EDUCATION

2007Penland School of Crafts, Penland, NC. Spring Concentration
2003University of North Carolina at Asheville, Asheville, NC. Student, Painting IV
1996Appalachian State University, Boone, NC. BS in Art Education

SOLO EXHIBITIONS

2009New works, Plum Elements, Charleston, SC
2007Vegetable Portraits, The Over Easy Café, Asheville, NC
Vegetable Portraits, The Clingman Café, Asheville, NC
Winter King Exalted, The Clingman Café, Asheville, NC
2006What's the Big Deal About A Colander, The Over Easy Café, Asheville, NC
Creamery Fresh, The Clingman Café, Asheville, NC
2005What's the Big Deal About a Colander, Clingman Café, Asheville, NC
Creamery Fresh, Early Girl Eatery, Asheville, NC
Hundred Faces: Drawings, Over Easy Café, Asheville, NC
2004What's the Big Deal About a Colander? Early Girl Eatery, Asheville, NC
2003Disco Kitchen, Salsa, Asheville, NC
2003Disco Kitchen, Artisserie, Black Mountain, NC
1995The Jones House Gallery, Boone, NC

GROUP EXHIBITIONS

2007The Color Show, New works by Meg Winnecour, Kevin Palme, and Leslie Keller, Asheville Area Arts Council's Front Gallery, Asheville, NC
Discovering Contemporary Art in the Carolinas, Fayetteville Museum of Art, NC
2006Bookopolis: Artists' Books, Bookworks, Asheville, NC
Sixth Annual Fine Art Exhibition, The Grace Centre, Fletcher, NC
River District Artists Group Show, The Front Gallery, Asheville, NC
Many, Tiny, Wild, Lovely, The Wedge Gallery, Asheville, NC (curating and exhibiting)
Through Women's Eyes, By Women's Hands, The Women's Center, Chapel Hill, NC
2005River District Artists Group Show, The Clingman Café, Asheville, NC
Cedar Mountain Open Studio Craft Show, Cranberry Creek Studios, Asheville, NC
Dimensions 2005, juried group exhibition, Sawtooth Gallery, Winston Salem, NC. Juror: Philip Koch, Professor of Painting and Drawing, Maryland Institute
2003Student Art Show, juried group exhibition, UNC-A, Asheville, NC
1996Art Expo, award winner, juried group exhibition, Catherine Smith Gallery, Boone, NC
1995Art Expo, award winner, juried group exhibition, Catherine Smith Gallery, Boone, NC

AWARDS/FELLOWSHIPS

2008Selected artist for Southern Living Idea House, Asheville, NC
2007Studio Assistantship with Sandy Webster, Penland School of Crafts, Penland, NC
Work-Study Scholarship for the Spring Concentration, Penland School of Crafts, Penland, NC
2006Dogwood Crafters Scholarship, Penland School of Crafts, Penland, NC

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

2006 Art Educator, Blue Mountain Schoolhouse, Asheville, NC
2005-present Vice President, River District Artists, Asheville, NC
2005-2006 Chairperson, River Arts District Studio Stroll, Asheville, NC
2004-2005 Mentor, Johnston Elementary School, Asheville, NC
1997-2000 Art Educator, Freedom High School, Morganton, NC
1997-1998 Art Educator, Gibbes Art Museum Studio, Charleston, SC
1996 Student Teacher, Watauga High School, Boone, NC