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
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
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
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