P R O F E S S I O N A L H I G H L I G H T S
2007 - Present Visual Artist & Writer | Elk Mound, Wisconsin, United States
2022 - Present Podcast Creator & Host, The Artist In Me Is Dead
2018 - 2025 Executive Leadership, Board of Directors | National Council on Education for the
Ceramic Arts (NCECA)
2007 - 2018 Senior Lecturer of Art | University of Wisconsin-River Falls
E D U C A T I O N
2004 – 2007 University of Nebraska-Lincoln (UNL), Master of Fine Arts: Ceramics
Additional Studies: Drawing, Sculpture
1998 – 2003 University of Wisconsin-River Falls (UWRF), Bachelor of Fine Arts
Ceramics & Photography
2003 University of Massachusetts at Dartmouth, Post-Baccalaureate: Ceramic Art,
New Bedford, MA
N A T I O N A L L E A D E R S H I P & S E R V I C E
2024 - 2025 Past-President, Board of Directors,
National Council on Education for the Ceramic Arts (NCECA)
2022 - 2024 President, Board of Directors, NCECA
2021 - 2022 President-Elect, Board of Directors, NCECA
2020 - 2021 Special Advisor, Board of Directors, NCECA
2018 - 2020 Steward of the Board, Board of Directors, NCECA
2017 - 2019 Regional Planning Committee Member, NCECA's 53rd Annual Conference,
Minneapolis, Minnesota
2009 - 2012 Director at Large, Board of Directors | NCECA
U N I V E R S I T Y T E A C H I N G
*Indicates course curriculum developed and/or re-designed
2007 - 2018 University of Wisconsin-River Falls, Senior Lecturer, River Falls, Wisconsin
Ceramics Studio Faculty Lead (2016-2018)
Sabbatical Faculty for Randy Johnston (spring 2015)
Courses: Introduction to Ceramics*
Studio (Advanced) Ceramics*
Introduction to Visual Art: Large Enrollment* 120-150 students
Creative Arts Entrepreneurship*
2D Design Foundations *
Senior Art Seminar
Special Topic Courses: Earthenware Ceramics*, Clay Explorations*
Ceramics Portfolio Development*
Advertising Design I
Drawing I
Introduction to Art: standard enrollment & online, 2007 – 2014
2008-2009 University of Wisconsin-Stout, Lecturer, Menomonie, Wisconsin
W O R K S H O P T E A C H I N G & V I S I T I N G A R T I S T
2025 Ceramic Arts Network: CLAYflicks Workshop from Home with Rhonda Willers
Cloverbelt Art Show (Regional High Schools), Guest Speaker
Red Wing Arts, Red Wing, Minnesota, In-Person Workshop
2024 University of Montana - Missoula, Visiting Artist
Pocosin Arts School of Fine Crafts, Virtual Workshop
Red Wing Arts, Red Wing, Minnesota, In-Person Workshop
NOVA: North Virginia Community College - Annadale, Virginia, Visiting Artist
2023 Anderson Ranch Arts Center, Snowmass Village, Colorado, In-Person Workshop
University of Nebraska - Lincoln, Visiting Artist
Augusta Middle and High School, Augusta, Wisconsin, Visiting Artist
The Hatch Writing & Creative Hour for The Isolation Journals, Guest Artist Host
2022 Pocosin Arts School of Fine Craft, Virtual Workshop
Brooklyn Middle STEAM School, Brooklyn Park, Minnesota, Visiting Artist
The Potters Class: Three-Part Terra Sigillata Workshop, Virtual Workshop
2021 Taoxichuan Art Center, Jingdezhen, China
Online Masterclass Series & Public Lecture
Anderson Ranch Arts Center, Snowmass Village, Colorado
Week-long in-person Terra Sigillata and Earthenware Hand building Workshop
Pocosin Arts School of Fine Craft, Colombia, North Carolina
Three online workshops focused on Terra Sigillatas
Grand Marais Art Colony, Grand Marais, Minnesota
Three-part online terra sigillata workshop series
2020 Montgomery Potters Guild, Maryland * D.C. * Virginia
Online terra sigillata workshop
Northern Clay Center, Minneapolis, Minnesota
In-person terra sigillata workshop for Minnesota Art Educators
E X H I B I T I O N S
2025 Pablo Center at the Confluence: James W Hansen Gallery,
Transformations, Solo Exhibition, Eau Claire, Wisconsin
2024 SooVac Art Center & Gallery, Untitled 18,
Juror: Danielle Krysa, The Jealous Curator, Minneapolis, Minnesota
Anderson Ranch Arts Center, Annual Art Auction Exhibition, Invitational,
Snowmass Village, Colorado
2023 Anderson Ranch Arts Center, Annual Art Auction Exhibition, Invitational,
Snowmass Village, Colorado
2022 Idyllwild Arts Park Exhibition Center, Hot Clay Faculty Exhibition,
Idyllwild, California
Anderson Ranch Arts Center, Annual Art Auction Exhibition, Invitational,
Snowmass Village, Colorado
Loft Gallery, Red Lodge Clay Center, Small & Mighty, Red Lodge, Montana
The Grand Hand Gallery, Black & White and Color All Over, St. Paul, Minnesota
2021 Pablo Center at the Confluence, Shelter, Virtual Exhibition focused on COVID-19,
Eau Claire, Wisconsin
ArtReach St. Croix, Black and White, Stillwater, Minnesota
2020 Canton Museum of Art, Crowns: Crossing into Motherhood, Curated by: Jessica
Gardner, Canton, Ohio
Weisman Art Museum, The Persistence of Mingei: Inspiration Through Four
Generations of Ceramic Artists, Curated by: Randy Johnston, Lyndel King,
Diane Mullin, Minneapolis, Minnesota
2019 St. Catherine University, Women Who Teach, Curated by: Monica Rudquist,
St. Paul, Minnesota
Canton Museum of Art, Crowns: Crossing into Motherhood, Curated by: Jessica
Gardner, Canton, Ohio
Weisman Art Museum, The Persistence of Mingei: Inspiration Through Four
Generations of Ceramic Artists, Curated by: Randy Johnston, Lyndel King,
Diane Mullin, Minneapolis, Minnesota
G R A N T S | F E L L O W S H I P S | R E S I D E N C I E S | A W A R D S
2017 – 2018 UWRF Faculty Research Grant, Terra Sigillata,
campus-wide competitive selection process
2017 Red Lodge Clay Center, Short Term Resident Artist,
Red Lodge, Montana, Juried Selection
2016 – 2017 Evidence-Based Teaching Fellow, UWRF,
campus-wide competitive selection process, Research Topic: Mastery Style
Rubrics to Promote Growth in Learning & More Risk-Taking
2016, 2017 UWRF Faculty Professional Development Grant, campus-wide competitive
selection process. Received consecutive grant awards for the
maximum amount allotted per academic years.
2018 – 2014 UWRF Mentor Award, Undergraduate Stipends and Expenses Grant,
competitive selection process, Received award each year: 2014 - 2018
2007 Outstanding Graduate Teaching Assistant Award,
UNL Hixson-Lied College of Fine & Performing Arts
2006 – 2007 Hixson-Lied Scholarly and Creative Presentation Grant, UNL
2006 Support an Artist Fellowship: Sculptural Furniture,
Anderson Ranch Arts Center, Snowmass Village, CO
Artist Workshop Grant, UNL, Department of Art & Art History
2004 – 2007 Kimmel Fellow – Studio Arts, UNL
2002 Chancellor’s Award Recipient, Outstanding Service to the University
(undergraduate student), UWRF
2001 Artist Fellowship: Field Expedition: Jamaica Ceramics Workshop,
Good Hope Plantation via Anderson Ranch Arts Center