I am a third generation art educator. I was fortunate to be raised in a family where art making was valued and encouraged. In my work as a teaching artist, I strive to help students to connect with their innate sense of agency and competence by combining technical instruction with process based art. Providing students the skills they need to feel comfortable directing the outcomes of their work is central to my pedagogy.
My art practice is rooted in research and experimentation. I work primarily in textile, printmaking, and environmental art. While these practices deeply inform my teaching, exchange with students offers rich ground for experimentation and allows me to explore and continue to build skill across diverse media. I have taught classes in printmaking, sewing and garment design, painting, drawing, and sculpture to students ranging in age from pre-k through older adulthood. Having taught primarily in Title I schools and public libraries, I am committed to supporting students of all backgrounds, abilities, and stages of life to feel and know that art is for them.
Teaching Experience
In-School Programs
Bookmakers Club at EVCS PS 19, Citation Needed Press, New York, NY, 2026
Sustainable Fashion Series at Forsyth Satellite Academy, The Level Up Project (TLUP), New York NY, 2026
Punk Fashion at Forsyth Satellite Academy, TLUP, New York NY, 2025
Juneteenth Cyanotype Workshop at Forsyth Satellite Academy, TLUP, New York NY, 2025
Soft Sculpture Workshop SeriesWorkshop at Forsyth Satellite Academy, TLUP, New York NY, 2025
Sustainable Fashion Intensive at Harvest Collegiate High School, Harvest Collegiate High School, New York, NY, 2024
Garment Design Workshop Series, TLUP, Forsyth Satellite Academy, New York, NY, 2024
Student Mural Project at PS 88Q The Seneca School, Supermoon Community Art Space, Ridgewood, NY, 2022
After School and Summer Art Classes for Children, Supermoon Community Art Space, Ridgewood NY, 2022-3
In-school art instruction at Joseph F Quinn IS 77, Supermoon Community Art Space, Ridgewood NY, 2022
Library Workshop Series
Open Sew, Clinton Hill Library, Brooklyn, NY, 2026
Sewing Workshop Series, Clinton Hill Library, Brooklyn, NY, 2025
Teen Art Studio, QPL at Ridgewood, Ridgewood, NY, 2023
Adult Art Workshop Series, QPL at Ridgewood, Ridgewood, NY, 2023
Learn to Sew For Teens, QPL at Ridgewood, Ridgewood, NY, 2023
Teen Printmaking Series, QPL at Ridgewood, Ridgewood, NY, 2023
Selected Workshops
Heat Stories: Memory, Place, and a Changing Climate, Queens Landing Boathouse, Long Island City, NY, 2026
Collaborative Weaving, Flushing Town Hall, Flushing, NY, 2025
Woven Collage, The Peter Bullough Foundation, Winchester, VA, 2025
Printmaking workshop and lecture: The Work of Art: WPA Prints from the QPL Archives, 2025
Interwoven Home: A Community Weaving Project, Teaching Artist, Queens Memory Project, Queens Public Library (QPL), and the American Folk Art Museum, Queens, NY, 2023