Artist Statement

With an emphasis on the word "critter," she enjoys creating little fellers to be around. Many of them are not a specific animal but can fully lean towards one as perceived by an individual; they are ambiguous, like emotions kept veiled, though that impacts little. A sweet (usually playful) critter is present regardless, and she relates.

Her work often shows at face value but translates grief and difficult feelings into a vessel that gives physicality to the joy and simplicity that the natural world, color, and linework bring. She expresses conversation between the inner child to the adult navigating, leading to intersection of representation and whimsy.

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Representation

Art Place Gallery, Art League of Henderson County, Hendersonville, NC, 2024-Present

Greenhill Center for NC Art Gallery, Greensboro, NC, 2024-Present

Odyssey Clayworks Gallery, Asheville, NC, 2022-Present

Emote AVL, Asheville, NC, 2022-Present

Brevard Clay, Brevard, NC, 2024-2025

Foundation Studios, Asheville, NC, 2023-2024 (lost to Hurricane Helene)

Hartwell, Raleigh, NC, 2024

Zan Zan Gallery, Asheville, NC, 2022-2024

Recognition/Awards

Western North Carolina Potters Benefit Artist, Greenhill Center for NC Art Gallery, Greensboro, NC, 2024

Emerging Artist Presenter, Craft Studies Conference, Southern Highland Craft Guild at the Folk Art Center, Asheville, NC, 2024

Betty Taylor Award Recipient and Show, The Community Foundation, 2023-2024

Sura Wolf Wengrow Travel Grant Recipient, University of North Carolina Asheville, 2022

Education

Bachelors, Art with K-12 Licensure, Concentration in Painting, cum laude, UNC Asheville, 2022

Work / Teaching Experience

Studio Manager & Instructor, Glassman Clay Studio, Hendersonville, NC, 2024-Present

Studio Assistant, Odyssey Clayworks, Asheville, NC, 2023-Present

Instructor, Odyssey Clayworks, Asheville NC, 2022-Present

Afterschool Clubs Teacher (Art K-3 & 4-6, Clay K-6), The Learning Community School, Swannanoa, 2024

Gallery Assistant and Painting Apprentice, Peter Roux Studio, Asheville, NC, 2021-2023

Student Teacher, UNC Asheville, Asheville, NC, 2021-2022

Community Events

Grand Opening of 7th Avenue Demonstration representing Glassman Clay Studio, Art League of Henderson County, Hendersonville, NC, 2025

Empty Bowls Fundraiser Community Demo Day, Hendersonville, NC, 2025

Demo Day representing Glassman Clay Studio, Art League of Hendersonville, Hendersonville, NC, 2024

"The Great Pottery Showdown," Fundraiser, All Together Art, Asheville, NC, 2023 & 2024

Spring Fling Clay Demo representing Odyssey Clayworks, Isaac Dickson Elementary School, 2024

Public Demo for Clay Day representing Odyssey Clayworks, Folk Art Center, Asheville, NC, 2023

Market Representation

Pop-Up Events, Art League of Henderson County, 2024-2025

Women's Day Market, Arts Council of Henderson County, 2025

Lowes Holiday Popup Market, Asheville, NC, 2024

Blue Ridge Artisan Market, Various Locations, NC, 2023 & 2024

The Big Crafty, Asheville, NC, Summer 2022 & Winter 2023

Uncommon Market, Asheville, NC, 2022 & 2023

"I'm a little critter making little critters out of clay!"