I am pleased to announce that I am a finalist in the 90th Annual International Competition at the Print Center. The Print Center is one of the most prestigious art centers in the country. This is an incredible honor and exciting opportunity.

Over the last three weeks I worked with a local 4th/5th grade Girl Scouts troop to help them earn their Art Badge. We worked on a mini-comic/silkscreen project. This was a lot of fun, and it was exciting to get the girls in the printshop working with silkscreen. Week one was working on our mini-comics.... Continue Reading →

Recently, I invited students in the North Elementary Student Council to print their own t-shirts. This was a fun hour of printing, showing the kids around the printshop, and introducing them to silkscreen! And the shirts came out awesome as well! Getting the shirts ready, and giving instructions... Like other events we have done with... Continue Reading →

From April 11-15th, I was a visiting artist at the University of Kentucky. It was a great visit! Jonathan McFadden has built a really strong program, they have a beautiful new building, and Lexington was very impressive! We packed a lot of work in, and I was able to meet with some really great students!... Continue Reading →

Saturday April 09 marked the closing reception for the annual “CONFLUENCE” WVU MFA exhibition at Artists Image Resource in Pittsburgh. This has been such a wonderful event for our program and our students. Thank you so much to everyone at AIR for being so supportive of the special relationship we have forged with them. It... Continue Reading →

Last weekend marked another successful trip to the annual SGC International Conference, this year in Portland, Oregon. There was lots to see, good panel discussions, demonstrations, and art! There were so many other things to do in Portland along side the conference...really important things...like going to this arcade! Ground Kontrol offered solutions for all your... Continue Reading →

Last weekend marked another successful trip to the annual SGC International Conference, this year in Portland, Oregon. There was lots to see, good panel discussions, demonstrations, and art! Many demos and portfolios were in the new PNCA building... Always great Nathan Meltz, giving a demo about intentionally glitching a digital image... Taryn McMahon, a dynamo... Continue Reading →

Last weekend marked another successful trip to the annual SGC International Conference, this year in Portland, Oregon. The conference had a rocky start, with some blatantly misogynistic comments during the James Rosenquist keynote panel discussion. Considering the important role female printmakers have had on the history of this organization and the history of printmaking in... Continue Reading →

On Thursday, April 07th we hosted visiting artist Corinne Teed. I first met Corinne and learned about her work at the 2015 SGCI Conference in Knoxville. She was a part of the excellent "Queering the Sphere" panel, and gave an amazing talk. I was truly thrilled that she was able to come visit WVU and... Continue Reading →

On Saturday March 19th, a new WVU School of Art and Design faculty exhibition titled "Here to There" opened at the Huntington Museum of Art. School of Art and Design Director Alison Helm has been planning this exhibition for a few years now. A good number of faculty made it to the reception, and the... Continue Reading →