Education

 

May 2021                     BFA in Fine Arts, Summa Cum Laude, Southern Adventist 

                                      University, Collegedale, TN.

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Professional Experience

 

June 2018                     Teaching Assistant / Studio Manager for Ceramics Programs, School of Visual                                       - May 2021                  Art and Design of Southern Adventist University

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Summer 2021              Art Instructor, Kids Summer Art Camp, Epic Art House Chicago

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2021 - present              Bilingual Parent Liaison, Leominster Public Schools

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2022 - present              Owner/ Founder, Lai Ceramics

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Awards

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2021                             BFA Excellence in Cross-Disciplinary Studio Practices, School of Visual Art &                                                                               Design, Southern Adventist University

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Residencies

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2021                             Summer Art and Instruction Residency, Epic Art House, Chicago, IL

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Exhibitions

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2023                            The 11th Annual One, Arts Worcester, Worcester, MA

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2022                            Y’all Don’t Hear Me: The Black Appalachia, Slocumb Galleries and Tipton Gallery, Johnson City, TN

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2021                             Femme Vitale, Wavelength Space, Chattanooga, TN

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2021                             Meditative Meanders, Epic Art House, Chicago, IL

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2021                             My Body Is, Solo Exhibition, Stoveworks Gallery, Chattanooga, TN

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2021                             Art Sabbath 2021, Collegedale Seventh-Day Adventist Church, Collegedale, TN

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2021                             Imagem De Deus, Solo Exhibition, John C Williams Gallery, Collegedale, TN

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2021                             Touch, Wavelength Space, Chattanooga, TN

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2020                            TEACHABLE MOMENT, Stoveworks, Chattanooga, TN (collaborative work                                                                                     with Marc Boyson)

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2020                            SKEW, Los Angeles LGBT Center’s Advocate & Gochis Galleries and Level                                                                                    Ground co., Los Angeles, CA

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2020                            Ecofeminism, Bazar Odditorium, Chattanooga, TN

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Publications / Features

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2021                             Episode 11: Laiza Fuhrmann, Chatt Art, Podcast and Blog, Jennifer Kring,                                                                                         Chattanooga, TN

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2021                             Turning Clay into Art, Ryan Pierce, Columns, Collegedale, TN

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2021                             Wavelength Space in Chattanooga, Tennessee, BURNAWAY, Atlanta, GA

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2021                             Wavelength Space Makes Waves in the Chattanooga Art Community, Joe                                                                                       Bailey, University Echo, Chattanooga, TN

 

2021                            Southern Adventist University Student Entrepreneurs Navigate New Future,                                                                                  The Chattanooga Trend, Natalia Perez, Chattanooga, TN

 

2020                           SKEW ISSUE 02; BLACK DREAMS,FUTURES, AND MUTUAL SUPPORT, Level                                                                             Ground co., Los Angeles, CA

 

2020                           Volume 75 Issue 12, Southern Accent, Student Spotlight, Christina Robinson,                                                                               Collegedale, TN

 

2019                            Southern Adventist University invites community to 423 Night Market,                                                                                          Chattanooga Times Free Press, Emily Crisman, Chattanooga, TN

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