Curriculum Vitae
Exhibitions
Pots & Pixels 🔥💥😍: Artwork by Heatherly Wakefield & Jonathan Harwell-Dye, The 567 Center for Renewal, Macon, GA
Earth Month Art Show, 4th Story Theater, Nashville, TN
Variety Arts Show, 4th Story Theater, Nashville, TN
Art Upload, Contemporary Arts Exchange, Macon, GA (solo show)
B Sides, The 11th Hour, Macon, GA
Not That Kind of Fairy Tales, Peacock Gallery, Middle Georgia College, Cochran, GA
Three Cities Group Inaugural Exhibition, The EARL, Atlanta, GA
Members Show, Monroe Arts Center, Monroe, GA
Harvest of Arts, Georgia-Piedmont Center for the Arts, Winder, GA
8th and 9th UGA and MCG Medical and Scientific Illustration Exhibitions, Main Gallery, Lamar Dodd School of Art, UGA, Athens, GA
26th and 27th Juried Shows, Lyndon House Arts Center, Athens, GA
14th and 15th Student Photography Shows, Tate Gallery, UGA, Athens, GA
Curated Exhibitions
Slow Down, Step Back, The Gallery at Macon Arts Alliance, Macon, GA (with Heatherly Wakefield)
Plastic, Eyedrum Art and Music Gallery, Atlanta, GA (with Mandie Turner Mitchell)
Lead or Follow, Emanuel Arts Center, Swainsboro, GA (with James L. Sammons)
Portraits by Eileen DiSterno, CAE Gallery, Contemporary Arts Exchange, Macon, GA
Photography and Collages of Jillian Guarco, CAE Gallery, Contemporary Arts Exchange, Macon, GA
Left of Boom, CAE Gallery, Contemporary Arts Exchange, Macon, GA
Collective Effort, CAE Gallery, Contemporary Arts Exchange, Macon, GA (with Michael Marks and James L. Sammons)
Ill-timed Valentines, CAE Gallery, Contemporary Arts Exchange, Macon, GA
The Black Line, CAE Gallery, Contemporary Arts Exchange, Macon, GA
Friends and Phantoms, CAE Gallery, Contemporary Arts Exchange, Macon, GA
For Your Protection, CAE Gallery, Contemporary Arts Exchange, Macon, GA
Multiplicity, CAE Gallery, Contemporary Arts Exchange, Macon, GA (with Michael Marks)
Simplicity, Swainsboro, GA (with Michael Marks)
Success Thru Scandal, CAE Gallery, Contemporary Arts Exchange, Macon, GA (with Michael Marks and James L. Sammons)
Professional Experience
Director of Programs, Arts & Business Council of Greater Nashville, Nashville, TN
Senior Communications Manager, Savannah College of Art & Design, Savannah, GA
Director of Communications, Macon Arts Alliance, Macon, GA
Graphic Artist, Courier Herald Publishing Company, Dublin, GA
Speaking Engagements
The ABCs of Accessible Legal & Business Assistance for Artist, Musicians & Creatives, Music Biz Roadshow, Music Biz 2024, Music Business Association, Nashville, TN
Community Involvement
Governing Board Member, Tennessee Craft, Nashville, TN
Executive Committee Chair, 4th Story Theater, Nashville, TN
Commission Member & Public Art Committee Member, College Hill Corridor Commission, Macon, GA
Advisory Board Member, Tattnall Square Center for the Arts, Mercer University, Macon, GA
Art Committee Member, Eyedrum Art & Music Gallery, Atlanta, GA
Gallery Curator, Contemporary Arts Exchange, Macon, GA
Co-Founder & Curatorial Director, Three Cities Group Artist Collective, Cochran, GA
Juror & Reviewer Appointments
Grant Panelist, Arts Access Project Support, Metro Arts: Nashville's Office of Arts + Culture, Nashville, TN
Challenge America Reader, National Endowment for the Arts, Washington, DC
Juror, Arts Clayton Gallery, Jonesboro, GA
Juror, Averitt Center for the Arts, Statesboro, GA
Director, Three Cities Group Scholarship Program, Cochran, GA
Grant Application Reviewer, Grassroots Arts Program, Georgia Council for the Arts, Macon, GA
Juror, Spring Student Show, Peacock Gallery, Middle Georgia College, Cochran, GA
Education
Graduate-level coursework in Business Design & Arts Leadership, Savannah College of Art & Design, Savannah, GA
Certification in Creative Placemaking, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH
Bachelor of Fine Arts in Interdisciplinary Studies with a concentration in Scientific Illustration, University of Georgia, Athens, GA