Education
(In-progress) Master Spinner Certification, Olds College, Olds, Alberta
Hampshire College, Amherst, MA- Bachelor of Arts in Studio Art and Curatorial Practice
Selected Classes
Natural Dye with Foraged Black Walnut
Found-Image Cyanotypes
Troubleshooting Tips for Handspinners
Playing with Plying
Woolen and Worsted Handspinning
Round Robin: Harmonic Hues on a Drum Carder
Intro to Weaving with Cardboard Looms (all-ages)
Pride Textile Arts Camp (youth, ages 9-13)
Karin Larsson Inspired Embroidery
Found-Image Embroidery
Introduction to Creative Darning
Introduction to Lucet Braiding
Teaching Experience
2023-present American Swedish Institute, Minneapolis, MN
2021-present Weavers Guild of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN
2021-present Textile Center Minneapolis, MN
2018 The Forge Makerspace, Greensboro, NC
Residencies, Fellowships, and Projects
2023-Present Embodied Material Reading and Practice Group, Minneapolis, MN
2022 W.E.F.T. Teaching Artist, The Weaving Mill, Chicago, IL
2021 Fellow, Fibers in Practice Cohort (Prof. Alonzo Pantoja) Minneapolis, MN
2020 Resident Artist, W.A.R.P., The Weaving Mill, Chicago, IL
Remote Teaching Artist, Fort Night, Elsewhere Museum, Greensboro, NC
2017 Production Fellow, Elsewhere Museum, Greensboro, NC
Volunteer and Outreach
2023-present Queer Threads Facilitator, Quatrefoil Library, Minneapolis, MN
2022-present Whorling Spinsters interest group leader, Weavers Guild of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN
2021-present Spinning Demonstrator, Minnesota State Fair, St. Paul, MN
Exhibitions and Publications
2024 Embodied Material, Second Shift Gallery, St. Paul, MN
“Blending Ratios: Experimenting with Nepps, Noil, and More”, Spin Off Magazine Spring 2024, Fort Collins, CO
2023 Three Rivers Fibershed Sheep to Shawl, Anderson Center Gallery, Red Wing, MN
Embodied Material, Fresh Eye Gallery, Minneapolis, MN
A Common Thread Member Exhibition, Textile Center, Minneapolis, MN
Weaving the North, North Suburban Center for the Arts, Fridley, MN
Unraveled: Telling Queer Stories in Cloth, Squirrelhaus Arts, Minneapolis, MN
Fragment Performances, International Congress on Medieval Studies, Kalamazoo, MI
“Crafting Queer Futures: A Conversation with Embodied Material Artists” by Olivia Comstock, MNArtists, Minneapolis, MN
2022 Celebrating Learning at the Weavers Guild of Minnesota, Textile Center Guild Gallery, Minneapolis, MN
A Common Thread Member Exhibition, Textile Center Gallery, Minneapolis, MN
Fragment Performances 300-1000, Pancake House, Minneapolis, MN
Community Cloth, Northern Spark Festival, St. Paul, MN
“The Search for the Perfect Slub Yarn” Spin Off Magazine Summer 2022, Fort Collins, CO
“Spinning Symbols: Three Embellished Tools with Stories to Tell”, Spin Off Magazine Fall 2022, Fort Collins, CO
2021 Selfhood, The 410 Project, Mankato, MN
Supperfield Museum of Contemporary Art’s Big-Ass Annual Fiber Show, Museum of Museums, Seattle, WA
Revival: a Call for Radical Care, Sulfur Studio, Savannah, GA
2020 Hall B Gallery, Minneapolis Convention Center, Minneapolis, MN
Project Bike Retrospective, Minneapolis-St. Paul Airport, Minneapolis, MN
2019 Project Bike, The 410 Project, Mankato, MN
2018 Easily Assembled in Moments!: Elsewhere Intern Showcase, Bounce House Gallery, Greensboro, NC
Just the Fax, Illinois State Museum, Lockport, IL
2017 Pulled Through, Hampshire College Art Gallery, Amherst, MA
Grants and Scholarships
2023 Teaching Tools Grant, American Swedish Institute, Minneapolis, MN
Scholarship, “Nordic Handcraft Workshop: Weaving with History,” Weavers Guild of Minnesota & American Swedish Institute, Minneapolis, MN
2019 Work-Study Scholarship, Penland School of Craft, Penland, NC
2017 Harris-Veit Artists’ Grant, School of Interdisciplinary Arts, Hampshire College, Amherst, MA