Education

2024                            McDaniel College | Westminster, MD | Bachelor of Arts in Studio Art | Art Honors Program

Exhibitions

2024                            15th Annual Figurative Art Exhibition | Juror: Brian Kreydatus | Lore Degenstein Gallery| Selinsgrove, PA

2024                            Senior Studio Art Capstone Exhibition | Esther Prangley Rice Gallery, McDaniel College | Westminster, MD

2024                            Departmental Honors in Studio Art Exhibition | Esther Prangley Rice Gallery, McDaniel College | Westminster, MD

2024                            Katheryn E. Wentz Undergraduate Juried Exhibition | Juror: Nate Foster | Esther Prangley Rice Gallery, McDaniel College | Westminster, MD

2023                            Emerging Visions Undergraduate Exhibit | Creative York | York, PA

2023                            Light and Color, Space and Place: Landscape Painting on Site and in the Studio| Esther Prangley Rice Gallery, McDaniel College | Westminster, MD

2023                            Katheryn E. Wentz Undergraduate Juried Exhibition | Juror: Sean Sauer | Esther Prangley Rice Gallery, McDaniel College | Westminster, MD

2022                            Katheryn E. Wentz Undergraduate Juried Exhibition | Juror: Jessi Hardesty | Esther Prangley Rice Gallery, McDaniel College | Westminster, MD           

Lectures and Presentations

2024                            McDaniel College Lecture on Painting, and the Process of Paint application | McDaniel College | Westminster, MD | November 12, 2024

2024                            Third Annual Academic Symposium | Presenting on plein air summer research with professor Steven Pearson | McDaniel College | Westminster, MD | April 29, 2024

2024                            Senior Capstone Gallery Talk | Esther Prangley Rice Gallery, McDaniel College | Westminster, MD | April 26, 2024

2024                            Departmental Honors Gallery Talk | Esther Prangley Rice Gallery, McDaniel College | Westminster, MD | February 23, 2024

2023                            Light and Color, Space and Place: Landscape Painting on Site and in the Studio| Esther Prangley Rice Gallery, McDaniel College | Westminster, MD

2023                            Student presenter for advisor Steven Pearson’s guest High school portfolio review| Spring Mills High School | Martinsburg, WV| December 15, 2023

Honors and Awards

2024                            Earned Dean’s List Spring 2024 | McDaniel College | Westminster, MD

2024                            Best in Show | Katheryn E. Wentz Undergraduate Juried Exhibition | Juror: Nate Foster | Esther Prangley Rice Gallery, McDaniel College | Westminster, MD

2024                            Honorable Mention | Katheryn E. Wentz Undergraduate Juried Exhibition | Juror: Nate Foster | Esther Prangley Rice Gallery, McDaniel College | Westminster, MD

2023                            Honorable Mention | Katheryn E. Wentz Undergraduate Juried Exhibition | Juror: Sean Sauer | Esther Prangley Rice Gallery, McDaniel College | Westminster, MD

2023                            Teacher Collaborative Fellowship award | To fund my teaching internship in Carroll County Public Schools | McDaniel College | Westminster, MD

2023                            Earned Dean’s List Spring 2023 | McDaniel College | Westminster, MD

2023                            Earned Dean’s List Honors Fall 2023 | McDaniel College | Westminster, MD

2022                            Honorable mention | Katheryn E. Wentz Undergraduate Juried Exhibition | Juror: Jessi Hardesty | Esther Prangley Rice Gallery, McDaniel College | Westminster, MD

Experiences

2025                            Studio Assistant | Helped facilitate critiques, readings, and arranged PowerPoints on compositional narratives and compositional conventions. | McDaniel College | Westminster, MD

2024                            Designed post card and poster for Exhibition: Senior Art Capstone titled: Stereotypically Human | McDaniel College | Westminster, MD

2024                            Designed a mural for McDaniel College Baker Chapel. | McDaniel College | Westminster, MD

2024                            Designed post card and poster for Exhibition: Departmental Honors: Unapologetically Crude. | McDaniel College | Westminster, MD

2024                            Designed post card and poster for Exhibition: Eleventh Biennial Faculty Exhibition | McDaniel College | Westminster, MD

2024                            Designed poster for Artist Lecture | Artist Speaker: Julie Riker | McDaniel College | Westminster, MD

2023                            Designed post card and poster for Exhibition: Light and Color, Space and Place: Landscape Painting on Site and in the Studio | McDaniel College | Westminster, MD

2023                            Student-Faculty Summer Research Participant | Conducted creative research with a focus in Plein- Air painting under the guidance of my advisor, Steven Pearson, investigating how the concept of light and color influences our perception of the world | McDaniel College | Westminster, MD

2023                            Student Teacher | Completed a two-week intensive teaching internship experience at Gaithersburg High School | Montgomery County Public Schools | Montgomery County, MD

2023                            Student Teacher | Completed a Part-time intensive teaching internship experience at Westminster West Middle School | Carroll County Public Schools | Carroll County, MD