EDUCATION
Master of Fine Arts; School of Art, University of Washington; Seattle, Washington; 2000
Bachelor of Fine Arts; Tyler School of Art, Temple University; Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; 1995

SELECTED EXHIBITIONS
Performances
2024 along the edge of human-shaped emptiness; A! Performance Art Festival, Akureyri Art Museum, Iceland (forthcoming)
to my small hearth, his fire came; “In a Room by the Ocean” exhibition, Rockland, ME (forthcoming)
The Baptism of my Wounds and Scars; Satellite Art Show; New York, NY
to my small hearth, his fire came; Riga Performance Festival: Starptelpa; Riga, Latvia
to my small hearth, his fire came; PAW XII, Emmanuel Art Gallery, University of Colorado- Auraria; Denver, CO
Thresholds unraveled- bell tower [screening]; PAW Xtra Large; historic Daniels & Fisher Tower; Denver, CO
2023 Monstrous and Terrible to Behold; Edible Bodies, Glass House, New Paltz, NY
to my small hearth, his fire came; Deiglan, Akureyri, Iceland
2022 Inescapable Presence; Art in Odd Places Festival, New York, NY
Monstrous and Terrible to Behold; Lyman Alynn Museum, New London, CT
a brittleness; PAW X, Emmanuel Art Gallery, University of Colorado- Auraria; Denver, CO
The Dividing Line [shifts]- bell tower [screening]; PAW Xtra Large; historic Daniels & Fisher Tower; Denver CO
2019 2375; IMRC, University of Maine, Orono, ME
The Dividing Line [shifts]- screening; Line Bridge Body; Majlis Art Garden; Toronto, Canada [canceled due to illness]
The Dividing Line [shifts]- screening; STAGED ON SCREEN; Tate Modern Museum; London, UK
2375; Starptelpa Performance Festival; Latvian Center for Performance Art; Riga, Latvia
a cutting in; ITINERANT PAF; Grace Exhibition Space, NYC
to have, to hold; This is the Silence I wanted to Break in You [exhibition]; Stockholm University, Sweden
2375; That’s What She Said [exhibition]; Edwin Zoller Gallery, Penn State University, State College, PA
2018 to have, to hold; NEXUS during Miami Art Week; Lummus Park; Miami, FL
pangs of; Alive at Satellite; Satellite Art Show during Miami Art Week; Ice Palace Studios; Miami, FL
pangs of; Vanishing PAF; Mudlark Theater, New Orleans, LA
The Burden of This; Tempting Failure Biennial of Performance Art & Noise; London, UK
The Burden of This; ITINERANT PAF; Queens Museum, NY
The Burden of This; Ohio University Galleries; Athens, OH
Memorial [Luzerne County]; Wilkes University, Wilkes Barre, PA
2017 Memorial [Lehigh County]; Ronald K DeLong Gallery, Penn State University Lehigh Valley; Center Valley, PA
The Burden of This; Pittsburgh Performance Art Festival; Pittsburgh, PA
2016 A Transfiguration of Longing; Vertigo Performance Series, Waterloo Center for the Arts; Cedar Falls, Iowa
2013 This Time Will Be Perfect; Can Serrat International Arts Center; El Bruch, Spain

Solo and Two-Person Exhibitions
2019 Of Lines and Familiar Thresholds; Litehaus Galerie + Projektraum; Berlin, Germany
2017 a measure of (solo); Ronald K DeLong Gallery; Penn State University; Center Valley, PA*
2015 Bearing Witness (solo); Edwards Center for Art and Dance Main Gallery; Bowdoin College; Brunswick, ME
2014 Breath on a Mirror (solo); Pullen Gallery, University of Maine at Presque Isle
2012 H(squared): recent work of Hyrum Benson and Heather Sincavage; Reed Fine Art Gallery; University of Maine at Presque Isle
2011 Iniciar (solo); Croft Art Gallery; Waco, TX
Architect’s Daughter and the Seamstress (solo); Galeria Calvo y Mayayo; Zaragoza, Spain
2009 Heather Sincavage: Curator Showcase (solo); Asociacion de Venecinos o San Jose, Zaragoza, Spain
2008 Releasing Butterflies (solo); Gallery 908; Reading, PA

Group Exhibitions
2024 In a Room by the Ocean, Performance Art Initiative exhibition; Rockland, ME
2023 Betwixt and Between: Liminal Moments from the UNI Permanent Art Collection; University of Northern Iowa Gallery, Cedar Falls, IA;
Darrell George, curator
Paroxysm; Westbeth Gallery; New York, NY; Alison Pirie, curator
As Per-Formed; CU Denver Experience Gallery; Denver, CO
2021 Solo Lab 5; Common Ground Gallery, VisArts; Rockville, MD
Projection Project: Bridging Perspectives; Penn State Lehigh Valley, Ronald K. De Long Gallery, Center Valley, PA
2020 Staying Relevant: Making during times of Division; Linder Gallery, Keystone College; La Plume, PA; Katie Hovencamp, curator
Herstory Then & Now, Circle Center for the Arts; Wilkes Barre, PA
Spirits of Isolation: An International Exhibition of Artwork produced during the Coronavirus Pandemic; NAP Connection, PA
2018 New Now; InLiquid Gallery, Crane Center for the Arts; Philadelphia, PA
Temporal Corporal: A Broad Scope of Performance Art; Ohio University Galleries; Athens, OH*
Nasty Women; Bradbury Sullivan LGBT Center, Allentown, PA
Contemporary Renaissance Women; Banana Factory, Bethlehem, PA
Constructing a Body; InLiquid Gallery, Crane Center for the Arts; Philadelphia, PA
2016 Converge; SIM Gallery, Reykjavik, Iceland
Memory Palace; Manifest Gallery, Cincinnati, OH
Free For All; SPACE Gallery; Portland, ME
2015 26th Annual Invitational Small Works Salon; New Arts Program, Kutztown, PA
2014   How We See Her; Foundry Art Centre; St. Louis, MO
Take Me With You; John Michael Kohler Arts Center; Sheboygan, WI
2013   Generations IX; Red/Pink Show; A.I.R. Gallery; Brooklyn, NY
8th Street Bridge Turns 100, invitational exhibition; Gallery at Penn State Lehigh Valley, Center Valley, PA*
Side Show; Heiska Historical Homestead; Hameenkyro, Finland*
2012 Homefront Heroes, invitational exhibition; Gallery at Penn State Lehigh Valley, Center Valley, PA
Closer to Home; Centro de Historia de Zaragoza; Zaragoza, Spain
2011 Razon vs. Locura; Periferias Festival; Centro Cultural Del Matadero; Huesca, Spain; curated Artix Creativo Espacio*
Juxtaposed; Six Summit Gallery, Ivoryton, CT; Alyssa Monks, curator
In Our Body- revisited; Painted Bride Art Center; Philadelphia, PA; Leah MacDonald, curator
URBN, representing Inliquid for the Philadelphia International Festival of the Arts, Philadelphia, PA
2010 More Serious Business; Fowler Art Center, Northampton Community College; Bethlehem, PA
Self; Croft Art Gallery
Aut(e)omatas; Centro de Historia de Zaragoza; curated by Sergio Muro
2009   Visual Notations and Mark Making; Girdler Gallery, Lehigh University, Bethlehem, PA
Anything Goes- todo vale-; El Jardin de las Delicias, Zaragoza, Spain*
2007   18th Annual New Arts Program Salon Invitational; New Arts Program, Kutztown, PA
In Response to Healing; traveling nationally to Kutztown University; Gallery 908; Penn State University, State College, PA; Ohio State University, Newark, OH; University of Arkansas, curated by Peg Spiers, PhD
2005   16th Annual New Arts Program Salon Invitational; New Arts Program, Kutztown, PA
2004   Womenkind; Black Cultural Arts Center, Lafayette College; Easton, PA
Crossing the Line: Wearable to Unwearable; Ben Shahn Court Gallery, William Paterson University; Wayne, NJ,* curated by Nisha Drinkard
(un)Wearable; Williams Center for the Arts, Lafayette College, Easton, PA, curated by Maria Kastronakis

Site-Specific Installations
2013 The Sentinels; Arteles Creative Center; Hameenkyro, Finland
2010 Architect’s Daughter; Arts Lehigh, Lehigh University, Bethlehem, PA
2008 she her i: a portrait of women; Rodale Family Gallery, Baum School of Art, Allentown, PA

PUBLICATIONS
Peer Reviewed
Sincavage, Heather; Women’s Work: The ‘inescapable presence’ of intimate partner violence; Performance Research Journal; 2024, volume 28; pgs 88-93, Taylor & Francis Group

Sincavage, Heather; The Burden of This; Line Bridge Body; 2020, volume 1; pgs 8-18, editors: Sanja Jano, Jonathan Adjeman, A.T. Kingsmith

Exhibition Catalogues
Re-Examining Embrace of the Tree: Rose O’Neill’s Art as Advocacy for Women; ‘The One Rose: Celebrating the Life and Legacy of Rose O’Neill’ exhibition catalogue; Sordoni Art Gallery; 2023; pgs. 25–34

David Driskell: the Artist in Residence- the gift of time and friendship; ‘David C. Driskell & Friends: Creativity, Collaboration, & Friendship’ exhibition catalogue; David C. Driskell Center; 2022; pgs 13-22

Juan Logan Elegy for Lost Souls; ’Elegy for Lost Souls’ exhibition catalogue, Galerie Kremer; Berlin, Germany; 2022

Skinning the Wolf: The Transformation of Women in the Work of Martha Posner; ‘Brutal Beauty’ exhibition catalogue; Sordoni Art Gallery, Wilkes University; 2021; pgs. 8–18

As Told By The Body; ‘Loud Silence: Expressions of Activism’ exhibition catalogue; Sordoni Art Gallery, Wilkes University; 2018; pgs. 4–13

The Making of an Icon; ’15 Minutes from Image to Icon: the work of Andy Warhol’ exhibition catalogue; Sordoni Art Gallery, Wilkes University; 2017; pgs. 2–8

The Emotional Body; ‘This Too Shall Pass: Mirandah Akeley & Corbett Fogue’ exhibition catalogue; Sordoni Art Gallery, Wilkes University; 2017; pgs. 8–12

SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY
BACON, T. J. “Section Four: The Perception of Self/s.” Introduction to the Phenomenology of Performance Art Self/s, Intellect Books/UNIV OF CHICAGO PRESS, S.l., 2022

Machetti, Irene, “Mimetic Food: how Heather Sincavage exposes trauma and heals from it:” FAD Magazine; April 2019

“Heather Sincavage;” Emergency Index: an annual document of performance practice, volume 7; Ugly Duckling Presse

“Salon 2017”; Peripheral Vision, No. 7; Peripheral Vision Press

“Heather Sincavage;” Emergency Index: an annual document of performance practice, volume 6; Ugly Duckling Presse

"Profile: Heather Sincavage;" Studio Visit Magazine: a selection of international artists; juried by Jessica Roscio, curator of the Danforth Art Museum, Framingham, MA; Spring 2017

“Profile: Heather Sincavage;” Studio Visit Magazine: a selection of international artists; juried by Trevor Richardson, curator of the Herter Art Gallery, University of Massachusetts, Amherst; Spring 2014

“Profile: Heather Sincavage;” Studio Visit Magazine: a selection of international artists; juried by Ian Berry, curator of the Tang Teaching Museum and Art Gallery, Skidmore College; December 2011

“Crossing the Line: Wearable to Unwearable;” Nisha Drinkard; Surface Design Journal; Spring 2005

SELECTED ARTIST RESIDENCIES, AWARDS, & GRANTS
Residencies
2023 Gil Residency; Akureyri, Iceland
2021 Solo Lab 5; VisArts; Rockville, MD
2019 Centre for Substructured Loss; Berlin, Germany
2018 International Interdisciplinary Residency; Hospitalfield House; Arbroath, Scotland
2017 In the Hole Residency; Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada (awarded)
2016 SIM Artist Residency, Selijavegur; Reykjavik, Iceland
Arteles Creative Center; Hameenkyro, Finland (awarded)
2013    NES Artist Residency, NES Artist Residency, Skagastrond, Iceland
Can Serrat Residency, Can Serrat Centro de Actividades Artisticas, El Bruc, Spain
Arteles Creative Center; Hameenkyro, Finland
2010 Artist in Residence; Arts Lehigh, Lehigh University; Bethlehem, PA
2009 Artix Creativo Espacio Residency; Zaragoza, Spain
2008     Vermont Studio Center Residency; Johnson, Vermont
2007-2011   Resident Artist; Banana Factory Community Art Center; Bethlehem, PA

Awards
2023. Fulbright Scholar Finalist; Project- Breaking the Silence: #MeToo and the essential strategies for a social justice artistic process; Iceland
2022 Fulbright Scholar Alternate; Project- Breaking the Silence: #MeToo and the essential strategies for a social justice artistic process; Iceland
2018 Tanne Foundation Award; Boston, MA
2017 Wind Challenge Finalist, Fleisher Art Memorial, Philadelphia, PA
2014 Fulbright Scholar Finalist; Project- Fluxus, the Self, and Urban Renewal; Lithuania
2011 Arts Ovation Award- Outstanding Achievement in the Visual Arts; Allentown Arts Commission, Allentown, Pennsylvania
1999 Gonzales Award; School of Art, University of Washington; Seattle, WA
1998 Merit Portfolio Fellowship; School of Art, University of Washington; Seattle, WA

Grants & Fellowships
Personal
2024 FDC Type I grant, FDC Type II grant; Wilkes University
2022 FDC Type II grant, FDC Type III grant; Wilkes University
2019 FDC Type I grant, FDC Type II grant; Wilkes University
2018 FDC Type II grant; Wilkes University
2017 FDC Type II grant; Wilkes University
2013 Can Serrat Fellowship for Artist in Residence; Can Serrat Centro de Actividades Artisticas, El Bruch, Spain
Arteles Creative Center Fellowship for Artist in Residence; Hameenkyro, Finland
2009    Artix Fellowship for Artist in Residence; Artix Creativo Espacio; Zaragoza, Spain
2008    Pennsylvania Council on the Arts Project Stream Grant entitled Gift; Bethlehem, PA
VSC Fellowship for Artist in Residence; Vermont Studio Center; Johnson, Vermont
2007    Pennsylvania Council on the Arts Project Stream Grant for a project entitled she her i: a portrait of women; Allentown, PA

Institutional
2023 Teiger Foundation, collaborator with University of California Riverside and David C. Driskell Center, University of Maryland
2021 Pennsylvania Partners in the Arts Program Stream grant
2020 Pennsylvania Partners in the Arts Program Stream grant
2019 Pennsylvania Partners in the Arts Program Stream grant
2018 Pennsylvania Partners in the Arts Program Stream grant
2017 Pennsylvania Partners in the Arts Program Stream grant
2016 Pennsylvania Partners in the Arts Project Stream grant
2014 Our Town grant, National Endowment for the Arts
Elmina B. Sewall Foundation grant, Maine
2012 Creative Economy = Economic Development grant, Maine Arts Commission
2011 Arts Visibility Grant, Maine Arts Commission

CURATORIAL WORK
Curatorial Projects: * indicates catalog created; ** indicates catalog essay written by me
2022
David C. Driskell & Friends: Collaboration, Creativity, & Friendship, Works from the David C. Driskell Center, University of Maryland, co-curated with Dr. Sheila Bergman, University of California-Riverside and Prof. Curlee Holton, University of Maryland

2020
Brutal Beauty: The Role of Femininity in Mythology, the work of Martha Posner; Sordoni Art Gallery, Wilkes University (forthcoming)**
Lecture Series developed: Artist Lecture by Martha Posner; “ The Silencing of Women: The Normalization of Women’s Trauma in Art History,” Heather Sincavage, Director of Sordoni Art Gallery

2017
15 Minutes: From Image to Icon, the print work of Andy Warhol; Sordoni Art Gallery, Wilkes University**
Lecture Series developed: Curator’s Tour, “Andy Warhol is a V: Philosophical Bachelorhood and the Celibate Factory” by Benjamin Kahan, PhD; “Andy and the Rusyns” by Elaine Rusinko, PhD
Literary Journal created by Wilkes University poetry students in collaboration with Mischelle Anthony, PhD

This Too Shall Pass: Emerging Artist Biennial- Mirandah Akeley & Corbett Fogue; Sordoni Art Gallery, Wilkes University; Gallery Talk and Performance by Jeffrey Byrd and Corbett Fogue**

2015
Now and Then: Honoring the Legacy of the Arts at UMPI featuring 4 generations of UMPI alumni; Reed Gallery, University of Maine at Presque Isle; This exhibition dedicated the new location of the Reed Gallery; Live painting by Ken Lund, class of ‘96

Andy Warhol: Faces; Reed Gallery, University of Maine at Presque Isle; Gallery Talk offered. This exhibition featured new acquisitions from the Andy Warhol Foundation

2014
Bernard Langlais: The Man Behind the Owls; Reed Gallery, University of Maine at Presque Isle; Gallery Talk offered. This exhibition featured new acquisitions from the Langlais estate that established the Langlais Teaching Collection at UMPI**

2013
Eye to Eye with Andy Warhol- co-curated with Sandra Huck and Linda Zillman; Reed Gallery, University of Maine at Presque Isle; Gallery Talk presented

Vera; featuring 8 artists responding to the local figure Vera Estey; Reed Gallery, University of Maine at Presque Isle; Gallery Talk, Estey House Tour, and Panel Discussion offered. A literary Journal was also created to complement the exhibition also based on Vera. This exhibition was coordinated in collaboration with the Mark and Emily Turner Memorial Library and the Presque Isle Historical Society

2010
The Evolving Archetype: a visual art series in collaboration with Lehigh University Women’s Center, Arts Lehigh, Southside Bethlehem Small Business Coalition, Banana Factory. The series included an Artist Lecture by Lydia Panas; Art Installations in storerooms by the artists of One Stone Collective, Brooklyn, NY; an exhibition entitled Chores featuring regional artists; and an installation by me at Arts Lehigh

Curatorial Coordination
2018
A Stirring Song Sung Heroic by William E. Williams; Sordoni Art Gallery, Wilkes University Lecture Series developed: Artist Lecture; In Their Own Words: Recovering the History of Slavery Through Slave Narratives, Dr. Diane Wenger, Associate Professor and Chair of Global Studies, Wilkes University; Antislavery Actions in the Wyoming Valley, Dr. Aimee Newell, Executive Director, Luzerne County Historical Society

“Car-mmunity Garden” The Tape Artists temporary mural micro-residency; Sordoni Art Gallery; Wilkes University

Solid Gone: an ICCCIA exhibition; curated by Ben Woodeson; Sordoni Art Gallery, Wilkes University*
Opening Symposium: Approaches to Metal & Glass (in)Compatibility with Jane Cook, Chief Scientist from Corning Museum of Glass; Curator’s Talk

Push/Pushback: 9 Steps to make a Difference with Art and Activism Workshop with Guerrilla Girl Aphra Behn

Between Tongue and Teeth by Angela Fraleigh; Sordoni Art Gallery; Wilkes University*
Lecture Series developed: Artist Lecture; “Sparking change?: A discussion of the effectiveness and consequences of the #metoo campaign;” by Ellen Newell, Ph.D.; Fifty Shades of Yellow by Karley Stasko; “(Re)Reading Violence: Intimate Aggressions in Literature;” by Mischelle Anthony, Ph.D. and Chad Stanley, Ph.D.

2017
Keystone College Mobile Glass Studio micro-residency; Sordoni Art Gallery; Wilkes University; workshops presented to over 100 students

Of Color by Lyndon Barrois Jr; Sordoni Art Gallery, Wilkes University; Artist Lecture offered*

After Sargent by Lydia Panas; Sordoni Art Gallery, Wilkes University; Artist Lecture offered*

2016
PAPME at UMPI featuring the Plein Air Painters of Maine; Reed Gallery, University of Maine at Presque Isle; Gallery Talk offered, Paint Out coordinated

O Time Your Pyramids by Julie Poitras Santos; Reed Gallery, University of Maine at Presque Isle; Gallery Talk offered; Performance featuring select UMPI students who worked with the artist

By the Numbers: Multiplicity, Meaning and Art by Owen Smith, PhD; Reed Gallery, University of Maine at Presque Isle; Gallery Talk offered; Community participatory project coordinated with the artist

2015
Mutated Growth by Jackie Brown; Reed Gallery, University of Maine at Presque Isle; Gallery Talk offered

Maine Woods by Scott Miller; Reed Gallery, University of Maine at Presque Isle; Artist Talk part of the UMPI Distinguished Lecturer series

Tea Stains: bind. mark. stitch. by Susan Smith; Reed Gallery, University of Maine at Presque Isle; Gallery Talk offered

2014
Antarctica by John Paul Caponigro; Reed Gallery, University of Maine at Presque Isle; Artist Talk part of the UMPI Distinguished Lecturer series; sponsored by Canon Camera Explorer of Light program

How I See What Surrounds Me by Tim Gagnon, alumni spotlight; Reed Gallery, University of Maine at Presque Isle; Gallery Talk offered

A Heavy Grace by Daniel Minter; Reed Gallery, University of Maine at Presque Isle

Navigation Lights by Carrie Scanga; Reed Gallery, University of Maine at Presque Isle

The Robot, the Rooster, The Red Dress & The Blue Indian, by Jme Smith; Reed Gallery, University of Maine at Presque Isle; Gallery Talk offered

2013
Crooked Knife: a Northern tradition featuring the baskets and tools of contemporary Maliseet and Mi’kmaq artists. Reed Gallery, University of Maine at Presque Isle; Gallery Talk with student Roldena Sanipass, including demonstration

Wise Women by Joyce Tenneson; Reed Gallery, University of Maine at Presque Isle; Artist Talk part of the UMPI Distinguished Lecturer series; sponsored by Canon Camera Explorer of Light program

Excavation by Catherine Higgins; Reed Gallery, University of Maine at Presque Isle

2012
Bardo by Adriano Farinella; Reed Gallery, University of Maine at Presque Isle; Gallery Talk offered

Crafted: curated by Hyrum Benson; Reed Gallery, University of Maine at Presque Isle; Gallery Talk offered

Curatorial Collaboration with Students
2016
The Art of Meow; Pullen Gallery; University of Maine at Presque Isle; adoption and fund drive for Half Way Home Pet Rescue

2015
The Sketchbook Project featuring the students of Drawing II; Pullen Gallery; University of Maine at Presque Isle; Student presentation of sketchbooks in gallery talk

Human Form: works from the Reed Gallery Collection; curated with the students of Figure Drawing; Reed Gallery; University of Maine at Presque Isle; Gallery talk presented

VISITING CRITIC
2019 University of Maine; Orono, ME
2016 Haverford College; Haverford, PA
2015 Bowdoin College; Bowdoin, ME
2011 Lehigh University; Bethlehem, PA
2009 Lehigh University; Bethlehem, PA

VOLUNTEER COMMITTEES
2017- Executive Committee Member; Art Walk/Art Block Committee; Wilkes Barre, PA
2017- Committee Member; Art Walk Committee; Wilkes Barre, PA
2012 to 2016 Board Member; Maine Arts Commission; Augusta, Maine
2012 to 2014 Board Member/ Secretary; Wintergreen Arts Center; Presque Isle, Maine

LECTURES AND PUBLIC INTERVIEWS
2023
Visiting artist lecture; Inescapable Presence: Artist Lecture; Akureyri Art Museum; Akureyri, Iceland

2022
Lecture; “Artist as a Voice of Protest;” 11th Annual International-Diversity Series: Reproductive Rights; Office of Diversity Affairs, Wilkes University
Panelist; Curator’s Panel Discussion: David C. Driskell & Friends: Creativity, Collaboration, & Friendship; Sordoni Art Gallery, Wilkes University
Panelist; What’s Your Story?; Art in Odd Places; Bureau of General Services Queer Division; New York, NY
Visiting artist lecture; Art, Feminisms, & Metaphors of Trauma; UCLA; Los Angeles, CA

2021
Visiting artist lecture; Art, Feminisms, & Metaphors of Trauma; UCLA; Los Angeles, CA
Visiting artist lecture; Art, Feminisms, & Metaphors of Trauma; UC Santa Barbara; Santa Barbara, CA
Visiting artist lecture; Representing Women and Gender in Literature, Art, and Popular Cultures; Penn State University; State College, PA
Curator’s lecture; From Silence to a Scream: Visual Representations of Women’s Trauma; Art in Context lecture for Brutal Beauty; Sordoni Art Gallery, Wilkes University, PA
Guest Presenter; Professional Practices, Keystone College, La Plume, PA

2019
Visiting artist lecture; Tuesdays at the IMRC, University of Maine; Orono, ME

2018
Guest panelist; Alive at Satellite Panel Discussion; Miami Art Week | Art Basel, Miami, FL
Guest panelist; Contemporary Renaissance Women exhibition; Banana Factory, Bethlehem, PA
Presenter; "The Art of Activism"- Wilkes University Women & Gender Studies Symposium, Wilkes-Barre, PA

2017
Visiting artist lecture; Penn State Lehigh Valley; Center Valley, PA
Visiting artist lecture; Watkins School of Art; Nashville, TN
Lecture; “Curating Loud Silence,” University of Northern Iowa, Cedar Falls, IO
Presenter; Wilkes University Research Symposium, Wilkes Barre, PA

2016
Visiting artist lecture; University of Northern Iowa
Guest presenter; Social Fabric Collective, Wyoming, PA

2015
Visiting artist lecture; Bowdoin College of Visual Arts; Brunswick, ME

2012
Guest panelist; Homefront Heroes exhibition; Penn State Lehigh Valley; Center Valley, PA

2010
Facilitator; “Building Participatory Culture in Art Education” conference, Kutztown University
Lecture: “Architect’s Daughter;” Arts Lehigh, Lehigh University

2009
Lecture: “Banana Factory, an example for La Harinera;” La Harinera, Centro Cultural y de Creacion Contemporanea; Zaragoza, Spain
Interview; Aragon National Public Radio; Zaragoza, Spain
Interview; WDIY public radio; Lehigh Valley Arts Salon; Bethlehem, PA

2007
Lecture: “In Response to Healing” exhibition; Ohio State University; Columbus, OH
Interview, “Saving our Schools;” Tempo! WLVT public television; Bethlehem, PA

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
2016- Associate Professor of Art | Director, Sordoni Art Gallery; Wilkes University; Wilkes Barre, PA
*awarded the President’s Award for Excellence in Diversity
2012-2016 Director, Reed Fine Art Gallery and University Collections; University of Maine at Presque Isle, Presque Isle, ME
2011-2016 Assistant Professor; University of Maine at Presque Isle
2005-2011 Adjunct Professor; Lehigh University; Bethlehem, PA
2002-2011 Instructor; Baum School of Art/ Lehigh Carbon Community College/Penn State Lehigh Valley; Allentown, PA
2005-06,
2007, &
2009-10 Assistant Professor (temporary); Kutztown University; Kutztown, PA
2002-2005 Adjunct Professor; Marywood University; Scranton, PA
2000 Visiting Assistant Professor; University of Washington, Seattle, WA

SERVICE EXPERIENCE
Community
2022- Member; Downtown Arts Forum; Wilkes Barre, PA
2020- Advisory Board Member; Random Oaks Artist Residency; Ohio
2017-20 Executive Committee Member; Art Walk/Art Block Committee; Wilkes Barre, PA
2017-20 Committee Member; Art Walk Committee; Wilkes Barre, PA
2012-16 Board Member; Maine Arts Commission; Augusta, Maine
2016 New Brunswick-Maine Border Task Force, Maine Arts Commission representative
2014 Chairperson of Grant Review Panel- Good Idea Grant, Maine Arts Commission
2013 Chairperson of Grant Review Panel- Arts Visibility Grant, Maine Arts Commission
2012-14 Board Member/ Secretary; Wintergreen Arts Center; Presque Isle, Maine

Institutional
2022- Fulbright Student Review Panel (Wilkes University)
2022- Council of Diversity, Equity, & Inclusion member at large (Wilkes University)
2021 Program Reviewer; Kutztown University of Pennsylvania, programs- BFA in Studio Art, BA in Art History, BA in Applied Digital Design
2018-21 Bierly Fellowship Review Committee (Wilkes University)
2018-21 Member- Student Life and Media Committee (Wilkes University)
2018- Advisor- Wilkes College Democrats (Wilkes University)
2017-19 CAHSS Student of the Year Award Review panel (Wilkes University)
2017- Advisor- Art Club (Wilkes University)
2016- Member- Women and Gender Studies program steering committee (Wilkes University)
2014-16 Advisor- Native Voices Student Club for Native American students (UMPI)
Member of the Campus Cultural Committee and Distinguished Lecturer Committee (UMPI)
Coordinate and Facilitate the regional Gifted and Talented Visual Arts Day programming for Middle and High School students (UMPI)
2015 Co-wrote Fine Art Department Self Study for NEASC Review (UMPI)
Presidential Committee for NEASC Strategy 1: Mission and Vision (UMPI)
2014 Innovative Scholar award (curriculum building fellowship) (UMPI)
Campus Strategic Plan sub-committee on economic development in the downtown (UMPI)
2013 Innovative Scholar award (curriculum building fellowship) (UMPI)

Extended Education & Experience
2020
Performance Art and Feminisms (online course); ECC Performance Platform, The Netherlands
The History of African American Art (online course): Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Art, Philadelphia, PA

2015
The Art of Consciousness; Workshop with Ernesto Pujol and Lama Satem Drolma; Wonderwell Mountain Refuge; Springfield, NH

PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPS
2017- InLiquid Art + Design; Philadelphia, PA
2014-16 College Art Association
2010-11 InLiquid Art + Design; Philadelphia, PA