EDUCATION

2014    Master of Fine Arts in Book Arts, with commendation, University of Iowa – Iowa City, Iowa
2010    Bachelor of Arts in Book Arts, Magna Cum Laude, St. Ambrose University – Davenport, Iowa
2008   Associate in Arts in Graphic Design, Black Hawk College – Moline, Illinois

TEACHING

ACADEMIC

Book Design for Publishing, Magid Center for Undergraduate Writing, University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa
Bookbinding I, University of Iowa Center for the Book, Iowa City, Iowa
Typography: Graphic Design II, University of Iowa School of Art & Art History, Iowa City, Iowa
Introduction to Book Arts, University of Iowa Center for the Book, Iowa City, Iowa
Letterpress & The Artist Book, University of Iowa Center for the Book, Iowa City, Iowa 
First Year Seminar, introduction to bookbinding instructor, University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa
First Year Seminar, teaching assistant bookbinding, University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa
First Year Seminar, teaching assistant letterpress, University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa
Letterforms for Graphic Design, teaching assistant, St. Ambrose University, Davenport, Iowa

WORKSHOPS

The Typographic Print, Paper and Book Intensive, Ox-Bow in Saugatuk, Michigan
Floating Ink: Suminagashi Paper & Bookbinding, co-instructor with Karen Carcia, Amana Arts Guild, Amana, Iowa
The Stories We Tell: Letterpress Printing on the Vandercook, RBMS Conference, UI Center for the Book, Iowa City, Iowa
Working with Washington, introduction to letterpress, Cornell College, Mt. Vernon, Iowa
Making Pop-Ups, artist talk and pop-ups workshop, Iowa Young Writer’s Studio, Iowa City, Iowa
Drawing at the Press, studio assistant, Penland School of Crafts, Penland, North Carolina
Visual Arts Day, sculptural artists book workshop, Indian Hills Community College, Ottumwa, Iowa
Des Moines Book Festival, youth papermaking workshop, Des Moines Public Library, Des Moines, Iowa  
Unfolding Structure, Variations in printed accordion books, PSOne, Iowa City, Iowa
Long & Link Stitch Binding, Wayzgoose Midwest & Great Northern Printer’s Fair, Mt. Pleasant, Iowa
Carousel Books, Wayzgoose Midwest & Great Northern Printer’s Fair, Mt. Pleasant, Iowa     
Book Arts Workshops: Carousel books, printing, and bookbinding, Figge Art Museum, Davenport, Iowa

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Instructional Services Specialist, University of Iowa, School of Art & Art History – Iowa City, Iowa
Production Manager, University of Iowa, English Department – Iowa City, Iowa
Graduate Assistant, Print Production, UI Center for the Book – Iowa City, Iowa
Graduate Assistant, Letterpress Studio, UI Center for the Book – Iowa City, Iowa
Assistant Conservator, State Historical Society of Iowa – Iowa City, Iowa
Art Department Assistant, St. Ambrose University – Davenport, Iowa
Exhibit Manager Assistant, Putnam Museum of Natural History – Davenport, Iowa 

PROFESSIONAL TRAINING

Four-up on the Hand Press, with Marnie Powers-Torrey, Ladies of Letterpress, Mt. Pleasant, Iowa
Vandercook Maintenance Workshop, with Paul Moxon, UI Center for the Book, Iowa City, Iowa    
Kon’nyaku, Print, and Paper, with Asao Shimura, UI Center for the Book, Iowa City, Iowa  
Animating the Page, with Shawn Sheehy, Movable Book Society Conference, Salt Lake City, Utah 
Collections and Archives: Shifts in Meaning, workshop assistant with Inge Bruggeman, UI Center for the Book, Iowa City, Iowa    
Woodcutting and Engraving: Multi-color Prints, workshop assistant with Gaylord Schanilec, UI Center for the Book, Iowa City, Iowa
Metal Working for Bookbinders, Shanna Leino, UI Center for the Book, Iowa City, Iowa
Die Cutting on the Vandercook, Roni Gross, UI Center for the Book, Iowa City, Iowa      
Linoleum Block Mapping Techniques, with Brett Colley, St. Ambrose University, Davenport, Iowa

EXHIBITIONS

{D]rift, collaborative installation, Matrices, the Social Life of Paper, Print, and Art, APHA & DARD joint conference, Iowa City, IA
Book as Art: Flight Edition, invitational artist book exhibition, Decatur Arts Alliance, Atlanta International Airport, Atlanta, Georgia
Rising Together, an Exhibition of Zines, Artists’ Books, and Prints with a Social Conscience, College Book Arts Association, traveling exhibition
Micrographia: Scientific Books and their Makers, University of Iowa Center for the Book, Iowa City, Iowa
Ideation Experience, Abecedarian Gallery, Denver, Colorado
Handy Books, K.K. Merker Gallery,  University of Iowa Center for the Book, Iowa City, Iowa
Book as Art: Boundless, Decatur Arts Alliance, Decatur, GA
Oak Knoll Fest XIX, work represented by the Drift Plain Collective, New Castle, DE
[D]rift, collaborative show as part of the Drift Plain Collective, Morrissey Gallery, St. Ambrose University, Davenport, IA
St. Louis Small Press Expo, work represented by the Drift Plain Collective, St. Louis, MO
Shakespeare's Sonnets, Center for the Study of the Study of the Book, Bodleian Libraries, University of Oxford, Oxford
IN, ON, OF Paper, cycle 2, Paper Circle, Columbus, OH
Gender: Exhibition & Portfolio Print Exchange, Morrissey Gallery, St. Ambrose University, Davenport, Iowa
Artists’ Book Cornucopia VI, Abecedarian Gallery, Cristina Favretto juror, Denver, Colorado
Alumni Show, ArtSpace Gallery, Black Hawk College, Moline, Illinois
Everything Paper, Karin Campbell juror, UNO Art Gallery, Omaha, Nebraska 
Message is the Medium, Printmaking In, Zachary C. Davidson juror, Tallinn, Estonia
Diversions, SIFT, Friedrich Kerksieck and Luba Zygarewicz jurors, New Orleans, Louisiana
Two Lives, MFA Thesis Exhibition, University of Iowa Center for the Book, Iowa City, Iowa
Exuberant Politics, PS-Z, Iowa City, Iowa and Legion Arts, Cedar Rapids, Iowa
Peripheral Shifts, exhibit coordinator and curator, Quad City Arts, Rock Island, Illinois
Artist Book Cornucopia IV, Mary Murphy juror, publication, Abecedarian Gallery, Denver, Colorado 
Crossroads: Book Arts on the Border, juried exhibition, Unsettled Gallery, Las Cruces, New Mexico 
500 Handmade Books, vol. 2, Julie Chen juror, publication    
ArtBound Artists’ Book Competition, juried exhibition, George A. Smathers Libraries, Gainesville, Florida
Día de los Muertos: Las Calaca Press, Atelier International Art Gallery, Corpus Christi, TX 
Seoul International Book Arts Fair, invitational and publication, Korea Book Art, Seoul, Korea        
A Delicate Sequence of Analog Tangents, The Bakery Gallery, Davenport, Iowa 
The Escapist, exhibit coordinator, ArtSpace Gallery, Black Hawk College, Moline, Illinois     
College Invitational, representing St. Ambrose University, Figge Art Museum, Davenport, Iowa     
Impersonal Journey, exhibit coordinator, Morrissey Gallery, Galvin Fine Arts Center, Davenport, Iowa 

AWARDS & GRANTS

Teaching Assistant, pop-ups and movable books for Carol Barton, Haystack Mountain School of Crafts, Deer Isle, Maine
Two Lives, second runner-up in the Carl Hertzog Award for Excellence in Book Design
Emerging Paper Engineer Award, Movable Book Society, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Travel Scholarship, Movable Book Society Conference, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Studio Assistantship, Penland School of Crafts, Penland, North Carolina
Project support grant, Windgate Foundation, University of Iowa Center for the Book, Iowa City, Iowa
Project assistance grant, Two Lives, College Book Arts Association, Iowa City, Iowa 
Travel grant, Print, Produce, Publish conference demonstrator, College Book Arts Association, Salt Lake City, Utah 
Graduate Assistantship, Print Production, University of Iowa Center for the Book, Iowa City, Iowa
Travel grant, Movable Book Society conference, University of Iowa Center for the Book, Iowa City, Iowa 
Graduate Assistantship, Letterpress Studio, University of Iowa Center for the Book, Iowa City, Iowa
John Schmits Excellence Award in Art, Saint Ambrose University, Davenport, Iowa
Forrest “Red” and Jean Shirk Memorial Scholarship, St. Ambrose University, Davenport, Iowa
Forrest “Red” and Jean Shirk Memorial Scholarship, St. Ambrose University, Davenport, Iowa 
Art Achievement Award, Black Hawk College Art, Moline, Illinois

TECHNICAL QUALIFICATIONS

Bindery: Guillotine, board sheer, finishing press, knowledge of paper care preservation
Presswork: C&P and Vandercook presses, advanced press maintenance, typesetting, type identification, photopolymer, silkscreen, etching, lithography
Print shop: Vandercook Universal I, SP15, SP20, No. 3, No. 4, Washington Handpress, C&P, Kelsey Star, Kelsey Excelsior, and INOX photopolymer exposure unit
Papermaking: Hollander beater, Western, Islamic, and Asian techniques, inclusions, dyes, pigments, large format sheets
Computer proficiency: PC & Mac platforms, Adobe CC, MSOffice, HTML, CSS, Dragonframe, Arduino, pre-press, digital photography, database management, large format printing
Gallery work: Installations, publicity, label generation, curatorial, juror selections, painting, vitrine and pedestal maintenance, framing, cataloguing, database, copy stand, grant writing

RELATED PROFESSIONAL

Drift Plain Collective, book arts community partnership, Iowa City, Iowa
Iowa City Book Festival, hands-on printing demonstrations, Iowa City, Iowa
Animating the Page, basic electronics to artists, College Book Art Association Conference, Salt Lake City, Utah
500 Handmade Books, Artist’s talk, Iowa Artisan’s Gallery, Iowa City, Iowa
Country Road ABC, Arthur Geisert interactive exhibit consultant, Figge Art Museum, Davenport, Iowa
Success by Six, Reading initiative of the United Way, AmeriCorps representative, Davenport, Iowa
Artistry in Space, NASA ArtTrain docent, St. Petersburg, Florida
Gasparilla Festival of the Arts, children’s art booth, St. Petersburg, Florida
The Tom and Mary James Raymond James Financial Art Collection, docent, Raymond James, St. Petersburg, Florida
The Dalí Museum, docent, St. Petersburg, Florida                        

MEMBERSHIPS

American Printing History Association
AIGA
Fine Press Book Association
Movable Book Society
College Book Arts Association
Ladies of Letterpress