2024 The Cooper Union Advancement for Science and Art, New York, NY
2017 Interlochen Arts Academy, Interlochen, MI
2024 Half-Tuition Scholarship, The Cooper Union, New York, NY, 2021-2024
2020 Union Journal, The Cooper Union, New York, NY
2018 VSA Emerging Young Artist Award, John F. Kennedy Center, Washington D.C.
2020-Present My Dearest Friends Project, Co-Founder, Grand Rapids, MI
MDFP is an international disability-led public art collaboration that archives, illustrates, and amplifies real stories of disability culture and community.
2022 MDFP: Student Stories of Mental Health, Forest Hills Northern, Grand Rapids, MI
2021 My Dearest Friends Project, Grand Rapids Art Museum, Grand Rapids, MI
2021 This is How We Came to Be, The Quincy Art Center, Quincy, IL
2020 Today is a Cane Day, Smallbany Gallery, Albany, NY
2019 I Hope You Find Comfort (In This and IN Life), The Light Gallery, Grand Rapids, MI
2019 I am Hers and She is Mine, Bend Gallery, Grand Rapids, MI
2019 Detour, Traveling exhibition, The Kennedy Center for Performing Arts, Washington D.C.
2018 Youth #3, CICA Museum, Gyeonggi-do South Korea
2018 Shape Open, Art Pavilion, London, England
2017 In Her Hands, Trent University, Ontario, Canada
2022 GoodHart Artist Residency
2020 Socially Distant Artist Residency, online
2019 Soaring Gardens, Laceyville Pennsylvania
2021 Mary Dupuis, Grand Valley Lanthorn, September 27: https://lanthorn.com/84076/ae/zack-grand-rapids-art-museum-raises-awareness-of-disabled-community-through-artprize-exhibition/
2021 Eight West, Wood TV, September 17: https://www.woodtv.com/eightwest/my-dearest-friends-project-shares-disabled-stories-outside-the-grand-rapids-art-museum/
2021 Interlochen Arts Academy, September 15: https://www.interlochen.org/stories/creating-more-accessible-world
2021 Alyssa Hearin, Fox 17, May 3: https://www.fox17online.com/news/local-news/artprize-project-shares-stories-from-disability-community-during-pandemic
2021 Shelly Irwin, WGBU Morning Show, February 16: https://www.wgvunews.org/the-wgvu- morning-show/2021-02-16/disart
2020 Sam Easter, Grand Rapids Magazine, September 20: https://www.grmag.com/people-places/issues/my-dearest-friends/
2020 The Dearest Friends Project: A Global Art Collaboration Centering Disability During COVID-19, Rooted in Rights, October 13: https://rootedinrights.org/the-dearest-friends-project-a-global-art-collaboration-centering-disability-during-covid-19/
2022 PH x College: Intro to Inclusive Design in Museums, Poster House, Virtual, New York, NY, Feb. 8
2021 Visiting Artist Talk with Oaklee Thiele, Creative Growth, Virtual, Oakland, CA, Sep. 24
2021 My Dearest Friends Community Conversation Panelist Event, Grand Rapids Art Museum, Grand Rapids, MI, Sep. 23
2021 Guest Lecture with Protest Artist Oaklee Thiele, Kendall College of Art and Design, Grand Rapids, MI, Sep. 16
2021 My Dearest Friends Project Opening Panelist Event, Grand Rapids Art Museum, Grand Rapids, MI, Sep. 15
2021 nTIDE Webinar Series Episode #3, Kessler Foundation, AUCD< University of New Hampshire Institute on Disability, Durham, NH, March 5
2021 Guest Artist Lecture, Kendall College of Art and Design, Virtual, Grand Rapids, MI Jan. 9
2020 Disabled Artist Talk, Inclusive HEARTS Alliance, Virtual, Charleston, SC, Dec. 4
2020 Disabled Artist Talk, Creative Growth, Virtual, Oakland, CA, Dec. 1
2020 Conversations on Disability with Artist and Disability Advocate Oaklee Thiele, Woman Made Gallery, Virtual, Chicago, IL, Oct. 30
2020 The My Dearest Friends Project, Michigan ADA 30 Celebration, Virtual, Grand Rapids, MI, Aug 18
2020 Living as a Disabled Artist During the COVID-19 Crisis, Upgrade Accessibility and Camp Access, Virtual, Nationwide, May 26
2020 All about Service Animals (Grades K-2), Little Flower School, Springfield, IL, March 4
2019 Teaching Assistant, Interlochen Arts Academy, Interlochen, MI
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