EDUCATION
2020         BFA, Printmaking Major, Graphic Design and Book Concentration, Maryland Institute College 
                   of Art, Baltimore, MD, magna cum laude
2022         MA, Teaching, Maryland Institute College of Art, Baltimore, MD

TEACHING EXPERIENCE 
Current     Secondary Visual Arts Teacher, Baltimore Polytechnic Institute   
2022            Secondary Visual Arts Teacher, Baltimore Polytechnic Institute  
                    Student Teacher, Baltimore Design School 
                    Student Teacher, Dundalk Elementary School
2021            Student Teacher, Southwest Baltimore Charter School
                    The Putney School Summer Arts Co-Teacher & Workshop Leader, The Putney School
                    Digital Arts Teacher(8th grade), Charles Hart Middle School (DCPS)
                    Media Arts After School Teacher(5th & 6th grade), Beacon Heights Elementary School
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE / INTERNSHIPS
2021           Employer Relations Design, Center for Career Development
2020          Graduate Teaching Intern, Printmaking Department, Maryland Institute College of Art 
                   Graphic Designer, Social Media & Multimedia, Baltimore City Health Department Commissioner
                   Dolphin Press & Print Coordinator, Dolphin Press & Print
                   Women of Color Collective Programmer, Center for Identity and Inclusion
2019           Dolphin Press & Print Coordinator, Dolphin Press & Print
                   Women of Color Collective Programmer, Center for Identity and Inclusion
                   Arts Administration Intern, Mid Atlantic Arts Foundation 
                   Annual Benefit Fashion Show Director, Center for Identity and Inclusion
2018           Student Space Gallery Jury Member, Center for Student Engagement 
                   Artist Book Editioning & Project Coordinator, Gizem Vural Artist Collaboration, Dolphin Press & Print
                   Printing Intern, Globe Collection and Press 
2017           Master Printer & Project Coordinator, James Siena Artist Collaboration, Dolphin Press & Print
                   Program Manager, Center for Student Engagement 
                   Art Teacher, Arlington Artist Alliance Summer Art Intensive 

GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2024         MESH: A Juried Screenprinting SHOW, Pyramid Atlantic Art Center, silver spring, MD
2022         MAT Studio Thesis Exhibition, Sheila & Richard Riggs Gallery, Baltimore, MD
2021          Extra Bold Juried Exhibition, Online and Brown Center Gallery, Baltimore, MD
2020         We, The People, Main 0 Gallery, Baltimore, MD
                  Letterpress Hullabaloo 2020, Christel DeHaan Fine Arts Center Gallery, Indianapolis, IN
2019          Eleven by Fifteen, 1515 Gallery, Baltimore, MD
                  NEA Grant Funded Printer’s Camp Exhibition, Baltimore, MD
                  James Siena: Resonance Under Pressure, Philadelphia, PA
                  New Impressions, Hamilton Wood Type & Printing Museum, Two Rivers, WI
                  Concentrate: Pages of the Past, 1515 Gallery, Maryland Institute College of Art, Baltimore, MD 
2018          What’s Left, Right, 1515 Gallery, Baltimore, MD
                  Black Embodiment, Rosenberg Gallery, Baltimore, MD (Curator Lauren Jackson)
2017          Blackout: An Extension of Negro Propaganda, Rosenberg Gallery, Baltimore, MD
                  Printmaking Department Juried Exhibition, Pinkard Gallery, Baltimore, MD
                  Foundation Exhibition, Pinkard Gallery, Baltimore, MD
AWARDS / RESIDENCIES 
2024         Maryland Art Educator Association state award, agent of change award
2023         Baltimore city public schools Fine ARTS TEACHER AWARD, VisuAL ART EDUCAtOR EaRLY CAREER AWARD 
2022         Maryland Art Educator Association Pre-Service Teacher of the Year
                  Patricia Lion Krongard '76 Art Education Award
                  Alumni Award for Student Leadership, Baltimore, MD 
2020         Leslie King Hammond Graduate Fellowship Award, Baltimore, MD
2019          Printing Residency, NEA Grant Funded Printer’s Camp at Globe Collection and Press 
                  Outstanding Achievement in Leadership Award, Baltimore, MD
                  Carrie Macedonia ‘03 Memorial Scholarship Award, Baltimore, MD 
2018          Achievement Award, Baltimore, MD
2016          Presidential Scholarship, Baltimore, MD
                  Creative Vision Award, Baltimore, MD

PUBLICATIONs
2024         voyage Baltimore, Baltimore's most inspiring stores, “Life & work with Lauren Jackson” 
2019         Hamilton New Impressions Exhibition Catalog 2019, “Lauren Jackson” 
2018         Printmaking Publication, “Lauren Jackson”

COLLECTIONS
2019         Higher Pedestal, Dolphin Press & Print, Baltimore, MD
                 Black is More Than, Hamilton Wood Type & Museum, Two Rivers, WI 

ARTIST LECTURES / PRESENTATIONS
2023        Teaching philosophy PRESENTATION, National Art Education Association NATIONAL CONVENTION
2021        Guest Artist Lecture, University of California Santa Barbara
2020       Visualizing Untold Histories of Art Education, Maryland Art Education Association
                Four Womanist Artist Share Life Stories, Maryland Institute College of Art Graduate Studies
                Cafe con Leche Guest Lecture Series, Relative Opacity
                Mid Atlantic Print Council, Power of Print Virtual Symposium
                Washingtonian Magazine Creative Team, Virtual Artist Talk 
                Makeready 2020, A [VIRTUAL] Symposium for Letterpress Educator

PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS 
                 Dolphin Press & Print @ MICA 
                 Globe Collection and Press at MICA 
                 Mid Atlantic Arts Foundation
                 International Print Center New York
                 Maryland Institute College of Art Black Student Union  
                 Moore College of Art and Design 
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