Current Experience

2007 - 2025: Studio Potter, Bakersville, NC, owner of Wood Song Pottery

Artist Residencies

2010-2013 Resident Artist, EnergyXChange, Burnsville, NC

2010 Summer Resident Artist, Watershed Center for the Ceramic Arts, Newcastle, ME, awarded funded residency

2004-6 Resident Artist, Odyssey Center for the Ceramic Arts, Asheville, North Carolina

2002-4 Resident Clay Technician, Clay Studio, Arts and Culture Division,

Chattanooga Parks and Recreation, Chattanooga, Tennessee

Education
2004 Bachelor of Fine Arts in Ceramics, University of Tennessee at Chattanooga

2022-25 Yoga Alliance Certified Yoga Teacher RYT500 Asheville Yoga Center

Exhibitions

2025

CUPful, Cedar Creek Gallery, Creedmoor, NC

2024

Hurricane Relief Potters Market for Western North Carolina, Charlotte, NC

Spruce Pine Potters Market Exhibit at In Tandem Gallery, Bakersville, NC

CUPful, Cedar Creek Gallery, Creedmoor, NC

2023

Teapot Show, Cedar Creek Gallery, Creedmoor, NC

Spruce Pine Potters Market, Spruce Pine, NC

2022

CUPful, Cedar Creek Gallery, Creedmoor, NC

Spruce Pine Potters Market, Spruce Pine, NC

2021

CUPful, Cedar Creek Gallery, Creedmoor, NC

Judith Duff Tribute Show, Blue Spiral, Asheville, NC

Hilltown 6 Pottery Tour, North Hampton, MA

Spruce Pine Potters Market, Spruce Pine, NC

2020

CUPful, Cedar Creek Gallery, Creedmoor, NC

Teapot Show, Cedar Creek Gallery, Creedmoor, NC

Sweet and Salty, Bakersville, NC

Spruce Pine Potters Market, Spruce Pine, NC

2019

Steinfest: Present Day Interpretations, Claymakers Gallery, Durham, NC

Spruce Pine Potters Market, Cross Street Building, Spruce Pine, NC

WNC Pottery Festival, Featured Artist, Sylva, NC

2018

CUPful, Cedar Creek Gallery, Creedmoor, NC

Soul-Full Cup, Rivers Studio and Gallery, Harpers Ferry, West Virginia

Potters Market Invitational, Mint Museum, Charlotte, NC

Steinfest 2018, Claymakers Gallery, Durham, NC

Pottery Teaching Experience and Studio Assistantships

2025 Visting Artist Haywood Community College Professional Crafts

2024 Soda Firing Workshop Instructor at Wood Song Pottery, Bakersville, NC

2023 - to present: Yoga teacher at Mineral City Yoga, Spruce Pine, NC

2018 Penland School of Crafts, Workshop Instructor, Penland, NC

2013 Workshop Presenter, Mid-Atlantic Clay Conference, Front Royal, VA

Workshop Instructor, Blue Ridge Potters Guild, Roanoke, VA

2012 Workshop Instructor, Carolina Claymatters Pottery Guild, Charlotte, NC

Instructor, Digital Photography Workshop, Bakersville, NC

2011 Workshop Instructor, Clayworks, Charlotte, NC

Penland Student Assistant, Penland School of Crafts, with instructor Susan

Filley, Summer Workshop, Penland, NC

2010 Penland Visiting Artist, Penland School of Crafts, with instructor Gay Smith Concentration, Penland, NC

Teaching Assistant, Gay Smith, Pocosin Arts, Columbia, NC

Visiting Artist Workshop, Ceramics Department, Bowling Green State

University, Bowling Green, Ohio

2009 Instructor, wheel throwing, Arts Centered Clay Studio, Bakersville, NC

2007- 11 Studio Assistant to potters Gay Smith in Bakersville, and Linda McFarling in Burnsville, NC

2006 Penland Studio Assistant, Penland School of Crafts, Jeff Oestreich Summer Workshop, Penland, NC

2006-8 Studio Assistant to potter Judith Duff, Brevard, NC

2006 Instructor, wheel throwing, Odyssey Center for the Ceramic Arts, Asheville, NC

Gallery Representation

Penland Gallery, Penland, NC

Mica Gallery, Bakersville, NC

Contemporary Craft, Pittsburgh, PA

Hamilton Williams Gallery, Morganton, NC

Pottery 101, Salisbury, NC

Toe River Arts, Burnsville and Spruce Pine, NC

GreenHill Gallery, Greensboro, NC

Awards and Scholarships

2023 Toe River Arts Council Artist Project Grant recipient

2019 Toe River Arts Council Regional Artists Project Grant recipient

2015 Francis Goodrich Education Scholarship, Southern Highland Craft Guild

2012 Toe River Arts Council Regional Artists Project Grant recipient

2011 Francis Goodrich Education Scholarship, Southern Highland Craft Guild

2010 Summer Residency, fully funded, Watershed for the Ceramic Arts Newcastle, ME

2008 Emerging Artist Award, Bakersville Creek Walk, Bakersville, NC

2007 Strictly Functional Pottery National, Best Teapot Award, cash prize, Lancaster, PA

2006 Strictly Functional Pottery National, merchandise award, Lancaster, PA

Publications

2024 Exposure, September issue, Ceramics Monthly

2018 Studio Visit; August issue, Ceramics Monthly

2015 Featured Artist; April issue, Laurel of Asheville

2013 Sustainable Ceramics, Robert Harrison

2013 Wood-Fired Ceramics: 100 Contemporary Artists; by Amedeo Salamoni

2012 Exposure, October, Ceramics Monthly

2012 Fueled Up, April/May, American Craft Magazine

2008 “500 Platters, Plates & Chargers” Lark Books

2006 “500 Pitchers” Lark Books

Professional Affiliations

Spruce Pine Potters Market Association

Southern Highland Craft Guild

Piedmont Craftsmen

Toe River Arts Council

Mica Fine Contemporary Craft Gallery, founding member 2012-2015