There are moments within everyday settings when distractions fade, accentuating connections to each other and our surroundings. Highlighting a few elements at a time seeks to draw out the poetic within the everyday.

AWARDS

• 2018 – Honorable Mention. Peninsula Pulse Hal Prize. Door County WI
• 2014 – Honorable Mention. Visions XVI. Riverfront Arts Center. Stevens Point WI
• 2013 – Honorable Mention. Visions XV. Riverfront Arts Center. Stevens Point WI
• 2012 – First Place. Coalition of Photographic Arts 6th Annual Juried Exhibition. Walker’s Point Center for the Arts. Milwaukee WI

JURIED EXHIBITIONS

• 2019 – Art of Water III. James May Gallery. Algoma WI
• 2018 – Peninsula Pulse Hal Prize. Door County WI
• 2016 – 26th Annual Midwest Seasons. Center for the Visual Arts. Wausau WI
• 2016 – All About Trees. Riverfront Arts Center. Stevens Point WI
• 2015 – MANimal – Creating Connections. Center for the Visual Arts. Wausau WI
• 2015 – 25th Annual Midwest Seasons. Center for the Visual Arts. Wausau WI
• 2014 – The People in Your Neighborhood. Museum of Wisconsin Art. West Bend WI
• 2014 – The Promise of Spring. Boerner Botanical Gardens Gallery. Milwaukee WI
• 2014 – Visions XVI. Riverfront Arts Center. Stevens Point WI
• 2013 – Coalition of Photographic Arts 7th Annual Juried Exhibition. Walker’s Point Center for the Arts. Milwaukee WI
• 2013 – Visions XV. Riverfront Arts Center. Stevens Point WI
• 2013 – Super-“Calatrava”-Listic. Art*Bar. Milwaukee WI
• 2012 – Coalition of Photographic Arts 6th Annual Juried Exhibition. Walker’s Point Center for the Arts. Milwaukee WI
• 2012 – Visions XIV. Riverfront Arts Center. Stevens Point WI
• 2012 – Winter’s Garden. Riverfront Arts Center. Stevens Point WI

INVITATIONALS

• 2012-present – Annual Fine Art Gift Gallery. Riverfront Arts Center. Stevens Point WI
• 2013 – The Spring City Fine Art Photographers Show (Guest Artist). Studio 723. Waukesha WI

PRESS

• Ehmke, Alissa. “2018 Hal Prize Poetry, Prose, and Photography Winners.” Peninsula Pulse, 3 Aug. 2018, https://doorcountypulse.com/2018-hal-prize-poetry-prose-and-photography-winners/.
• “Local Artists Accepted for Midwest Seasons Exhibit.” Central Wisconsin Hoopla, Jan. 2015.
• Murrell, Kat. “CoPA’s sixth annual juried show at Walker’s Point.” Urban Milwaukee, 26 Dec. 2012, urbanmilwaukee.com/2012/12/26/copa-sixth-annual-juried-show-at-walkers-point/.

PUBLICATION

• Rural Reporter. Wisconsin Office of Rural Health. Contributing photographer, 2019.
• Peninsula Pulse Hal Prize. Peninsula Publishing & Distribution, 2018.
• copamilwaukee.com. Web editor/contributing writer, 2012-2014.
• Midwest Juried Exhibition Catalog. Coalition of Photographic Arts, 2013.
• Midwest Juried Exhibition Catalog. Coalition of Photographic Arts, 2012.
• Stevens Point Journal. Contributing photographer/writer, 2011-2012.
• The Portage County Gazette. Contributing photographer/writer, 2011-2012.
• Wisconsin Through the Eyes of Wisconsin Photographers. Pediment Publishing, 2011.

ADVISORY BOARD

• 2013-2016 – Riverfront Arts Center, Stevens Point WI

MEMBERSHIP

• 2014-present – Artist member, Museum of Wisconsin Art, West Bend WI

WORKSHOPS

• The Black and White Print, Carl Corey – instructor, Peninsula School of Art, Fish Creek WI
• Mixed Media Explorations, Megan Woodard Johnson – instructor, Free Range Art, Grafton WI