CURRENTLY
Lives and works between Boiling Springs, PA and Portland, OR
Board member and co-programming director at the Carlisle Tool Library in Carlisle, PA
MFA Candidate in Art and Social Practice at Portland State University
Freelance theatrical design, fabrication, paint, refinishing, and architectural restoration/conservation
COLLABORATIVE PERFORMANCE
2020 Here Town (with Valley Traction)
Carlisle Theatre storefront windows in Carlisle, PA
2020 BIOSPHERE 3 (with Valley Traction)
My home in Boiling Springs, PA
2020 Carlisle Tool Library Telethon (with Valley Traction)
Live-streamed online from several PA locations
2018 Paradiz’d (with Kent Barrett)
The Cubiculo in Carlisle, PA
FACILITATION and TEACHING
2020 Conversation Facilitator: LGBT History Project of Central PA presentation at Open Stage, Harrisburg, PA
with Archivist Malinda Triller-Doran and Historian/Storyteller Barry Loveland
2019 Graduate Teaching Assistant, Portland State University: Wearables with Professor Alison Heryer
2017-19 Sewing and Mending Workshop Leader at the Carlisle Tool Library, Carlisle, PA
2016-17 Still Life Drawing Gathering Facilitator at the Millworks in Harrisburg, PA
EDUCATION
2019-ongoing MFA degree candidate in Art and Social Practice, Portland State University in Portland, OR
2016-17 Wool-Processing Apprentice, Gurdy Run Woolen Mill in Halifax, PA
2011 BFA degree in Theatrical Design and Technology, minor: anthropology, Syracuse University in Syracuse, NY
2010 Millinery Apprentice, Lynne Mackey Millinery in New York, NY
2010 Puppetry Apprentice, Open Hand Puppet Theater in Syracuse, NY
2008 Scenography Apprentice, Teatro del Maggio Musicale in Florence, Italy
ART EXHIBITIONS
2019 Unsolicited Submissions, Ejecta Projects, Carlisle, PA (group)
2019 Alterations, Carlisle Arts Learning Center, Carlisle, PA (group)
2018 Art of the State, State Museum of Pennsylvania, Harrisburg, PA (group)
2018 Member Show, Carlisle Arts Learning Center, Carlisle, PA (group)
2017 Vessels, Susquehanna Art Museum, Harrisburg, PA (group)
2017 Making in Place, The Schuylkill Center, Philadelphia, PA (group)
2017 Conversations, Legend Galleries, Philadelphia, PA (group)
2016 XXChange, Area 405, Baltimore, MD (group)
2016 Art in the Open, Schuylkill River Bank Park, Philadelphia, PA (group)
2016 Millworks Artist Feature, The Millworks, Harrisburg, PA (group)
2015 Occupying Memory, Mojave National Preserve, CA (solo)
RESIDENCIES
2016 Vermont Studio Center, Johnson, VT
2015-17 Millworks Resident Artist, Harrisburg, PA
2014-15 National Park Artist Residency at the Mojave National Preserve, Kelso, CA
RESTORATION, CONSERVATION, PAINT/FINISHING, AND RELATED LABOR
2017-2019, Moffitt-Smith Furniture Restoration, Mechanicsburg, PA
2015-ongoing, Johnson and Griffiths Studio architectural restoration, Harrisburg, PA
2011-15, theatrical scenic shops, paint shops, and work calls (various), New York, NY
SET DESIGN
2020 Amelie Open Stage (Harrisburg, PA)
Director: Stuart Landon
2019 Unknown (wearable sculpture co-design with Kent Barrett), Teatro de Ciudad, Mexico City, MX
Director: Charlotte Brathwaite
2017 Fiction, A Midsummer Night’s Dream, 1984, Pendragon Theater (Saranac Lake, NY)
Directors: Allison Studdiford, Karen Kirkham, Mason Wagner
2017 Spiegelgarden Bar, Rochester Fringe Festival (Rochester, NY)
2016 Spitfire Grill, Syracuse University (Syracuse, NY)
Director: Ralph Zito
2015 Forever Plaid, Rocky Mountain Repertory Theater (Grand Lake, CO)
Director: Michael Querio
2015 The Addams Family (co-design with Kent Barrett), Rocky Mountain Repertory Theater (CO)
Director: Michael Querio
2014 Double Trouble, Rocky Mountain Repertory Theater (CO)
Director: Jeff Duke
2013 Kinds of Light, The Tank NYC (New York, NY)
Creator/Director: Summer Shapiro
2013 The Humanest, Incubator Arts Project (New York, NY)
Creator/Director: Peter Musante
2012 Butoh Electra, Irondale Center (New York, NY)
Adaptation: Jordan Rosin
THEATRICAL FABRICATION AND PAINT
her work has been seen at Harlem Stage, The Kennedy Center Atrium, The Vineyard Theater, 42nd Street Stages, New World Stages, The Brooks Atkinson Theater, The McKittrick Hotel, Chernuchin Theater, Rocky Mountain Repertory Theater, Syracuse University's Storch Theater, Pendragon Theater, and Incubator Arts Project, among others
SELECT ART AND SCENERY FABRICATION
2019 Moon Medicin, The Kennedy Center, Washington D.C. (headpiece design/fabrication and art assistant)
Artists: Sanford Biggers and Abigail DeVille
Director: Charlotte Brathwaite
2017 Empire State Works in Progress, The Whitney Museum, NY
Artist: Abigail DeVille
Director: Charlotte Brathwaite
2016 Only When It’s Dark Enough Can You See the Stars, The Peale Museum, MD
(presented by The Contemporary)
Artist: Abigail DeVille
2015 The Day the Earth Stood Still, @ Radcliffe Instuitute, MA
Artist: Abigail DeVille
2015 Prophetika: An Oratorio, La Mama Club, NY
Set Design: Abigail DeVille
Director: Charlotte Brathwaite
2013 The Explorers’ Club, Manhattan Theater Club, NY
Set Design: Donyale Werle
2012 Once on this Island, Paper Mill Playhouse, NJ
Set Design: Donyale Werle