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Graduate Assistant: Printmaking, September 2007 to present
Assist with the Print 1 classes and provide general shop oversight.
Kendall College of Art & Design, Grand Rapids, MI

Presenter: 12 April 2008
Art, Economics and Valuation
14th Annual Art History Symposium
San Jose State University, San Jose, CA

Guest Speaker: November 2007
Re-Claiming Public Space through Art Making
Open Concept Gallery, Grand Rapids, MI
www.openconceptgallery.org


Guest Lecturer: November 2007
The Impact of Artist Communities on Local Economies
Saginaw Valley State University, Saginaw, MI
ART 100: Art Appreciation courses

Panel Presenter: March 2006
Green Development through Grassroots Organizing
Grand Valley Metro Council Growing Communities Conference, Grand Rapids, MI

Artist in Residence: December 2004 - January 2005
Assisted with the program development and planning of a new artist residency program.
Global Arts Village, New Delhi, India
www.globalartsvillage.org

Panel Presenter: December 2003
Art as an Economic Development Tool
State of Michigan "Creating Cool: Linking Culture, Community and Economy" conference, Lansing, MI

Graduate Teaching Assistant, September 1997 - December 1997
Taught an intro studio art class for non-art majors covering 2-D, 3-D, Color and Drawing
Montana State University, Bozeman, MT





Site Manipulations:
 
Orange Fence
Guerilla Art Operation
Cherry Park, Grand Rapids MI
04/2006

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Saferoom, installation
a goosebrothers production
Free Radical Gallery, Grand Rapids MI
03/03

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Easter 2002, Holy Washday, installation
Mack/Fountain Space, Grand Rapids
04/02
 
   
Valentine's Day 2001
Guerilla Art Operation
Wexner Center grounds
Ohio State University, Columbus, OH
02/2001





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Inauguration Day 2001
Guerilla Art Operation
a goosebrothers production
Wexner Center grounds
Ohio State University, Columbus OH
01/2001

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Faery Mounds, earthwork
Piney Grove Farms, Tarboro, NC
01/98-04/98
 
Dumb Birds - Clay Pigeons, installation
Montana State University, Bozeman, MT
12/97
 

Drawward
collaborative, site-specific drawing
Calder Gallery, GVSU, Allendale, MI
03/96

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Gallery Exhibitions:

555 Gallery, G.I.A.N.T. Show, 4884 Grand River, Detroit MI, www.555arts.org 6/05

Kendall College of Art and Design, Annual Student Exhibition, 17 Fountain ST NW Grand Rapids, MI, 5/02, 5/07

Grand Rapids Festival of the Arts, Visual Art Competition, juried, Arts Council of Greater Grand Rapids, 6/99, 6/95

Group Show, juried, Edgecombe Arts Council, Blount-Bridges House, Tarboro, NC, 11/97

Figure 8, Graduate Student Show, The Exit Gallery, Montana State University, Bozeman, MT, 10/97

BFA Exhibition, two person show, Calder Gallery, Grand Valley State University, Allendale, MI, 4/96

Juried Student Show, Calder Gallery, Grand Valley State University, Allendale, MI, 1/96, 1/93

Muskegon Regional Art Competition, Walker Gallery, Muskegon Museum of Art, Muskegon, MI, 6/95