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Kaileyskye18@gmail.com

Education

• 2022- 2024 (pending) MFA, The SMFA at Tufts University, Boston, MA (expected May

2024)

• 2015-2019 BFA, Kutztown University of Pennsylvania, Kutztown, PA

Teaching Experience

• 2023 Teaching Assistant, The SMFA at Tufts University, Boston, MA (Course taught:

Intro to casting and mold making), [Tanya Crane], Fall 2023

• 2019-2023 Instructor, Iron Mountain Forge and Furniture, RI (Classes taught: Intro to

blacksmithing and Copper rose fabrication)

• July 2022 Jewelry Instructor, The Steel Yard, RI (Camp Sparkle)

• Jan 2021 Workshop Instructor, The Steel Yard, RI (Course Taught: Intro to chasing and

repoussé)

• July 2021 Jewelry Instructor, The Steel Yard, RI (Course Taught: Camp CopperHead)

• June 2021 Jewelry Teaching Assistant, The Steel Yard, RI (Course taught: Camp Sparkle,

[Steven Kaplan-Pistiner])

Professional Experience

• 2019-2023 Metal Fabricator, Coppersmith, & Blacksmith, Iron Mountain Forge and

Furniture, RI

Awards/Grants/Fellowships/Internship

• 2023-2024 Merit Aid Award, The SMFA at Tufts University, Boston, MA

• May 2019 J. Allen Pawling Crafts Memorial Award, Kutztown University of

Pennsylvania, PA

• July-Sept. 2019 Artist Residency, Kutztown University of Pennsylvania, PA

• Jan.- May 2018 Bierman Scholarship/Mentorship, Kutztown University of Pennsylvania,

PA, [Mentor: Sophia Park]

• June 2018 Scholarship, Peters Valley School of Craft, NJ

• Jan. - May 2018 Internship, Sorrellis Jewelry Company, Kutztown, PA

• Aug.- Dec 2017 Internship, Kutztown University of Pennsylvania, PA, [Mentor: Douglas

Wunder]

Exhibition Experience

• May 2024 Solo Exhibition, MFA Thesis Exhibition, [Curator: Danni Shen, Carpenter

Center for the Visual Arts] TUAG, Aidekman Arts Center, The SMFA at Tufts

University, Medford, MA

• Oct 2023 Foraged and Forged, Two person show, (with sculptor Kayla Falcone), Mission

Hill Gallery, The SMFA at Tufts University, Boston, MA

• Aug. 2023 Vibrant Matter, The SMFA at Tufts University, Boston, MA

• Sept 2022 Jewelry Show, The Lowercase Gallery, The SMFA at Tufts University, Boston,

MA

• March 2022 Sense of Place, Coggeshall Farm Museum, RI

• June-Aug. 2021 Art Markets at the Steel Yard, RI

• Nov. 2020 Chemical Exchanges, The Brookline Arts Center, Boston, MA

• March 2019 14th Annual Blacksmith Exhibition, Toe Rivers Arts Gallery, NC

• Dec. 2017, 2018, 2019 Fine Crafted I, II & III, Kutztown University of Pennsylvania, PA

• Sept. 2019 Kutztown University Library Craft Show Case, Kutztown University of

Pennsylvania, PA

• May-Sept. 2019 Kutztown University Sharadin Art Building Showcases, Kutztown

University of Pennsylvania, PA

• July 2019 Best of Senior Craft Show, Kutztown University of Pennsylvania, PA

• June 2018 Annual Digital Student SlideShow Presentation, SNAG

• April 2018 KU Body Adornment Runway Show, Kutztown University of Pennsylvania,

PA

• May 2016 ArtShow, McFarland Student Union Gallery, Kutztown University of

Pennsylvania, PA

• April 2016 KU Body Adornment Runway Show, Kutztown University of Pennsylvania,

PA