Artist CV

· BFA – Ceramics and Minor Psychology East Carolina University - May 2022, Greenville, NC 

· AA and AFA-Visual Arts Coastal Carolina Community College - May 2020, Jacksonville, NC 

· Business Administration Studies Campbell University – 2001 - 2002, Camp Lejeune, NC 

· Horticultural & Floricultural Studies Essex Ag & Tech – 1999 - 2000, Hawthorne, MA 

· Fine Arts Studies Northern Essex Community College - 1997 - 1999, Haverhill, MA 

· Diploma Georgetown Jr. & Sr. High School - 1995, Georgetown, MA

· Self Employed - Cat Viera Pottery, 2021 - current

· Educational Program Manager - North Carolina Pottery Center, 2023 – current

· Communications Manager – Starworks, 2022 – 2023

· Artist in Residence - North Carolina Pottery Center, 2022 – 2023

· Intern – Crystal King Pottery, 2021

· Ceramics Guild President, Vice President– ECU, January 2021 – 2022

· SGA Secretary - Coastal Carolina Community College, August 2019 - May 2020

· Committee Member & Artist - Creative Forces as Creative Discovery Studio, 2019 – 2022

· Treasurer, Secretary - Council for the Arts Jacksonville – Onslow, 2016 - 2020 

· Director of Art Institutes - Sturgeon City Jacksonville, NC, May 2018 - May 2021

· Special Events & Workshop Teacher-  Artworks, June 2016 - June 2019

· Registered Yoga Teacher, December 2016 – current

·  Artist, Cat Akerman Tattoos, August 2006 - September 2020

· Ticketing Manager, Administrative Assistant– Omega World Travel, 2001 – 2008

· Crew Leader - Lasting Impressions Plantscaping, 1998 – 2000

· Youth Art Teacher – YMCA, January 1997 - December 1997

· 2025 Group Exhibition, Bowled Over, NC Pottery Center

· 2025 Group Exhibition, A Cuppa, NC Pottery Center

· 2025 Group Exhibition, Water & Clay, Randolph Arts Guild

· 2024 Group Exhibition, Little Brown Jug + Dig Deeper, The Arts Center of the Capital Region 

· 2022 Solo Exhibition, ECU School of Art & Design Undergraduate Exhibition

· 2021 Group Exhibition, ECU Ceramics Guild

· 2020 Group Exhibition, ECU Ceramics Guild 

· 2020 Group Exhibition, CCCC Student Art Show

· 2019 Group Exhibition, CCCC 41st Annual Public Arts Show

· 2019 Group Exhibition, CCCC Student Art Show

· 2017 Group Exhibition, CFTA Jacksonville-Onslow Competitive Show

· 2016 Group Exhibition, Onslow Arts Society Juried Show

· 2016 Group Exhibition, CFTA Artblock Plein Air Show

· Taeylor Art Supply Scholarship, ECU 2021 – 2022

· Chancellor’s List, ECU 2020 – 2022

· Third Place, ECU Ceramics Guild Exhibition 2020

· "Great in the 58" NC Community Colleges Academic Excellence Award 2020

· CCCC President’s List 2018 – 2020

· CCCC Phi Theta Kappa’s Servant Leader Award 2020

· First Place, CCCC Student Art Show 2020

· First Place, CCCC 41st Annual Public Arts Show 2019

· Norman Rockwell Award, CCCC SGA Banquet 2019

· First Place, CCCC Student Art Show 2019

· First Place, CCCC Poster Contest 2019

· Honorable Mention, Council for the Arts Jacksonville-Onslow Competitive Show 2017

· Award of Excellence, Onslow Art Society Juried Art Show 2016

· First Place, ArtBlock: Plein Air Paint Out Festival Spring 2016

· Painted Bulldog Mascot, Marine Federal Credit Union 2020

· Painted Bulldog Mascot, CFTA Jacksonville-Onslow 2019

  Wheel throwing, modeling, hand-building, big pots, mold making, casting, extruding, slab building, sprigs, under-glaze hand-painting & transfers and other surface design techniques, kiln building, maintenance and repairs, firing methods: electric, gas, reduction, soda, salt, wood, glaze formulating, clay making, reclaiming, cement mixer, pug mills, wet tile saw, brick saw, chain saw, log splitter, band saw, table saw, miter saw, drills, welders, grinders, metal cutters, CNC router, laser etcher.