Education
2013 University of Utah, Book Arts, Salt Lake City, Utah.
2005 BS in Education, Language Arts & ESOL. Utah State University, Logan, Utah.
2000 Snow College, General Studies, Ephraim, Utah.
Teaching Experience:
2023
March 31 Mini-books (Riverworks Art Center)
2022
November 19 Stick-Bound Book (Riverworks Art Center)
October 29 French Link Stitch Book (Riverworks Art Center)
June 27-July 1 Handmade Artist Book: Week-long Intensive (Riverworks Art Center)
2020
March 4 Bookbinding Tools and Equipment Skills (Frederick Book Arts Center)
February 21 Bookbinding 2: Sewing a text block (Frederick Book Arts Center)
February 6 Bookbinding 1: Introduction to Bookbinding (Frederick Book Arts Center)
January 15 Bookbinding 1: Introduction to Bookbinding (Frederick Book Arts Center)
2019
December 10 Tunnel Book (Frederick Book Arts Center)
November 23 Mini Books (Frederick Book Arts Center)
November 19 Bookbinding 1: Introduction to Bookbinding (Frederick Book Arts Center)
November 12 Simple Coptic Book (Frederick Book Arts Center)
October 10 Pamphlet Samplers (Frederick Book Arts Center)
September 25 Bookbinding 1: Introduction to Bookbinding (Frederick Book Arts Center)
September 11, 18 Bookbinding Tools and Equipment Skills (Frederick Book Arts Center)
August 19-20 Bookbinding for Children: Turkish map fold, one-page books (Frederick Book Arts Center)
Aug 6 Bookbinding 1: Introduction to Bookbinding (Frederick Book Arts Center)
Aug 8, 9 Bookbinding Tools and Equipment Skills (Frederick Book Arts Center)
July 15-20 Handmade Artist Book: Week-long Intensive
(Frederick Book Arts Center)
May 15 Bookbinding 1: Introduction to Bookbinding (Frederick Book Arts Center)
April 16 Single-Tie Paperback (Frederick Book Arts Center)
April 10 Coptic Binding (Frederick Book Arts Center)
April 3 Bookbinding 1: Introduction to Bookbinding (Frederick Book Arts Center)
March 30 Long-Stitch Binding (Frederick Book Arts Center)
March 23 Bookbinding 1: Introduction to Bookbinding (Frederick Book Arts Center)
Shows:
~Freedom, Black Rock Center for the Arts, (May-June 2023)
~A Sense of Place, Riverworks Art Center, (November-December 2022), 2-person show
~Illustrated Accordion, Kalamazoo Book Arts Center, (March-June 2021)
~Associates Show: Intersection, Frederick Book Arts Center, (July 2018-May 2019)
~Handed Down and Altered, NYC Arts Festival, (Fall 2018)
~University of Utah Student Juried Exhibition, Salt Lake City, (Fall 2012)
Publications:
~Artist Feature, I am Removed / I am Remembered, Exponent Magazine, Spring 2019
~Published Essay, The Threads that Run Through Us, Exponent Magazine, Winter 2018
~Published Essay, Tremors, The Brink of Memory Chapbook 2003
~Published Essay, To Find Identity, Utah English Journal 2002
Presentations/Readings:
~Community Round Table Project: African-American History and Culture, Freedom Made (Artist Book), February 2023, June 2023
~Midwest Retreat Presentation: What I’ve Been Given, 2019
~Southwest Popular American Culture Association Presentation: Using Children’s Literature to teach Symbolism in the Secondary Classroom, Fall 2003
Experience:
~Associate Artist, Riverworks Art Center, 2022-2023
~Associate Artist, Frederick Book Arts Center, 2018-2020
~Standardized Test Supervisor, and lead proctor, 2006-2015
~National Counsel of Teachers of English Student President, Utah State University, 2004-2005
~University Resident Assistant, Married Student Housing, Utah State University, 2003-2005
~Organized Events:
Community Art Show, Sprague Library, Salt Lake City, Utah
National African-American Read-In, Utah State Univeristy
Student Enrichment Outings: Rachmaninoff 2nd Piano Concero,
Abravanel Hall; Sundance Film Festival;
Gallery Walk: Aperture Gallery, Phillips Gallery, and
Springville Museum of Art, Springville, Utah.
Curation
2023 Riverworks Art Center, Strands of Time. Susan Due Pearcy Show.
2022 Riverworks Art Center, Illuminated. Sarah Matthews Show.
2019 Frederick Book Arts Center, INTERSECTION. An Associate Artists Show.