Experience

Kansas City Art Institute

• United States
• Higher Education
• 100 - 200 Employee

• Assistant Professor

  • Jul 2020 - Present

  The new Product Design Department begins Fall of 2020. I have been hired to teach the first sophomores entering the program.

• Lecturer

  • Jul 2019 - Jul 2020

  Foundations studio lecturer at the Kansas City Art Institute. This studio course explores fine art and design elements, looking to develop creative thinking and iterative processes.


Freelance
• Egypt
• Human Resources
• 1 - 100 Employee
• Designer

  • May 2019 - Present


Rock Cottage Glassworks

• United States
• Artists and Writers
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Public Art Designer

  • 2016 - Present

• Glassblowing Apprentice

  • Sep 2013 - Present

  I assist Dierk Van Keppel's glassblowing team three days a week. I also work on Rock Cottage Glassworks' website, emails, photography, cold working, kiln loading and firing, mold making, packing and shipping. I privately assist one day a week. And finally, on Saturdays, I make my personal work!



Pratt Fine Arts Center

• United States
• Fine Art
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Hot Shop Assistant

  • Aug 2014 - Aug 2014

  Assisting fellow glass artists by taking heats, dropping color bar, guarding, heating with torches, etc. Assisting fellow glass artists by taking heats, dropping color bar, guarding, heating with torches, etc.



Museum of Glass

• Museums, Historical Sites, and Zoos
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Hot Shop Assistant

  • Jul 2014 - Jul 2014

  Assisted artist in residence, Tyler Kimball, and his glassblowing team at the Museum of Glass hot shop before a live audience. Assisted artist in residence, Tyler Kimball, and his glassblowing team at the Museum of Glass hot shop before a live audience.