Look at the world and react to it. That simple statement forms the lowest common denominator in all of my teaching and helps me remember that what a teacher does is introduce and culture vocabulary that students will use to react in their own way. This reminder encourages me to consciously develop classes are about communication. Classes that allow students to harness their own inherent power to react. Through creative examples and critical assignments, a student will quickly understand that we transform our vocabulary to best express our view and reach out to different people.
This understanding combined with mastery of diverse technical processes, in-depth visual literacy, and an opportunity to specialize their personal vocabulary will equip students to be successful artists and designers.
Education
MFA Photography
Savannah College of Art and Design
2006
BFA Photography
University of Wisconsin, Eau Claire
2004
Academic Experience
Assistant Professor
School of Art, Louisiana Tech University, Ruston, LA
2007-Present
Instructor
Maine Photographic Workshops, Rockport, ME
2005-Present
Assistant
Savannah College of Art and Design
2006
Assistant
University of Wisconsin, Eau Claire, WI
2002-2004
Awards + Grants
Los Angeles Center for Digital Art, Second place award @ International Juried Competition, 2011
Institute for Micromanufacturing Faculty Fellowship, Louisiana Tech University, 2010
Newspace Center for Photography, First Place juror award @ International Juried Competition, 2009
Silver Eye Center for Photography, Honorable Mention @ Annual Juried Exhibition, 2008
Summer Research Grant, Louisiana Tech University, 2008
Berenice Abbott Prize for an Emerging Photographer, 2006
The Society for Photographic Education’s Jeannie Pierce Award, 2006
Review Santa Fe Scholarship, 2006
Best use of Visual Medium, Student Independant Film Festival, 2004
Student/Faculty Collaborative Grant, University of Wisconsin, 2003
Selected Exhibitions (solo and two-person shows marked by asterisk*)
2011
Associations, Urban Institute for Contemporary Arts, Grand Rapids, MI
Noir, New Orleans Photo Alliance Gallery, New Orleans, LA. juror: Thomas Allen
1st Annual Juried Exhibition, Detroit Center for Contemporary Photography, Detroit, MI. juror: Nancy Barr
Looking Forward: Ten Artists to Watch, Los Angeles Center for Digital Art, Los Angeles, CA. juror: Peter Frank
Spinning Yarns, Gallery 114 and Kendall Gallery, Kendall College of Art and Design of Ferris University, Grand Rapids, MI
Spinning Yarns, 800 and Ice House Galleries, Monmouth University, West Long Branch, NJ
* Interrogations on a Nanoscale, Enterprise Center Gallery, Ruston, LA
Educ8, Gallery Fine Art Center, Bossier City, LA
2010
* The Participatory Universe, SRO Gallery, Texas Tech University, Lubbock, TX
Photography for Social Change Invitational Auction, Stephen Cohen Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
Macro Micro: Infinite Possibilities, Northern Kentucky University, KY
Southern Open, The Acadiana Center for the Arts, Lafayette, LA. Juror: Bill Arning
* Exploded Views: New Artwork by Jay Gould & Joey Slaughter, East Bank Gallery, Bossier City, LA
Annual Juried Exhibition, Masur Museum of Art, Monroe, LA. Juror: David Houston
Spectra 2010 National Photography Triennial, Silvermine Guild Arts Center, New Canaan, CT. Juror: Brian Clamp
Contemporarius, Eastern Shore Art Center, Fairhope, AL
2009
* Exploded Views: New Artwork by Jay Gould & Joey Slaughter, Enterprise Center Gallery, Ruston, LA
* Inductive Reflections, Livaudais Gallery, Monroe, LA
Flora & Fauna (First place juror award), Newspace Center for Photography, Portland, OR, Juror: Laura Valenti
6th Photographic Image Biennial Exhibition, William B. Grey Gallery, Greensville, NC, Jurors: Robert & Shana ParkeHarrison
Annual Juried Members Exhibition, Masur Museum of Art, Monroe, LA, Juror: Miranda Lash
SPESC Faculty Exhbition, Nichols State University, Thibodaux, LA
2008
*A Participatory Universe, Alabama A&M University, Normal, AL
Annual Fellowship Exhibition (honorable mention), Silver Eye Center for Photography, Pittsburgh, PA, Juror: Ariel Shanberg
The Louisiana Seven, Masur Museum of Art, Monroe, LA
Faculty Exhibition, Louisiana Tech School of Art Gallery, Ruston, LA
Louisiana’s Finest, Arender Gallery, Monroe, LA
2007
*A Participatory Universe, University of Notre Dame, Notre Dame, IN
Convergences of Art and Science II, Fort Collins Museum of Contemporary Art, Fort Collins, CO
Louisiana’s Finest, Arender Gallery, Monroe, LA
2006
*A Reclaiming, Julia Dean Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
The Gift, RED Gallery, Savannah, GA
Annual Juried Members Exhibition, Griffin Museum of Photography, Winchester, MA, juror: Bonni Benrubi
Showcase Benefit Auction Exhibiton, West Elm, Atlanta, GA
Levitation, Starlander Gallery, Savannah, GA
*A Reclaiming, MFA Thesis Exhibition, Alexander Gallery, Savannah, GA
Divergence, West Gallery, Savannah, GA
S.T.I.F.F.E., The Best of Ten Years Film Festival, Davies Theater, Eau Claire, WI
Out of Nest, Starlander Gallery, Savannah, GA
Selected Lectures & Panels
Society for Photographic Education: National Conference, Atlanta, GA, Panel talk: The Inarticulate Speech of the Chart, 2011
Maine Media Workshops, Rockport, ME, 2011
Enterprise Center at Louisiana Tech University, Art & Entrepreneurship Speaker Series, Ruston, LA, 2011
University of Texas, San Antonio, TX, 2010
Society for Photographic Education: South Central Regional Conference, Imagemaker talk: “The Participatory Universe,” 2009
Ohio State University, Youngstown, OH, 2009
Savannah College of Art & Design, Silver & Ink Event, Savannah, GA, 2009
Maine Media Workshops, Rockport, ME, 2009
South Eastern College Art Conference, “Fiction, In Fact” panel, New Orleans, LA, 2008
Masur Museum of Art, Monroe, LA, 2008
Alabama A&M University, Normal, AL, 2008
Maine Media Workshops, Rockport, ME, 2008
Society for Photographic Education: National Conference, Imagemaker talk: “The Participatory Universe,” 2007
College of Visual Arts, St. Paul, MN 2007
University of Wisconsin, Eau Claire, WI, 2007