Education

Master of Arts, History of Design and Curatorial Studies; Parsons, The New School + Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum

Bachelor of Arts, Art History + Bachelor of Arts, Art Studio; State University of New York at Potsdam

Professional Experience

Curator of Glass and Ceramics (January 2023 – May 2025); Chazen Museum of Art UW-Madison, Madison, WI

Contributing Editor (August 2020 – March 2023); Material Intelligence, The Chipstone Foundation, Milwaukee, WI

Curatorial Fellow (August 2019 – August 2021); Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum, New York, NY

Teaching Assistant (August 2020 – May 2021); Parons, The New School, New York, NY

Interim Education Coordinator (February 2019 – August 2019); The Olana Partnership, Hudson, NY

Data & Workflow Manager (October 2016 – August 2019); The Marks Project, Inc., Riverside, CT

Curatorial Projects

Permanent Collection Reinstallation (co-curator); Chazen Museum of Art, University of Wisconsin-Madison (slated Fall 2026)

Dorothy Lieves: A Dark, A Light, A Bright (consultant curator); Cooper Hewitt Smithsonian Design Museum (7 July 2023 – 4 February 2024)

John Gray of Ghetto Gastro Selects (curatorial fellow); Cooper Hewitt Smithsonian Design Museum (1 July 2021 – 13 February 2024)

Peters Valley: Present (guest curator); Peters Valley School of Craft; 19 August 2020 – 2 January 2022

Selected Publications

Article: “The Ecuadorian Hat,” Material Intelligence, volume 5, no. 17 (March 2026)

Contributing Editor: Material Intelligence: Obsidian, volume 2, no. 5 (March 2023)

Article: “Marinobel Smith and the Pan-American Ceramic National” Studio Potter, (October 2023)

Article: “The Copper IUD,” Material Intelligence, volume 1, no. 4 (December 2022)

Contributing Editor: Material Intelligence: Copper, volume 1, no. 4 (December 2022)

Contributing Editor: Material Intelligence: Rubber, volume 1, no. 3 (October 2022)

Contributing Editor: Material Intelligence: Linen, volume 1, no. 2 (June 2022)

Article: “The Piestewa Tree,” Material Intelligence, volume 1, no. 1 (March 2022)

Contributing Editor: Material Intelligence: Oak, volume 1, no. 1 (March 2022)

Selected Lectures, Panels & Juries

Moderator: “At the Table with Rebecca Sive,” International Museum of Dinnerware Design, 14 January 2026 

Juror: 2025 Annual Student Juried Exhibition, Blue Galleries at Boise State University

Panelist: “Toshiko Takaezu: Her Journey” hosted by Joan Mirviss Ltd, 26 September 2024

Co-Juror: Glass from Every Angle (conference exhibition)  Glass Art Society, 15-18 May 2024

Lecture: “Curating Pan-America: Marinobel Smith” at the American Ceramic Circle  

Symposium, 4 November 2023

Keynote: “Materially Minded: Insights in Matter” at the Glass Madison Educational 

Gathering Symposium, 5 October 2023