EDUCATION
2020 MFA Visual Studies, Norfolk State University, Norfolk, VA
2018 MA Visual Studies, Norfolk State University, Norfolk, VA
2010 AA Graphic Design, The Art Institute of Tennessee-Nashville, Nashville, TN
2005 BA Public Relations, Alabama State University, Montgomery, AL
TEACHING EXPERIENCE
2020 – PRESENT Adjunct Faculty- Tidewater Community College
2020 Adjunct Faculty-Chowan University
2019 Visual Art Teacher–Little Warriors Christian Academy
2018 & 2019 NSU STEAM Academy Summer Camp, Norfolk, VA
2017 FIA 491 Mural Design–Norfolk State University
PROFESSIONAL COMMITTEES, MEMBERSHIPS & ASSOCIATION
2022 NBN Steering Committee
2021 Norfolk Public Art Selection Committee
2020 TCC Student Success Governance Committee
2020 NSU VP of Advancement Selection Committee
2019 – 2020 NSU Assessment Advisory Committee
2019 – 2020 NSU Graduate Council
2016 – 2020 NSU Graduate Student Association- President (2018-2020) Secretary/Historian (2016-2017)
2012 – 2017 Junior Executive Board Member, Montgomery Museum of Fine Arts
LECTURES, PRESENTATIONS & WORKSHOPS
2021 Ask the Artist: Building Community through Art
2019 The ‘A’ in STEAM: Exploring the Effects of Art Education on Cognitive Development, James Wise Gallery, Norfolk, VA2017 Branding for Artist: Finding your Unique Voice, d-Art Center, Norfolk, VA
2019 Data Visualization: A STEAM Approach to Art, Norfolk State University
2019 Boys and Girls Club Art Teacher Intensive Workshop, Norfolk, VA
2019 Data Visualization: An Examination of African American Artists in Museums,
The Chrysler Museum, Norfolk, VA
2019 Data Visualization: Bluest Eye, Wells Theater, Norfolk, VA
2019 Data Visualization: Faculty Mentorship an Interactive Experience, Williamsburg, VA2017 African American History: Harlem Renaissance Lecture, Norfolk State University
2017 Data Visualization: Burning Man Nights, Hermitage Museum and Garden, Norfolk, VA
2019 Art and Math: An Unlikely Pair, Boys and Girls Club of Southeast Virginia, Norfolk, VA
SOLO & GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2020 New Realities: Building Community with Art (solo exhibition)
2019 President’s Reception, Norfolk, VA
2019 Quilt Codes, NSU Writing Center, Norfolk, VA
2019 In Pursuit, juried exhibition, d’Art Center, Norfolk, VA
2019 Artist on Tap, juried exhibition, Montgomery, AL
2019 Hidden Figures/Energy Revealed, Norfolk, VA
2017 Shadow Freeze, juried exhibition, Norfolk, VA2018 Guided Experience, Norfolk, VA
2018 The Human Experience, EVMS, Norfolk, VA
2018 Artist on Tap, juried exhibition, Montgomery, AL
2018 Freedom, Norfolk State University (solo exhibition), Norfolk, VA2016 Norfolk Redevelopment and House Authority Does the Arts, Norfolk, VA
2016 Pre-Exam Breakfast, Norfolk State University, Norfolk, VA
2016 Black History Month at the Slover Library Norfolk, VA
2016 Norfolk Redevelopment and House Authority Does the Arts, Norfolk, VA
2011 Artist on Tap, juried exhibition, Montgomery, AL
COMMISSIONS
2022 Science is Magical, BIO Alabama, Birmingham, AL
2022 Dear Ms. Debbie mural, The Boys and Girls Club of Southeast Virginia, Virginia Beach, VA
2021 The Gathering Place Asphalt Art, Bloomberg Philanthropies, Norfolk Arts, and The Boys and Girls Club of Southeast Virginia, Norfolk, VA
2018 Into the Future mural, Norfolk State University, Norfolk, VA