Education

Oregon College of Art and Craft, Portland, OR
B.F.A. with a focus in ceramics, 2017-2019

Studio Potter Grant for Apprenticeship, Portland, OR
Under the instruction of Chris Baskin, 2020-2022
Funding provided time to focus on a second year of apprenticeship, learning Chris Baskin’s throwing, decorating, and firing techniques.

Teaching

Cascade Ceramics Studio, Tigard, OR
Teacher, 2024
Deep dive into faceting and altering, using my technique for making tea bowls. Curriculum covers throwing, trimming, glazing techniques, and discussions on form and function.

The Mud Room, Portland, OR
Teacher, 2023
Taught introductory wheel-throwing classes, guiding students through the basics of throwing pots.

Oregon Potters Association, Portland, OR
After School Ceramics Teacher, 2021
Taught elementary school children as part of a collaboration with Portland public schools.
Zoom Demo Teacher, 2020
Demonstrated the technique and components for throwing a water-sealing sauerkraut crock.
Ceramic Arts Network Clay Flics, Virtual Workshop, 2024

Visiting Artist

Burnish Clay Studio, Bellingham, WA
Visiting Artist, 2023

Clay By The Bay, San Francisco, CA
Visiting Artist, 2022

National Conference on Education in Ceramic Arts (NCECA), Sacramento, CA
Demonstrator, 2022

Radius Ceramics Studio, Portland, OR
Visiting Artist, 2024

The Clay Room, San Francisco, CA
Visiting Artist, 2024

Artist-in-Residence

East Creek Art, Willamina, OR
Golden Spot Residency, November 2020
Spent a month at East Creek Art exploring my ceramic process without the distractions of daily life.

Grants & Awards

Studio Potter, Studio Potter Grant for Apprenticeship, 2022
Oregon College of Art and Craft, Community College Transfer Scholarship, 2017
Clayfolk, Ellice T. Johnston Scholarship for the Ceramic Arts, 2017
Ceramics Monthly, Emerging Artist, 2024
Rain City Clay, Gallery Manager's Choice Award, 2022

Exhibitions

Companion Gallery, Last Call IX, Humboldt, TN, 2024
Companion Gallery, Last Call VIII, Humboldt, TN, 2023
Companion Gallery, Material Mugs VIII, Humboldt, TN, 2023
Charlie Cummings, Noodle Bowls, Gainesville, FL, 2023
Charlie Cummings, Intimate Object XIX, Gainesville, FL, 2023
Companion Gallery, Material Mugs VII, Humboldt, TN, 2022
Companion Gallery, Surface II, Humboldt, TN, 2022
Above Board Ceramics, Above Board, Online, 2022
Charlie Cummings, Plant Pots II, Gainesville, FL, 2022
Companion Gallery, Clay Siblings Holiday Benefit Exhibition, Humboldt, TN, 2021
Penland Gallery, Ramen + Rice | The Idiosyncratic Bowl, Penland, NC, 2021
Red Lodge Clay Center, Objects of Desire, Red Lodge, MT, 2021
Good Habit Pottery Co, Sheep-ish, Online, 2021
Charlie Cummings, Fall Clay Jam 2021, Gainesville, FL, 2021
Charlie Cummings, Woodfireworks IV, Gainesville, FL, 2021
Oregon Potters Association, Governor's Mansion Show, Portland, OR, 2021
Multnomah County Justice Center, Portland, OR, 2019
East Creek Ceramics Group, "Friends of the Fire" at the Hoffman Gallery, Manzanita, OR, 2022
Red Lodge Clay Center, Hidden Gems, Red Lodge, MT, 2021
Good Earth Pottery, Pyrolysis, Bellingham, WA, June 2023

Publications

Pottery Making Illustrated, Faceted Tea Bowls, 2023
Pottery Making Illustrated, Faceted Margarita Chalice, 2023
Pottery Making Illustrated, Fluid Forms and Glazes, 2021
Tales of a Red Clay Rambler Podcast, Episode 414, released on April 21, 2022
The Potters Cast, Episode 709, released on February 23, 2021