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- Associate Professor at School of Art and Design, College of Fine Arts & Communication
Service Activities
Ongoing
- Associate Director, Associate Director.
June 1, 2023 - Present.
- Member, National Council of Arts Administrators.
2021 - Present.
- Advisory Board Member, Lawndale Art Center.
2019 - Present.
- Advisory Council, Charlotte Street Foundation.
2010 - Present.
2023
- Member, Curriculum Committee.
2021 - 2023.
- Area Coordinator - Studio Art, Area Coordinator - Studio Art.
2021 - 2023.
- Member, University Leadership Assembly.
2017 - 2023.
- Member, Flex Space Committee.
2016 - 2023.
- Member, Art and Design Lecture Series Committee.
2015 - 2023.
2022
- Judge, Lawndale Artist Studio Program: Round 16.
2022.
- Donated work, Houston Center for Photography.
2022.
- Area Coordinator - Foundations, Area Coordinator - Foundations.
2019 - 2022.
- Member, Foundations Committee.
2017 - 2022.
- Member, Fab Lab Committee.
2015 - 2022.
2021
- Member, Associate Professor Communication Design Search Committee.
2021.
- Member, Foundations Mentors Committee.
2016 - 2021.
2020
- Co-leader, The Contemporary Austin's Crit Group.
2020.
- Work Donated, Glasstire Auction.
2020.
- Work Donated, Texas State Galleries 100 4 100 Fundraiser.
2020.
- Selected, Work selected for the 2020 Lawndale Lending Library Collection, Lawndale Art Center, Houston, TX.
2019 - 2020.
- Mentor, 3D Foundations.
2015 - 2020.
- Organizer, Crit Group 2020 Exhibition.
2020 - January 2020.
2019
- Organized visit for NYC-based artist Jessi Reaves which included studio visits and a public lecture.
2019.
- Member, Ceramics Search Committee.
2019.
- Selected, Selected as co-leader alongside curator Annette Carlozzi for The Contemporary Austin’s program Crit Group 2019.
2019.
- Work Donated, Lawndale Art Center’s 2nd Annual “Sunday Brunch with Lawndale” Fundraiser.
November 10, 2019.
- Co-Curated, Co-curated exhibition, Crit Group 2019, with Annette Carlozzi and Andrea Mellard, held at grayDUCK Gallery.
July 27, 2019 - August 25, 2019.
2018
- Organizer, Visiting Lectures.
2018.
- Selected and Commissioned, By Contemporary Austin’s Executive Director Louis Grachos as the 2018 Artist for The Contemporary Print Series.
2018.
- Selected, Co-Leader alongside curator Annette Carlozzi for The Contemporary Austin’s program Crit Group 2018.
2018.
- Co-Curated, Exhibition, Crit Group 2018, with Annette Carlozzi and Andrea Mellard, held at grayDUCK Gallery.
August 5, 2018 - September 2, 2018.
- Work Donated, MASS Gallery's fundraiser, Mass Exodus.
July 21, 2018.
2017
- Member, Gallery Coordinator Search Committee.
2017.
- Proposed and hosted LA-based artist Bari Ziperstein. During her visit, she did a series of individual studio visits with our students and gave a lecture on her work, touching on both her fine art and design line. Also, set up a full day visit for Bari at Southwest School of Art in San Antonio during her trip to Texas.
2017.
- Proposed to ADLS committee and hosted Los Angeles based artist Robyn O’Neil for a lecture and studio visits with undergraduate studio art students.
2017.
- Along with Assoc. Professor Erina Duganne, hosted and set up studio visits for art historian and critic Ariel Evans. Ariel also gave a public lecture during her visit.
2017.
- Organized a lecture by Artpace Artists-in-Residence which included Heyd Fontenot, Lili Reynaud-Dewar and Martha Wilson.
2017.
- Invited Austin artist Zach Meisner for a day of studio visits and a lecture to my senior studio art and photography students.
2017.
- Work Selected, Benefit Art Auction 2017 at the Bemis Center for Contemporary Art, Omaha, NE by curator Risa Puleo.
2017.
- Work Donated, Women and Their Work gallery for Red Hot Red Dot Fundraiser, September 14, 2017.
2017.
- Organizer, Solo exhibition of new work by Zach Meisner for the FL3X Space, Texas State Galleries, August 30 – September 6, 2017.
2017.
- Co-Curated, Exhibition, Crit Group 2017, with Annette Carlozzi and Andrea Mellard, held at grayDUCK Gallery, August 4 – September 3, 2017, Austin, TX.
2017.
- Work Donated, DiverseWorks’ Luck of the Draw fundraiser, held March 31, 2017, Houston, TX.
2017.
- Work Donated, MASS Gallery’s Art Auction to raise money for The Family P, held February 26, 2017.
2017.
- Selected, Co-Leader alongside curator Annette Carlozzi for The Contemporary Austin’s program Crit Group 2018.
2017.
- Member, Foundations Search Committee.
2016 - 2017.
2016
- Invited Austin-based artist Jonathan Marshall to speak to two sections of Studio Practice wherein he discussed balancing life and work including working as an artist, furniture maker and designer. He also answered questions about graduate school and his professional relationship with his overseas commercial gallery.
2016.
- Organized along with Assoc. Professor Erina Duganne, a visit by critic, curator and co-editor of Glasstire Christina Rees. Rees conducted studio visits with studio art majors and gave a lecture followed by a seminar discussion with our classes.
2016.
- Organized public lecture and framing workshop with Austin artist Sam Sanford.
2016.
- Juror, Selection committee for the Blackshear Elementary Mural Project, organized by Art Alliance Austin, Austin, TX.
2016.
- Work Donated, Rose Is A Rose Is A Rose, an invitational fundraiser for Women and Their Work, held April 16, 2016, Austin, TX.
2016.
2015
- Gallery Director Search Committee.
2015.
- Invited curator Leslie Moody Castro for private discussion on her work and methods for Studio Practice students.
2015.
- Organized lecture and Q/A with New York based artist Carlos Rosales-Silva for Studio Practice course.
2015.
- Organized public lecture and workshop with New York based artist Travis Boyer.
2015.
- Organized a talk and documentation demo with Lora Reynolds gallery director, Colin Doyle, for Studio Practice students.
2015.
- Spoke about the importance of documentation and did a photography demo for Beverly Penn’s advanced metals class.
2015.
- Donated work, Free Beer Podcast Fundraiser.
October 17, 2015.
- Donated work, Women and Their Work gallery for Red Hot Red Dot Fundraiser.
September 10, 2015.
- Donated work, DiverseWorks’ Luck of the Draw fundraiser.
May 14, 2015.
2014
- Facilitated, along with Associate Professor Gina Tarver, a lecture by Colombian artist Juan David Laserna for Studio Practice.
2014.
- Organized a lecture by Austin based artist Michael Sieben, who spoke about working as an artist and designer, for Studio Practice course.
2014.
- Donated work, DiverseWorks’ Luck of the Draw fundraiser.
May 15, 2014.
- Donated work, Texas State University’s 100 4 100 Fundraiser.
February 28, 2014.
2013
- Lectured in Barry Stone’s Studio Practice course about my work.
2013.
- Donated work, Women and Their Work gallery for Red Hot Red Dot Fundraiser.
September 12, 2013.
- Donated work, DiverseWorks’ Luck of the Draw fundraiser.
May 23, 2013.
2012
- Donated work, Art Papers 13th Annual Silent Auction.
2012.
- Donated work, Box 13’s Empty Box Fundraiser.
2012.
- Curated the exhibition, Diego Bianchi: Into the Wild Meaning, Visual Arts Center, University of Texas at Austin, a solo exhibition by Argentine artist Diego Bianchi.
2012.
- Curated, (With Katie Geha), the exhibition, Files, Desks, Chairs. Held in conjunction with Fusebox Festival, Austin, TX and featuring work by Mark Flood, Dani Leventhal, Michael Bell-Smith, Ian Pedigo and others.
2012.
- Board Member, Art Alliance Austin.
2011 - 2012.
- Donated work, Fusebox Festival’s 60 in Sixty Benefit.
October 17, 2012.
- Donated work, DiverseWorks’ Luck of the Draw fundraiser.
May 18, 2012.
2011
- Donated work, Box 13’s Empty Box Fundraiser.
2011.
- Donated work, Blaffer Art Museum’s annual gala, Rock The Casbah.
April 15, 2011.
- Donated work, Texas State University’s 100 4 100 Fundraiser.
April 6, 2011.
2010
- Donated work, Arthouse’s 5x7 Annual Fundraiser.
2010.
- Donated work, Art Papers 11th Annual Silent Auction.
2010.
- Juror, Eyes Got It 2010, local art competition.
2010.
- Curated the exhibition, Make-Up, Unit B Gallery, and featuring work of Ben Aqua, Brian Bress and Faith Gay.
2010.
- Donated work, DiverseWorks’ Luck of the Draw fundraiser.
June 6, 2010.
- Donated work, Blaffer Art Museum’s annual gala, ABRACADABRA.
April 30, 2010.
2009
- Donated work, Art Papers 10th Annual Silent Auction.
2009.
- Speaker, Artist Talk and lead a workshop for a teen group at the Museum of Modern Art, held July 7, 2009, New York, NY.
2009.
- Donated work, Women and Their Work gallery for Red Hot Red Dot Fundraiser.
September 17, 2009.
- Organized a screening of NY based artist Devin Flynn’s animation at the Alamo Drafthouse on September 17, 2009 in conjunction with his solo exhibition, SUPERSTUPID, Okay Mountain gallery.
September 17, 2009.
- Juror, Austin Art in Public Places, 2nd Street District Sidewalk Enhancement Project.
July 29, 2009.
2008
- Donated work, Arthouse’s 5x7 Annual Fundraiser.
2008.
- Donated work, Women and Their Work gallery for Red Hot Red Dot Fundraiser.
September 18, 2008.
- Donated work, Contemporary Art Museum Houston’s gala, Diamonds in the Rough.
April 11, 2008.
2007
- Donated work, Arthouse’s 5x7 Annual Fundraiser.
2007.
- Donated work, Brooklyn Academy of Music’s BAMArt Silent Auction.
March 12, 2007.
2006
- Donated work, Glasstire’s Factory Ball Silent Auction.
December 2, 2006.
2004
- Donated work, Austin Museum of Art’s Art Ball.
2004.
