Shows and Exhibitions:
2016-2017 – The Grove, Virginia Tech – work featured at President Sand’s home
2016 – Armory Building, Virginia Tech – Graduation Showcase
2016 – Moss Center for the Arts, Virginia Tech – Senior Studio Exhibition
2016 –School of Visual Arts, Armory Building, Virginia Tech –Senior Thesis Show
2016 –Wallace Hall Gallery, Virginia Tech– Undergrad Research and Creativity Symposium
2016 –Strathmore, North Bethesda, MD –Art In Motion
2015 – Perspective Gallery, Virginia Tech –Juried Biennial Student Art Show
Awarded 1st Place 2D Entry (for Unknotting)
Awarded Honorable Mention 2D Entry (for I’d Erase It All If I Could)
2015 – Armory, Virginia Tech –Laser Design Class Exhibition
2015 –XYZ Art Gallery, Blacksburg, VA– Geography of Places Photography Show
2014 – Moss Center for the Arts, Blacksburg, VA – TEDx “Illuminate” showcase
2014 – The Artful Lawyer, Blacksburg, VA –contributed to “____burg” Photography Show
2014–XYZ Art Gallery, Blacksburg, VA – Do You Love Me?
2014 –XYZ Art Gallery, Blacksburg, VA – Halloween Art Show
2014 – XYZ Art Gallery, Blacksburg, VA –Accendo/Excaecare
Permanent Collections:
Virginia Tech – work Hiraeth purchased in 2016
Publications:
Cover Art for June 2016 of The Minnesota Review
Art History Research Publication in August 2017 for HRUB’s Sociology and Anthropology
Press (About Alison):
Education:
BFA from Virginia Tech (2016) in Studio Art (dual focus in drawing and photography)
Highlights: Dean’s List Fall 2012 – Spring 2016, Omicron Delta Kappa, Visual Arts Student Ambassador, Henry J. Dekker Award, Phi Beta Kappa, Graduated in Honors (Honors Thesis)
Work Experience:
Current:
Art Teacher for 7-12 Grade – Hargrave Military Academy
Past:
Education/Curatorial Intern at Taubman Museum of Art in Roanoke, VA – January – August 2016
Private Children’s Art Teacher at Honeysuckle Studio – Blacksburg, VA – 2015 – 2016
Adult Art Teacher at Honeysuckle Studio – Blacksburg, VA – 2015-2016
Graphic Designer  in Blacksburg, VA – 2013 – 2016
Gallery Assistant at Perspective Gallery in Blacksburg, VA – 2014 – 2016
Gallery Intern at Perspective Gallery in Blacksburg, VA -2014-2016
Curatorial Internship at Taubman Museum of Art in Roanoke, VA – Spring 2016
Visual Arts Internship at Strathmore in Bethesda, MD – Summer 2015