Education
● MFA (Textiles), Georgia State University, Atlanta, GA. Anticipated graduation date 2019.
● BFA (Textiles), Georgia State University, Atlanta, GA – 2007
Education Position
●2018 Graduate Teaching Assistant, Ernest G. Welch School of Art and Design, Georgia State University Course taught - Surface Design
● 2017 Part-Time Professor, School of Art and Design, Kennesaw State University (KSU)
Courses taught –
Apparel Textile Technology Orientation; Apparel Textile Technology
Math Application in Merchandising
Professional Qualifications
● 2016 to Present - Georgia State University
○ Graduate Teaching Assistant (GTA) ○ Classroom teacher assistant
○ Graduate Lab Assistant (GLA)
○ Maintain textile lab; replenish and purchase lab supplies
● 2010 to Present - Stitch Pretty , 425 Market Place, Ste. D, Roswell, Georgia
○ Owner and founder
● 2007 to 2009 - Callanwolde , 980 Briarcliff Rd NE, Atlanta, GA 30306
○ Developed and taught age specific art and textile art courses
● 2009 - Out of the Box Art Studio , 11940 Alpharetta Hwy, Alpharetta, GA 30009
○ Developed a sewing and textile art program for homeschool and after school
elementary and middle school students.
● 2008 - Young Rembrandts , Alpharetta, Georgia
○ Taught daily after school art classes at various public and private schools
Business Development - Stitch Pretty
● Developed and operate a completely self-sustaining textile arts teaching studio without external investment or funding.
● Provide between 20 to 80 hours a week of sewing and textile arts classes for adults and children along with 8 full weeks of summer camps each year.
● Supervising teacher and mentor to teachers that support Stitch Pretty classes.
NGO Support
- Association for Craft Producers (ACP), Kathmandu Nepal, May 2017
- Artist Product Designer, introduced and designed new line of wearables for Association of Craft Producers (ACP), consultant in cutting, layout and manufacture ofproducts. Trained village workers on optimal sewing and production techniques.
- Sri Aari Creatives, Chennai, India, March 2017
- Artist Product Designer, application of traditional embroidery artform to western product.
Lectures/ Presentations
- Artistic Endeavors : A Research Symposium
- Ikebana Group Workshop - March 2015
- Bulloch Hall Quilt Guild - 2014
- Thinking Outside Traditional Quilting - Sublimation
- Tomodachi Program Workshop - January, 2012
- Georgia State University - February 2009
- Georgia State University - February 2010
Art Donations
● Rally Foundation Auction
● JDRF, Hope for a Cure
Professional Associations
● Textile Society of America
● Handweavers Guild of America
● Surface Design Association
Margaret Mott Award , 2008 Chattahoochee Handweavers Guild Members Exhibition
2019 Chandler Scholarship Alumni Exhibition, Ernest G. Welch Gallery, Atlanta, GA (upcoming)
2018 Economy of A Woman's Touch: Contemporary Artist in Dialogue With Ghada Amer, Ernest G. Welch Gallery, Atlanta, GA (upcoming)
2018 Exchange Show, Lamar Dodd School of Art, Athens, GA 2018 Trifecta, Trio Contemporary Art Gallery, Athens, GA 2018 Tenable Folly, SOUP, Tallahassee, Florida 2017 Association of Craft Producers (ACP) & Dhukuti, Artisan Group, Nepal (1500 women); Annual Showcase of Designs for local, national and international sales. Hand–woven, hand screened and block printed wearables and accessories 2010 Alive After 5 , third Thursday of every month from April to October, Roswell GA 2010 Artisans Emporium, Alpharetta, Ga 2009 Little Things Mean a Lo t , November 19 thru January 9, 2010, Swan Coach House, Atlanta, Ga 2009 Extreme Threads , Defoor Centre, Atlanta GA 2008 City of Milton , Milton, Georgia 2008 Point of Art Gallery,Union Point, GA 2008 Strawberry Fields Gallery , Alpharetta, GA 2008 Swan Coach House Gallery , Atlanta, GA 2008 Tallulah Falls Gallery , Tallulah Falls, GA 2008 Roswell Stake Art Exhibit ,Stake Center, Roswell, GA 2008 Hope for a Cure , JDRF Atlanta Event Gala, Buckhead, GA 2008 Chattahoochee Handweavers Guild , Members Show, Roswell Visual Arts Center, Roswell, GA 2008 Solo Exhibit, Art Heritage Room , Georgia Heritage Center for the Arts, Tallulah Falls, GA 2008 “No Paintbrushes Allowed ”Georgia Heritage Center for the Arts, Tallulah Falls, GA 2008 Globe Gallery, Clayton GA 2007 Juried Invitational Exhibit, Lynne Farris Gallery, Atlanta GA 2007 Art Beyond Borders, Alpharetta, GA 2007 “Color Explosion ”, Georgia Heritage Center for the Arts, Tallulah Falls, GA 2007 Libia Fine Art Gallery, Cumming, GA 2007 Crabapple Art Center, Alpharetta, GA 2007 Origins, Atlanta, GA 2007 Georgia State University, Dpt. of Teaching and Learning, Atlanta, GA 2007 Graduating Exhibit, Spring Exhibit, Georgia State University, Atlanta GA 2006 Fireball Collective Invitational, Atlanta GA 2005 Juried Invitational Exhibit, Lynne Farris Gallery, Atlanta, GA
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