Facilitations, Collaborations, and Exhibitions

How I engage in the world with my art

Education, Curation, & Facilitation

Mural Arts Philadelphia, Lead Teaching-Artist

Taught 10-week art course at Winchester Recreation Center twice a week with and Assistant Teaching Artist for local community kids ages 6-14, culminating in a mural on the outdoor wall of the Rec Center

Philadelphia, September - December 2024

Esperanza Health Center, Retreat Workshop Facilitator

Facilitated art & spirituality workshop for ecumenical retreat

Haverford, December 2024

Neumann University, Retreat Workshop Facilitator

Facilitated art & spirituality workshop for students

Haverford, August 2024

Mustard Seed Community Farm, Art Week Co-Facilitator with Sarah Fuller

Co-facilitated workshops on printmaking, fabric stamping, and mural/sign painting

Ames, August 2024

Los Angeles Catholic Worker Internship, Workshop Co-Facilitator for Summer Interns

Co-facilitated a workshop with Sarah Fuller on wheat pasting, printmaking, and fabric stamping

Los Angeles, August 2024 & April 2023

Strangers and Guests Catholic Worker Community, Printmaking Co-Facilitator with Sarah Fuller

Co-facilitated workshops on printmaking and fabric stamping

Maloy, January 2024

Harmonie Hall, Workshop Facilitator

Facilitated communal printmaking workshop

Philadelphia, August 2o23

Kirkridge Retreat Center, Workshop Co-Facilitator with Sarah Fuller

Co-facilitated 3 communal printmaking workshops for kids and adults at Geez Magazine retreat Pitch the Circus Tent: A Geez Family Festival

Bangor, June 2023

Mural Arts Philadelphia, Guest Teaching-Artist

Facilitated 2-day printmaking workshop for Middle Schoolers at Gideon Elementary, a 3-day printmaking workshop for students at the Bok Building over the summer, and a 5-day workshop series at Freire Charter School culminating in billboards around the city

Philadelphia, April 2022, July 2022, & Summer 2023

Synodality in Catholic Higher Education, Retreat Workshop Facilitator

Facilitated art workshop at staff retreat day

Philadelphia, May 2024

Magis Ignatian Formation Program, Office of Ignatian Spirituality, Retreat Workshop Facilitator

Facilitated art workshop on personal and shared mission

Haverford, February 2024

Art & Synodality, Cohort Participant & Exhibit Curator

Participated in 3-month virtual cohort with 80+ other artists, hosted exhibit of select artists and artists’ work at the Ignatian Family Teach-In for Justice, facilitated a breakout on Art & Synodality for conference participants, and curated the exhibit at St. Raphaela Center for a year

Washington D.C., October 2023

Haverford, October 2023- October 2024

The Alliance for Catholic Education, Retreat Facilitator

Facilitated day and overnight retreats for ACESJU participants

Philadelphia, March & October 2023

Walls for Justice, Art Jawn Live Art Competition Event Designer

Design and organize 2-hour live art competitions for 4 artists

Philadelphia, February, March, April, May, and September 2022

Walls for Justice, Art Show Curator

Curate First Friday Art Show with 15+ artists

Cherry Street Pier Studio, Philadelphia, March, April, May 2022

Ignatian Young Adult Ministries, Virtual Retreat Facilitator

Facilitated an evening virtual retreat for young adults called “Creative Expression: Praying Through Art” for the Jesuit Connections program through the Office of Ignatian Spirituality

Watch recording

Virtual, October 2022

Speaking Engagements

Catholic Nonviolence Initiative Fall Series: Synodality and Nonviolence, Planning Team &. Panelist

Collaborated with Pax Christi USA and Casa Esther Catholic Worker House planning team to build 6-week series highlighting over 18 panelists, and presented on second panel: “A Listening Church: Listening, Discernment, and Mission” Watch recording

Virtual, October 2024

Contemplative Leaders in Action, Co-Presenter with Anthony Russo

Virtual, November 2024

Mustard Seed Community Farm, Guest Co-Presenter with Sarah Fuller

Co-presented Art & Justice roundtable discussion

Ames, August 2024

Catholic Worker National Gathering, Co-Presenter with Sarah Fuller

Co-presented roundtable discussion “Art & Creativity in the Catholic Worker

Chicago, October 2024

Dorothy Day Guild, Panelist

Presented on webinar panel with Catholic Worker artists Sarah Fuller and Rachel Mills on “Art, Hospitality, and Activism”

Watch recording

Virtual, April 2024

Loyola Marymount University, Guest Co-Lecturer with Sarah Fuller

Dorothy Day and Thomas Merton Class

Los Angeles, April 2024

Fordham University, Guest Co-Lecturer with Sarah Fuller

American Music & Catholic Imagination Class

Modern Religion Class

New York, January 2024

Iona University, Guest Co-Lecturer with Sarah Fuller

Spirituality; Religion and the Natural World; and Religious Imagination Classes

New York, January 2024

New York Catholic Worker, Guest Co-Lecturer with Sarah Fuller

Co-presented Friday Night Roundtable discussion at Maryhouse

New York, January 2024

Fairfield University, Lecturer

Co-presented lecture with Dr. Maureen O’Connell entitled “We Are the Now of the Church: Young Adults, the Global Synod, and the Arts” for Fairfield University's Center for Catholic Studies 2023 Catholicism and the Arts lecture

Connecticut, November 2023

Catholic Campus Ministry Association, Lecturer

Co-presented lecture with Dr. Beth Ford-McNamee entitled “We Are the Now of the Church: The Journey of Young People with Synod & Art” at CCMA’s annual conference

Indianapolis, June 2023

AMP Global Youth Scholar Program: Arts & Social Change, Guest Speaker

Virtual, August 2022

Ignatian Young Adult Ministries, Presenter

Co-presented with JoAnn Melina Lopez an evening of reflection on our experience as young adults in Rome entitled “Walking Toward a Future Full of Hope: Imagining and Living Beloved Community” offered through Jesuit Connections

Watch recording

Virtual, October 2022

LaSalle University, Guest Lecturer

Social Justice and Community Organizing Class

Philadelphia, November 2022

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Business Partnerships & Collaborations

Philadelphia Printworks, Apparel Collection

May 2024 - Present

Catholic Education Network for the Rome Experience and Synodality, Synodal Participatory Artist Collaborator

Rome, October 2024; Virtual, October 2023 - Present

Synodality in Philadelphia Catholic Higher Education, Visual notetaker to facilitate interactive art installations and create digital synthesized notes and artwork of the Philadelphia Catholic Higher Education Synod cross-campus listening session events

Philadelphia, April 2022 - Present

St. Raphaela Center, Artist-in-Residence for retreat center assisting in and facilitating communal art, workshops, markets, and creative projects for the center and for groups

Haverford, PA, March - September 2024 and collaborations in present as needed

Second State Press, Spring 2024 Fob Holder

Crane Arts, Philadelphia, January-May 2024

Bike Indego, Art featured on bike collaboration with Walls for Justice, October 2023

Avenues Café, Displayed and sold artwork in café

Philadelphia, March-April 2022

St. Raphaela’s Retreat Center, Displaying and selling artwork

Haverford, PA, November 2020 – Present

Mt. Airy Art Garage, Displaying and selling artwork in store Philadelphia, January 2021 – March 2023

Beyond the Seams, Created t-shirt design for contest and sold t-shirts with printed artwork

Philadelphia, December 2020

Published Art

Catholic Agitator Newspaper, Los Angeles Catholic Worker

Featured commissioned cover art for April 2019, Oct. 2020, Dec. 2020, Feb. 2021, June 2021, Oct. 2021, Dec. 2021, Feb. 2022, April 2022, Aug. 2022, Feb. 2023, April 2023, Oct. 2023, Dec. 2023, Feb. 2024, April 2024, June 2024, and Dec. 2024 issues

The Catholic Worker, Newspaper

Vol. XCII, No. 4, June-July 2024

Slingshot, Quarterly, independent, radical, newspaper published in the East Bay

Issue #138: Winter, 2023

2024 Organizer

Left Catholic, Zine

Edition II, Labor & Catholicism, Fall/Winter 2022/2023

Collide Magazine, Quarterly zine of art, poetry, and short stories dedicated to Philadelphia artists

Issue 3, March 2023

Presence Magazine, An International Journal of Spiritual Direction

Volume 27, No. 4, December 2021

Ignatian Family Teach-In for Justice, Ignatian Solidarity Network

Featured work during opening prayer service, November 2021

Ignatian Solidarity Network

Published in series Harden Not Your Hearts: A Lenten Journey in Holy Frustration, Day 22: Sacred Frustration, March 2022

Geez Magazine, Contemplative Cultural Resistance                                                                                          Issue 61, Seeds are Sacred, Summer 2021; Issue 65, Healing Sex, Summer 2022; Issue 73, The Fire Rages On, Summer 2024

Group Exhibitions

Forbidden Fruit, Root 2 Fruit Arts & Wellness Festival

Philadelphia, September 2024

St. Joseph’s University Green Fund, Environmental Art Show

Maguire Museum, Philadelphia, April 2024

Second State Press, Spring 2024 Fob Holder Cohort Show, Today, Tomorrow & Thursday

Crane Arts, Philadelphia, March 2024

The Corporate Creative, Art, Wine, Politics Showcase hosted by DiverseForce and the BBEx Network

 P4 Hub, Philadelphia, November 2023

Kingsborough Art Museum, Contemporary Linocuts Exhibition

New York, November 2022-February 2023

Walls for Justice, First Fridays Art Show

Cherry Street Pier Studio, Philadelphia, March-May 2022

Avenues Café, Last Fridays Art Exhibit

Philadelphia, March-April 2022

Walls for Justice, Art Jawn Live Painting Competition

Cherry Street Pier Studio, Philadelphia, February 2022

Underground Arts, The Pancake & Booze Art Show

Philadelphia, November 2021

Philly Art Collective Gallery, The New Canvas & Grape Vine

Philadelphia, September 2021

The Plastic Club, About Face

Philadelphia, February – April 2021

Mt. Airy Art Garage, Love: An Art Show to Explore Just What Love Means

Philadelphia, February 2021

Philly Art Jawn Art Show, Black History Month Art Auction with Walls for Justice

 Philadelphia, February 2021