Workshops/Demos
2025 Assisted Elena Kanagy-Loux, National Museum for Women in the Arts (“Firsthand Experience: Lace Making”), Washington DC. November 8th.
2025 Instructor, A Workshop of Our Own (Handbrooms 101), Baltimore, MD. May 10th.
2024 Assisted Nick Ireys, John C. Campbell Folk School Blacksmith Shop (“Sparkle Magic: Forge Welding and Weld Forging), Brasstown, NC. November 10th-16th.
2024 Demoed, John C. Campbell Folk School Fall Festival (Broommaking), Brasstown, NC. October 6th.
2024 Assisted Gasali Adeyemo, John C Campbell Folk School, Wet Room/Fiber Arts (Yoruba Batik), Brasstown, NC. September 27th-November 2nd.
2023 Instructor, A Workshop of Our Own (Handbrooms 101), Baltimore, MD. November 18th.
2023 Demoed, John C. Campbell Folk School Fall Festival (Eco Printing), Brasstown, NC. October 8th.
2023 Demoed and Assisted Elena Kanagy-Loux, Baltimore Museum of Art, Free Community Day for Making Her Mark: A History of Women Artists in Europe 1400-1800 (Bobbin Lace), Baltimore, MD. October 1st.
2023 Instructor, A Workshop of Our Own (Handbrooms 101), Baltimore, MD. September 24th.
Exhibitions
2026 Two-Person Exhibition, Fellowship Capstones, Doris Ulmann Gallery, Berea, KY (with fiber artist Jesse Satterfield)
2026 Group Exhibition, Interactive Craft Demonstrations, Smithsonian Museum of American History, Washington DC (work displayed with Berea Student Craft demonstrations and work)
Scholarships/Residencies/Fellowships/Workstudies
2026 Broomcraft Fellowship, Berea College Studentcraft, Berea KY.
2025 Resident Artist in Alternative Photography and Fibers, Elf School of the Arts, Hayesville NC.
2025 Spring Scholarship Recipient, Baltimore Jewelry Center, Baltimore, MD.
2024 Student Host, John C. Campbell Folk School, Brasstown, NC.
2024 Pines Scholar in the Dining Hall, Penland School of Craft, Spruce Pine, NC.
2024 Spring Concentration Dining Hall Workstudy, Penland School of Craft, Spruce Pine, NC.
2023 Garden Workstudy, John C. Campbell Folk School, Brasstown, NC.
Classes Taken/Professional Training
2026 Kinetic Jewelry with Charity Hall, Snow Farm School of Craft, Williamsburg, MA. May 21st-25th
2026 Cattail Basketry with Renee Baumann, Snow Farm School of Craft, Williamsburg, MA. April 30th - May 3rd
2026 Pysanky Eggs with Jenny Santa Maria, Snow Farm School of Craft, Williamsburg, MA. April 24-26th
2025 Metals + Jewelry I with Stevie Pniewski, Baltimore Jewelry Center, Baltimore, MD. April 7th - July 30th (annealing, soldering, ring-making, earrings with hooks, earrings with posts, chain making, hollow forms, jeweler’s saw, jeweler’s pickle, roller mill, dapping set, finishing techniques)
2024 18th Century Stays with Martha Coates, John C. Campbell Folk School Quilting Studio, Brasstown, NC. December 8th - 14th (constructing and hand-sewing 18th c. stays, material knowledge)
2024 Spindle and Wheel with Martha Owen, John C. Campbell Folk School Wet Room/Fiber Studio, Brasstown, NC. December 5th - 8th (spinning cotton and wool on a great wheel/walking wheel, hand carding techniques)
2024 Marbled Cork Cover and Long Stitch Binding with Silvana Martins, John C. Campbell Folk School Print & Book Arts Studio, Brasstown, jewelerNC. November 22nd - 24th (mordanting paper, various marbling techniques on paper and cork cloth, long-stitch binding a small cork-cover journal)
2024 Patterned Steel Blades with Walter Ware III, John C. Campbell Folk School Blacksmith Shop, Brasstown, NC. November 17th - 23rd. (coal forge, damascus billets, basic knife-making, anvil and hammer, power hammer, treadle hammer, etching)
2024 Copper Shaker Boxes with John C. Monk and Robert Triplett, John C. Campbell Folk School Jewelry Studio, Brasstown, NC. November 3rd - 9th. (annealing, chasing, soldering, etching, riveting, polishing, oxy-ace torches, jeweler’s saw)
2024 Catching Fire: Shifting Ikat in the Warp and Weft with Beth Ross Johnson, John C. Campbell Folk School Weaving Studio, Brasstown, NC. October 13th - 19th. (ikat resist dye in both warp and weft, basic loom dressing, basic cloth weaving)
2024 Playtime with Inlaid Jewelry with T. Breeze Verdant, John C. Campbell Folk School Woodworking Studio, Brasstown, NC. October 7th - 12th (inlaid wood with mother of pearl, fine metal wire, reclaimed woods, and recycled aluminum can, scroll saw, bandsaw, drill press)
2024 From Tree to Treasure (Woodturning) with Sammy Long, John C. Campbell Folk School Woodturning Studio, Brasstown, NC. September 29th - October 4th. (log splitting for bowls, lathe)
2024 Mixed Metal Magic with Una Barrett, John C. Campbell Folk School Jewelry Studio, Brasstown, NC. September 22nd - 28th. (annealing, soldering, basic settings, chains, riveting, roller mill, jeweler’s pickle, liver of sulfur, finishing techniques, on copper, jeweler’s brass, and sterling silver)
2024 For the Love of All Bandsaw Boxes with Scarlette Rouse and Elizabeth Weber, John C. Campbell Folk School Woodworking Studio, Brasstown, NC. September 15th - 21st. (tablesaw, jointer, bandsaw, belt sander, power carver, drill press, flocking, textured finish techniques with woodburning, acrylic, and milk paint)
2024 Exploring the World of Brooms with Max Hendry, John C. Campbell Folk School Rock Room (Baskets and Brooms), Brasstown, NC. September 8th - 13th. (sorting broomcorn for size and quality, choosing sticks, proper winding tension, plaiting basket reed and broomcorn stalk, turkey wings, hawk’s tails, cobwebbers, hearth brooms)
2024 Let Forging Open the Door with Addison de Lisle, John C. Campbell Folk School Blacksmithing Shop, Brasstown, NC. August 30th - September 2nd. (basic key-making design and considerations, forge welding, coal forge, anvil and hammer, tongs, various hardy tools)
2024 Wet Plate Collodion with David Emmitt Adams, Penland School of Craft Photography Studio, Spruce Pine, NC. July 28th - August 9th. (wet plate processes on glass/ambrotype and metal/tintype, lighting, darkroom etiquette, wet plate in the field)
2024 Tongs, Hammers, and Other Slammers with Anna Koplik, Penland School of Craft Iron Studio, Spruce Pine, NC. March 3rd - April 26th (toolmaking skills including working with high carbon steel, oil quenching, punches, handling tools, hammer design, project design, mig welding, coal forge, gas forge, power hammers from 75 - 150 tons, swage block, collaborative forging)
2024 Digital Embroidery Safety with Thea Canlas, Open Works Makerspace Digital Textiles Studio, Baltimore, MD. February 2nd & 9th.
2023 Direct to Garment Printing with Lindzor, Open Works Makerspace Digital Textiles Studio, Baltimore, MD. November 17th.
2023 Spice Up Your Bowl: Woodturning & Bowl Embellishment with Glenn Greenwald, John C. Campbell Folk School Woodturning Studio, Brasstown, NC. October 9th-14th. (lathe, finishing techniques including alcohol ink, burning, woodburning, chatter-wheels, and more)
2023 Intro to Risograph, Baltimore Print Studios, Baltimore, MD. August 19th.
2023 Wood I Shop Safety, Open Works Makerspace Wood Shop, Baltimore, MD. August 1st (tablesaw, chop saw, bandsaw, spindle sander, belt sander, scroll saw)
2023 Sewing I Shop Safety, Open Works Makerspace Sewing Studio, Baltimore, MD. June 27th (juki lockstitch, serger, and walking-stitch machines)
2023 Blacksmithing for Fun and Profit with Pat McCarty, John C. Campbell Folk School Blacksmithing Shop, Brasstown, NC. June 11th-17th (coal forge, basic forging techniques, nail header, twisting wrench)
2023 Bobbin Lace with Elena Kanagy-Loux, John C. Campbell Folk School Weaving Studio, Brasstown, NC. May 28th - June 3rd.
2023 Brooms of Berea with Chris Robbins, John C. Campbell Folk School Rock Room (Baskets and Brooms), Brasstown, NC. May 26th - 28th.
2023 Woodturning from A to Z with David Hout, John C. Campbell Folk School Woodturning Studio, Brasstown, NC. May 21st - 26th.
2023 Seven Ways to Knit and Natural Dye on the Side with Martha Owen, John C. Campbell Folk School Wet Room (Fibers), Brasstown, NC. May 7th - 13th.
2023 Silkscreen 101, Greenmount West Community Center, Baltimore, MD. March 14th.
Commissions
2026 Private Art Commission, The Witches’ Broom, large scale sculptural broom with wallpiece (6ft by 2ft), various woods, broomcorn, brass wire, vintage costume pearls, foraged ochre milkpaint, Berea Student Craft Collection, Berea College, Berea, KY.
Publications as Author
“After the Flood: Effects of Hurricane Helene on Blacksmiths in WNC” Authored. The Artist Blacksmith’s
Society of North America Quarterly, The Anvil’s Ring, Spring Edition 2025.
Lectures/Presentations
2026 Visiting Artist Talk, Berea Student Craft, Berea College, Berea, Kentucky, March 9th.
Collections
Berea College Student Craft, Berea, KY.