Education

2024

WESTERN GOVERNORS UNIVERSITY--Salt Lake City, UT

     Bachelor of Arts--Elementary Education (concurrent enrollment)

2018              

CENTRAL WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY--Ellensburg, WA

     Master of Fine Arts: cum laude--Studio art: Ceramics                   

2012              

UTAH STATE UNIVERSITY--Logan, UT

     Bachelor of Fine Arts--Studio art: Ceramics

 

Teaching Experience

2019-2024   

THORP SCHOOL DISTRICT--Thorp, WA

     Elementary Art--Instructor of record

     Middle School Art--Instructor of record

     High School Graphic Tech (CTE)--Instructor of record

     Gifted and Talented (Ignite)--Coordinator

                       

     Technology Committee—Team member

     Thorp Education Association—Union member, Contract Negotiating Team

 

2015-2024   

CENTRAL WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY--Ellensburg, WA

     Art in the Elementary Classroom—Instructor of Record

          Terms: Fall 2021, Fall 2022)

     Art Curriculum and Field Experience—Instructor of Record

          (Terms: Spring 2022, Spring 2023, Spring 2024)

     2-D Design---Instructor of Record

          (Terms: Winter 2016, Spring 2018)

     3-D Design---Instructor of Record

          (Terms: Spring 2016, Winter 2016)

     Beginning Ceramics--Instructor of Record

          (Terms: Fall 2016, Fall 2017)

     Introduction to Drawing--Instructor of Record

          (Terms: Fall 2015 (Assisted). Spring 2017)

     Renaissance through Mid-19th Century Art History--Teaching Assistant

          (Term: Winter 2017)

                       

2018-2024   

GALLERY ONE ART GALLERY--Ellensburg, WA

     Wheel Throwing Kids Camp--Instructor of Record

          (Three week-long sessions: Summer 2021-2024)

     Beginning Wheel Throwing--Instructor of Record

          (6 weeks: July 2018-August 2018)

                       

Awards and Honors

2018              

     Outstanding Graduate Student Artistic Achievement Award--CWU--Ellensburg, WA

2016              

     Behnke Graduate Fellowship Endowment--CWU--Ellensburg, WA

2015              

Graduate Teaching Assistantship--CWU--Ellensburg, WA

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Selected Exhibitions

2019              

     The Form Will Find Its Way--Katherine Nash Gallery--Minneapolis, MN

           NCECA Exhibition. Curator: Elizabeth Carpenter

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2018              

Unwedged--Pottery Northwest--Seattle, WA

     National Juried Exhibition. Juror: Julia Galloway

Salon Des Gallery One--Gallery One--Ellensburg, WA

     Regional Invitational. Curator: Renee Adams

Bountiful--Gallery One--Ellensburg, WA

     Regional Juried Exhibition: Juror Tara Wilson

FLUIDSOLID--Sarah Spurgeon Gallery. CWU--Ellensburg, WA

     MFA Thesis Exhibition

Place Setting--Gallery One--Ellensburg, WA

     Invitational Exhibition. Curator: Renee Adams

Contemporary Clay 2018--Western CO Center for the Arts--Grand Junction, CO

     National Juried Exhibition: Juror: Doug Casebeer

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2017              

Forever 22+--Specialist Gallery--Seattle, WA

     Invitational Exhibition

Clayfest Northwest--Pottery Northwest--Seattle, WA

     Invitational Exhibition

Kittitas County Juried Exhibition--Gallery One--Ellensburg, WA

     Kay Crimp Award. Sponsored by Frank Crimp. Juror: Kathleen Moles

10x10x10xTieton--Mighty Tieton Warehouse--Tieton, WA

     International Juried Exhibition

2017 Biennale--Art League of Hilton Head--Hilton Head Island, SC

     National Juried Exhibition

In Humanity--Gallery 231. CWU--Ellensburg, WA

     MFA Mid-Thesis Exhibition

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2016               

5x5x5 Art Show--River Oaks Square Arts Center--Alexandria, LA

     National Juried Exhibition. Curator: Tom Williams

10x10x10xTieton--Mighty Tieton Warehouse--Tieton, WA

     International Juried Exhibition

One Proud World--420 Building Gallery--Ellensburg, WA

     Juried Exhibition. Inclusivity and Diversity Award

Now What--Coop Gallery--Nashville, TN

     Juried Exhibiton

Of Entropy--Gallery 231. CWU--Ellensburg, WA

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2013              

Latest Works: Drew Liedtke--Bookman’s--Flagstaff, AZ

     Solo Exhibition

Glazed By Fire: Atmospheric Invitational--Taos Clay Center--El Prado, NM

     International Invitational Exhibition. Curator: Scott McClellan

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2012              

Foundations--Coconino Center for the Arts--Flagstaff, AZ

     Regional Juried Exhibition

Senior BFA Art Exhibition--USU--Logan, UT

     BFA Thesis Exhibition

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2011              

From the Ground Up XXV--Las Cruces Museum of Art--Las Cruces, NM

     Juried Exhibition. Museum Purchase Award. Juror: Steven Hill

USU Art Scholarship Exhibition--Twain Tippetts Gallery. USU--Logan, UT

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2010              

USU Annual Undergraduate Exhibition--Gallery 102. USU--Logan. UT

     Juried Exhibition

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2009              

USU Annual Undergraduate Exhibition--Gallery 102. USU--Logan, UT

     Juried Exhibition

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2008              

Flamingos with Ears--WWCC Art Gallery--Rock Springs, WY

 

Bibliography

2016              

Juried Show: Now What June 4 – 26, 2016. Coop Gallery. 2018.                http://www.coopgallery.org/project/juried-show-now-what/

 

Public and Private Collections

2011              

Las Cruces Museum of Art--Las Cruces, NM