Curriculum Vitae

I am a dynamic leader in the creative fields. My experience as an educator, community leader, and systems thinker has built fluency in navigating the intersection of businesses, artists, and community leaders. My most successful projects involve close listening, open observation, and a clear vision. I thrive when the team thrives. The ways in which we “spend” our intention and attention are key to doing good work. I cultivate and care for teammates, stakeholders, and physical spaces so they may be the most vital, sustainable, and creative versions of themselves.

LEADERSHIP ROLES

Christiana Morgan Tower Artist-in-Residence Program Developer (2022-2024)

• Designed and led the effort for a visiting artists program and an international Jungian scholars program; wrote a successful proposal for a grant aimed at restoring the Christiana Morgan Tower and structured future fundraising materials to sustain programs. 

• Received a grant to research the history of the Morgan Tower’s construction and to inventory and evaluate the items in the bequest to The Governor's Academy.

• Wrote the white paper for the “Tower on the Marsh” project to restore the Morgan Tower.

Arts Department Chair (2015-2020)

• Led a diverse team of 10 full-time artists/educators. Oversaw multiple staff searches, administered performance reviews, and set up the onboarding program to support future department chairs. 

• Expanded program offerings and increased open building hours usage through physical plant upgrades. 

• Managed a $130,000 operating budget, raised capital funds, and oversaw the physical plant for two arts facilities, ending each year with a budget surplus.

• During my five-year term, the department earned over 450 Scholastic Art awards—a marked increase from previous years—as a result of increased collaboration within the department as well as with a dozen other artists, primarily local to the Newburyport area. 

• Increased student engagement with the arts by developing student proctor programs along with weekend and evening arts events to foster a welcoming culture in the arts buildings resulting in newly created annual events hosted by the arts department.

Director of the Remis Gallery (2013-2020)

• Attracted world-class installation artists, photographers, sculptors, and other visiting scholars who created work with our community as a result of our well-organized spaces and passionate team.

• Managed bookings, installations, visiting artist and scholar programs, and multiple all school community events, multi-school events and fundraising initiatives.

Faculty Representative to the Board of Trustees (2012-2014; reelected 2014-2016)

• Upon election to the position of faculty representative, introduced and developed a process to build, administer, and present results of experience surveys to administration and the board of trustees at three full board meetings each year.

• Met with individual faculty members to collect feedback to be shared with the administration, the faculty affairs committee of the board, and the full board.

Board Secretary and Vice-Chair of TerraBluTeams 501(c)(3) (2010-2015)

• Managed virtual and in-person fundraising and outreach events for sustainable lifestyle education. 

• Created and granted scholarships, managed donations, and oversaw the calendar of events.

• Kept corporate minutes and records.

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EDUCATION

Master of Fine Arts, Lesley University College of Art & Design Cambridge, MA 

Elected commencement speaker, January 2022

Thesis: Wild Elegies: Art Making through Embodiment and Transformation.

Bachelor of Fine Arts (Cum Laude), Art Institute of Boston at Lesley University Boston, MA

Created a collection of etchings with fellow graduates inspired by the work of Michael Mazur titled Cognates. now part of the permanent print collection at the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston.

Coursework in Fine Arts & Painting, Portland State University Portland, OR

Founded a painting collective, Infrastructure Works, with other PSU undergraduates, graduates and professors championing work on the subjects of human engineering, architecture, and infrastructure.

Coursework in Fine Arts & English, Arizona State University Tempe, AZ

Worked as an installationist at the ASU Art Museum; collaborated directly with and installed work by the late Bill Viola, Peter Greenaway, and Deborah Butterfield, among many others.

WORKSHOPS DELIVERED

Tending the Wild: Drawing as Elegy 2024 (6-10 weeks) – Collaboration with Andy Yang

• Practitioners engage in close observation of the Great Salt Marsh through walking, collecting, and drawing. 

• Assigned accompanying texts by Donna Haraway, Marina Abramovic, Anne Carson, Maggie Nelson and Kazuo Ishiguro.

• Capstone: Group temporary installation in the Great Salt Marsh along the Parker River.

Large Scale Papier-mâché 2022 (10 class hours) – Collaboration with Meghan Bailey

• Students learn how to construct an armature out of cardboard, wire, and newspaper (minimum 24” x 24”) utilizing a series of wet techniques. 

• Once dry, students apply a surface or skin of their choosing, including but not limited to fabric, plastic, paper, mesh, small objects, or paint.

World Building in 12 Inches: Make Your Own Joseph Cornell Box 2020-2024 (4-6 class hours)

• Inspired by the work of Joseph Cornell, students assemble personal and collected objects with various materials, paints, collage and other techniques to create a narrative diorama that investigates the themes of home, alienation or belonging.

Virtual Life Drawing 2020-2023 – Monthly with live models casting from their homes

Introduction to Monoprinting 2018 – 1 day 

• This workshop allows the practitioner to explore various techniques of monoprinting utilizing a variety of materials from natural to fabricated. 

• Students make stencils and play with creating multiple layers to pull one-of-a-kind prints off the press.

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RELEVANT EMPLOYMENT 

Studio Art Teacher, The Governor’s Academy – 2006–2024 Byfield, MA 

Owner, Creator, and Facilitator, Do Art Workshop – 2002–present Byfield, MA 

Arts Department Chair, The Governor’s Academy – 2015–2020 Byfield, MA 

Summer Programs Coordinator, The Governor's Academy – 2004–2006 Byfield, MA

Assistant Manager/Events Coordinator/Buyer, The Book Rack – 1998–2003 Newburyport, MA 

RECENT EXHIBITIONS

Plus One – February 2024 Bromfield Gallery, Boston, MA

6th St. Community Center – December 2023 Psychic Readings Gallery, New York, NY

Undercurrents (curator) – November 2023 Remis Gallery, Byfield, MA

MFA 20th Anniversary Alumni Exhibition – June 2023 Vandernoot Gallery, Cambridge, MA

Wild Elegies – February 2023 Solo exhibit at Remis Gallery, Byfield, MA

MFA Thesis Graduate Exhibition – January 2023 Lunder Arts Center Gallery, Cambridge, MA

Prints & Reprints – June 2019 Solo exhibit at Remis Gallery, Byfield, MA

Works of Paper (curator) – October 2018 Remis Gallery, Byfield, MA

Inside Out – September 2015 Solo exhibit of monoprints at Remis Gallery, Byfield, MA

Common Motion – December 2010 Art Institute of Boston at Lesley University, Cambridge, MA

Struck2: A Mother-Daughter Exhibition – March 2010 Remis Gallery, Byfield, MA

RECENT AWARDS

Gallery RAG – Artist-in Residency for Drawing and Choreography  – 2024 Gloucester, MA

• Merit-based Artist-in Residency awarded for collaboration in drawing and dance. 

Fine Arts Works Center – Residency in Printmaking  – 2022 Provincetown, MA

• Merit-based scholarship awarded for printmaking portfolio.

The Governor’s Academy – Moulton Achievement Award – 2015 and 2022 Byfield, MA

• Awarded by recommendation of faculty peers.

Glasgow Print Studio – Fellowship Grant – 2015 Glasgow, Scotland

• Grant-based fellowship awarded for printmaking portfolio.

COLLECTIONS

Museum of Fine Arts, Boston permanent collection – Cognates: A Tribute to Michael Mazur (2010)

Jordan Schnitzer Museum of Art, Portland State University, Portland, OR – Burnside (1998)

Various private collections – Details available upon request (2010-2024)