EDUCATION
2013 MFA in Sculpture & Extended Media ● Virginia Commonwealth University ● Richmond, VA
2007 BFA in General Fine Art, Cum Laude ● Maryland Institute College of Art ● Baltimore, MD
2014-2017 Postdoctoral Research Fellow ● Michigan Society of Fellows at the University of Michigan ● Ann Arbor, MI
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2026 Taming the Yeast // Wilding Our Hearts ● The Soil Factory ● Ithaca, NY
2025 I Pooped the Seeds for the Food ● The Soil Factory ● Ithaca, NY
2024 Lady of the Lake, the Monarch, & the Milkweed Baron ● Boyer Campbell ● Detroit, MI
2019 You are Next to Me, Collaboration with Iris McCloughan ● Public Pool ● Hamtramck, MI
2018 You are Next to Me, Collaboration with Iris McCloughan ● Fairmount House ● Philadelphia, PA
2016 Infranatural ● Cave Gallery ● Detroit, MI
2015 Play/Things ● EMP Collective ● Baltimore, MD
———Play/Things ● Black Iris Gallery ● Richmond, VA
———Play/Things ● Practice Gallery ● Philadelphia, PA
———'Merikan Merkintile ● The Mattress Factory ● Pittsburgh, PA
———'Merikan Merkintile ● 186 Carpenter Gallery ● Providence, RI
———'Merikan Merkintile ● Adams & Ollman ● Portland, OR2013 Three Ring ● Black Iris ● Richmond, VA
2010 Show in a Box ● Bodega ● Philadelphia, PA
2009 Chinnin' Out ● International House ● Philadelphia, PA
2008 Unbearingable House ● Black Sheep Puppet Festival ● Pittsburg, PA
GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2025 Unwritten, Rewritten, Overwritten ● Tufts University Art Gallery ● Boston, MA
———Tinned ● Wasserman Projects ● Detroit, MI2024 Common Thread ● Gifts of Art Gallery at the University of Michigan ● Ann Arbor
———Fiber Flux: Midwest Educators in Textiles, Fiber Art, and Material Studies as part of the Midwest Fiber Arts Educators Conference ● Valade Gallery ● Detroit, MI
———Microclimates ● Detroit Month of Design, Boyer Campbell Building ● Detroit, MI
———Piece by Piece ● Stamelos Gallery, University of Michigan ● Dearborn, MI2023 Mending the Net ● The Convent ● Detroit, MI
———Jentel Presents ● Sage Arts ● Sheridan, WY
———Plus One (Stop Making Sense) ● Janice Charach Gallery ● West Bloomfield, MI
———Winter ● Penland School of Craft ● Bakersville, NC2022 The Lady of the Lake, the Monarch, and the Milkweed Baron ● Prairie Ronde ● Vicksburg, MI
———Marigold Project ● Anhelo Anhelo ● Detroit, MI
———MdW Fair, with Ceramics School ● Mana Contemporary ● Chicago, IL
———Abstract Acres ● Fluffy Butt Farms ● Fentonville, MI
———Stop Making Sense: A Survey of Contemporary Craft ● The Galleries at The College for Creative Studies ● Detroit, MI2021 5th Midwest Open curated by Alison Wong ● Woman Made Gallery ● Chicago, IL
———Living with Art ● BasBlue House ● Detroit, MI2020 9-Hour Interludes, live on-set performance with Margaret Hull ● Wayne State University
———A Colonial History of Joanne Fabrics, live Instagram performance as part of 9Hr Interludes
———MAKE SHIFT ● Popp's Emporium at Popp's Packing ● Hamtramck, MI2019 Barbed Magazine Fall 2019 release performance event ● Outer Limits ● Detroit, MI
———Emergency Index book release performance ● Jam Handy ● Detroit, MI
———9 hours: a live stream from Detroit ● Wayne State University ● Detroit, MI
———Myth & Mirth ● University of Maine ● Farmington
———Nomadic Objects ● Oloman Next Door ● Hamtramck, MI2018 Awful Wrestling ● PhilaMOCA ● Philadelphia, PA
———Object Permanence ● Fjord Gallery ● Philadelphia, PA
———She/They/Us ● Riverside Arts Center ● Ypsilanti, MI2017 Drivers, Impulsers ● Human Resources ● Los Angeles, CA
———Friends of Friends ● Butter at Wasserman Projects ● Detroit, MI2016 Mediums ● Constellation ● Chicago, IL
———RE/NIGHT/LIVE/MARE ● AcreTV ● Chicago, IL2015 ESPTV ● Museum of Contemporary Art Detroit ● Detroit, MI
———Direct Object/Direct Action ● Threewalls Gallery ● Chicago, IL
———Laser Tag Soundtrack ● KChung Radio ● Los Angeles, CA
———Pleasure/Pain, Women ● Artists' Television Access ● San Francisco, CA
———Pistils & Stamen ● Chicago Filmmakers ● Chicago, IL2014 Christmastown Spectacular ● Christmastown ● Bushwick, NY———Video! Video! ● Chicago, IL———Psychedelicatessen ● AcreTV ● Chicago, IL
———Made in LA with KCHUNG TV ● Hammer Museum ● Los Angeles, CA2013 Press Play ● Practice Gallery ● Philadelphia, PA
———MFA Thesis Exhibition ● Anderson Gallery Carriage House ● Richmond, VA
———New Work ● Bushwick Open Studios ● Brooklyn, NY2012 Common Senses, with Mildred's Lane ● MoMA ● New York, NY
———Suzanne ● Artisphere ● Washington, DC
———We Work Hard So You Don't Have To ● Richmond, VA2011 Hors d'Oeuvres ● FAB Gallery at VCU ● Richmond, VA
———Epic Pain ● Little Berlin & Vox Populi ● Philadelphia, PA2010 OVC ● Institute for Contemporary Art ● Philadelphia, PA
———FORCE ● Current Gallery ● Baltimore, MD
———Sound/Stages ● Vox Populi ● Philadelphia, PA
———Temporary Toy Theater Museum ● St. Ann's Warehouse ● New York, NY
———Pedestrian Services Exquisite ● Transmodern Arts Festival ● Baltimore, MD
———Failure to Show ● Extra Extra ● Philadelphia, PA
———It Came from the Nettle Fizz ● Secret Project Robot ● New York, NY2009 Celebration of Eventfulness ● Monkeytown ● New York, NY
———OVC ● Institute for Contemporary Art ● Philadelphia, PA
———VoxV ● Vox Populi ● Philadelphia, PA
———Pedestrian Service Exquisite ● Transmodern Arts Festival ● Baltimore, MD
———Collections ● COPY Gallery ● Philadelphia, PA
PERFORMANCE
2025 (upcoming) Plant Pageant, Ragweed, organizer and event host ● The Soil Factory ● Ithaca
———I Pooped the Seeds for the Food with 99 Bottles Beverage Service ● The Soil Factory ● Ithaca2024 Floating Quilts, Monarch Butterflies, & Michigan Milkweed History, collaborative community performance with milkweed foraging and processing workshop, as part of Detroit Month of Design and Environment + Microclimates
——— AWFUL Wrestling: Lady of the Lake vs. The Milkweed Baron ● PhilaMoCA ● Philadelphia, PA
———Lady of the Lake, the Monarch, & the Milkweed Baron, performance in installation throughout run of exhibition ● Boyer Campbell Building, Detroit Month of Design ● Detroit, MI2022 AWFUL Wrestling: The Rock (with Paper & Scissors) ● PhilaMOCA ● Philadelphia, PA
2021 Voyeurs of Earth with Bridget Quinn ● Detroit Puppet Slam at CMAP ● Detroit, MI
2020 A Colonial History of JoAnne Fabrics, as part of 9 Hour Interludes ● Siena Heights University
2019 Co-Creator, and Performer (with Mark McCloughan), You Are Next to Me, full length performance ● Public Pool ● Hamtramck, MI
2018 Reading, Goodtyme Writer's Buffet ● Detroit, MI
———AWFUL Wrestling: Red Flag vs. Benefit of the Doubt ● PhilaMOCA ● Philadelphia, PA
———How Much Bigger Could This Red Flag Possibly Be ● Fjord Gallery ● Philadelphia, PA
———You are Next to Me, with Iris McCloughan ● Fairmount House ● Philadelphia, PA2017 Reading, Salon Catroit, curated by Write a House recipient Anne Elizabeth Moore ● Detroit, MI
——— Performer, An Incomplete Collection of Things #notallmen Do. Created in collaboration with Charles Gushue and Robert Holmes Maynard ● Triskelion Arts ● Brooklyn, NY
——— Performer, Parade of Excuses: Cleaning Up Our Act with the Rabble Rousers Mummers Brigade ● Philadelphia, PA2016 Presenter, Play/Things for the Michigan Society of Fellows ● Ann Arbor, MI
——— Performer, Stupor: Soft Gun book release ● Public Pool ● Detroit, MI
——— Performer, director, A Night with Dan Gilbert & Friends ● Cave Gallery ● Detroit, MI2015 Director and performer, Late Nite with Wesley Wodgers, Live to Tape Artist Television Festival ● Links Hall ● Chicago, IL
2014 Co-creator and performer, Jobs, Jobs, Jobs ● AcreTV
——— Playwright, Pregnant Pause ● Baltimore One-Minute Play Festival2010 Artistic director, performer, trapeze Artist. Act III of Julius Caesar, with PuppeTyranny
——— Performer, Peter Pan in Kensington Garden, directed by Zac Palladino, with PuppeTyranny
——— Co-director and performer, Mouth Show, with Zac Palladino and PuppeTyranny2009 Puppeteer and performer, The Soldier and the Phoenix, Morgan Andrews: Shoddy Puppet Co.
2008 Shadow and projection puppeteer, Flight by Erik Ruin
——— Actor, Disaster Banana by Beth Nixon and Ramshackle Enterprises
——— Puppeteer, Sourdough Philosophy Circus, Bread and Puppet Theater
Awards • Honors • Publications
2026Nature Salon with Sustainability of Sustainability Initiative, Panelist ● Harvard University
——— Co-Facilitator, Arts & Society Dialogues ● Tufts University2025 Recipient, Tisch College Community Research Center Seed Grant, with collaborators Neda Moridpour (PoP), Diane O'Donoghue of Tisch, and staff from St. Francis House shelter. Initial funding for the Community Co-Creation Lab
——— Moderator, University Ecology and the Question of the Commons, Mellon-funded conference, organized by Silvia Bottinelli
——— Recipient, Green Fund, SMFA Dye & Fiber Garden ● Tufts University
——— Visiting Critic, Graduate Thesis Critique ● Stamps School of Art at the University of Michigan
——— Visiting Artist, Craftivism ● UMass Boston
——— Artist Lecture, as part of Piece by Piece exhibition ● Stamelos Gallery ● University of Michigan——— Guest Speaker ● Parkville Fiber Arts Co-Op ● Hartford, CT——— Invited Guest and Exhibitor ● Midwest Fiber Arts Educators Network (MFAEN) Conference ● Detroit, MI
——— Podcast Guest, Seamside with Zak Foster. Episode: How to Dance in a Quilt with Performance-Quilter Leslie Rogers2023 Full Fellowship ● Penland School of Craft Session V ● Bakersville, NC
——— Visiting Artist ● Maryland Institute College of Art ● Baltimore, MD
——— Visiting Artist ● Ohio State University ● Columbus
——— Visiting Artist, Sculpture ● Cranbrook Academy of Art ● Bloomfield Hills, MI
——— Full Fellowship ● Penland School of Craft Winter Residency ● Bakersville, NC2019 Visiting Artist, Second Year Reviews ● Cranbrook Academy of Art ● Bloomfield Hills, MI
2018-2019 & 2019-2020 Guest Faculty, artist statement and thesis writing, Print Media ● Cranbrook Academy of Art ● Bloomfield Hills, MI
2019 Guest Faculty in Performance, 4D Foundations ● Stamps School of Art & Design, University of Michigan ● Ann Arbor, MI
2018-2019 Guest Faculty, artist statement and thesis writing ● Cranbrook Academy of Art ● Bloomfield Hills, MI
2018 Guest Speaker, Social Spaces at Stamps School of Art & Design, University of Michigan
2014-2017 Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Society of Fellows ● University of Michigan
2017 Guest Speaker, Social Spaces at Stamps School of Art & Design, University of Michigan
2016 Panelist, Shape Shifters ● School 33 ● Baltimore, MD
——— Visiting Artist in Fiber ● MICA ● Baltimore, MD
——— Visiting Artist in Sculpture ● College for Creative Studies ● Detroit, MI
——— Recipient, Stamps Faculty Professional Development Fund ● University of Michigan2015-17 Distinguished Faculty Resident, Telluride House ● Ann Arbor, MI
2015 Visiting Artist in Art ● Antioch College
——— Visiting Artist in Foundation: 4D ● University of Michigan
——— Recipient, Stamps Faculty Professional Development Fund ● University of Michigan2014 Recipient, Stamps Faculty Professional Development Fund ● University of Michigan
——— Visiting Artist in Art History: Ekphrasis ● University of Michigan
——— Visiting Artist in Sculpture: Senior Thesis ● Rhode Island School of Design2013 Visiting Artist in Time-Based Media ● Virginia Commonwealth University
——— Visiting Artist in Cinema: Sculptural Cinema ● Binghamton University
——— Finalist, U.S. Fulbright Fellowship, 20132012 Contributor, Curious, available through Printed Matter ● New York, NY
Residencies
2026 The Soil Factory ● Ithaca, NY (Upcoming, as part of inaugural Summer School invitational)
2025 The Soil Factory ● Ithaca, NY
2023 Jentel Arts ● Banner, WY
——— Penland School of Craft Winter Residency ● Bakersville, NC2022 Prairie Ronde ● Vicksburg, MI——— The Soil Factory ● Ithaca, NY——— Haystack Mountain School of Craft Open Studio Residency ● Deer Isle, ME
——— Monson Arts ● Monson, ME2021 Art Farm Nebraska ● Marquette, NE
2019 Marble House Project ● Dorset, VT
——— Aunt Karen's Farm ● Mt. Vision, NY2018 ACRE ● Steuben, WI
2015 AS220 ● Providence, RI
2014 University Musical Society, University of Michigan ● Ann Arbor, MI
2013 Art Farm Nebraska ● Marquette, NE
2012 Mildred's Lane ● Narrowsburg, NY
TUFTS UNIVERSITY SERVICE & CAMPUS COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT
2025-2026 Organize student group to design programming for MFA Boston's College Night
——— Community quilting workshops utilizing fabrics dyed from the SMFA Dye & Fiber Garden
——— Primary advisor for Bailey Sherwood, Zev Woskoff, and Angel Black, 1st year MFA
——— Faculty Research Support Advisory Committee (FRSAC)
——— SMFA Sustainability Committee
——— Public Dye & Fiber Garden cross-programming in conjunction with Spring exhibit about artist project gardens at the MFA Boston2024-2025 Faculty Research Support Advisory Committee (FRSAC)
——— Arts & Humanities Subcommittee (FRSAC)
——— SMFA Sustainability Committee
——— Sewing & Mending Workshop for Fast Fashion through the Experimental College
——— TUAG Community Crochet Workshop for Tomashi Jackson: Across the Universe
——— Intro to Fibers: Fiber Memories zine project integration with TUAG's Ulises: Assemble
——— Independent Study with Lu Adami, to advise on lead teaching 2-credit Undergraduate Performance Seminar, Spring 20252023-2025 Primary Advisor for Lu Adami, MFA candidate
2023-2024 Faculty Research Support Advisory Committee
——— SMFA DEIJ Committee
——— Co-Curated Sculpture & Fibers area show with Sean Glover
——— Independent Study with 3rd year student Selina Yang
RECENT PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT & WORKSHOPS
2026 Master Gardener Certificate (in progress), Michigan State University Agricultural Ext
———Foundry ● College for Creative Studies ● Detroit, MI2025-2026 Universal Design Learning, Fellow ● StAAR Center ● Tufts University
———Print & Paint with Natural Dye, hosted by MAIWA at Penland School of Craft
———Journey into Indigo (advanced indigo) ● MAIWA School of Natural Dye virtual course
———Natural Dyes: Alchemy, Chemistry, Craft ● MAIWA School of Natural Dye virtual course2023-2024 Social Emotional Learning for Equity & Civic Teaching, Dialogic Pedagogy Faculty Fellow ● Center for the Enhancement of Learning and Teaching ● Tufts University
———Racial Equity Faculty Workgroup ● Center for the Enhancement of Learning and Teaching ● Tufts University
———Course Design Institute ● Center for the Enhancement of Learning and Teaching ● Tufts University
———Intro to Weave Drafting in AdaCAD with Laura Devendorf
———Risograph ● BULK Space ● Detroit, MI
———Immersion Dye with Shibori ● Farm 2 Fiber ● Detroit, MI
———Indigo Dye with Clay Resist ● Farm 2 Fiber ● Detroit, MI
———Ink Making with Natural Pigment ● Farm 2 Fiber ● Detroit, MI
Teaching: Higher Education
School of the Museum of Fine Arts at Tufts University, Boston, MA. Sculpture & Fibers Area. Professor of the Practice. Fall 2023 to present. Megan McMillan, Area Representative of 3D, Sculpture & Fibers
— (upcoming) Natural Dye & Fiber Garden (new course)
— Community Co-Creation Lab, Spring 2026 (new course)
— 3D Foundations, Fall 2026 (collaboratively redesigned department curriculum)
— Quilting Reimagined, Spring 2025, Spring 2026, Fall 2026 (new course)
— Patterning Form, Fall 2024 (new course)
— Performing Craft, Spring 2024 (redesigned course)
— Intermediate Fibers, Spring 2024 & 2025 (redesigned course)
— ReThink ReMake ReUse, Fall 2023 (redesigned course)
— Intro to Fibers, Fall 2023, 2024, & 2025 (redesigned course)College for Creative Studies, Detroit, MI. Fine Arts department and Fibers Program. Adjunct Faculty, Winter and Fall 2018. Chido Johnson, Head of Sculpture. Timothy Van Laar and Valerie Jenkins, Chairs of Fine Arts. Vince Carducci, Dean of Fine Arts & Crafts.
— Make, Wear, Wiggle, Winter 2018
— Intro to Fibers Structures, Fall 2018
— Survey and Methods, Fall 2018Eastern Michigan University, Ypsilanti, MI. Lecturer, 2017.
— Digital Media, Fall 2017Wayne State University, Detroit, MI. Adjunct Instructor, 2017-2019.
— A History of Costume, Fall 2019
— Time Studio, Fall 2017 and Winter 2018University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI. Full Time Assistant Professor and Postdoctoral Researcher in Residence, 2014-2017.
— Graduate Thesis Seminar, Spring 2017
— Intersections, Spring 2016
— Play, Fall 2016
— Puppets, Props, and Performance, Spring 2015
— Primary Advisor for 3 MFA candidatesVirginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA. Lead Instructor 2012-2013. Amy Hauft, Chair.
— 2D into 3D, Spring 2012 and Spring 2013University of the Arts, Philadelphia, PA. Adjunct Instructor, 2010. Mi-Kyoung Lee, Fiber Department Chair.
— Experimental Costume, Fall 2010
Teaching: COMMUNITY ARTS & Artist Residencies
Green Door Folk School, Cedar, MI. Workshop instructor. Hyper-Local Brewing: Easy & delicious herbal beers from the yard. Summer 2026. Lauren Dahl, Program Director.
Soil Factory, Ithaca, NY. Workshop instructor, Sculptural Costume Fundamentals, in preparation for this year's Plant Pageant. Spring 2026. Johannes Lehrman & Rebecca Nelson, co-founders.
Community Co-Creation Lab, co-founder. Collaboration between SMFA, Tisch College of Civic Life, and the art studio at St. Francis Homeless Shelter, Boston, MA. Funded by Tisch College Community Research Center. 2024-2026. Elaine Donnelly, TCRC Director.
Progressive Art Studio Collective, art studio and commercial gallery for adults with disabilities. Detroit, MI. Facilitating Artist. Winter 2021. Anthony Marcellini, Founder, Director, Studio & Exhibitions Manager.
Soul Studio, art studio and commercial gallery for adults with disabilities. West Bloomfield, MI. Facilitating Artist. Fall 2019 to June 2020. Anthony Marcellini, Studio & Exhibitions Manager.
Haystack Mountain School of Craft, Deer Isle, ME. Assistant Instructor to Aaron McIntosh, Piecework as Paradigm: Textiles. Summer 2017. Paul Sacaridiz, Executive Director.
Spiral Q Puppet Theater, community activist puppet theater, Philadelphia, PA. Teaching Artist, 2007-2008. Tracy Broyles, Executive Director. Ted Enoch, Education Director.
Franciscan Center for the Homeless, art therapy studio, Baltimore, MD. Community Arts Partnership Instructor, 2006-2007. Paula Phillips, Director.
MEMBERSHIPS
since 2024 Midwest Fiber Arts Educators Network
——— Essential Partners Community of Practice, dialogic pedagogy practitioner communitysince 2023 Textile Society of America
——— Studio Art Quilts Associates
——— American Quilt Study Group
——— Netvvrksince 2022 Fiber Club* Detroit
CURATORIAL & ORGANIZING
2020 Co-curator with Nick Kramer ● There is a Fly in My Soup ● Soul Gallery ● West Bloomfield Township, MI
2008-11 Puppet Uprising, touring performance curation, booking, and promotion ● Philadelphia, PA
2010-11 Little Berlin, art collective and gallery. Co-curator 2010-2011 ● Philadelphia, PA
2010-2014 PuppeTyranny, theater collective, founder ● Philadelphia, PA