Education
2026 Bachelor of Fine Arts, Ceramics, Kansas City Art Institute, Kansas City, MO
2023 Associate of Arts, Southwestern Community College, Creston, IA
Honors and Awards
2024 William Lee Artistry Scholarship Artistry Award, Trendspot INC, San Bernardino, CA
Ceramic Scholarship Selection Committee Award, Kansas City Art Institute, Kansas City, MO
2023 – present President’s List, Kansas City Art Institute, Kansas City, MO
2023 President’s Cabinet Scholarship, Kansas City Art Institute, Kansas City, MO
2022 – present United Methodist Women’s Scholarship, United Methodist Church, Afton, IA
Professional Experience
2025-2026 Resident Assistant, Academic Year, KCAI Studio Apartments, Kansas City Art Institute, Kansas City, MO
Help facilitate a safe, community oriented living environment for student artists. Organize resident life activities and events. Facilitate mediations and conflict resolution between students.
2025 Exhibition Committee Member, Scratching the Surface, Stern Ceramics Building, Kansas City Art Institute, Kansas City, MO
Assisted with promotion of the exhibition, including the installation and handling
of work. Assisted customers in the purchase of artwork.
Teaching Assistant, The Figurative Object, Kansas City Art Institute, Kansas City, MO
Helped students with basic hand building techniques, facilitated reclaiming clay materials, assisted with firing student work.
2024 Teaching Assistant, Entrepreneurship and the Marketplace, Kansas City Art Institute,
Kansas City, MO
Coached the students with beginning plaster mold making, assisted with firing
student work, maintained a clean studio space.
Resident Assistant, Pre-College Art Lab, Kansas City Art Institute, Kansas City, MO
Helped facilitate a safe, community oriented living space for student artists.
Organized resident life activities and events. Facilitated mediations and
conflict resolution between students.
Exhibition Committee Member, Baby I Left my Heart in the Hotbox, Stern Ceramics
Building, Kansas City Art Institute, Kansas City, MO
Assisted with promotion of the exhibition, including the installation and handling
of work. Assisted customers in the purchase of artwork.
2023 Artist in Residence, Creston Arts, Creston, IA
Assisted with youth art camp programming that included creating, organizing, and facilitating workshops for various age groups.
Exhibitions
2025 Scratching the Surface, Stern Ceramics Building, Kansas City Art Institute, Kansas City, MO
Releasing Form, KCAI Gallery, Kansas City Art Institute, Kansas City, MO
2024 Burning Down the House, Stern Ceramics Building, Kansas City Art Institute, Kansas
City, MO
Brimming: Goblet Invitational, Belger Crane Yard Gallery, Belger Arts, Kansas City, MO
Iowa State Fair Fine Arts Exhibition, Iowa State Fairgrounds, Des Moines, IA
Baby I Left My Heart in the Hotbox, Stern Ceramics Building, Kansas City Art Institute,
Kansas City, MO
2023 Artist in Residence Exhibition, Historical Depot Gallery, Creston Arts, Creston, Iowa
Pinching, Poking, Slicing, Dicing, Stern Ceramics Building, Kansas City Art Institute,
Kansas City, MO
Student Exhibition, Historical Depot Gallery, Southwestern Community College,
Creston, Iowa
Skills
Clay & glaze formulation, mold making, electric kiln firing, handbuilding, figure sculpting, tile relief, wheel throwing, written communication, research and research writing.
References
Paul Donnelly, Kathleen Collins Chair of Ceramics, Kansas City Art Institute, Kansas City, MO.
pdonnelly@kcai.edu – (215) 910-2948 https://pauldonnellyceramics.com/home.html
Cary Esser, Senior Professor of Ceramics, Kansas City Art Institute, Kansas City, MO.
cesser@kcai.edu – (816) 714-8842 https://www.caryesser.com/