Museum Studies Degree Candidate................................................................2021 - present Harvard University Extension School - Cambridge MA
Bachelor of Architecture + Bachelor of Fine Arts.........................................................1999 Rhode Island School of Design - Providence RI
Traditional Lastmaking.................................................................................................2019 Lastmaker House UK at Brooklyn Shoe Space - Hoboken NJ
Traditional Western-Bootmaker Training..........................................................2013 - 2016 Jimmie Luke Covington Bootmaker - Gardner MA
Footwear Certification...................................................................................................2007 London College of Fashion Cordwainers College - London England
European Honors Program's 9-month Artist Residency.............................................1997 Rhode Island School of Design - Rome Italy
Occupation
Bespoke Bootmaker & Artist...........................................................................2013 –present Saboteuse - Wakefield MA
Lecturer - Shoemaking Tradition...................................................................2016 – present Lynn, Georgetown, Marblehead, Stoneham, Peabody, Wakefield, West Newbury, Beverly MA
Knitting Instructor...........................................................................................2019 – present Cambridge Center for Adult Education - Cambridge MA
Architectural designer..........................................................................................2002 -2013 Free-lance - Wakefield MA
Model Builder.....................................................................................................2000 -2002 Atelier Alain Pras - Paris France
Affirmations
Traditional Arts Finalist Award Mass Cultural Council 2022
Cultural Council Grant'sTen Footers "History & Living Traditions" 2022
West Newbury, Lynn, Georgetown, Stoneham MA
Hallowell Gallery Juried Exhibition - "art + gender" LEAN 2021
Cerf+ "Get Ready" Grant Cerf+ 2021
Public Artist Learning Fund Grant New England Foundation for the Arts 2021
Traditional Arts Mentor Artist Mass Cultural Council Apprenticeship Program 2021
Cultural Council Grant's Ten Footers "History & Living Traditions" 2021
Marblehead, Lynn, Georgetown, Stoneham MA
Marblehead Arts Association Juried Exhibition - "Variations – Art in a Spectrum of Style and Substance" LEAN 2021
Artist Relief Grant United States Artists 2020
Art at a Distance Grant Cicada Boston 2020
Cerf+ Artist Safety Net Grant Cerf+ 2020
Cambridge Artist Relief Grant Cambridge Community Foundation 2020
Artist in Residence* Society of Arts+Craft Boston 2020
Society of Arts+Craft Boston Juried Exhibition - KICKS!* Chez Pras 2020
The Knitting Guild Assn. 1st Place Footwear Design 2018
FootwearMakersGuild Symposium 1st Place in Mens Footwear 2018
World Leather Debut 2nd Place in Cowboy Boots 2018
Awesome Foundation Grant "Ten Footer" Zoning Project 2017
World Leather Debut 2nd Place in Boots 2017
The Knitting Guild Assn. Master Knitter Certification 2017
VogueKnittingLive Design Contest Finalist 2013
*Society of Arts+Craft closed its space in early 2020, cancelling AiR and Exhibits
