Black Ash Basketry

Selected Exhibitions

2012	Eiteljorg Museum Indian Market, Indianapolis, IN. Annual participant since 2007
2007	SWAIA Indian Market, Santa Fe, NM. Annual participant since 2004
2006	ARTrain USA Artist Demonstration and Native Art Market, Ann Arbor, MI
2005	Three Fires Art Show, Hopkins, MI
	Grand Rapids Public Museum Powwow, Grand Rapids, MI
	Ziibiwing Indigenous Peoples Arts Market, Ziibiwing Center, Mount Pleasant, MI
	SWAIA Indian Market, Santa Fe, NM
2004	Ziibiwing Indigenous Peoples Arts Market, Ziibiwing Center, Mount Pleasant, MI
	SWAIA Indian Market, Santa Fe, NM. Youth Fellowship Recipient
	Red Earth Indian Art Market, Oklahoma City, OK

Honors and Awards

2012	Eiteljorg Market Indian Art Market, Best of Show
	Eiteljorg Market Indian Art Market, First Place, Weavings and Textiles
	New England Foundation for the Arts, National Native Artist Exchange
2009	Michigan Traditional Apprenticeship Awards
2007	Eiteljorg Market Indian Art Market, Second Place, Traditional Basketry
	Eiteljorg Market Indian Art Market, Honorable Mention, Traditional Basketry
	Eiteljorg Market Indian Art Market, Honorable Mention, Contemporary Basketry
	Michigan Traditional Appreticeship, Michigan State University, Birch Bark Bitings
	SWAIA Indian Market, Santa Fe, third place, miniature baskets
	All Area High School Student Show, MI, Best of Show
2006	Next Generation Smithsonian Folklife Festival Carriers of Culture, Great Lakes Youth Representative
	Nominated Youth Representative to attend Reservation Economic Summit Conference, Las Vegas, NV
	Michigan Traditional Arts Apprenticeship program, Michigan State University Museum, East Lansing, MI, recipient
	Chosen Youth Panel Participant, Emerald Ash Borer Symposium, Plainwell, MI. Program coordinated by National Museum of the American Indian of the Smithsonian Institution
2005	Ziibiwing Indigenous Peoples Art Market; second place, youth category
	SWAIA Indian Market, third place youth
2004	Ziibiwing Indigenous Peoples Art Market; third place, adult category, contemporary jewelry
	SWAIA Indian Market Youth Fellowship Recipient
	SWAIA Indian Market, third place, youth category
	Red Earth Youth Art Show, second place, sculpture; third place, basketry

Presentations and Teaching Experience

2003-6	County Children’s Museum, Fenville, MI. Demonstrating black ash preparation
2005	Dreamweavers Basket Guild black ash basket class, Grand Rapids, MI
	Nokomis Cultural Center, black ash demonstration, basketweaving class, Williamsburg, MI
	ARTrain USA, black ash demonstration, Mt. Pleasant, MI

Selected Publications

2012	"Eiteljorg Museum awards more than $26,000 to Native American artists at the 2012 Indian Market and Festival." WLOX 13
2005	Santa Fean. "Generation Next." Indian Market, official collectors guide
	Indian Market Magazine
	Indian Country, "Native Youths Awarded Fellowships"

Education

2007-Present	University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI
2003-7	Hopkins High School, Hopkins, MI. Graduated