EDUCATION & RESIDENCIES

2018, Worcester Center for Craft, one year residency
Worcester, MA

2017
The Steel Yard, one year residency
Providence, RI

Red Lodge Clay Center, ASPN (Advanced Student Project Network)
Red Lodge, MT

2015 - 2017, Dartmouth, MA
UMass Dartmouth/ degree in Artisanry with a focus on ceramics

2012 - 2013, Portland, OR
Oregon College of Art and Craft/ Ceramics concentration

2008 - 2011, Newport, RI
Community College of Rhode Island

2004 - 2008, Newport, RI
Rogers High School
& Newport Area Career and Technical Center


WORK & VOLUNTEER

WORK

2020 - Current, Keane’s Wood-Fired Catering, Events booking & managing

2022 - Anyhow Ceramics/ ceramic education
Providence, RI

2022 - Worcester Center for Craft/ ceramic education
Worcester, MA

2019 - 2020, The Guild/ Beerhall beertender/ kitchen
Pawtucket, RI

2018 -2019, Worcester Center for Craft/ ceramic education
Worcester, MA

2016, BAFL & Newport Art House/ market coordinating assistance
Newport, RI

Summer 2016 - Aquidneck Growers Market/ Market manager
Newport, RI

Fall 2015 - Jamestown Art Center/ ceramics education
Jamestown, RI

2015, Backyard Summer Art Series/ Lead organizer
Newport,RI

Summer 2014, Camp Laurel/ceramics instructor, cabin counselor
Readfield, ME

Summer 2013 Nicky Statius (Falkenhayn)/studio assistant
Portland OR

2012, Oregon College of Art & Craft Library/ ArtStor entry work
Portland, OR

VOLUNTEER

2021 - current Pawtucket Arts Collaborative, Board Member & Website Management

2019 Worcester Center for craft/ Pottery invitational / ceramic demos

2019 Worcester Center for craft/ Pasta Dinner Fundraiser

2018 Worcester Center for craft/ Start on the Street/ ceramic demos

2016 Julia Mandle/ installation assistance at the Newport Art Museum

2012,2013 Art on the Vine/ raffle sales

2009 Aquidneck Hearts for Haiti/ fundraising and event assisting

2006,2007 Newport International Film Festival/ usher, ticket sales, driving and driver coordinating


SELECT EXHIBITIONS & PUBLICATIONS

EXHIBITIONS

2025

WildFire Ceramics. Missoula, MT
”High Fire”

Brookline Art Center. Brookline, MA
Juried show/Fundraiser: Art Off The Wall Exhibit

PAC - Pawtucket Arts Collaborative, Foundation Show. Pawtucket, RI
Juried group exhibition

2024

Pawtucket Art Collective. Pawtucket, RI
Members winter show, “Small works”

Pawtucket Art Collective. Pawtucket, RI
Juried group exhibition, “The color of Sound”

Brookline Art Center. Brookline, MA
Art Off The Wall Exhibit

PAC - Pawtucket Arts Collaborative, Foundation Show. Pawtucket, RI
Juried group exhibition

2023

Pawtucket Art Collective. Pawtucket, RI
Members winter show

Brookline Art Center. Brookline, MA
Art Off The Wall Exhibit

PAC - Pawtucket Arts Collaborative, Foundation Show. Pawtucket, RI
Juried group exhibition

2022

Pawtucket Art Collective. Pawtucket, RI
Members winter show

Pawtucket Art Collective. Pawtucket, RI
JUST ART, a group show

Worcester Center for Craft, Worcester, MA
AIR + Faculty Show

PAC - Pawtucket Arts Collaborative, Foundation Show
Juried group exhibition

2019
Worcester center for craft. Worcester, MA
juried bowl exhibition

Worcester center for craft. Worcester, MA
group exhibition

2018
Worcester center for craft. Worcester, MA
faculty/group show

2017
Red Lodge Clay Center Red Lodge, MT
group exhibition

New Bedford Art Museum New Bedford, MA
group exhibition

2016
University Gallery 244 New Bedford, MA
collaboration & joint exhibition

Craft Boston Boston, MA
group exhibition

Boru Noodle Bar Newport, RI
group exhibition

2015
Blink Gallery Mini Art Show Newport, RI
group exhibition

Ballard Park, Light garden Newport, RI
collaboration, group exhibition

Backyard Summer Art Series Newport, RI
group exhibition

2014
CCRI alumni show Lincoln, RI
group exhibition

2013
OCAC juried student show Portland, OR
group exhibition

PUBLICATIONS

“Kym Gardner, Ceramic Artist & Event Coordinator at KEANE’S WOOD-FIRED CATERING”
Leading Ladies of 2025 in Hey Rhody Magazine | March 2025

“ARTISTS-IN-RESIDENCE: STRETCHING WORCESTER CRAFT’S BOUNDARIES”
by Brian Goslow | Artscope Magazine May 2nd, 2019

“Group aims to promote, unite artists”
By Colin Howarth | The Newport Daily News Aug 18, 2015

“Beta: a New-York-to-Newport Artist Residency”
By Zeke Wright | Newport Mercury August 18th, 2015.

“Newport Art House is causing a scene”
By Colin Howarth | The Newport Daily News Aug 8, 2016