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Education
2028 BFA in Fiber, Kansas City Art Institute, Kansas City, MO, United States
2028 Minor in Sound Studies, Kansas City Art Institute, Kansas City, MO, United States
2028 Minor in Social Practice, Kansas City Art Institute, Kansas City, MO, United States
Awards
2026 Susan Lordi Marker Project Award, Kansas City, MO, United States
Honors
2026 Kansas City Art Institute’s President’s List, Spring, Kansas City, MO, United States
2025 Kansas City Art Institute’s President’s List, Fall, Kansas City, MO, United States
2023 Kansas City Art Institute’s President’s List, Spring, Kansas City, MO, United States
Group Exhibitions
2026 Dawning, The Warehouse, Kansas City Art Institute, Kansas City, MO, United States
2026 Gathering Voices, NoDivide KC, Kansas City, MO, United States
2026 Convos Around the Dinner Table, Vulpes Bastille, Kansas City, MO, United States
2025 Electric, The Warehouse, Kansas City Art Institute, Kansas City, MO, United States
2025 Trifocal, East Building, Kansas City Art Institute, Kansas City, MO, United States
2025 Caught in Motion, Lester-Goldman Gallery, Kansas City Art Institute, Kansas City, MO, United States
Screenings & Festivals
2026 Magic Lantern, Epperson Auditorium, Kansas City, MO, United States
2024 Magic Lantern, Screenland, Kansas City, MO, United States
Media Appearances
2025 “Sound in Radio Art” KKFI 90.1 FM Kansas City Community Radio, 29 January 2025
2026
7” x 14”, double weave pickup with cotton yarns
- A simple 3 frame walk cycle I made this summer to practice animation basics on the loom. It is reversable (the opposite side can be seen in the gallery page.) The grid system of plain weave pickup is actually incredibly helpful to maintain proportions while “advancing frames.” I like to animate frame by frame on a single page, where I can visually estimate because of smaller scale drawing, but for this, and especially going forward with larger, more complex motions, the grid is a tool to rely on. Another observation I had is that this method of animating is highly similar to flipnote drawing on a DS, and I am exploring ways to mimic screentones and other textural effects, either with patterns or with paint/inks. More to come.