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Education
2020                        Mallard Creek High School 
2025                        Maryland Institute College of Art (MICA) BFA in Ceramics, anticipated May 2025

Selected Exhibitions
2025                         Annual Juried Ceramics Undergraduate Exhibition. Middendorf Gallery at MICA
2025                         NCECA Juried Student Exhibition. Utah Museum of Contemporary Art, Salt Lake City, UT
2025                         American Craft Made Baltimore. Baltimore, MD
2024                         Circle In Circle: Compulsion. Juried solo exhibition, Pinkard Gallery, MICA
2024                         Annual Juried Ceramics Undergraduate Exhibition. Middendorf Gallery at MICA
2023                         Annual Juried Undergraduate Exhibition. Decker Gallery at MICA
2023                         Artscape. Mobtown Ballroom, Baltimore, MD
2023                         Annual Juried Ceramics Undergraduate Exhibition. Middendorf Gallery at MICA
2022 - 2024            Station North Holiday Market. North Ave, Baltimore, MD
2022 - 2024            MICA Art Market. Leidy Atrium at MICA

Professional Experience
2024 - Present       On The Hill: Cashier and Barista
2023 - Present       MICA: Ceramics Student Worker
2024                        Baltimore Clayworks: Children’s Summer Camp Instructor
2024                        Penland: Summer Workshop Studio Assistant
2023                        MICA: Student Figure Model
2023                        Penland: Summer Workshop Work-Study
2022                        Baltimore Clayworks: Summer Intern Glaze Technician
2020 - 2023           My Pretty Princess Party Charlotte: Party Princess and Helper

Residencies
2025                        Forthcoming: Watershed Summer Residency Session I: Re-Mixed

Awards

2025                         Watershed Center for the Ceramic Arts and The Color Network Full Scholarship Award
2024                         Penland Studio Assistantship
2024 - 2025            Windgate Ceramics Scholarship
2023                         Penland Work-Study Scholarship
2023 - 2024            Betty Cooke 41 Scholarship
2022 - 2023            MICA Competitive Scholarship for Freshman Portfolio
2021 - Present        National Art Honor Society Scholarship
2021 - Present        MICA Creative Vision Award
2021 - Present        Academic Excellence Scholarship

Press
2024                        A Love Letter to Wheel Throwing: Katherine Pon-Cooper at MICA. BmoreArt Magazine, September

Public Art/Volunteer Service

2025                         American Craft Made Baltimore: booth sitting
2016 - 2020            Mallard Creek High School National Art Honor Society: mural painting, face painting
2019                         The Green At Prosperity Village: walkway mural design and painting






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