What brought you to wanting a board position?
I want to give back to an organization that is important to me. The SNAG community has been vitally important to my development as an artist and educator.
What are your plans for board participation (your committee assignment)?
I am on the Editorial Advisory Committee of Metalsmith magazine and well as the Board Liaison to the magazine. I am also in the early stages of developing a fundraising initiative to collect scrap metal for SNAG.
What exciting, interesting, confounding things are you doing right now (in your life other than being on the board)?
I started a new job at Longwood University in Virginia. It’s a small school with fantastic studios where I am developing the metals program within the new Design in Craft major. We also have an awesome working artist residency and visiting artist program. I am excited to bring the SNAG community to my students.
My own work continues to evolve as I explore memory-inducing scent. I am creating evocative and thought provoking work that involves viewer/wearer participation.