Education
2007 MFA (Metalsmithing), San Diego State University, San Diego, CA
1999 B.F.A. in Studio Arts, (Metals & Painting), University of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX
1997 Associates Degree in Art, (Metal Sculpture) Austin Community College, Austin, Texas
1992-1993 Tulane University, (Biology Art & Illustration), New Orleans, Louisiana
Work Experience
2018-Present Studio Artist, Spruce Pine, NC
2009 - 2018 Windgate Visiting Professor of Jewelry and Metalsmithing, University of Arkansas, Little
Rock, AR
2009 Metalsmithing Department Developer, University of Arkansas, Little Rock, AR
2009 Beginning Drawing, Adjunct Instructor, University of Arkansas, Little Rock, AR
2009 Beginning Book Arts Adjunct Instructor, University of Arkansas, Little Rock, AR
2008 Beginning Drawing, Adjunct Instructor, University of Arkansas, Little Rock, AR
2007-(Fall) Beginning Drawing, Adjunct Instructor, University of Arkansas, Little Rock, AR
2006-(Fall) Graduate Teaching Associate (instructor of record), Beginning Metals, San Diego State
University (SDSU), San Diego, CA
2006-(Spring) Graduate Teaching Associate (instructor of record), Introduction to Craft Arts, San Diego
State University (SDSU), San Diego, CA
2005-(Fall) Graduate Teaching Associate (instructor of record), Beginning Metals, San Diego State
University (SDSU), San Diego, CA
2005 (Summer) Graduate Teaching Associate (instructor of record), Blacksmithing and Fabrication, San
Diego State University (SDSU), San Diego, CA
2004-(Spring) Graduate Teaching Associate (instructor of record), Introduction to Craft Arts, San Diego
State University (SDSU), San Diego, CA
2003-2004 Graduate Teaching Associate (instructor of record), Intermediate Drawing, San Diego
State University (SDSU), San Diego, CA
2003 Mural Painter, Albert & Holmes Designs, San Diego, CA
2000-2003 Adjunct Beginning Metal Sculpture Instructor, Austin Community College, Austin, TX
1990-Present Freelance Illustrator, San Diego, CA & Austin, TX
1999-2001 Metal Designer and Fabricator, Darby & Romano Design, Austin, TX
2000 Studio Assistant, Margo Sawyer Sculpture and Installation Artist, Austin, TX
Artist Residencies
2014 Iron, Glass, and Wood, Penland School of Craft, Penland, NC
2012 Iron and Wood, Penland School of Craft, Penland, NC
2010 Artist in Residence in Metalsmithing, University of Arkansas, Little Rock, AR
2007 Artist in Residence (Metals), Oregon College of Art and Craft, Portland OR
Selected Exhibitions (Solo shows marked by *)
2020 It takes a village, National Ornamental Metal Museum, Memphis TN.
2020 Wear, Penland Gallery, Penland, NC
2020 Emotional States, Toe River Arts Council, Spruce Pine, NC
2020 25thAnniversary Exhibition, Pocosin Arts School of Craft, Columbia, NC
2020 Metaformation, Center for Contemporary Craft, Houston,TX
2019 Crafting the Future, Center for Craft, Asheville, NC.
2019 Wear, Penland Gallery, Penland, NC.
2019 Wearable Pewter, City Soles, Chicago, IL and Ayse Taki; Istambul, Turkey
2019 Appetites and Objects;Baltimore Jewelry Center, Baltimore, MD.
2018 Fire and Fiber, Arts and Science Center for Southeast Arkansas, Pine Bluff, AR
2017 Materials Hard and Soft, Denton, TX
2015 A Kind of Confession, National Ornamental Metal Museum, Memphis TN.
2014 Feral Garden, Arkansas State University, Jonesboro, AR.
22014 *Conundrum, University of Arkansas, Little Rock, AR.
2011 Works: Mia Hall & David Clemons, University of Arkansas, Pine Bluff Arkansas
2010 Artifact, Saskatchewan, Canada
2010 Points of Departure, Helen Shirk Commemorative Exhibition, San Diego State
University, San Diego, CA
2010 Local Flavors, Memphis College of Art, Memphis, TN
2009-2010 Different Tempers: Jewelry and Blacksmithing, Center for Craft, Creativity, and Design,
Hendersonville, NC.
2009 RE/ACTIONS,Craft Alliance, St. Louis, MO.
2009 Forms in Metal, Hyde Fine Art Gallery, Grossmont College, El Cajon, CA
2008 Tributaries, Ornamental Metal Museum, Memphis, TN
2008 The Subjects is Books: Chapter 3, Cox Creative Center, Little Rock, AR
2008 Yuma Symposium Presenter’s Exhibition, Yuma Fine Art Center, Yuma, AZ
2008 of Lineage and Legacy: Visual conversations on jewelry and metalsmithing, Hall Street
Gallery, Savannah, GA
2007 UALR Art Faculty Biennial, University of Arkansas, Little Rock, AR
2007 10+10, ACAC, Little Rock, AR
2007 2+2, Appalachian Center for Craft, Smithville, TN
2007 Jeffrey Clancy and David H. Clemons: Recent Works in Metal, Giles Gallery, Eastern
Kentucky University, Richmond, KY
2007 Artist In Residence Exhibition, Hoffman Gallery, Portland, OR
2007-2009 Craft in America: Expanding Traditions-Two Year Traveling Exhibition, Arkansas Art
Center, Little Rock, AR
2007 Hand Jive, Invitational Ring Exhibition, Taboo Jewelry Studio, San Diego, CA
2006 *Positive ID, M.F.A. Thesis Solo Exhibition, Flor y Canto Gallery, SDSU, San Diego, CA
2006 Homegrown, SDSU Metals Alumni & Current Students, Jackson Gallery, SDSU, San Diego,
CA
2006 Thoughts Materialized, SNAG Student Exhibition Mars Gallery, Chicago, IL
2006 SDSU Art Council Scholarshipand Purchase Award Exhibition, Athenaeum Gallery, La
Jolla, CA
2005 Coded Messages, Flor y Canto Gallery, SDSU, San Diego, CA
2005 On the Verge, SNAG Student Exhibition, Reinberg Galleries, Cleveland, OH
2005 California Art Metal Now, Blue Room Gallery, Oakland CA
2005 Current Investigations in Metal Arts, Flor y Canto Gallery, SDSU, San Diego, CA
2005 UCSDSU Chatter, UCSD & SDSU Collaborative MFA Exhibition, Graduate Gallery, UCSD,
La Jolla, CA
2005 Resources: Salt, Rubber, Steel, Bergman Gallery, Kent, OH
2004 Scale, Diversity, and Ambition, Produce Gallery, San Diego, CA
2004 Full Service, Flor y Canto Gallery, San Diego State University, San Diego, CA
2004 Personal Effects, Invitational Jewelry Exhibition, Grove Gallery, La Jolla, CA
2004 Design in Wood, Del Mar Fairground, San Diego, CA
2003 Purchase Award Exhibition, Jackson Gallery, San Diego State University, San Diego, CA
2002 Coalition of Austin Black Artist, Dougherty Art Center, Austin, TX
2002 & 2001 Faculty Exhibition, Austin Community College Austin, TX
2001 Mercurial Flame, Dougherty Art Center, Austin, TX
2000 Austin Art Scene 2, Art Center, Austin, TX
1999 Metal Bound, Regis Warehouse, Austin, TX
Visiting Artist Lectures, Presentations, or Workshops
2020 Workshop Instructor, Pewter Spice Jars, Penland School of Craft, Penland, NC
2020 Workshop Instructor, Just a Shake: Pewter Saltshakers, Penland School of Craft, Penland, NC
2020 Workshop Instructor, Eat Your Greens: Pewter Salad Utensils, Pocosin Arts School of Craft,
Columbia, NC
2020 Panel member, African American Craft Summit, Smithsonian Center for Folklife and Cultural
Heritage, Smithsonian Institute,
2020 Symposium Presenter, Baltimore Jewelry Center Symposium, Baltimore, MD
2019 Workshop Instructor, Utensils & Dinning, Penland School of Craft, Penland, NC
2019 Workshop Instructor, Copper Beakers, Baltimore Jewelry Center, Baltimore, MD
2018 Workshop Instructor, Pewter Shakers, University of Georgia, Athens, GA
2018 Visiting Artist Lecture and Workshop Instructor, “Spoons.”, Pocosin School of Craft,
Columbia, NC
2018 Visiting Artist Lecture and Workshop Instructor, “The Art of Containment.”,Penland School
of Craft, Penland, NC
2018 Workshop Instructor, Wood Applications in Jewelry, Arkansas Art Center, Little Rock, AR
2016 Visiting Artist Lecture and Workshop Instructor, “Raise your cup high.”, Pocosin School of
Craft, Columbia, NC
2015 Visiting Artist and Panel Discussion Participant, Association of African American Museums
Conference, Memphis, TN
2015 Visiting Artist Lecture and Workshop Instructor, “Body Adorned; Jewelry Suites “,Penland
School of Craft, Penland, NC
2014 Visiting Artist and Keynote Speaker, Eastern Carolina University Metals Symposium,
Greenville, NC
2014 Visiting Artist Lecture and Workshop Instructor, “Sconces”, Haystack School of Craft, Deer
Isle, ME
2014 Visiting Artist Lecture and Workshop Instructor, “Illumination: Form and Light in
Iron”,Haystack Mountain School of Crafts, Deer Isle, ME
2014 Visiting Artist Lecture and Workshop Instructor, SIMS Conference, Carbondale, IL
2013 Competition Juror and Demonstrator Michigan Metlasmithng Guild, Detroit, Mi.
2012 Visiting Artist Lecture and Workshop Instructor, “Beguiled: Brooching Technique
“,Penland School of Craft, Penland, NC
2012 Visiting Artist Lecture and Workshop Instructor, “Buckled Up “,Arkansas Art Center
Museum School, Little Rock, AR
2011 Visiting Artist Lecture and Workshop Instructor, Friends of Contemporary Craft, Arkansas
Art Center, Little Rock, AR.
2011 Visiting Artist Lecture and Workshop Instructor, California Center for Art, San Francisco,
CA.
2011 Visiting Artist Lecture and Workshop Instructor, Arrowmont School of Craft, Gatlinburg,
TN.
2011 Artist Spotlight Presenter, “Flux” SNAG Conference 2011, Seattle, WA.
2010 Visiting Artist Lecture and Workshop Instructor, Memphis College of Art, Memphis, TN.
2010 Visiting Artist Lecture and Workshop Instructor, “The Art of Containment “,Penland
School of Craft, Penland, NC
2009 Visiting Artist Lecture and Workshop Instructor, Whitewater College, Whitewater, WI.
2009 Visiting Artist Lecture and Workshop Instructor, Oregon College of Art and Craft,
Portland, OR.
2008 Visiting Artist Lecture and Workshop Instructor, University of Arkansas, Little Rock, AR
2008 Visiting Artist Lecture and Workshop Instructor, Maine College of Art, Portland, ME.
2008 Visiting Artist Lecture and Workshop Instructor, Oregon College of Art and Craft,
Portland, OR.
2008 Yuma Symposium, Artist Presenter and Technical Demonstrator, Yuma, AZ
2005 The Other Side: National Furniture Society Conference, Artist Presenter (in
Blacksmithing), San Diego State University, San Diego, CA
2003 Silver of and from the West, Technical Demonstrator, Pasadena & San Diego, Ca.;
organized by New York University
Awards/Scholarships
2009 Individual Artist Fellowship, From the Arkansas Arts Council, Little Rock, AR.
2006 Graduate Equity Fellowship, SDSU, San Diego, CA
2006 The Collins Foundation Grant, Portland, OR
2006 Saul Belle Design Competition Finalist (Hollowware), Albuquerque, NM
2006 Paul Lindgren Scholarship; San Diego State University; San Diego, CA
2006 Art Council Award San Diego State University; San Diego, CA
2005 Paul Lindgren Scholarship; San Diego State University; San Diego, CA
2003 Paul Lindgren Scholarship; San Diego State University; San Diego, CA
1999 Lucas Foundation Scholarship; University of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX
1999 Ollie Trout Metal Scholarship; University of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX
1999 Merit Scholarship in painting and metals; University of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX
Professional Activities & Public Works
2014 Museum Display Designer and Fabricator, Esse Purse Museum, Little Rock, AR
2014 Sign Designer and Fabricator, Boulevard Bread Company, Little Rock, AR
2014 Public Art Sculptor & Fabricator, Bernice Sculpture Garden, Little Rock, AR
2009 Sign Designer and Fabricator, Bernice Sculpture Garden, Little Rock, AR
2009 Count Pulaski Way: Concrete Sidewalk Mural, Central Arkansas Library Campus, Little
Rock, AR.
2008 Chairs on South Main Street, Public Art Installation, Little Rock, AR
2005 Art Action: Katrina Relief Silent Auction (Organizer), San Diego State University, San
Diego, CA
2004 Hand Forged & Fabricated Gate Commission/Installation, San Diego, CA
2002-Present Metal Work Designer & Fabricator, Carver Library and Museum, Austin, TX
2002 Carver Museum and Library Project, Artist Design Panelist, Austin, TX
2000-2002 Studio And Installation Assistant for Margo Sawyer (Professor of Sculpture at the
University of Texas), Austin Convention Center Project, Austin, TX
2001 Barbara Jordan Memorial Sculpture Selection Committee, Austin, TX
Permanent Collections
John & Robyn Horn Comntemporary Craft Collection, Little, AR.
Ollie Trout Collection, University of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX
Contemporary Craft Collection, Arkansas Art Center, Little Rock, AR
Ornamental Metal Museum, Memphis, TN
Contemporary Craft Collection ,Yale Museum, New Haven, CT
Affiliations
2015-Present Collection Committee, National Ornamental Metal Museum, Memphis, TN
2012-2014 Board of Trustees Penland School of Craft, Penland, NC
2012-2013 SNAG Boston 2015 Exhibitions Planning Committee
2009-2017 Board of Trustees National Ornamental Metal Museum, Memphis, TN
2008-2013 Friends of Contemporary Craft, Arkansas Art Center, Little Rock, AR
2000-Pres. Society of North American Goldsmiths (SNAG)
References
(Available upon request see insert for contact information)