Education
MFA, 2009, Visual Art, Vermont College of Fine Arts
MPM, 1999, Carnegie Mellon University, Heinz School of Public Policy/Management for Arts Organizations, highest distinction
WORK EXPERIENCE
Education Specialist for Adult Programs at the Carnegie Museum of Art for 23 years; Presently docent at the Jepson Center in Savannah, Georgia and an Associate Docent at The Carnegie Museum of Art giving tours with adults, children, schools, and “In the Moment” for Alzheimer Groups
Andy’s Figments offers events, presentations, movies, from “Figments: Conversations with Andy” art project that began 14 years ago and continues on social media.
FILM SCREENINGS AND AWARDS 2018- 2020
Andy's Birthdays, The Andy Warhol Museum, August 4 celebrating Andy's 90th Birthday Party.
2015
Kitsch, Pittsburgh Filmmakers Film Kitchen Contest, the Harris Theater in conjunction with Dollar Bank Three Rivers Arts Festival
2014
Andy's Tombstone, Edition II, Bellinger Award, 57th Chautauqua Annual Exhibition of Contemporary Art, Chautauqua Institute, Chautauqua, NY; Juror, Jerry Saltz, Art Critic, New York Magazine
Figments: Year III, and Andy’s Sky, The Andy Warhol Museum, Pittsburgh Filmmakers, & Cooper-Siegel Library, Fox Chapel, Bethel Park Library
Lost Kingdoms, Pittsburgh Filmmakers Short Competition; Best of Pittsburgh at Hollywood Theater; Pittsburgh Gallery Crawl
2013
Andy's Tombstone, Edition II, Acquisition Award, 102nd Annual Exhibition, Associated Artists of Pittsburgh, Carnegie Museum of Art; Juror, David Norr, Chief Curator, Museum of Contemporary Art Cleveland
Ketchup, Pittsburgh Filmmakers Short Competition
Liberace’s Ghost Story at Andy’s Grave, 2-Min Movies, Carnegie Museum of Art
2012
Blue Plate Special, Pittsburgh Filmmakers Film Kitchen Contest, Third Place
Figments: Year I, Year II, & Photo Montage, Blue Plate Special, Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh
Figments: Year II, WQED: TV Filmmakers Corner: New Shorts!
Figments: Conversations with Andy, Year II, Pittsburgh Filmmakers
Halloween & Andy's Birthday Party, Pittsburgh Filmmakers
2011
Fernscape, Best of Filmmakers Film Kitchen
Figments: Year I, Year II, & Photo Montage, Andy Warhol Museum
Figments: Conversations with Andy, Year II, Pittsburgh Filmmakers
2010
Figments: Conversations with Andy, Year I, Pittsburgh Filmmakers
2009
Fernscape, & Transported Traditions, Pittsburgh Filmmakers
Exhibitions/Gallery shows
2023
Andy’s Figments, University of SC Beaufort, exhibit in their gallery
2019
Let’s Supper, Mr. Iolas Resurrection RE, exhibit in Athens Greece
2017
Death to Life, digital print, Radiant Hall 5th Anniversary Exhibition, Ice House, Lawrenceville, PA
Emerging, digital print, “Group A: Now!” Box Heart Gallery, Bloomfield, PA
2015
Andy's Tombstones, digital print, Three Rivers Arts Festival, Pittsburgh, PA
2014
Figments, installation, "Lifeloggers: Chronicling the Everyday," Carleton College; Northfield, MN
Figments, installation, "Lifeloggers: Chronicling the Everyday," Elmhurst Art Museum, IL
2013
Andy’s Tombstone, Edition II, Acquisition Award, Carnegie Museum of Art, Associated Artists of Pittsburgh Annual, David Norr, Chief Curator, Museum of Contemporary Art Cleveland
2012
PNC Park, photography, Juried Biennial, Westmoreland Museum of American Art; Westmoreland, PA; Juror, Kerry Oliver-Smith, Curator of Contemporary Art, Samuel P. Harn Museum of Art, University of Florida; Gainesville, Florida
2011
Figments, installation, Pittsburgh Biennial, Andy Warhol Museum, Pittsburgh, PA
Figments, photography, Juried Biennial, Westmoreland Museum of American Art; Westmoreland, PA; Juror, M. Melissa Wolf, Curator of American Art, Columbia Museum of Art; Columbus, Ohio
2010
Darksides II: Terror Through TV, photography, 99th Annual Exhibition, Associated Artists of Pittsburgh, Carnegie Museum of Art; Pittsburgh, PA; Juror, Doryun Chong, SPACE Gallery
Darksides II: Terror Through TV, photography, Behind Our Scenes, SPACE Galllery; Pittsburgh, PA
2009
Darksides I: Terror Through TV & Orange, photography, 98th Annual Exhibition, Associated Artists of Pittsburgh, Carnegie Museum of Art; Pittsburgh, PA; Juror, John Carson, Head of School of Art, Carnegie Mellon University
2008
Leaf, Barn Door, photography, 97th Annual Exhibition, Associated Artists of Pittsburgh, Carnegie Museum of Art; Pittsburgh, PA; Juror, Polly Apfelbaum, New York City artist
2007
Rhubarb, photography, 96th Annual Exhibition, Associated Artists of Pittsburgh, Carnegie Museum of Art; Pittsburgh, PA; Juror, Douglas Fogle, Curator of 55th Carnegie International, Curator of Contemporary Art
Best of Pittsburgh, video installation, Three Rivers Arts Festival; Pittsburgh, PA
rp-shooter, photographs & video, Silver Eye Center for Photography; Pittsburgh, PA
rpshooter, installation | photographs & video, Carnegie Mellon University Art Gallery; Pittsburgh, PA
Fish, photography, Silver Eye Center for Photography; Pittsburgh, PA
rp-shooter, installation | photographs & video, Harlan Gallery, Seton Hill University; Westmoreland, PA
2005
14 Mailboxes, photographic book, 18th Annual National Juried Photography Exhibition, Barrett Art Center; Poughkeepsie, NY; Juror, Apsara DiQuinzio, Whitney Museum of American Art
Street, photography, Art of the Pittsburgh Countryside, Hoyt Institute of Fine Arts; New Castle, PA; Juror, Tom Sukolowski, Director, Andy Warhol Museum
14 Mailboxes, photographic book, Photo National, Lancaster Museum of Art; Lancaster, PA; Jurors, Therese Mulligan, Curator of Photography & Jeanne Verlhulst, Associate Curator of Exhibitions, George Eastman House, International Museum of Photography; Rochester, NY
Bridge, photography, Art of the Pittsburgh Countryside, Hoyt Institute of Fine Arts; New Castle, PA; Juror, Akiko, Kotani, Prof. Emeritus Slippery Rock University; Slippery Rock, PA
Bus, photography, Mid-Atlantic Exhibition, Hoyt Institute of Fine Arts; New Castle, PA; Juror, Thomas E. Hinson, Curator of Contemporary Art Photography, Cleveland Museum of Art; Cleveland, OH
Clearview Loop & Moments in Time, photography, Mt. Lebanon Library; Mt. Lebanon, PA
Bare Bones Series #2, photography, Generations III. A Survey of Women Artists, A.I.R. Gallery; New York, NY
RESIDENCIES
2016
Vermont Studio Center, 3-week-long artist's residency working on Andy's Figments book
2014
Vermont Studio Center, 4-week-long artist's residency working on Andy's Figments book
Lectures/Presentations
2017
SIX x ATE Artist/Lecture Series: In Situ, discussing Figments with a short video, hosted by Casey Droege Cultural Productions
Pittsburgh Entrepreneurs Forum: Art and Entrepreneurship, Mattress Factory, participated with Jose Carlos Diaz: Milton Fine Curator of Art, The Andy Warhol Museum
2016
“Andy Warhol: Life and Afterlife” Special Studies Class at Chautauqua Institute
Co-teaching with Donald Warhola
2015
“Andy Warhol: Life and Afterlife” Special Studies Class at Chautauqua Institute
Co-taught with Donald Warhola
2015
Figments Project, "Andy Warhol: Life and Afterlife," Chautauqua Institution, July 23 & 24, Special Studies Curriculum, co-taught with Donald Warhola, Andy’s nephew
2014
Figments Project, Cooper Siegel Library, Fox Chapel, Bethel Park Library, & Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh, Bethel Park Library
2013
Figments: Conversations with Andy, Osher Life-Long Learning, University of Pittsburgh, PA
2012
Figments: Conversations with Andy, Carnegie Library Pittsburgh
2011
Figments: Conversations with Andy, University of Pittsburgh History of Art & Architecture
Figments: Conversations with Andy, Pittsburgh Filmmakers
2010
Figments: Conversations with Andy, The Westmoreland Museum of American Art