Education:

MFA- Studio Art, University of Maryland, College Park, MD, 2006

BFA- Painting, Southern Illinois Univesity,Carbondale, IL, 2000

Professional Experience:

Director of Drawing, Painting and Digital Arts, Lillstreet Art Center, Chicago, IL, 2018- Present

Lecturer in Contemporary Practices, School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL, 2018- Present

Program Director- Youth Arts, Chicago Center for Arts and Technology, Chicago, IL, 2016- 2017

Assistant Manager of Studio Program Operations, Marwen Foundation, Chicago, IL, 2012- 2016

Core Instructor in Drawing, Painting and Digital Arts, Lillstreet Art Center, Chicago, IL, 2009- 2013

Graphics Mentor- Summer Arts Assistantship Program, Street- Level Youth Media, Chicago, IL, 2009- 2010

Lead Sales Associate and Keyholder, Blick Art Materials, Chicago, IL, 2006- 2009

Instructor of Record, University of Maryland, College Park, MD, 2005- 2006

Graduate Teaching Assistant, University of Maryland, College Park, MD, 2004- 2006

Assistant Drawing Instructor, University College, Adelphi, MD, 2004- 2005

Research Assistant, Dr. David C Driskell Archives, Hyattsville, MD, 2003- 2005