Candyman Doesn’t Get You), From the Projection Room, October 2, 2015
Fortune and Glory: The Legacy of Indiana Jones, From the Projection Room, September 17, 2015
Heathers: Are We Going to Prom or to Hell?, From the Projection Room, August 18, 2015
Where We’re Going, We Don’t Need Roads (Or Lots of CGI), From the Projection Room, July 23, 2015
Is 7 Minutes Time to Fix the American Dream?, From the Projection Room, June 25, 2015
Show Me the Way to go Home: Jaws and Nostalgia, From the Projection Room, June 9, 2015
Education
Teaching with Art: Using Inquiry, Activities, and Themes, Museum of Modern Art, Winter 2025
Arts and Heritage Management, Universita Bocconi, Winter 2025
The Language of Design: Form and Meaning, California Institute of the Arts (online), Fall 2023
Online Games: Literature, New Media, and Narrative, Vanderbilt University (online), Spring 2023
In the Studio: Postwar Abstract Painting, Museum of Modern Art (online), Spring 2023
The Science of Well-Being For Teens, Yale University, Summer 2021
Modern Art & Ideas, The Museum of Modern Art (online), Spring 2020
Bachelor of Arts in Art History (Minors in Studio Art, Anthropology and Religious Studies), University of Virginia, Charlottesville, Va., 1999