Detroit, MI
EDUCATION
2018 BFA, METALSMITHING & JEWELRY DESIGN
College for Creative Studies
Detroit, MI
EXPERIENCE
2019 – present ELAINE B JEWELRY
Bench Jeweler
Ferndale, MI
2018 – present COLLEGE FOR CREATIVE STUDIES
Continuing Studies Adjunct Faculty
Detroit, MI
2016 – 2018 CCS JEWELRY STUDIO
Student Technician
Detroit, MI
2016 – 2017 REGINA ANDREW DESIGN
Jewelry Design Intern
Wyandotte, MI
2014 – 2015 GRINSTEIN JEWELRY DESIGN
Sales Associate
Birmingham, MI
EXHIBITIONS
2019 Metals 2019, Michigan Silversmiths Guild, Wayne State University, Detroit, MI
2018 BFA Senior Thesis: Permutations, College for Creative Studies, Detroit, MI
The Annual Scholarship, Awards and Exhibition: CCS, Detroit Artists Market, Detroit, MI
2017 Forge, Form, Fabricate, Southern Illinois Metalsmiths Society, Southern Illinois University, Carbondale, IL
Metals 2017, Michigan Silvesmiths Guild, Eastern Michigan University, Ypsilanti, MI
2015 Hand in Hand, U245 Gallery College for Creatives Studies, Detroit, MI (Student Collaboration)
2013 – 2017 Student Exhibition, College for Creative Studies, Detroit, MI
AWARDS
2018 Detroit Artists Market Annual Scholarship, Detroit Artists Market, Detroit, MI
2017 Emerging Talent and Jewelry Award and Scholarship, Campanelli & Pear, Troy, MI
Alumni Scholarship, College for Creative Studies, Detroit, MI
Booth Crafts Family Scholarship, College for Creative Studies, Detroit, MI
Penland School of Crafts Full Workshop Scholarship, College for Creative Studies, Detroit MI
2016 Emerging Talent and Jewelry Award and Scholarship, Campanelli & Pear, Troy, MI
2015 Darakjian Jewelers Featured Artists Scholarship, Birmingham, MI
2013 – 2018 Merit Scholarship, College for Creative Studies, Detroit, MI
INTERNATIONAL STUDIES
December 2014 Hangzhou Normal University
Hangzhou, China, December 2014
PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT
2017 Industrial Processes for Production, Don Friedlich, Penland School of Crafts, Penland, NC
Hammer In, Jim Cotter & Nicole Jacquard, Michigan Silversmiths Guild, College for Creative Studies, Detroit, MI
2016 Chasing & Repoussé, Nash Quinn, Peters Valley School of Craft, Layton, NJ
PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS
2017 – present Society of North American Goldsmiths
2017 – present Michigan Silversmiths Guild