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Professional Experience
Earlsboro Public Schools
4th through 12th grade Art Teacher
2011 to Present
Advanced Academics
Ron Taylor Award Recipient 2010
Art and Design Teacher
Nationwide Virtual High School
Fundamentals of Art,
Fundamentals of Visual Art,
Fundamentals of Art Appreciation,
Fundamentals of Art History,
Introduction to Graphic Art,
Introduction to Drawing,
MS Art Appreciation 6, 7, 8
2009-2011
Seminole State College
Adjunct Faculty
Fundamentals of Art I & II and Printmaking I
2008-2009
Seminole Arts Council
Board Member
Co-Chair of 2008 Chocolate Festival
2008-2009
University of Oklahoma, Norman, OK
Teaching Assistantship, Co-Curator 60 Years of
Printmaking at the University of Oklahoma
2005-2007
Art for Non-Majors 3-D Instructor
2006-2007
Beginning Drawing Instructor
2005-2006
Staff Member for the School of Art
Summer 2005
Sulphur Public Schools, Sulphur, OK
Junior High Art Teacher
2002-2004
School of the Plains, Oklahoma City, OK
Early Childhood and Elementary Art Teacher
2001-2002
Private Art Instructor
1997
Education
University of Oklahoma, Norman, OK
M.F.A. Emphasis in Sculpture
2007
East Central University, Ada, OK
B.A. 2001
Seminole State College, Seminole, OK
A.A. 1994
Accomplishments
University of Oklahoma Graduate Student Senate
2005-2006
East Central Art Club Vice-President
1999-2000
Alpha Chi Honor Society Member
2000
Art printed in student publication of Originals
2001
Commissions
John Cathey, Oklahoma City, OK
2001
Anna Moore, Seminole, OK
2001
Doris Allison, Seminole, OK
1999
Tri City Christian Center, Seminole,OK
1997
Exhibitions and Awards
Pay at the Pump
City Arts Center Gallery, Oklahoma City, OK
2010
Seminole State College Faculty Show
Enoch Kelly Haney Center, Seminole, OK
2008
Heart and Soul of the Great Plains
Leslie Powell Gallery, Lawton, OK
2007
MFA Thesis Exhibition for the University of Oklahoma
Undoing
Mainsite Gallery, Norman, OK
2007
Osage Café Show
Gilcrease Museum, Tulsa, OK
2006
12th Biennial "Oklahoma: Centerfold”
Leslie Powell Gallery, Lawton, OK
2006
The Tulsa House Beautiful Show
Expo Square, Tulsa, OK
2006
September Competition
Alexandria Museum of Art, Alexandria, LA
2nd Place Award
2006
Fort Smith Art Center's 56th Annual Art Competition
Fort Smith Art Center, Fort Smith, AR
2006
Challenging Traditions
The Carver Museum, Austin, TX
2006
92nd Annual School of Art Students' Exhibition
Fred Jones Jr. Museum of Art, Norman, OK
Fred Jones Jr. Docent Award
2006
The Art Thing, Lightwell Gallery, Norman, OK
2006
LaGrange National XXIV Biennial
Lamar Dodd Art Center, LaGrange GA
2006
Graduate Show, Lightwell Gallery, Norman, OK
2006
The Goddard Center's 36th Annual Exhibition,
Goddard Center, Ardmore, OK
Judges Award
2005
91st Annual School of Art Students' Exhibition,
Fred Jones Jr. Museum of Art, Norman, OK
Fred Jones Jr. Museum of Art Award
2005
Edge Art Now, IAO Gallery, Oklahoma City, OK
2005
George Crumb Festival, University of Oklahoma,
Norman, OK
2005
The Art Thing, Lightwell Gallery, Norman, OK
2005
Oklahoma Biennial Art Exhibition
2004
Ardmore Artist's Guild Annual Exhibition,
Goddard Center, Ardmore, OK
2004
The Goddard Center's 35th Annual Art Exhibit,
Goddard Center, Ardmore, OK
2004
Etching Student Show, Lightwell Gallery, Norman, OK
2004
90th Annual School of Art Students' Exhibition,
Fred Jones Jr. Museum of Art, Norman, OK
2004
Emerging Artists, Kirkpatric Galleries at the Omniplex,
Oklahoma City, OK
2001
Senior Exhibit, East Central University, Ada, OK
2001
Student Show, East Central University, Ada, OK
Faculty Award
2001
Oklahoma Small Works, East Central University, Ada, OK
2000
Antithesis Exhibit, East Central University, Ada, OK
2000
Holdenville Fall Art Show, Holdenville Society of Painters and
Sculptors, Holdenville, OK
Second Place, Opaque and Second Place, Drawing (96)
Honorable Mention, Sculpture (00)
1996, 2000
Holdenville Spring Art Show, Holdenville Society of Painters and
Sculptors, Holdenville, OK,
Best of Show
1996
Seminole Spring Art Show, Seminole, OK
First Place, Drawing (96),
First Place Sculpture (97),
First Place Sculpture (00),
Mayor's Choice Award (01)
1996, 1997, 2000, 2001, 2003
Student Government Art Show, Seminole State College,
Seminole, OK,
Best of Show
1996
Student Show, East Central University, Ada, OK
Leon Polk Smith Scholarship
1995
University Collections
University of Oklahoma Printmaking Collection
East Central University Art Department