EDUCATION

Maryland Institute College of Art

BFA Fibers, Summa Cum Laude

(2023)

FELLOWSHIPS,
RESIDENCIES,
RESEARCH GRANTS,

Young Artist in Residence,
Salem Art Works, NY
(2024)

Fabricademy, WAAG Futurelab, Amsterdam, NL
(2023-2024)

Windgate Lamar Fellow
Center for Craft, Asheville, NC
(2023-2024)

SCIART, Researcher
UMBC, Baltimore, MD
(2023)

Mother Nacre, Research Team
Biodesign Winning Team
MOMA, NY
(2023)

Hopkins Extreme Material Institute
Schulman Labs, Artist in Residence
Johns Hopkins, Baltimore, MD
(2022)

SCHOLARSHIPS,
AWARDS

Windgate-Lamar, Center for craft fellowship
(2023)

BioDesign Challenge winning team - Mother Nacre
(2023)

SCIART research internship
(2023)

HEMI Summer Project Grant
(2022)

Lenore G. Tawney Foundation Scholarship
(2023)

Kuhlman Fiber Arts Scholarship (2021-2023)

Louise N. Myerberg Family Scholarship Academic Honors Scholarship
(2018 - 2023)

Creative Visions Award
(2018 - 2023)

Presidential Scholarship
(2018-2023)

R. Jenkins Bristor FA Fund
(2018 - 2023)

Arnell Lewis Land Art Scholarship (2018 - 2023)

Thalheimer Endowed Scholarship
(2018 - 2023)

MICA Grant
(2018)

Academic Scholarship MICA
(2018 - 2023)

Thalheimer Endowed Scholarship
(2018 - 2023)

Oxbow Artist FunForLife Program - Metal casting
(2018)

Penland School of Craft, Kenan Fellowship - Glass blowing
(2018)

EXHIBITIONS

Radiant Fibers -
Clive Davis Gallery, NY
(2025)

Kite Show -
Rockaway Beach, NY
(2024)

Artist in Residence Exhibition -
Salem Art Works, Salem NY
(2024)

If Birds Could Fly -
Mount Royal Station, Baltimore, MD
(2024)

Academy Final Exhibition -
WAAG Futurelab, Amsterdam, NL
(2024)

Biodesign Final Presentation -
MoMA, New York, NY
(2023)

Perennials -
Mount Royal Station,
Baltimore, MD
(2023)

Woven Pixel -
Middendorf Gallery,
Baltimore, MD
(2023)

Invention of an Ecosystem -
Gateway Gallery, Baltimore, MD
(2023)

Something Big -
Middendorf Gallery, Baltimore, MD
(2022)

We Are Everywhere -
Fox 2 Gallery, Baltimore, MD
(2022)

Hopkins Extreme Material Institute - Malone Hall, Baltimore, MD
(2022)

Montgomery -
Montgomery Park,Baltimore, MD
(2021)

Sentiments -
Main O Gallery, Baltimore, MD
(2020)

EXPIRIENCE

Fibers Research Technician,
MICA, Baltimore, MD
(2025 - Current)

Part Time Associate
3D Design Department
CCBC Essex + Catonsville, MD
(2024 - Current)

Studio Assistant
Annet Couwenberg, Baltimore, MD
(2025 - Current)

Studio Assistant
Liz Ensz, Baltimore, MD
(2024)

3D Printing Teacher
Openworks, Baltimore, MD
(2024 - Current)

Digital Fabrication Technician,
MICA, Baltimore, MD
(2022 - 2023)

EHS Studio Monitor,
MICA, Baltimore, MD
(2020 - 2023)

Art Teacher,
The Painting Workshop, Baltimore, MD
(2020 - 2022)

Private Art Tutor,
Baltimore, MD
(2020 - 2023)

House Intern,
Elsewhere Museum, Greensboro, NC
2019

Art Teacher,
Mosaic Center, Baltimore, MD
2019

Last Updated 24.10.31

RESEARCH

INVESTIGATING HYDROGEL DESALINATION OF EGYPTIAN LIMESTONE OBJECTS USING NMR MOUSE SPECTROSCOPY

RILEY COX'; MOLLIE CROSSMAN²; GARRETT HILL²; MAGGIE WANG²; DR. MARGARET G. MACDONALD³

2023

Soluble salts within limestone objects are a major challenge for the Cultural Heritage field. Fluctuations in humidity during storage cause salts to dissolve, migrate, and recrystallize leading to loss of structural stability of the object. While full submersion into water is traditionally used, fragile objects require the use of a poultice.' Egyptian limestone objects in the collection of the Walters Art Museum require desalination with an agarose hydrogel poultice. Prior to the desalination, the surface is secured with an organic polymer consolidant to preserve structural integrity, but the effect of this consolidant on the treatment is unknown.

This project monitors and evaluates the efficacy of a 3% agarose hydrogel for desalination with and without a consolidant using a Profile NMR-MOUSE spectrometer. This portable, non-invasive analytical technique affords in-situ depth profile and relaxometry measurements of the salt water and hydrogel, affording real-time observation of the egress of salt water from stone to gel.2 T,' (spin-spin) relaxation times decrease with decreasing salinity and T, rates measured over the course of the treatment allows direct observation of the salinity changes in the stone. Additionally, objects at the Walters were also analyzed for salt content.

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