Education

2013 Ph.D., Media, Art and Text Virginia. Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA

2003 M.F.A, Painting and Printmaking. Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA

1999 B.A., Art and English Literature. Emory and Henry College. Emory, VA

Professional Experience

2020 to Current: Director of Community Programs and Partnerships. ART 180

2018 to 2020: Community Programs Manager. ART 180

2015 to Current: Executive Director. Richmond Sound Arts Festival

2014 to Current: Project Developer and Manager. RightHereOnce.org

2015 to 2018: Adjunct Professor. Virginia Commonwealth University Kinetic Imaging Department.

2015 to 2018: Assistant Youth Educator. Virginia Museum of Fine Arts

2015 to 2016: Project Assistant and Teen Instructor, Art 180

2015 to 2016: Project Manager. Find Art Doors

2015: Co-organizer and Curator of Sculpture, RVA Street Art Festival.

2014: Exhibitions Manager and Coordinator. The Depot, Virginia Commonwealth University

2013: Co-organizer and Curator of Sculpture, RVA Street Art Festival

2010 to 2013: Assistant to the Director. Graduate School Office Virginia Commonwealth University, 

2004 to 2010: Associate Director. Visual Resource Center, Virginia Commonwealth University

2004 to 2009: Adjunct Professor. Art Department, J Sargeant Reynolds Community College

2007 to 2008 Adjunct Professor. Art and Visual Technology Department, George Mason University,

2003 to 2004 Adjunct Professor. Art Foundation Program, Virginia Commonwealth University

2002 to 2006 Adjunct Professor. Department of Painting and Printmaking, Virginia Commonwealth University

2001 Graduate Teaching Assistant. Department of Painting and Printmaking, Virginia Commonwealth University

Membership / Presentations / Attendance / Awards

2022: Member. White Accomplices for Racial Justice Cohort

National Guild for Community Arts Education

February 9 to May 18, Online

2019-2021: Committee Member and Curriculum Designer/Advisor. Richmond Public 

School “REAL Richmond” History Curriculum (https://www.growhistoryrps.com/real-richmond-history.html)

2018 to 2020: Vice President. Woodland Heights Civic Association, Richmond, VA

2014 to 2019: Member. Bridgepark, Richmond, VA

2019: Invitee. Contemporary Curators' Conference Virginia Museum of Fine Arts and ICA @VCU

2019: Speaker. Maggie Walker Summer Institute Maggie Walker National Park Center (US Park Service)

2019: Speaker.  Launch of Advocates for Richmond Youth Online Map

In Our Voices!: Exploring the Diversity & Complexity of Youth Housing 

Instability in Richmond, VA

2016 to 2018: Communications Committee Member. Art180 Richmond, VA

2018: Lecturer. Capturing the Sound: James River Walks

Experiments in Sound Summer Workshops (Field Recordings)

Virginia Commonwealth University Kinetic Imaging Department

June 16, 23, 30. Richmond, Virginia

2018: Awardee. Virginia Tourism Marketing Grant

Sound Arts Richmond,

March to November. Richmond VA

2018: Panel Presentation.  College Arts Association Annual Conference

“Site Specific, Collaborative, and Interactive Platforms within Locative Media,

February 22.   Los Angeles, California

2017: Presenter. The Joan Oates Institute for Partners in the Arts

The University of Richmond

Teacher Training

June 29. University of Richmond

2016: Speaker.  Legacy of the Civil War: Changing Memory Over Time

NEH Landmarks of American History and Culture workshops 

Virginia Commonwealth University

July 15. Richmond, Virginia

2016: Panel Presentation. National Council on Public History

“Exhibiting Gentrification:  Documenting the History of an African-American Neighborhood in Richmond, VA.”

March 16 to19. Renaissance Baltimore Harborplace Hotel Baltimore, MD

2013 to 2015: Member. Richmond City Urban Design Committee. Richmond, VA

2015: Panel Discussion and Exhibition of Sound: Imagining America Conference

“America Will Be! The Art and Power of ‘Weaving Our We’”

September 30 to October 3.  Maryland Institute College of Art and Morgan 

State University Baltimore, MD

2015: NYMASA Summer Institute Awarded Participant. New York Metro American Studies Association

The Digital City: New Approaches in the Digital Humanities. New York University and SUNY

June 29th to July 2nd.  New York, NY

2014: Panel Discussion on “Driving Richmond”. Imagining America Conference

National Center for Civil and Human Rights. October 9 to 11.  Atlanta, Georgia

2013: “Participation in the Digital Public: New Media Art as Online Community”

Digital Art and the Urban Environment: Engaging Urban Ecology through 

Digital Art and New Media.  Pace Digital Gallery, Pace University

2013: Member. Virginia Commonwealth University Student Media Commission. Richmond, VA

2007 to 2012: Commissioner. Richmond Public Arts Commission. Richmond, VA

2008 to 2010: Chair of Commission. Richmond Public Arts Commission. Richmond, VA

2005 to 2009: Exhibitions Chair, 1708 Gallery. Richmond, VA

2003 to 2005: Artist Member. Artspace Gallery. Richmond, VA

Publication

2015: Garland, Vaughn.  “Our Place on That Wall: Community Online Art Projects.” In Media Art and the Urban Environment:  Engendering Public Engagement with Urban Ecology, edited by Francis T Marchese. Future City, Vol. 5, Chapter 12. New York: Springer Press,  2015

2014: “Rerouting the Encounter Between People: A Review of Miranda July’s Somebody”  Digital America   (digitalamerica.org) Posted on November 6, 2014 

2011: “Inside the System: Ray Johnson ad New Media Artist”

Art=Text=Art Works by Contemporary Artist from the Sally and Wynn Kramarsky 

Collection, Online Exhibition Catalogue

University of Richmond, Joel and Lila Harnett Museum of Art

Richmond, Virginia

Curated Exhibitions

Sound Arts Richmond Multi-site 2018 Richmond, VA

RVA Street Art Festival Southern States Silo 2015 Richmond, VA

RVA Street Art Festival  GRTC 2013 Richmond, VA

Fireworks Night Godspeeeeeeeeeeeed Gallery, 2010 Richmond, VA

Media X 1708 Gallery 2008 Richmond, VA

Buckets of Water Red Door Gallery 2008 Richmond, VA

Arts in Public Places Juror 2007 Bristol, VA/TN 

Outdoor Sculpture Invitational Artspace Gallery 2006 Richmond, VA. 

Dispersal Tactics Artspace Gallery 2006 Richmond, VA. 

Outdoor Sculpture Invitational Artspace Gallery 2005 Richmond, VA. 

Solo Exhibitions

“A Northward Migration” Richmond Botanical Garden 2018 Richmond, VA

“Paintings from the Studio” Main Art Gallery 2010 Richmond, VA

“Self Portraits” William King Museum 2008 Abingdon, VA

“Black” Plant Zero Project Space 2008 Richmond, VA

“Episode Painting” Mary Baldwin College 2007 Stanton, VA

“Surface and Episode” Curated Culture 2005 Richmond, VA

“Surface” Capitol One Collections 2005 Richmond, VA

“Changing My Room” Main Art Gallery 2004 Richmond, VA 

Group Exhibitions

Not Fade Away Black Iris Gallery 2021 Richmond, VA

One Pride: Many Voices (BlackPrideRVA).  Iridian Gallery at Diversity 2019 Richmond, VA

“A Northward Migration”   University of Hull, 2018 University of Hull, UK

“Feastial of the River” Richmond Symphony 2018 Richmond, VA

“Declaration” Institute of Contemporary Art VCU 2018 Richmond, VA

“Latinos in Richmond” The Valentine 2017 Richmond, VA

“Go Bike” Virginia Museum of Fine Arts 2015 Richmond, VA

“Art Cycle” Virginia Museum of Fine Arts 2015 Richmond, VA

“Made In Church Hill” The Valentine 2014 Richmond, VA

“From These Hills” William King Museum, 2010 Abingdon, VA

“WHODUNNIT” Ghost Print Gallery 2009 Richmond, VA

“Art Auction” 1708 Gallery, 2008 Richmond, VA

“Not So Silent Night” 1708 Gallery, 2007 Richmond, VA

“Strictly Drawing 2” Main Art Gallery, 2007 Richmond, VA

“VARIATIONS” Red Door Gallery, 2007 Richmond, VA

“Building Picturing” The Painting Center, 2007 New York, NY

“Art Auction” 1708 Gallery, 2007 Richmond, VA

“Think Small” Artspace Gallery, 2005 Richmond, VA

“Cash and Cary” Curated Culture, 2005 Richmond, VA

“Small Works” 1708 Gallery, 2005 Richmond, VA

“Thumbnails” Main Art Gallery, 2005 Richmond, VA

“Strictly Drawing” Main Art Gallery, 2004 Richmond, VA

“Small Works” 1708 Gallery, 2004 Richmond, VA

“Members” Artspace Gallery, 2004 Richmond, VA

“Return to Sender” Emory and Henry College, 2004 Emory, VA 

“Lustre” Stephan Stux Gallery, 2003 New York, NY

“Thumbnails” Main Art Gallery, 2003 Richmond, VA

“MFA Thesis” Anderson Gallery,VCU 2003 Richmond, VA

“To The Capitol City” Ohio State University, 2003 Columbus, OH

“Video Collaborative” Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, 2002 Richmond, VA

“Nine” Orange Door Gallery, 2002 Richmond, VA

“CMU/VCU Exchange” Carnegie Mellon, 2002 Pittsburgh, PA

“Video Tonight” Fishbowl Gallery, VCU 2001 Richmond, VA

“Slur” Bradford Gallery, VCU 2001 Richmond, VA