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MEAT SHooT

CASE STUDIES

CURATING THE COLLECTIVE CONSCIENCE

BUTTER Fine Art Fair by GANGGANG
Director of Curatorial Affairs | 2021 — 2023

Indiana Arts Commission
Region 5 Arts Partner, Community Foundation of Randolph County | 2020 — Current

Indianapolis Contemporary
Executive Director | 1/2020 — 4/2020
Director of Development | 4/2019 — 1/2020

Muncie Arts and Culture Council
Executive Director | 9/2017 — 1/2020
Marketing Coordinator | 6/2015 — 9/2017
Board of Directors | 1/2015 — 9/2017

60 on Center
Contract Curation, Artist Services | 2020 — Current

Final Fridays, David Owsley Museum of Art
Curator, Host | 2014 — 2019

City State Residency, Indianapolis
Director | 2017  

Gordy Fine Art & Framing Co.
Gallery + Production Manager | 2011 — 2017
Specialist Framer | 2007 — 2011

2024
Art and Design Advisory Group | The Park at 16 Tech | Indianapolis, IN
Guest Speaker | Herron School of Art and Design | Indianapolis, IN
Guest Speaker | Indiana Public Radio, Pop of Culture, S01 E13
Visiting Critic | Earlham College MFA Fine Art Capstone Course, Spring | Richmond, IN
Press | Art show meant for global audience lands inside woman’s living room by Jennifer Delgadillo | Mirror Indy
Guest Judge | Marion Design Co. Made Fashion Show | Marion, IN

2023
Curator | BUTTER Fine Art Fair | GANGGANG | Indianapolis, IN
Visiting Critic | Earlham College MFA Fine Art Capstone Course, Fall | Richmond, IN
Guest Speaker | Curating BUTTER | BUTTER Conversations Stage | Indianapolis, IN

2022
Curator | BUTTER Fine Art Fair | GANGGANG | Indianapolis, IN
Press | 2 Years After Racism Outcry, Indianapolis Embraces Black Artists by Sarah Bahr | New York Times
Guest Host | K.I.S.S. by SugarSpace Productions | StorageSpace Gallery | Indianapolis, IN
Artist/Curator-in-Residence | Satellite ART CLUB | Brooklyn, NY

2021
Curator | BUTTER Fine Art Fair | GANGGANG | Indianapolis, IN
Press | An Ethereal Night of Coming Together by Taylor Lewandowski | NUVO

2020
Press | Braydee Euliss Named Executive Director of Indianapolis Contemporary | Artforum
Guest Lecturer | David Owsley Museum of Art | Muncie. IN
Guest Curator | 10 East Arts Window Activations | Indianapolis, IN
Professor Du Jour | Death Factory | Virtual
Program Design Consultant | Artist Residency | Huntington Arts and Entrepreneurial Center | Huntington, IN

2019
Presenter | National Consortium of Creative Placemaking Leadership Summit | Cincinnati, OH
Presenter | Project for Public Spaces' 3rd International Placemaking Week | Chattanooga, TN

2018
Press | The Art of Investing in Your Community by Judy Wolf | BSU Alumni Magazine
Difference Maker Award | WLBC and WERK Radio | Muncie, IN

2017
Emerging Creative | Indiana Arts Commission

2016
20 Under 40 Next Generation Leader Award | M Magazine | Muncie, IN
Emerging Leader Scholarship | Shafer Leadership Academy | Muncie, IN
Panelist | Changing Spaces: Activating Space, Place, and Communities Through Nomadic Art Exhibition | Mid-American College Art Association Studio Shift | Cincinnati, OH
Visiting Artist | Taylor University | Upland, IN
Press | M Magazine: Top 20 Under 40, Fall 2016

2015
Mayor’s Arts Award for Next Generation Artist | Muncie, IN
Artist-in-Residence | Calumet Artist Residency | Gary, IN
Press |Pattern Magazine: The Makers
Press | M Magazine: Q & A with Local, Emerging Artists
Visiting Artist | Taylor University | Upland, IN

2014
Guest Curator | Union City Arts Festival | Union City, IN
Press | Modern Movement | M Magazine

2013
Artist-in-Residence | SELECT FAIR | Miami, FL

2010
Art Faculty Award for Outstanding Senior Art Student | Ball State University | Muncie, IN
Tom and Sharon Spoerner Award | Ball State University
Jim Lukin’s Hardwood Award | Ball State University | Muncie, IN

2009
Muncie Art Students League Annual BSU Student Art Award | Ball State University | Muncie, IN
Jim Lukin’s Hardwood Award | Ball State University | Muncie, IN
Lucia Mysch Scholarship Award | Ball State University | Muncie, IN
Merit Award | White Water Valley Annual Art Competition | Indiana University East | (Juror: Corin Hewitt, artist, Assistant Professor of Sculpture and Extended Media, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA)

2008
BSU Library Purchase Award | Ball State University | Muncie, IN

COMPANION
Owner/Director | 2021 — Current

WORN Jewelry
Owner | 2014 — Current

We're Trying Collective
Founding Member | 2016 — 2017

CritChat
Co-Founder | 2015 — 2017

Solo Exhibitions

MEAT SHooT | StorageSpace Gallery, Indianapolis, IN. 2019
Case Studies | GFAF Gallery, Muncie, IN. 2014
Contexture | SELECT FAIR, Miami, FL. 2013
Contexture | Marshall J. Gardner Center for the Arts. Gary, IN. 2012
Curating the Collective Conscience | Atrium Art Gallery. Muncie, IN. 2010

Select Group and Juried Exhibitions

2024
Radical Jewelry Makeover: Midwest Edition | Grunwald Gallery of Art, Bloomington, IN.

2023
Radical Makers: An Exhibition of Contemporary Jewelry | PlySpace Gallery. Muncie, IN.

2022
Making Their Mark | GFAF Gallery, Muncie, IN.

2013
23rd Minnetrista Annual Juried Art Show & Sale | Minnetrista. Muncie, IN
Whitewater Valley Annual Art Competition | Indiana University East. Richmond, IN. (Juror: Buzz Spector, artist, Professor of Art, Sam Fox School of Design & Visual Arts at Washington University, St. Louis, MO)

2012
Bodega | Murphy Arts Building. Indianapolis, IN
Open Space: Art About the Land | Minnetrista, Muncie, IN

2011
Nina B. Marshall Memorial Women Faculty and Student Art Exhibit. Atrium Gallery. Muncie, IN
21st Minnetrista Annual Juried Art Show & Sale. Minnetrista, Muncie, IN
Illicit Explicit. Refresh Gallery. Muncie, IN

2010
75th Annual Student Art Show. Ball State University Museum of Art. Muncie, IN
Bookish. The Center Gallery. Muncie, IN

2009
19th Minnetrista Annual Juried Art Show & Sale. Minnetrista. Muncie, IN
74th Annual Student Art Show. Ball State University Museum of Art. Muncie, IN
Reclaim, Reuse, Renew. Atrium Gallery. Ball State University. Muncie, IN
Whitewater Valley Annual Art Competition. Indiana University East. Richmond, IN. (Juror: Corin Hewitt, artist, Assistant Professor of Sculpture and Extended Media, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA)