Education
2012 Master of Fine Arts, Metal
State University of New York at New Paltz, New Paltz, NY
2012 London Art Seminar
British Historical and Contemporary Art, Study Abroad Program, London
2008 Bachelor of Fine Arts with an Emphasis in Metal/Jewelry
Western Michigan University, Frostic School of Art, Kalamazoo, MI
Dean’s List, College of Fine Art, 2004-2008
2005 Grand Tour of Europe, European Art and Cultures, Study Abroad Program, Europe
Fellowships, Awards, Honors
2013 Peoples Choice Award and 2nd Place
Jewelry + Objects Exhibition, Juror: David Clemons Anton Art Center, Mount Clemens, MI
New Professional Work Exchange
Society of North American Goldsmiths, Toronto, Canada
2012 Work Study Scholarship
Penland School of Crafts, Penland, NC
Outstanding Graduate Award
State University of New York at New Paltz, New Paltz, NY
McFayden Travel Scholarship
State University of New York at New Paltz, New Paltz, NY
Student Alliance Travel Grant
State University of New York at New Paltz, NY
2011 AU Enterprises Award, Jewelry + Objects Exhibition
Juror: Marilyn da Silva, Alden B. Dow Museum of Science and Art of the Midland Center for the Arts, Midland, MI
McFayden Travel Scholarship
State University of New York at New Paltz, New Paltz, NY
Student Alliance Travel Grant
State University of New York at New Paltz, NY
2010 Master of Fine Arts Scholarship
In State Tuition, State University of New York at New Paltz,New Paltz, NY
Russell Pistachio Scholarship
Master of Fine Arts Scholarship Metal, State University of New York at New Paltz, New Paltz, NY
Society of North American Goldsmiths New Professional Work Exchange
Houston, TX
2009 Work Study Scholarship Penland School of Crafts
Penland, NC
2008 Art Star Award Metal/Jewelry
Frostic School of Art, Western Michigan University, Kalamazoo, MI
Society of North American Goldsmiths Conference Student Scholarship
Savannah, GA
2004 Michigan Merit Award MEAP
Solo Exhibitions
2018 Continued Conversations
Collaboration with Rachel Saul Rearick, Gallery One Collective Works, Pittsburgh, PA
2016 Dialogue Through Drawing
Collaboration with Rachel Saul Rearick, Pittsburgh Center for the Arts, Pittsburgh, PA
2009 Kathleen Rearick
Art Hop, United Arts Council of Kalamazoo, Plata y Oro Jewelers, Kalamazoo, MI
2008 BFA Metal and Jewelry Solo Exhibition
DeVeries Student Art Gallery, Western Michigan University, Kalamazoo, MI
Other Side
Alternative Process, Korman Galleries, Western Michigan University, Kalamazoo, MI
Kathleen Rearick
Art Hop, United Arts Council of Kalamazoo, Plata y Oro Jewelers, Kalamazoo, MI
Group Exhibitions
2020 Behind//Beyond
Adorned Spaces, Society of North American Goldsmiths, Philadelphia, PA
Collective Home
Contemporary Craft, Pittsburgh, PA
Touchstone Instructor Exhibition (traveling exhibition)
Saville Gallery, Cumberland, MD
Touchstone Center for Crafts, Farmington, PA
2019 Associated Artists of Pittsburgh 107th Annual Exhibition
The Westmoreland Museum of American Art, Greensburg, PA
On Common Ground: Works on Paper
Chautauqua Institution, Chautauqua, NY
Amalgam
Adorned Spaces, Society of North American Goldsmiths, Chicago, IL
Pennsylvania Metalwork Invitational
Brockway Center for Arts & Technology, Brockway, PA
Strand (traveling exhibition)
Indiana University of Pennsylvania, Indiana, PA
California University of Pennsylvania, California, PA
Hope Center for Arts and Technology, Sharon, PA
Waynesburg University Art Faculty & Student Alumni Exhibition
Waynesburg University, Waynesburg, PA
2018 Allegheny Metals Collective Exhibition
Pittsburgh International Airport, Pittsburgh, PA
Alloy Pittsburgh
Carrie Furnace, Swissvale, PA
Just say’n
Associated Artists Of Pittsburgh, Bottle Works Ethnic Art Center, curated by Jill Larson, Johnstown, PA
2017 Allegheny Metals Collective Exhibition
Pittsburgh Center for the Arts, Pittsburgh, PA
Speak for Yourself
Associated Artists of Pittsburgh new member exhibition, curated by Sean Beauford,
Frame House & Jask Gallery, Pittsburgh, PA
Allegheny Metals Clollective Exhibition
Society for Contemporary Craft, Pittsburgh, PA
2016 Altered Art
Collaboration with Rachel Saul Rearick, Creative Reuse Gallery, Pittsburgh, PA
2015 Adorned Spaces
Society of North American Goldsmiths, Boston, MA
Waynesburg University Faculty Exhibition
Waynesburg University, Waynesburg, PA
2014 Staring in Hindsight
Pinakothek der Moderne, Munich, Germany
2013 Vessels: All the Eyes Can Hold
Juror: Kennedy Arts Center, Cincinnati, OH
Jewelry + Objects
Juror: David Clemons, Anton Art Center, Mount Clemens, MI
Holding Place: A Repository of Containers and Vessels, online exhibition
The Ganoksin Project, www.ganoksin.com pg. 27, 89-91, 97
Brooklyn Creates
Presented by Brooklyn Metal Works & Brooklyn Glass, Brooklyn Glass, Brooklyn, NY
2012 Re-Fresh
Jurors: Erin Daily & Brian Weissman, Brooklyn Metal Works, Brooklyn, NY
Objects of Recollection Thesis Exhibition
Alice and Horace Chandler Gallery, SUNY-New Paltz, New Paltz, NY
2011 Persen: Place & Things
Curated by Myra Mimlitsch-Gray, Matthewis Persen House, Kingston, NY
Masters on Main Street
Curated by Rena Leinberger, Greene County Council on the Arts, Catskill, NY
FRESH: Metalsmith Exhibition in Print
Jurors: Lola Brooks & Cindi Strauss, National Ornamental Metal Museum, Memphis, TN
Jewelry + Objects Exhibition
Juror: Marilyn da Silva, Alden B. Dow Museum of Science and Art of the Midland Center for the Arts, Midland, MI
Fluxuation
Society of North American Goldsmiths Student Digital Presentation, Jurors: Zack Noble, Sienna Patti & Anthony
Tammaro, Society of North American Goldsmiths Conference, Seattle, WA
College Art Association NY Area MFA Exhibition
Jurors: Myra Mimlitsch-Gray, Matthew Friday & David Cavallaro, State University of New York, New Paltz, Hunter
College, Times Square Gallery, New York, NY
2010 Would You Wear This?
Kalamazoo Craft Alliance, Exquisite Corpse Gallery, Kalamazoo, MI
5th Annual Intercollegiate Metals Exhibition
Jurors: Myra Mimlitsch-Gray & Jamie Bennett, State University of New York at New Paltz, Arizona State University,
Herberger Institute for Design and the Arts, Step Gallery, Tempe, AZ
West Michigan Area Show
Juror: Gladys Nilsson, Kalamazoo Institute of Arts, Kalamazoo, MI
2009 Plata y Oro Group Exhibition
Art Hop, United Arts Council of Kalamazoo, Plata y Oro Jewelers, Kalamazoo, MI
e-merge, online exhibition
Heidi Lowe Gallery, heidilowejewelry.com
2008 Metals Guild Group Exhibition
DeVries Student Art Gallery, Western Michigan University, Kalamazoo, MI
West Michigan Area Show
Juror: Susanna Coffey, Kalamazoo Institute of Arts, Kalamazoo, MI
2007 West Michigan Area Show
Juror: Louis Marinaro, Kalamazoo Institute of Arts, Kalamazoo, MI
Publications
2019 Alloy Exhibition Catalog
River of Steel Arts, Carrie Furnace, Swissvale, PA
2017 Allegheny Metals Collective Exhibition Catalog
Pittsburgh Center for the Arts, Pittsburgh, PA
2013 Exhibition in Print
Society of North American Goldsmiths, Metalsmith magazine, pg. 43
(Affective) Craft Manifesto
The Journal of Modern Craft online, posted on January 15
2012 Persen: Place & Things Exhibition Catalog
SUNY New Paltz Metal Program, Matthewis Persen House, Kingston, NY
pg. 22-23, 30-31, 34-35
2011 Jewelry + Objects Exhibition Catalog
Juror: Marilyn da Silva, Alden B. Dow Museum of Science and Art of the Midland Center for the Arts, Midland, MI,
Rob Thompson Publisher, pg. 38
2011 Fresh: Exhibition in Print
Jurors: Lola Brooks & Cindi Strauss, Society of North American Goldsmiths, Metalsmith magazine, pg. 27
2010 500 Gemstone Jewels
Lark Books, Asheville, NC, pg. 116
2009 500 Enameled Objects
Lark Books, Asheville, NC, pg. 76
Professional Experience
Current-2014 Instructor of Art
Jewelry & Metal, Enameling, Art History, Art of the Elementary
Waynesburg University, Waynesburg, PA
2017-2016 Art and Making Educator
Children’s Museum of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA
2015-2014 Artistic Director
Mission Point Resort, Mackinac Island, MI
2015-2013 Program Director
Mackinac Arts Council, Mackinac Island, MI
2013 Gallery Assistant
Mackinac’s Little Gallery, Mackinac Island, MI
Internship
Mackinac Arts Council, Mackinac Island, MI
2011 Instructor of Record, Fall
Introduction to Metal
State University of New York at New Paltz, New Paltz, NY
Teaching Assistant, Spring
Internship in College Art Studio Teaching, Barb Smith
State University of New York at New Paltz, New Paltz, NY
2010 Teaching Assistant, Fall
Internship in College Art Studio Teaching, John Cogswell
State University of New York at New Paltz, New Paltz, NY
2009-2007 Jewelry Salesperson and Metalsmith
Plata Y Oro Jewelers, 125 S. Kalamazoo Mall, Kalamazoo, MI 49007
2008-2006 Studio Monitor and Technician
Metal/Jewelry Studio, Western Michigan University, Kalamazoo, MI
2007 Installation Assistant for SNAG Exhibition Planning Committee
Framing the Art of Jewelry, Metalsmith Exhibition in Print, SOFA, Chicago, IL
2004-2002 Butterfly Conservatory Gardener/Clerk/Educator
Wings of Mackinac, Mackinac Island, MI
Artist Lectures & Residencies
2020 Artist in Residence, Pentaculum
Arrowmont School of Arts and Crafts, Gatlinburg, TN
2019 Artist Lecture, Six x Ate
The Westmoreland Museum of American Art, Greensburg, PA
2018 Artist Lecture, Continued Conversations
Gallery One Collective Works, Pittsburgh, PA
Artist Lecture, Alloy Pittsburgh
Rivers of Steel Arts, Carrie Furnace, Swissvale, PA
Artist in Residence, Alloy Pittsburgh
Rivers of Steel Arts, Carrie Furnace, Swissvale, PA
Artist Lecture, Alloy Pittsburgh
Pittsburgh Glass Center, Pittsburgh, PA
Artist Lecture, Getting to Know W. U. Series
Waynesburg University, Waynesburg, PA
2017 Artist Lecture, Allegheny Metals Collective Exhibition
Pittsburgh Center for the Arts, Pittsburgh, PA
2016 Artist Lecture, Dialogue through Drawing
Pittsburgh Center for the Arts, Pittsburgh, PA
Workshop Instruction
2020 (forthcoming) Cold Connections
Contemporary Craft, Pittsburgh, PA
(forthcoming) Contemporary Chains
Touchstone Center for Crafts, Farmington, PA
2018 Holiday Ornaments
Society for Contemporary Craft, Pittsburgh, PA
Cold Connections Workshop
Society for Contemporary Craft, Pittsburgh, PA
2017 Ornament Workshop
Society for Contemporary Craft, Pittsburgh, PA
Contemporary Chains Workshop
Society for Contemporary Craft, Pittsburgh, PA
Basic Jewelry Workshop
Society for Contemporary Craft, Pittsburgh, PA
Hands on Making Enameled Pendants, SCC Board Development Session
Society for Contemporary Craft, Pittsburgh, PA
Bezel Set Rings, 5 sessions
Winchester Thurston School, Pittsburgh, PA
2016 Ornament Workshop
Society for Contemporary Craft, Pittsburgh, PA
Enameled Pendants Teacher Appreciation Workshop
Society for Contemporary Craft, Pittsburgh, PA
Enameling Workshop with Alderdice High School Students
Society for Contemporary Craft, Pittsburgh, PA
Copper Rain Chain, Metals Apprenticeship, 2-day workshop
Society for Contemporary Craft & Millville Public Library, Pittsburgh, PA
Bezel Set Rings, 5 sessions
Winchester Thurston School, Pittsburgh, PA
Bronze Serving Spoons, weekend workshop
Society for Contemporary Craft, Pittsburgh, PA
Hands on Making Volumetric Jewelry, SCC Board Development Session
Society for Contemporary Craft, Pittsburgh, PA
2015 Cookie Cutter Workshop
Society for Contemporary Craft, Pittsburgh, PA
Married Metals, 2 session workshop
Pittsburgh Center for the Arts, Pittsburgh, PA
Pendants & Wearable Vessels: Hydraulic Die-Forming, weekend workshop
Society for Contemporary Craft, Pittsburgh, PA
Enameling Workshop with Fox Chapel High School Students
Society for Contemporary Craft, Pittsburgh, PA
2014 Stamped Pendants & Earrings Teacher Appreciation Workshop
Society for Contemporary Craft, Pittsburgh, PA
Professional Service
Current-2017 Member
Associated Artists of Pittsburgh
Current-2015 Board Member
Mackinac Arts Council, Mackinac Island, MI
Current-2015 Founder, Coordinator and Member
Allegheny Metals Collective, Pittsburgh, PA
Current- 2007 Member
Society of North American Goldsmiths
Current-2020 Volunteer
412 Food Rescue
2018 Volunteer Metals Instructor
Out of Hand Annual Benefit, Society for Contemporary Craft, Pittsburgh, PA
2015 Volunteer Metals Instructor
Out of Hand Annual Benefit, Society for Contemporary Craft, Pittsburgh, PA
2014 Volunteer
Sew In to make quilts for the homeless, The Women’s Leadership Council of the United Way of Allegheny
County, Pittsburgh PA
2013 Panelist
Review and selection of Sculpture for Peace Garden, commemorating 200 years of peace between
America and CanadaMackinac State Historic Parks, Mackinac Island, MI
2010-2009 Member
Kalamazoo Craft Alliance, Kalamazoo, MI
2009-2007 President (2007-2008), Treasure (2008) and Member
Metals Guild, Western Michigan University, Kalamazoo, MI