EXPERIENCE
Goggleworks, Reading, PA—Communications Coordinator
August 2023 - PRESENT

  • Part of a marketing team that promotes the studio’s mission and upholds the studio’s values

  • Handles social media and weekly newsletter publications, and documents all the classes, artists, and events happening on campus

  • Main public communicator between the public, the studio’s residents, and the Goggleworks organization

Goggleworks, Reading, PA—Ceramic Studio Lead Assistant and Tech
March 2023 - PRESENT

  • Part of studio production projects: fabricating and casting plaster molds, providing kiln maintenance, and general support of the Studio Manager

  • Assists in clay, slip, and glaze recipes, adjusting, and experimenting.

  • Supports students and works studies, and answers general technical questions.

The Ceramic Shop, Norristown, PA—Glaze Lab Tech
January 2021 - March 2023

  • Lead of product production of large batch, in-house  glaze, wax, and specialty materials

  • Assists in glaze recipe and material adjusting, creating, and experimenting

  • Aids in customer service and outreach with local artists

  • Head safety officer and respirator instructor


Greenwich House Pottery, New York, NY— Student Liaison
July 2019 - September 2020

  • Facilitated a community studio

  • Processed and filed student registrations, scholarship applications, class schedules, and special projects

  • Headed guided tours of the historical and technical facility

  • Member of social media team, in-charge of daily studio photos and event posters

  • Lead of the Greenwich House Pottery Library collection

  • Assisted in gallery operations, show openings, and annual studio-wide sales

Ceramics and Theory, Brooklyn, NY— Studio Assistant

November 2017 - December 2020

  • Represented and assisted in the making of the work of Dustin Yager

  • Sanded, polished, casted, and crafted production pottery and art objects

  • In charge of general maintenance, organization, and safety of a working studio

  • Prepped large-batch and large-scale ceramic packaging and shipping

  • Member of the social media (newsletter and wholesale presentation too) team and co-head of company’s Instagram

ADDITIONAL STUDIO ASSISTANT POSITIONS

  • Michael Keropian June 2017 - June 2018

  • George Petrides March 2019 - June 2019

  • John Born of Humble Matter July 2019 - November 2019

  • Malene Barnett November 2019 - January 2020

  • Kathy Erteman August 2020 - October 2020

ADDITIONAL TEACHING POSITIONS

  • Putnam Art Council November 2017 / January 2018-June 2018

  • Leaping Dog Studio December 2018

  • Mohawk International Day Camp June 2018 -August 2018

  • Katonah Art Center September 2018 - April 2019

  • Greenwich House Pottery April 2020 - June

  • Wayne Art Center April 2023 - PRESENT

EDUCATION

Alfred University, Alfred, NY— BFA

Materials Engineering Minor

Art History Minor

Artist of Special Collections

OTHER EXPERIENCE

Glaze Mixing and Application Workshop: 2019 Mount Kisco, NY

Visiting Artist Demo: 2018 Kissimmee River Pottery Flemington, NJ

Putnam Arts Council Intern: 2017-2018 Mahopac, NY

Katonah Arts Council Intern: 2018 Katonah, NY

NCECA Volunteer: 2019 Minneapolis, MN

GHP Lightning Talks Lecture: 2020 Zoom/Remote