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Adjunct Instructor: 2D Design & Introduction to Printmaking
starting Autumn 2008
Kendall College of Art & Design, Grand Rapids, MI
 
Planning Committee/Curator: SMart Media Arts Festival 2009
November 2008 through April 2009
Organized by Open Concept Gallery, Grand Rapids, MI 
 
Graduate Assistant: Printmaking, September 2007 through May 2008
Assist with the Print 1 classes and provide general shop oversight.
Kendall College of Art & Design, Grand Rapids, MI

Presenter: 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

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 

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

 

Showing:

Featured artist on Artbistro.com, February 2009
 
"Cloud Form," an installation in paper and thread, Muskegon Museum of Art, Muskeon, MI, February/March 2009

 

PS122 Gallery Benefit Show, New York, NY, December 2008
 
"Virtual Identities, Real Spaces," national juried show, Sego Art Center, Provo, UT, Novmber 2008 

 

"Doctor TJ Eckelberg," an installation in paper and thread, ActiveSite IV in conjunction with the 21st International Sculpture Conference, Grand Rapids, MI, October 2008


"Dirty Fingernails Say A Lot II," National Juried Print Show, Foundry Art Centre, St. Charles, MO,  July 5 - August 15, 2008

 
“One Thousand Arms,” multi-media installation, Open Concept Gallery, Grand Rapids, MI, April – August 2008

 

Solo Exhibition, A City Studio Gallery, Bay City, MI, June 2008

 

"What Does Compassion Look Like?" National Juried Exhibition, ArtXchange Gallery, Seattle, WA, April/May 2008

 

MFA Thesis Exhibition, Atrium Gallery, Kendall College of Art & Design, Grand Rapids, MI, April 2008

 

Suckers and Biters: Love Lollipops and the Exquisite Corpse,” Chashama Gallery, New York, NY, February/March 2008

 

Graduate Student Show, Kendall College of Art & Design, Grand Rapids, MI, May 2007

 

”O Fence,” Guerilla Art Operation, Cherry Park, Grand Rapids MI, April/May2006

 

“G.I.A.N.T. Show,” 555 Gallery, Detroit MI, June 2005

 

Saferoom,” installation/collaboration, Free Radical Gallery, Grand Rapids MI, March 2003

           

Graduate Student Show, Kendall College of Art & Design, Grand Rapids, MI, May 2002

 

Easter 2002 - Holy Washday,” installation, Grand Rapids, MI, April 2002

Valentine's Day 2001,” Guerilla Art Operation, Wexner Center grounds, Ohio State University, Columbus, OH, February 2001

 

Inauguration Day 2001,” Guerilla Art Operation/collaboration, Wexner Center grounds, Ohio State University, Columbus OH, January 2001

 

Grand Rapids Festival of the Arts, Visual Art Competition, juried, Arts Council of Greater Grand Rapids, June 1999      

       

Dumb Birds - Clay Pigeons,” installation, Graduate Studios, Montana State University, Bozeman, MT, December 1997

 

Figure 8, Graduate Student Show, The Exit Gallery, Montana State University, Bozeman, MT, October 1997

 

BFA Exhibition, two person show, Calder Gallery, Grand Valley State University, Allendale, MI, April 1996

 

“Drawward,” collaborative, site-specific drawing, Calder Gallery, GVSU, Allendale, MI, March 1996

 

Juried Student Show, Calder Gallery, Grand Valley State University, Allendale, MI, January 1996

 

Grand Rapids Festival of the Arts, Visual Art Competition, juried, Arts Council of Greater Grand Rapids, June 1995

Muskegon Regional Art Competition, Walker Gallery, Muskegon Museum of Art, Muskegon, MI, June 1995

 

Juried Student Show, Calder Gallery, Grand Valley State University, Allendale, MI, January 1993

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