Education:

2005 - 2008 New Brunswick College of Craft and Design

2008 Diploma in Fine Craft, Jewellery/Metal Arts – Graduated with Distinction

2006 Foundation Visual Arts Certificate

Artistic Achievements:

2010 NBArts Creation Grant recipient

2009 The Nel Oudemans Award – The Sheila Hugh MacKay Foundation

2009 Heather Stone Emerging Artist of the Year Award – Atlantic Craft Trade Show

2008 Excellence in Metalwork Award

2008 Best in Show -“Forging Reflections: Mind Over Matter”, juried group exhibition

2008 Technical Excellence Award -“Forging Reflections: Mind Over Matter”, juried group exhibition

2007 Beaverbrook Art Gallery Tuition Scholarship

2007 NB Crafts Foundation INC Award in Excellence in Design

2007 The Granny Award

2006 Best Tea Accessory Award – Bejewel, “Mad Hatter's Tea Party”

Professional Experience:

Summer 2009 and 2011 EdVentures Fredericton

-Instructor for courses in jewellery making and primitive casting techniques

September 2008 - present New Brunswick College of Craft and Design

-Jewellery/Metal Arts Studio Technician

-Instructor for continuing education course in Jewellery/Metal Arts

May 2008 - September 2008 Summer Season Art Jewellery Cooperative

-Operating and working in a gallery/studio space in the Historic Garrison District, Downtown Fredericton

January 2008 Beth Biggs – Silversmith and Jeweler

-Helping with production work for “Bloom” exhibition

October 2006 - November 2007 Bejewel by Trudy Gallagher

-Constructing production jewellery in a studio setting

-Working in Bejewel sales booth at the New Brunswick Craft Council's ‘ Fredericton Fine Craft Festival'

Commissions :

2008 Government of New Brunswick/New Brunswick College of Craft and Design

-Produced fifteen silver pins as gifts for members of the Brazilian Government Community College Delegation that visited New Brunswick .

Gallery Representation:

Gallery 78 – Fredericton, New Brunswick

The Moorings Gallery - Mahone Bay, Nova Scotia

Works also found in numerous private collections

Exhibitions:

April 2011 “Composition of Memory” – Gallery 78, Fredericton, NB

2011 “Composition of Memory” – Andrew and Laura McCain Gallery, Fredericton, NB

2009 “Shadows of Antiquity” – Gallery 78, Fredericton, NB

2009 New Brunswick College of Craft and Design Faculty Show - Old Government House, Fredericton NB

2009 “Unity and Diversity”: Cheongju International Craft Biennale

2009 “Reflections of Beauty”- The Moorings Gallery, Mahone Bay, NS

2008 “Untitled Box # 27 ”-NBCCD Graduate exhibition, Old Government House, Fredericton, NB

2008 “Forging Reflections: Mind Over Matter”- juried group exhibition, The Gallery, NBCCD, Fredericton, NB

2007 “Inner Landscapes”- Bejewel Gallery, Fredericton, NB

2006 “Mad Hatter's Tea Party”- Bejewel Gallery, Fredericton, NB

Mentorship:

2008 Assistant to Brigitte Clavette (department head, NBCCD) for curating, organizing, designing, setting up, and opening of group exhibition

Publications:

Bursey, Ashley- “Proving Their Metal”, The Brunswickan, # 144 Issue 26, April 9 2008 .

Glazier, Lorraine - “Miramichi Native to Showcase Artwork in South Korea ”, Miramichi Leader, August 13, 2009 .

McCann, Matt- “Provincial Artists to Have Significant Presence at International Craft Show”, Telegraph-Journal, Monday, May 11, 2009 .

McFarlane, Danielle- “New Brunswick artisans win awards at Craft Awards for Excellence Ceremony”, Communications New Brunswick, NB 139, February 10 2009.

Sullivan, Erica- “New Brunswick College of Craft and Design”, MAGazine - a publication of the Metal Arts Guild of Canada , Vol. 23 No.1 Spring/Summer 2008.

Membership:

- New Brunswick Crafts Council

-Metal Arts Guild of Canada

Workshops:

2006 Lapidary Workshop with Monty Lewis

2007 “Branding for Success-Fine Craft” workshop with Darren Sears of Fundy Group

2009 “Building and Sustaining a Career in Fine Craft” with Debbie Lawrence, Abundant Living Personal Coaching