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Education

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• Old Dominion University 2020-to date 

Department of Art Education and 3-D Material Studies 

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• VCUArts 2014-2016 

Department of Art Education 

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• The Virginia Governor's School for the Arts 2010-2014

Department of Visual Arts

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Teaching Experience

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•  Instructor at the Governor’s School for the Arts, Norfolk, Virginia. Fall 2021-current

Ceramic Studio maintenance and instructional assistant

Instruction in Drawing Studio.

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• Instructor and Coordinator at the Hermitage Museum and Garden’s Summer Art Camp Norfolk, Virginia. Summer 2020-2023

Lesson planning and teaching of week-long art courses. Assisting the Curator of Education in overseeing camp operation, teacher assistance, childcare and instruction, and maintenance of ceramic studio and classrooms in the Visual Arts Building.

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•  Youth Art Saturday School presented by ODU Preservice Art Educators, Chrysler Museum of Art, Norfolk, Virginia. 2022

Co-written and co-lead workshop with Aubrey McMillon, "Framing Mindfulness", is a 3 day art-making session using the Chrysler Museum of Art's collection and contemporary exhibition for instructional purposes with middle school-aged students. 

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Solo Exhibitions

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• Amber Pierce, " Soft Things Don't Break", Old Dominion University Hixon Student Gallery, Norfolk, VA, 2023

• Amber Pierce: "Willing Vessels” at the Chrysler Museum of Art Vestibule 102 Gallery Norfolk, VA 2021

• Amber Pierce, "Head Space", Utopia Feni Creative Studios Gallery, Virginia Beach, Virginia, 2016

• Amber Pierce, " Habitual Pretending", Dominion Towers, Norfolk, Virginia, 2014

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Select Group Exhibitions

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• "Liminality", Baron and Ellen Gordon Art Gallery, Norfolk VA, 2023

• Atrium Artists In Residence Exhibition, Virginia Museum of Contemporary Art, Virginia Beach VA, 2023

• Cantemporaries Exhibition and Auction, Assembly, Norfolk VA 2023

• Old Dominion University's Annual Juried Exhibition, Baron and Ellen Gordon Art Gallery, Norfolk VA, 2022

• Old Dominion University's Annual Juried Exhibition, Baron and Ellen Gordon Art Gallery, Norfolk VA, 2021

• GSA 30th Anniversary Gala Alumni Art Exhibition, Origin Gallery, Norfolk VA,  2018

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Awards & Acknowledgements

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• Faculty Choice Award and Solo Exhbition, Old Dominion University, 2023

• Provost Award for Outstanding Undergraduate Researcher, Old Dominion University. 2022

• The Windgate University Fellows Scholarship Recipient at Arrowmont School of Arts & Crafts. 2022

• Old Dominion University’s Linda Holmgren Jensen Endowed Scholarship for the Arts. 2022

•  2022-23 VMFA Undergraduate Fellow, Virginia Museum of Fine Arts. 2022

• Westminster-Canterbury’s First Annual Black History Month Emerging Artist Exhibition, 2nd Place Scholarship Award. 2022

• National Art Education Association ED&I Scholarship Recipient, 2022

• Old Dominion University’ Dean’s Selection Exhibition. 2021, 2022

• Old Dominion University’s Charles K. Sibley Art Scholarship. 2021

• Old Dominion University Student Art Gallery. Best in Show. 2020

• Old Dominion University’s Barbara M. Gorlinsky Memorial Fine Arts Scholarship. 2020

• Old Dominion University Dean’s List. 2020-present

• Utopia Feni Gallery’s Annual Talent Exhibition. 2nd Place Best in Show. 2018

• Governor's School for the Art’s Katherine Toscano Kastenbaum Memorial Scholarship. 2014

• Chesapeake Bay Art Association Scholarship Competition. Honorable Mention. 2014

• The Smithsonian Teen Portrait Competition. Honorable Mention. 2014

• Scholastic Art and Writing Awards. Silver Key. 2014

• The Cleveland Institute of Art 2D3D Competition. Honorable Mention. 2014

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