CV
Curator
In Good Taste: Lindsey Lou Howard, 2023, albertz benda
Funk You Too! Humor and Irreverence in Ceramic Sculpture, 2023, Museum of Arts and Design
Barro Barrio, 2023, Guerrero Gallery
Fragile: Earth, 2022, Grounds for Sculpture
Flower Craft, 2022, Museum of Arts and Design
Belonging: 2022 NCECA Annual, 2022, Crocker Art Museum
The Universe Within, 2022, Mindy Solomon Gallery
Pattern and Repetition, 2021, Site: Brooklyn
Out of Office, 2021, Collar Works
Hawai’i Craftsmen Annual Exhibition, 2021, Honolulu Downtown Art Center
Story Makers: Burke Prize 2021 (award-winning), 2021, Museum of Arts and Design
Craft Front & Center (with Elissa Auther, Barbara Paris Gifford, Samantha De Tillio, and Christian Larsen) 2021, Museum of Arts and Design
Sleight of Hand, 2020, Center for Craft
Clay Is Just Thick Paint: Jennifer Rochlin, 2020, Jane Hartsook Gallery, Greenwich House Pottery
Burke Prize 2019 (with Samantha De Tillio), 2019—20, Museum of Arts and Design
The Burke Prize 2018: The Future of Craft Part 2 (with Samantha De Tillio), 2018—19, Museum of Arts and Design
From the Collection: GOLD (with Elissa Auther), 2018, Museum of Arts and Design
Kinetic Intimacies (with Danny Orendorff), 2017, Museum of Arts and Design
Project Manager | Curatorial Assistant
45 Stories in Jewelry, 2020—21, Museum of Arts and Design
The World of Anna Sui, 2019—20, Museum of Arts and Design
Roger Brown: Virtual Still Lifes, 2019, Museum of Arts and Design
Non-Stick Nostalgia: Y2K Retrofuturism in Contemporary Jewelry, 2019, Museum of Arts and Design
Sterling Ruby: Ceramics, 2018—19, Museum of Arts and Design
Liz Collins: Rays, 2018—19, Museum of Arts and Design
Anne Lindberg: the eye’s level, 2018—19, Museum of Arts and Design
MAD Collects: The Future of Craft Part 1, 2018—19, Museum of Arts and Design
Tanya Aguiñiga: Craft & Care, 2018, Museum of Arts and Design
Surface/Depth: The Decorative After Miriam Schapiro, 2018, Museum of Arts and Design
Samantha Bittman: Interlace, 2018, Museum of Arts and Design
La Frontera: Encounters Along the Border, 2018, Museum of Arts and Design
Sonic Arcade: Shaping Space with Sound, 2017—18, Museum of Arts and Design
fashion after Fashion, 2017, Museum of Arts and Design
Judith Leiber: Crafting a New York Story, 2017, Museum of Arts and Design
Coille Hooven: Tell It By Heart, 2016—17, Museum of Arts and Design
Chris Antemann: Forbidden Fruit, 2016—17, Museum of Arts and Design
Studio Job MAD House, 2016, Museum of Arts and Design
Writer
Books
New Women’s Work, author, 2024, Smith Street Books
Catalogs
Shinichi Sawada: Agents of Clay, contributing author, 2024, The Mint and Contemporary Art Museum of St. Louis
The Universe Within, contributing author, 2023, Mindy Solomon Gallery
Raven Halfmoon, contributing author, 2023, Ross + Kramer
John and Mary Pappajohn Sculpture Park, contributing author, 2023, Des Moines Art Center
Funk You Too! Humor and Irreverence in Ceramic Sculpture, editor and contributing author, 2023, Museum of Arts and Design and HIRMER Publishers
Clayjà Vu: William J. O’Brien and Sasha Feldman, contributing author, 2023, Ki Smith Gallery
Fragile: Earth, contributing author, 2022, Grounds for Sculpture
2022 NCECA Catalogue, contributing author, 2022, NCECA
Voices For Change, contributing author, 2021, University of Arkansas
Contemporary Clay 2021, contributing author, 2021, Western Carolina University
Jewelry Stories: Highlights from the Collection 1947—2019, project manager and contributing author, 2021, Museum of the Arts and Design
Claudia Weiser: Generations, interviewer, 2020, Bemis Art Center
Sleight of Hand, author, 2020, Center for Craft
Clay Is Just Thick Paint: Jennifer Rochlin, author, 2020, Jane Hartsook Gallery, Greenwich House Pottery
Burke Prize 2019, editor and author with Samantha De Tillio, 2019, Museum of Arts and Design
Roger Brown: Still Lifes, project manager, 2019, Museum of Arts and Design
The Burke Prize 2018, editor and author with Samantha De Tillio, 2018, Museum of Arts and Design
Surface/Depth: The Decorative After Miriam Shapiro, project manager, 2018, Museum of Arts and Design
La Frontera: Encounters Along the Border, project manager, 2018, Museum of Arts and Design
Articles
Q & A Column, 2022, Metalsmith Magazine
Interview: Luana Vitra, 2021, Foundwork
Object Story: Nourish, 2021, American Craft Magazine
Seriously Cute: Six Artists Harnessing the Power Dichotomy of Cuteness, 2020, Cultured Magazine
Reprinted (abridged) in Documents of Contemporary Art: The Cute, 2022, White Chapel Gallery and MIT Press, edited by Sianne Ngai
Reprinted (translated into German) in Cuteness: Das Niedliche als ästhetische Kategorie, 2023, Kunstforum
Future Armor: Jewelry as Garment, 2019, Current Obsession Magazine x New York City Jewelry Week
Underdog Island: A Glimpse into Puerto Rican Contemporary Art at MECA, 2017, Cultbytes
Fabric of Change: The Quilt Art of Ruth Clement Bond, 2017, Museum Arts and Design
Two of a Kind: Couples in Craft in MAD’s Permanent Collection, 2017, Museum Arts and Design
Reviews
Making Knowing: Craft in Art, 1950-2019, Whitney Museum of American Art, 2020, The Journal of Modern Craft
An Alternative History of Glass Review, 2019, Glass: Urban Glass Quarterly
Press Releases
Melissa Joseph and Bony Ramirez Reflect on “Captive Rest” for Frieze LA 2023, Regular Normal
Larissa De Jesus Negrón: Moving On, 2020, Proyectos Sabrosos
YB^2P, 2020, Cantinca Tabacaru Gallery Harlem
Guest Lectures, Critiques, & Programs
Guest to Professional Practices in Craft Class, November 18, 2022, Tyler School of Art
Ceramics Department Visiting Critic, October 5, 2022, University of Florida
Curatorial Studies and Ceramics Departments Visiting Lecturer, October 11, 2022, Maryland Institute of College Art
Lecturer, July 28, 22, Critical Connections
MFA Visiting Critic, April 7, 2022, The University of Massachusetts Dartmouth
Ceramics Department Visiting Critic, March 9 & 10, 2022, University of Arkansas
Ceramics Podcasts Panel, February 23, 2022, The Ceramics School
Exploring Museum Careers Panel, February 10, 2022, Skidmore College
Out of Office Panel, January 28, 2022, Collar Works
Ceramics Department Visiting Lecturer, March 23, 2021, Tyler School of Art
CAKE CAKE CAKE: Baking as Resistance with Yvette Mayorga, January 29, 2021, Center for Craft
Ask the Curator, January 15, 2021, Center for Craft
Lecturer, January 7, 2021, Decorative Arts Trust
Voices for Change Panel Moderator, December 3, 2020, Fine arts Center Gallery, University of Arkansas
Virtual Tour of Sleight of Hand, December 3, 2020, Center for Craft
Ceramics Department Visiting Critic, October 15, 2020, Rhode Island School of Design
Ceramics Department Visiting Lecturer, October 12 and 19, 2020, School of the Art Institute of Chicago
MECA TALKS, Instagram live series, Fall 2020, MECA Art Fair
Fulcrum Project Presenter and Mentor, August 2020
Speaker for LA Getty Interns, August 5, 2020
Curator Conversations with Danny Baez, moderated by Omar Lopez-Chaud, July 1, 2020, Doral Contemporary Art Museum
In the Loupe with Aline Berdichevsky, May 27, 2020, Museum of Arts and Design
MECA Talks (3 panels on Diasporic Identity, the Challenges of Mid-Size Galleries, and Diversity in the Curatorial Realm), moderator, November 22—24, 2019, MECA Art Fair
Conversations on Autonomy Through Wearing: Feeling Myself, moderator
New York City Jewelry Week, November 18, 2019, Pratt Institute
Navigation Identity and Tradition in Contemporary Craft (a trilogy of panels with the finalists of Burke Prize 2019), moderator, October 3, 2019, Museum of Arts and Design
Hegemony, Hybridity, Hollywood: A Roundtable on Contemporary Art and Colonialism, speaker, June 26, 2019, Pînto International
Mock panel guest critic for Core 6: Creativity and Entrepreneurship, Parsons School of Design, 2019
The Burke Prize 2018: The Future of Craft Part 2, guest lecturer, October 3, 2018, The Mellon at MAD: Artistic Practices at the Museum of Arts and Design course
Tanya Aguiñiga: Craft & Care, guest lecturer, September 12, 2018, The Mellon at MAD: Artistic Practices at the Museum of Arts and Design course
Alumni panel: Collecting Craft and Design, speaker, September 25, 2018, The Bard Graduate Center
Comparative Models of Grants Management, speaker, July 27, 2018, Center for Craft, NC
Podcasts
Host
Clay in Color, with Alex Anderson, 2021—, Brickyard Network
Guest
The Maker’s Playbook, 2022
Art + Magic, 2022
The Ceramics Podcast, 2022
Tales of a Red Clay Rambler, 2020
Juries & Mentorships
Juror, 2022, SNAG Annual Members Exhibition
Mentor, 2022, ACC Pathways
Juror, 2022, ACC Emergent Artist Cohort
Ceramics Department MFA Thesis Committee member, 2022, Rhode Island School of Design
Residency juror, 2022, Wassaic Projects
Juror, 2021, Hawai’i Craftsmen Annual Exhibition
Mentor, 2021, The Color Network + Artaxis Curatorial Fellowship
Residency juror, 2021, Textile Art Center
Product juror, 2021, UrbanGlass
AN12 juror, 2020, ARTNOIR
Craft USA Fellows juror, 2020, United States Artists
Artist Studios Selection Committee, 2018—, Museum of Arts and Design
Material Intelligence Writing Workshop, with Glenn Adamson, Chipstone Foundation, 2022
Professional Alliance for Curators of Color, AAMC Foundation, 2022—23
Cultured Magazine x Parker Pen Writer’s Grant, 2020
2020 Center for Craft Curatorial Fellow, 2019—20
Haystack Summer Conference Scholarship, 2019
Awards, Fellowships, & Workshops
MA in Decorative Arts, Design History & Material Culture, Bard Graduate Center, NY, 2016
Decorative Arts Seminar, Ecole Du Louvre, Summer 2015
BA in Art History with minors in Anthropology and Ceramics, University of Florida, Gainesville, 2014