Education
MASTER OF ART EDUCATION
New York University / 2013
Graduated with a 4.0 GPA
Kappa Delta Pi
Program focus is on contemporary art, social justice education, and critical multiculturalism.
BACHELOR OF SCIENCE IN STUDIO ART
New York University / 2005
magna cum laude
Dean’s List 8 semester; Honors Scholar
Liberal arts degree includes drawing, painting, sculpting and printmaking, all with a conceptual focus; as well as study of Modern and Contemporary Art History and Theory. Studied one semester in Paris.
Selected Experience
THE CONNOLLY/WILTENBURG FAMILY
Care worker, Buffalo, NY / 2016 - present
Provide physical and emotional care to daughter from infancy to adulthood. Institute and carry out practices to instill and model authentic personhood: food preparation, domestic maintenance, creative pursuits, work ethic, self-regulation, and interpersonal relationships.
SPRUCE STREET SCHOOL (P.S. 397) AND P.S. 183
Public elementary art teacher, New York, NY / 2013 - 2016
Taught art to children ranging from three years old to ten years old. Pedagogical approach founded on teaching as creative practice, and mission to instill robust creative capacities and critical thinking.
DAVID EASTON INC.
Project manager for interior architecture and design firm, New York, NY / 2008 - 2011
Managed all logistics for the thousands of individual components comprising multiple seven figure projects, for an ‘AD 100’ Interior Design Hall of Fame principal.
TIMOTHY WHEALON INTERIORS
Office manager and project coordinator for interior design firm, New York, NY / 2007-2008
Coordinated small, high-end firm’s internal operations and design projects.
Awards and Grants
CREATIVE IMPACT FUND
New York State Senate initiative administered by Arts Services Inc. / 2025
Awarded funding towards a project about reclamation of the creative voice through community-supported poetry.
“WOMEN CEMENTING HISTORY” HONOREE
She Connects Hub in collaboration with the Buffalo History Museum / 2025
Gathering and panel discussion to exchange ideas and recognize Buffalo-based women working for change in their communities.
CREATIVE IMPACT FUND
New York State Senate initiative administered by Arts Services Inc. / 2024
Awarded funding towards a portrait series about Buffalo’s childbearing people.
COMMUNITIES OF CARE INDIVIDUAL ARTIST GRANT
University at Buffalo Communities of Care Project backed by the Mellon Foundation / 2024
Awarded funding towards a portrait series about Buffalo’s childbearing people. Resulting work will be digitized and made part of the Communities of Care Project’s permanent archive.
STATEWIDE COMMUNITY REGRANT
NYSCA fund administered by Arts Service, Inc. / 2023
Awarded funding towards a portrait project about Buffalo’s diverse woman-identifying people.
Presentations and Talks
NeMLA ROUNDTABLE
Northeast Modern Language Association’s 57th Annual Convention in Pittsburgh, PA / March 2026 (forthcoming)
Presentation of See Me Bearing for session entitled “Mad Echos in Contemporary Regeneration(s).”
MADWOMEN IN THE ATTIC FEATURED WRITER’S PROJECT
Mad Writing Collective in Western New York / 2026 (forthcoming)
Presentation of See Me Bearing alongside an essay on the project.
COMMUNITIES OF CARE INTERVIEW
University at Buffalo Communites of Care Project in Amherst, NY / July 10, 2025
Discussion of the concept for See Me Bearing, and its emergence from a personal journey.
Shows
PUBLIC ART
QUEEN CITY
Mural in Buffalo, NY / 2025
Hertel Alley Mural Fest, a semi-annual public art festival.
WHEN THEY CRACK
Mural in Buffalo, NY / 2022
Sidewalk-fronting garage door in the Elmwood Village neighborhood. Featured by Libby March on the front page of the Buffalo News City Section on October 5, 2022.
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
DIRECT MESSAGE
Fitz Books and Waffles, Buffalo, NY / 2026 (forthcoming)
Seven oil paintings resulting from artist-run, community poetry workshops. Chapbook of workshop poems. Poetry reading. Project funded by the Creative Impact Fund.
SEE ME BEARING
Fitz Books and Waffles, Buffalo, NY / 2025
Seven oil paintings and seven ink drawings on t-shirts. Portrait subjects collaborated on concepts and art direction. Panel discussion with artist and local curator, academic and birth workers. Project featured in local outlets: Buffalo Rising, The Challenger, and funded by two grants: the Creative Impact Fund and University at Buffalo’s Communities of Care.
SEE ME PASSING
The Levy and Daniel Families Art Gallery, Buffalo, NY / 2023
Seven gouache portraits and seven digital portraits on t-shirts. Project funded by the Statewide Community Regrant program.
GROUP EXHIBITIONS
ME YOU US THEM
The Commons Gallery, New York, NY / 2013
Endurance-based performance piece.
ANNUAL WINTER SHOW
Madarts Studios, Brooklyn, NY / 2006
Seven oil paintings. Mentioned in Juxtapoz,, issue no. 71.
DEAR SIGFRIED
The converted Tower Books Building, New York, NY / 2005
Five pieces (oil paintings and textile/metal/wood sculptures).
SLEEPS EIGHT
The Rosenberg Gallery, New York, NY / 2005
Textile sculpture.