Education
Master of Fine Arts - Rhode Island School of Design - 2021- Present
Certificate in Collegiate Teaching in Art and Design - Rhode Island School of Design - 2021 - Present
Post Baccalaureate - Florida Atlantic University - 2019-2021
Bachelor of Fine Arts - Florida Atlantic University - 2019
Honors - Summa Cum Laude
Associate of Arts - Palm Beach State College - 2015
Teaching Experience
Instructor of Record: Humanity Through Ceramics - Rhode Island School of Design, Providence, RI- 2022 - Present
Hand-building Ceramic Instructor - - Worcester Center for Crafts - 2022
Teaching Assistant - Rhode Island School of Design 2021 - Present
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Digital Ceramics - 2023
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Ceramic Material Science - 2022
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Intro to Ceramics for Graduate Design - 2022
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Ceramic Sculpture - 2021
Ceramics Instructor - L’ Mercado Studios, Hollywood, FL - 2018-19
Professional Experience
Hyundai Biomaterials Assistant - Edna W. Lawrence Nature Lab, Providence, RI 2022 - Present
RISD x HYUNDAI Research Fellow - Rhode Island School of Design - 2022
Ceramic Technician Assistant - Rhode Island School of Design, Providence, RI- 2021 - Present
Custom Picture Framer - Gallery Framers - 2019-20
Studio Monitor - L’ Mercado Studios - 2018-19
Exhibitions
Go Thither - RISD Museum - 2023
RISD Ceramics Triennial - Woods-Gerry Gallery - 2023
Our Sensational, Dull Universe - List Art Center - Brown University 2022
Sustainable Futures - Co-creating with Nature - Rhode Island School of Design 2022
Judaica 2022 - Brown University, Rhode Island - 2022
RISD Ceramic Biennial - Rhode Island School of Design, Rhode Island - 2021
JSE 2020 - Florida Atlantic University, Florida - 2020
Small Matters - Colorado Mesa University, Colorado - 2019
Ceramic Guild Show and Sale - Florida Atlantic University, Florida - 2017-19
Artists in Residence - L’ Mercado Studios, Florida - 2018
Office Show 2018 - Florida Atlantic University, Florida - 2018
ART 2572 - Florida Atlantic University, Florida - 2017
Awards
Brown RISD Hillel Arts Microgrant - Brown-RISD Hillel - 2023
RISD Material Fund - Rhode Island School of Design - 2023
Somerson Sustainability Innovation Fund - Rhode Island School of Design 2022-Present
RISD Fellowship - Rhode Island School of Design - 2021
RISD Assistantship Award - Rhode Island School of Design - 2021
John McCoy Special Recognition Award - Florida Atlantic University - 2021
Esther Saylor Rothenberger Scholarship - Florida Atlantic University - 2020
John McCoy Scholarship - Florida Atlantic University - 2020
Glaze Formulation Award - Florida Atlantic University - 2019
John McCoy Scholarship - Florida Atlantic University - 2019
John McCoy Scholarship - Florida Atlantic University - 2018
BFA Portfolio Award - Florida Atlantic University - 2017
Press
Nature Lab Newsletter.29 | Inspiration from Nature - 2022
- Hyundai Motor Group - 2022
RISD students are making 3-D printing more sustainable - Dana Forsythe - 2022
Hyundai Collaborative Propels Student Research - Simone Solondz / photos by Jo Sittenfeld - 2022
Judaica at Brown RISD Hillel - Glenn Osmundson - 2022
Critical Analysis Simone Solondz / photos by Jo Sittenfeld - 2022
Artist Lectures and Demonstrations
Sustainable Futures - Presenter - Rhode Island School of Design 2022
Hot Night In The City - Worcester Center for Crafts - 2022
Empty Bowls Charity - Florida Atlantic University - 2018-19
MEEC Fundraiser Instructor - L’ Mercado Studios - 2018