Education   
                                        
2007                 M.F.A. Studio Art, University of Arizona

2003                 B.F.A. Studio Art, University of Alabama at Birmingham, (summa cum laude)
                          Arts Management, Brenau University, Gainesville, GA

Employment and Experience     

2005- Present   Professor of Record, 3-D Design, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ

2005, 2006        Professor of Record, Beginning Ceramics, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ

2005                   Teaching Assistant, Beginning Ceramics, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ

2004                   Teaching Assistant, 3-D Design, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ                       

2004- 2006        Public Art and Installation Assistant to Moira Geoffrion, Tucson, AZ

2005                   Installation Assistant, Justine Cooper, Rapt II Installation,
                                          UAB Visual Arts Gallery, Birmingham, AL

2003-2004         UAB Visual Art Gallery Installation Assistant, Birmingham, AL

2003-2004         ItWorks Productions, Digital Video Editor, Birmingham, AL

2002-2004         Chip Shots Photography, Staff Photographer, Birmingham, AL

2002-2004         Edgewood Frame Shop, Conservation Framer, Birmingham, AL

2001-2003         Sloss Furnace Historical Landmark Casting Volunteer, Birmingham, AL                

2001-2002         Gallery Assistant, Blue Shirt Project, Birmingham, AL

1999-2000         Gallery Assistant and Docent, Brenau University Galleries, Gainesville, GA

 
Exhibitions

2007                 Voyeur Collective, International Video Collective, www.voyeurcollective.com
                                    The Launch, 69 Smith Street Gallery, Fitzroy, Australia
                                    Art Melbourne 07, The Royal Exhibition Building, Carlton, Australia
                                    Zurich, Switzerland
                                    Helsinki, Finland
                                    Amsterdam, Holland

                          Combined Talents:  Florida International, International Juried Exhibition (catalogue),                                                     Florida State University Museum of Fine Arts, Tallahassee, FL

                          Arthur’s Curatorial Debut, screening of “Wrapped,” International Juried Film Festival,
                                    Film and Video 825 in association with Echo Park Film Center, Los Angeles, CA

                          The Human Presence, Regional Invitational, Gallery Centella, Tucson, AZ

                          Memorializing Conflict, National Juried Exhibition, Lionel Rombach Gallery,
                                    University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ
  
                          The Kitchen Goddess, National Juried Exhibition, Lakewood Cultural Center,                                                                         Lakewood, CO

                          Ideas of Home and Travel, (exchange portfolio) Aberystwyth School of Art, Wales and
                                    The University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ

                          Masters of Fine Arts Show, (catalogue) University of Arizona Museum of Art, Tucson, AZ


2006                 SECAC/MACAA Membership Exhibition, The Parthenon, Nashville, TN
                                    National Juried Exhibition, Juror Eleanor Heartney

                          Disturbed Domestic, Lionel Rombach Gallery, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ
                                    Two-person exhibition and collaboration. Artist Talk in association with the exhibition

                          Mimesis 2006, Regional Invitational, Kachina Gallery, Tucson, AZ

                          Her Shorts: 1st Annual Women’s International Video Festival, Members Screening of                                     “The MeatCutter,”Dinnerware Contemporary Arts Gallery, Tucson, AZ

                          Home_Home, National Invitational, Dinnerware Contemporary Arts Gallery, Tucson, AZ
                                    Artist Talk in association with the exhibition


2005                 Old School, New School, No School, National Juried Exhibition,
                                    Carbon County Cultural Project, Jim Thorpe, PA

                          Snap to Grid, International Exhibition, Los Angeles Center for Digital Art, Los Angeles, CA

                          Inertia 2005, National Juried Exhibition, Juror Jeff Jahn, Gallery 500, Portland, OR

                          Combining Media, Regional Exhibition, Fremont House, Tucson, AZ

                          Le Salon des Refuses, Regional Invitational, Dinnerware Contemporary Arts Gallery,        
                                    Tucson, AZ

                          The Seven Ages of Man, National Juried Exhibition, Lionel Rombach Gallery,
                                    University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ

2004                 21st Annual Magic City Art Connection, Regional Art Fair, Birmingham, AL

2003                 UAB 28th Annual Juried Exhibition, (Two Awards of Distinction), Regional, Birmingham, AL
                                    Juror John Simon, Jr.

                          Sidewalk Film Festival, International Juried, “Love Thy Neighbor” screening, Birmingham, AL

                          Foreseeing, Installation at Bare Hands Gallery, Birmingham, AL

                          Ashley Little, Kristin Smith, Janice Weeks, Three-person exhibition,
                                    UAB Visual Arts Gallery, Birmingham, AL

                          UAB 27th Annual Juried Exhibition, Regional, Juror Mirko Ilic, Birmingham, AL               

                          Digital City Films, Regional Invitational, IMAX film screening of “Love Thy Neighbor”
                                    at the McWane Center, Birmingham, AL

                          UAB at UAT, Regional Invitational exhibition, University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa, AL

2001                 First Annual Juried Exhibition, Regional, Blue Shirt Project, Birmingham, AL
                                   Juror Wendy Jarvis, Bare Hands Gallery, Birmingham, AL

                          UAB 25th Annual Juried Exhibition, (Award of Distinction),Regional, Birmingham, AL
                                    Juror Mark Messersmith, Florida State University

2000                 Brenau Collaborative, Regional Juried Show, Brenau Presidents Gallery, Gainesville, GA

 
Grants and Awards

2007                 Tucson Pima Arts Council, Plugged Video Collective Operations Grant

                          Tucson Arts Coalition, PerformIT festival Operations Grant

2006                 Barbara Grygutis Scholarship, University of Arizona

                          Dennis Jones/Steelcase Scholarship, University of Arizona

                          Arizona Commission on the Arts Professional Development Grant

2005                 College of Fine Arts Dean’s Fund for Excellence Award, University of Arizona

                          College of Fine Arts Small Grant Award, University of Arizona

                          Arizona Commission on the Arts Professional Development Grant

                          Medici Grant, University of Arizona

                          Stephen Langmade Scholarship, University of Arizona

2004                 Josette Pignato Scholarship, University of Arizona

1999                 Jessica Loftis Memorial Scholarship, Jefferson County International Baccalaureate School, AL

                          Marie Kirkland Scholarship, Royal Neighbors Association

                          Brenau University Presidential Scholarship

 

Service / Outreach

                          Plugged Women’s Video Art Collective, Co-Director, Tucson, AZ

                          PerformIT 2007, Co-curated, co-founded, co-organized the first Tucson
                                    Performance Art Festival

                          Her Shorts: Women’s International Video Art Festival, Co-curated, co-founded,
                                    co-organized the annual festival,first screened in 2006, in Tucson, AZ

2005                 One Night Stand, Exhibition Co-Curated with Alan Skees, Fremont House, Tucson, AZ

                          Dinnerware Contemporary Arts: 24th Annual Art Auction, Auction Donation, Tucson, AZ

2004                 Imagination Festival, Children’s Art Fair Project Leader, Birmingham, AL

                          Raise the Voice, 2nd Annual Art Auction benefiting Rape Response and Crisis Center, Auction                                     Donation, Birmingham, AL

2003                 Art From The Heart, Auction Donation, Studio By the Tracks, Birmingham, AL

                          Raise the Voice, 1st Annual Art Auction benefiting Rape Response and Crisis Center, Auction                                     Donation, Birmingham, AL

Bibliography

2006                 Eichenbaum, Randi, “Not So ‘Desperate’ Housewives,” Arizona Daily Wildcat, Sept. 7, p.15,21

                          Mirocha, Anna, “Creativity Begins at Home,” Tucson Weekly, Aug 31-Sept 6, p27.

2005                 Bovee, Katherine, “Maintain Full Speed,” www.portlandart.net Sept. 2005.

2000                 Photographs Ballerina and Dancer published in literary magazine, The Elixir
                                    Brenau University, Gainesville, Georgia