︎︎︎Abridged CV (select works)
︎CURRENTLY
︎Lives and works in Boiling Springs, PA
︎Artwork: seeking commissions for site-specific, socially engaged projects
︎Freelance: theatrical design, fabrication, scenic paint, wood refinishing, and architectural/object restoration
︎PUBLIC EXHIBITIONS
2022 Epilogue (group) Jordan Schnitzer Museum of Art, Portland, OR
2021 Portland Textile Month (festival) Portland, OR
2020-22 Assembly (Portland State University’s Annual Social Practice Festival) Portland, Oregon
2019 Unsolicited Submissions (group) Ejecta Projects, Carlisle, PA
2019 Alterations (group) Carlisle Arts Learning Center, Carlisle, PA
2018 Art of the State (group) State Museum of Pennsylvania, PA (recipient of Jump Street’s Spirit of the Arts Award)
2017 Vessels (group) Susquehanna Art Museum, Harrisburg, PA
2017 Making in Place (group) The Schuylkill Center, Philadelphia, PA
2017 Conversations (group) Legend Galleries, Philadelphia, PA
2016 XXChange (group) Area 405, Baltimore, MD
2016 Art in the Open (group) Schuylkill River Banks, Philadelphia, PA
2015 Occupying Memory (solo) Kelso Visitor Center, Mojave National Preserve, CA (National Park Artist Residency)
︎ORIGINAL AND ADAPTED PERFORMANCE
2022 5th Grade Safety Patrol High-Vizibility Crosswalk Spectacular (collaboration with Becca Kauffman and the Dr. MLK School Saftey Patrol Team) Portland, OR
2021 Bending N0T I (solo film adaptation)
2021 Persephone on the Water (created with Valley Traction) Pine Grove Furnace State Park, Gardners, PA
2020 Here Town (adapted with Valley Traction) Carlisle Theater Storefront, Carlisle, PA
2020 BIOSPHERE 3 (created with Valley Traction) Boiling Springs, PA
2018 Paradiz’d (created with Kent Barrett) The Cubiculo Theater, Carlisle, PA
︎FACILITATION, TEACHING, AND LEADERSHIP
view student work here
2022 Visiting Artist and Workshop Co-Leader, Whitman College
2022 Graduate Research Assistant at Martin Luther King Jr. School Museum of Contemporary Art (KSMoCA) via Portland State University
2021 Instructor of Record: Introduction to Sewing (ART 216) at Portland State University
2020 Co-Director of Programming, Carlisle Tool Library, Carlisle PA
2018-21 Executive Board Member, Carlisle Tool Library, Carlisle, PA
2020 Conversation Facilitator: LGBT History Project of Central PA presentation at Open Stage, Harrisburg, PA with Archivist Malinda Triller-Doran and Historian/Storyteller Barry Loveland
2018-20 Workshop Leader and Skills Instructor, Carlisle Tool Library, Carlisle, PA
2019 Graduate Teaching Assistant at Portland State University: ART 299/399 (Textile Arts: Wearables), Professor: Alison Heryer
2016-17 Still Life Drawing and Gathering Facilitator: The Millworks in Harrisburg, PA
2013-17 Scenic Changeover Crew Leader (for summer season), Rocky Mountain Repertory Theater, Grand Lake, CO
2021 Portland Textile Month (festival) Portland, OR
2020-22 Assembly (Portland State University’s Annual Social Practice Festival) Portland, Oregon
2019 Unsolicited Submissions (group) Ejecta Projects, Carlisle, PA
2019 Alterations (group) Carlisle Arts Learning Center, Carlisle, PA
2018 Art of the State (group) State Museum of Pennsylvania, PA (recipient of Jump Street’s Spirit of the Arts Award)
2017 Vessels (group) Susquehanna Art Museum, Harrisburg, PA
2017 Making in Place (group) The Schuylkill Center, Philadelphia, PA
2017 Conversations (group) Legend Galleries, Philadelphia, PA
2016 XXChange (group) Area 405, Baltimore, MD
2016 Art in the Open (group) Schuylkill River Banks, Philadelphia, PA
2015 Occupying Memory (solo) Kelso Visitor Center, Mojave National Preserve, CA (National Park Artist Residency)
︎ORIGINAL AND ADAPTED PERFORMANCE
2022 5th Grade Safety Patrol High-Vizibility Crosswalk Spectacular (collaboration with Becca Kauffman and the Dr. MLK School Saftey Patrol Team) Portland, OR
2021 Bending N0T I (solo film adaptation)
2021 Persephone on the Water (created with Valley Traction) Pine Grove Furnace State Park, Gardners, PA
2020 Here Town (adapted with Valley Traction) Carlisle Theater Storefront, Carlisle, PA
2020 BIOSPHERE 3 (created with Valley Traction) Boiling Springs, PA
2018 Paradiz’d (created with Kent Barrett) The Cubiculo Theater, Carlisle, PA
︎FACILITATION, TEACHING, AND LEADERSHIP
view student work here
2022 Visiting Artist and Workshop Co-Leader, Whitman College
2022 Graduate Research Assistant at Martin Luther King Jr. School Museum of Contemporary Art (KSMoCA) via Portland State University
2021 Instructor of Record: Introduction to Sewing (ART 216) at Portland State University
2020 Co-Director of Programming, Carlisle Tool Library, Carlisle PA
2018-21 Executive Board Member, Carlisle Tool Library, Carlisle, PA
2020 Conversation Facilitator: LGBT History Project of Central PA presentation at Open Stage, Harrisburg, PA with Archivist Malinda Triller-Doran and Historian/Storyteller Barry Loveland
2018-20 Workshop Leader and Skills Instructor, Carlisle Tool Library, Carlisle, PA
2019 Graduate Teaching Assistant at Portland State University: ART 299/399 (Textile Arts: Wearables), Professor: Alison Heryer
2016-17 Still Life Drawing and Gathering Facilitator: The Millworks in Harrisburg, PA
2013-17 Scenic Changeover Crew Leader (for summer season), Rocky Mountain Repertory Theater, Grand Lake, CO
︎RESIDENCIES AND AWARDS
2022 POPS Grant, Cumberland County Historical Society, Carlisle, PA
2019-22 Laurels Graduate Scholarship, Portland State University, Portland, OR
2016 Vermont Studio Center Resident, Johnson, VT
2015-17 Millworks Resident Artist, Harrisburg, PA
2014-15 National Park Artist Residency, Mojave National Preserverve, CA
2019-22 Laurels Graduate Scholarship, Portland State University, Portland, OR
2016 Vermont Studio Center Resident, Johnson, VT
2015-17 Millworks Resident Artist, Harrisburg, PA
2014-15 National Park Artist Residency, Mojave National Preserverve, CA
︎THEATRICAL DESIGN
2020 Amelie (scenery), Open Stage, PA, Director: Stuart Landon
2019 Unknown (wearable sculpture), Teatro de Ciudad, MX, Director: Charlotte Brathwaite
2017 Various (scenery), Pendragon Theater, NY, Directors: Allison Studdiford, Karen Kirkham, Mason Wagner
2017 Spiegelgarden Bar (Installation), Rochester Fringe Festival, NY
2016 Spitfire Grill (scenery) Syracuse University (visiting alumnus), NY, Director: Ralph Zito
2014-15 Various (scenery), Rocky Mountain Repertory Theater, CO, Directors Jeff Duke and Michael Querio
2013 The Humanest (scenery), Incubator Arts Project, NY, Creator/Director: Peter Musante
2013 Kinds of Light (scenery), The Tank, NY, Creator/Director: Summer Shapiro
2012 Butoh Electra (scenery), Irondale Center, NY, Adapation: Jordan Rosin
2019 Unknown (wearable sculpture), Teatro de Ciudad, MX, Director: Charlotte Brathwaite
2017 Various (scenery), Pendragon Theater, NY, Directors: Allison Studdiford, Karen Kirkham, Mason Wagner
2017 Spiegelgarden Bar (Installation), Rochester Fringe Festival, NY
2016 Spitfire Grill (scenery) Syracuse University (visiting alumnus), NY, Director: Ralph Zito
2014-15 Various (scenery), Rocky Mountain Repertory Theater, CO, Directors Jeff Duke and Michael Querio
2013 The Humanest (scenery), Incubator Arts Project, NY, Creator/Director: Peter Musante
2013 Kinds of Light (scenery), The Tank, NY, Creator/Director: Summer Shapiro
2012 Butoh Electra (scenery), Irondale Center, NY, Adapation: Jordan Rosin
︎SCENIC PAINTING AND FABRICATION FOR THEATER
Her work has been seen at Harlem Stage, The Kennedy Center Atrium, The Vineyard Theater, 42nd Street Stages, New World Stages, The Brooks Atkinson Theater, The McKittrick Hotel, Chernuchin Theater, Rocky Mountain Repertory Theater, The Arthur Storch Theater, Pendragon Theater, and Incubator Arts Project, among others
︎RESTORATION, CONSERVATION, PAINT/FINISHING, AND RELATED LABOR
2015-ongoing Johnson and Griffiths Studio architectural restoration, PA
2017-2019 Moffitt-Smith Furniture Restoration, PA
2011-15 Theatrical scenic shops, paint shops, and work calls (various), New York, NY
2017-2019 Moffitt-Smith Furniture Restoration, PA
2011-15 Theatrical scenic shops, paint shops, and work calls (various), New York, NY
︎ART/SCENERY FABRICATION AND ASSISTANTSHIPS
2019 Moon Medicin, The Kennedy Center, Washington D.C. (headpiece design/fabrication and art assistant)
Artists: Sanford Biggers and Abigail DeVille, Director: Charlotte Brathwaite
2017 Empire State Works in Progress, The Whitney Museum, NY (costume fabrication)
Artist: Abigail DeVille, Director: Charlotte Brathwaite
2016 Only When It’s Dark Enough Can You See the Stars, The Peale Museum, MD (sculpture fabrication)
Artist: Abigail DeVille
2015 The Day the Earth Stood Still, Radcliffe Fellowship, MA (sculpture fabrication and art assistant)
Artist: Abigail DeVille
2015 Prophetika: An Oratorio, La Mama Club, NY (scenic fabrication and scenic design assistant)
Set Design: Abigail DeVille, Director: Charlotte Brathwaite
2013 The Explorers’ Club, Manhattan Theater Club, NY (model builder, set design assistant, and select prop design)
Set Design: Donyale Werle
2013 The North Pool, Vineyard Theater, NY (model builder, set design assistant, and props designer)
Set Design: Donyale Werle
2012 Allegiance, Old Globe Theater, CA (model builder, set design assistant, and NY rehearsal prop manager)
Set Design: Donyale Werle
2012 Once on this Island, Paper Mill Playhouse, NJ (set design assistant and select prop fabrication)
Set Design: Donyale Werle
Artists: Sanford Biggers and Abigail DeVille, Director: Charlotte Brathwaite
2017 Empire State Works in Progress, The Whitney Museum, NY (costume fabrication)
Artist: Abigail DeVille, Director: Charlotte Brathwaite
2016 Only When It’s Dark Enough Can You See the Stars, The Peale Museum, MD (sculpture fabrication)
Artist: Abigail DeVille
2015 The Day the Earth Stood Still, Radcliffe Fellowship, MA (sculpture fabrication and art assistant)
Artist: Abigail DeVille
2015 Prophetika: An Oratorio, La Mama Club, NY (scenic fabrication and scenic design assistant)
Set Design: Abigail DeVille, Director: Charlotte Brathwaite
2013 The Explorers’ Club, Manhattan Theater Club, NY (model builder, set design assistant, and select prop design)
Set Design: Donyale Werle
2013 The North Pool, Vineyard Theater, NY (model builder, set design assistant, and props designer)
Set Design: Donyale Werle
2012 Allegiance, Old Globe Theater, CA (model builder, set design assistant, and NY rehearsal prop manager)
Set Design: Donyale Werle
2012 Once on this Island, Paper Mill Playhouse, NJ (set design assistant and select prop fabrication)
Set Design: Donyale Werle
︎EDUCATION
2022 MFA in Art and Social Practice, Portland State University, OR (supported by a Laurels Graduate Scholarship)
2016-17 Wool-Processing Apprentice, Gurdy Run Woolen Mill, Halifax, PA
2011 BFA in Theatrical Design and Technology, minor: Anthropology, Syracuse University, NY (supported by a Presidential Scholarship and the Marcia Mohr Award for women in the dramatic arts)
2010 Millinery Apprentice, Lynne Mackey Millinery, New York, NY
2010 Puppetry Apprentice, Open Hand Puppet Theater, Syracuse, NY
2008 Scenography Apprentice, Teatro del Maggio Musicale, Florence, Italy