Education
2010 Fab Academy, Digital Fabrication (the pilot year of a program through MIT)
2001 Rhode Island School of Design, BFA in Glass
1998 Maryland Institute College of Art, Foundation
Continuing Education
2009 Rhode Island School of Design, Contemporary Porcelain with Sharon Pollock
2007 Rhode Island School of Design, Intermediate Silversmithing with Devienna Anggraini
2002 and 2006 Opera Training with Valerie Nicolosi
2005 Rhode Island School of Design, Machine Knitting with Rachel Milano
1999 Corning Museum of Glass, Advanced Flameworking with Loren Stump
1999 Haystack Mountain School of Crafts, Mixed Media Jewelry
1997 School of Visual Art, Sculpture
1996 Rhode Island School of Design Pre- College Program, Jewelry with Noam Elyashiv
1995 New York State Summer School of Visual Arts, Printmaking and Mixed Media Studies
1994 New York State Summer School of Visual Arts, Sculpture and Drawing
Exhibitions
2011 Inverted Harmonies, Houston Center for Contemporary Craft- solo show
2010 RISCA Multicultural Show, Providence
2010 RISCA Winners Exhibit, Imago Gallery, Warren, RI
2009 Glass Plant Chandelier, AS220, Providence
2008 Felt Club, Los Angeles, California
2008 Maker Faire, Austin, Texas
2008 Justseeds.org Sustainability Show, AS220, Providence
2007 Happy Birthday Mike Leslie Diorama Show, HBML Worcester
2006-2007 Wunderground exhibit, RISD Museum
2006 GATHER exhibit, New Orleans, Louisiana
2006, 2007, 2008, 2009 Maker Faire, San Mateo, California
2005 Japanese Lampwork Festa, Kobe, Japan
2002 Comic Art Show, Monohasset Gallery
2002 Senior Apparel Show, Boston College
2001 RISD Apparel Show, Veterans Memorial Auditorium
2001 RISD Glass Department Senior Show, Woods- Gerry Gallery
2001 RISD Glass Department Senior Show, A. J. Land Building
1997 Thertus Gallery, Oceanside, New York
1996 RISD Pre-College Show, Woods- Gerry Gallery
1995 Albright Knox Museum, Buffalo, New York (piece in permanent collection)
1995 NYSSSA exhibit, SUNY Fredonia
1994 NYSSSA exhibit, SUNY Fredonia
Teaching Experience
2011 Technical Liason at MIT's Fab Lab at the Haystack Mountain School of Crafts, Deer Isle, Maine
2010 Two individual yearlong mentorships in Lampworking Glass and
Fashion Studies
2010 Lasercutting Textiles, AS220, Providence
2009 Individuall mentorship in Street Fashion
2009 Textile Techniques for Jewelry Applications, Craftland, Providence
2008, 2009 Maker Faire, San Mateo, California & Austin, Texas
2007 RISD Workshop, Making Shoes from Recycled Materials
2006 RISD Screenprinting demonstrations
2006 Making Shoes from Recycled Materials, Workshops in Oakland,CA; Tucson, AZ; Chicago, IL; Providence, RI
2006 Recycling Plastic Bags Workshop, Reclaim the Commons, Chicago
2006 Making Shoes from Recycled Materials, Boston Skillshare
2005 Recycling Plastic Bags Workshop, Boston Skillshare
2005 Flameworking, Studio Morio, Kyoto, Japan
2005 Recycling Plastic Bags Workshop, D.I.Y. Conference at Bates College, Lewiston, Maine
2002 Skillshare tour, 18 dates across the United States
1995 Sculpture and Painting, Baldwin Junior High School
Performances
2010 Puppet Display of Affection, Providence
2008 Lovebird, solo music project
2005- 2006 Big Bang Circus, stronglady
2005 Fireflies Festival, Greensboro, North Carolina
2001 Puppet Display of Affection, 33 city tour of the U.S. East Coast
2000 Puppet Display of Affection, 8 date solo tour
Press and Documentaries
2009 CNNmoney.com feature
2009 Glassline Magazine, selected as one of five important pieces in contemporary lampwork
2009 Providence Monthly feature
2009 etsy.com feature video
2008 Handmade Nation, documentary and book about contemporary craft movements
2008 Craft zine web feature article
2006 The Flow Magazine, Women in Glass feature Vol 2, issue 4
2006 Young, Jewish, and Left, documentary about the importance of Jews in radical political movements
2006 Make zine web feature article
2006 Wunderground zine, "Why I Love Providence"
2004 The Bike Book, if'n Books
2003 Art New England cover and article about performance, April/ May issue
2003 Venus magazine, November issue
2003 Zinesters, documentary about self- publishing
2002 Do It Yourself Guide #2, Crimethinc.
Community!
2009 Friends of Olneyville Library, organizer
2005- 2008 Providence Affordable Living Studios
2004- present Olneyville Neighborhood Association
2006 Sabina Matos Campaign for City Council
2001-2003 The Hive Archive
2000-2001 Providence Community Radio, Board of Directors
