Education
MFA Art, 2024, Stamps School of Art and Design, University of Michigan
Preparing Future Faculty Fellow, 2023, Center for Research on Learning and Teaching, University of Michigan
BFA Performance and Choreography, 2015, Honors Tutorial College, Ohio University, summa cum laude
Teaching/Selected Work Experience
Creative Careers Fellow, Arts Initiative, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI (present)
Graduate Student Instruction Consultant, Center for Research on Learning and Teaching, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI (present)
Graduate Student Research Assistant, Stamps School of Art and Design, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI
End of Life Discursive Design Researcher, supervised by Dr. Bruce Tharp (2023)
Graduate Student Instructor, Stamps School of Art and Design, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI (present)
Integrative Project GSI, supervised by Jonathan Rajewski (2022-2023)
Teacher, Minding Motion for Graceful Aging, Seattle, WA (2019-2020)
Co-Director, LanDforms Dance, Seattle, WA (2015-2021)
Artist Educator, The Yard, Chilmark, MA (2015-2018)
Instructor of Record, Ohio University (2015)
Introduction to Yoga for non-majors
Introduction to Ballet for non-majors
Masterclass Instructor
- Wenatchee Valley College, Wenatchee, WA, 2022
- Achievement First Bushwick Middle School, NYC, 2021
- Velocity Dance Center, Seattle, WA, 2019
- St. Bonaventure University, Olean, NY, 2019
- Ohio University, Athens, OH, 2019, 2018
- Crooked Tree Arts Center, Petoskey, MI, 2019
Graduate Awards
- Ginsberg Community Engagement Grant, 2023
- Smucker Wagstaff Grant, 2023
- Elsie Choy Lee Scholar, 2023
- MFA First Year Exhibition Award, 2023
- Weiser Center for Emerging Democracies International Fellowship, 2023
- Smucker Wagstaff Grant, 2022
- AIIR Grant, 2023
- Rackham Nontraditional Student Fellowship, 2022
- ArtsEngine MicroGrant, 2022
Professional Awards
- Jack Straw 2022 Audio Artist Fellow, 2022
- SmART Ventures Grant Recipient, Seattle Office of Arts and Culture, 2021, 2020, 2019
- 4Culture Grant Recipient, 2020
- St. Bonaventure University Martini Family Artist, 2018
- Martha’s Vineyard Cultural Council Grant Recipient, 2017, 2017
Residencies
- Jack Straw Cultural Center Audio Artist in Residence, 2022, Seattle, WA
- Plyspace Artists in Residence, 2020 (residency awarded, program canceled), Muncie, IN
- Velocity Dance Center Bridge Project, 2019, Seattle, WA
- The Croft, Creative Resident, Summer 2018, Charlevoix, MI
Creative Work
A Field Guide to the Light Rail | upcoming 2025 | audio installation | Link Light Rail, in partnership with 4Culture, Seattle, WA
A Field Guide to the Monorail | upcoming 2025 | audio installation | Seattle Monorail, Seattle, WA
Field Guides at XO Seattle | 2023 | audio installation | Coliseum Theater, Seattle, WA
The Undone: Do It | 2023 | multimedia installation | First Year MFA Show, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, winner MFA First Year Show Award
La Befana | 2023 | soundscore commission | Malacarne Dance Company, Seattle, WA
Tiny Pleasures | 2022 | experimental storytelling podcast | self-produced
Into the Lint Trap | 2022 | evening-length interactive performance | created in collaboration with Ari Kaufman with logistical support from On the Boards, Seattle, WA
Field Guides at Freeway Park | 2021 | site specific audio guides | created in collaboration with Hannah Simmons, produced by the Friends of Freeway Park and Seattle Office of Arts and Culture, Seattle, WA
envelope: blueprints for unhad hugs | 2021 | interactive multimedia website, print zine, live event | created in collaboration with Alyza Del-Pan Monley with logistical support and hosting by On the Boards, Seattle, WA, presented again in 2023 at the A2AC Gallery, Ann Arbor, MI
Yellow House | 2021 | site specific performance, digital performance archive | created in collaboration with Hannah Rice, MAC Gallery, Wenatchee Valley College, WA
Tiny Pleasures | 2021 | zoom-based animated e-zine with audio | produced by Washington Ensemble Theater, Seattle, WA
Cooped Up: Drive in Dances for Cooped Up People | 2020 | audio-guided and moderated driving experience with live performance | created in collaboration with Danielle Doell and Ari Kaufman with support and funding from the City of Seattle
Cooped Up: We’re Still Inside | 2020 | audio-guided and moderated driving experience with live performance | created in collaboration with Danielle Doell and Ari Kaufman with support and funding from the City of Seattle
Orphans, Thieves, and Other Unlived Lives | 2019 | performer | project directed by Jessica Jobaris and General Magic, produced by BASE, Seattle, WA
AfterBANG! | 2019 | film | created in collaboration with Danielle Doell and Danielle Mulcahy with funding from Pathways Arts, Chilmark, MA
The Garden of Expectations | 2019 | live dance performance | created in collaboration with Danielle Doell and performers, presented by Velocity Dance Center 2019 (Seattle, WA), On the Boards (Seattle, WA), Risk/Reward Festival of Performance, Imago Theater (Portland, OR)
Which Would You Rather, Bee or a Wasp | 2018 | live dance performance | created in collaboration with Abby Bender, presented by The Yard, Chilmark, MA
Swimming in the Pool of Truth | 2018 | live dance performance | created in collaboration with Abby Bender, presented by The Yard and Pathways Arts, Chilmark, MA
Lyrical Dance | 2018 | live dance performance | created in collaboration with Danielle Doell, presented by St. Bonaventure University, NY
The Life in Plastic | 2017 | live dance performance | created in collaboration with Danielle Doell, presented by The Yard (Chilmark, MA), Flight Deck 2018 (Seattle, WA), The Croft (Horton Bay, MI)
The Home Show | 2017 | site specific live dance performance/installation | created in collaboration with Abby Bender and Danielle Doell, presented by the Oak Bluffs Public Library with funding from the Martha’s Vineyard Local Cultural Council
TRAMMEL | 2016 | live dance performance | created in collaboration with Danielle Doell, presented by Triskelion Arts, NYC, St. Bonaventure University, NY, Ohio University, OH, Pathways Arts, MA
#Wisdom | 2016 | live dance performance | created in collaboration with Danielle Doell, presented by The Yard, MA
SILO | 2016 | site specific live performance | created in collaboration with Danielle Doell and Danielle Mulcahy, presented by The FARM Institute, MA
Never Again, Every Year | 2015 | Honors Tutorial College Creative Thesis Project: live dance, shadow puppetry, and music | Create_Space, OH
A Sunday Stroll with Fido and Lila | 2014 | live dance performance | American College Dance Festival Association Gala Concert, UNC Greensboro
Press Highlights
National Geographic Travel, May 13, 2020, by Amanda Castleman
Crosscut Magazine, April 29, 2020, by Margo Vansynghel
Seattle Times Pacific NW Magazine, November 29, 2020, by Erika Schultz
Seattle Dances, April 25, 2020, by West Liberty
WBFO NPR, April 29th, 2018, interview for weekend edition
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