Professional Experience |
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Operations Manager, Center for Design & Material Culture in the School of Human Ecology at the University of Wisconsin - Madison | December 2019 - Present
Curator, The Warehouse & Guardian Fine Art Services | May 2015 – December 2019
Copy Editor, Plumb Press | May 2015 - December 2019 (part-time)
Gallery Manager, Union Art Gallery | September 2013 – May 2015
Public Relations and Marketing Intern, Walker Art Center | June 2012 – July 2013
Hall Director, UMM Office of Residential Life | August 2009 – May 2012
Intern, Stevens County Historical Society Museum | January – December 2009
Intern, Walker Art Center | Summer 2007
- Manage day-to-day operations of the Center
- Act as Chief-of-Staff for the Director
- Develop policies, procedures, and program goals with the Director of the Center
- Assist with the management of the budget in coordination with the SoHE Business Office
- Work with collection and gallery staff to help meet their needs
- Collaborate with the Communications team on marketing and press in regards to the Center
- Assist students and Center fellows in their employment and research needs
Curator, The Warehouse & Guardian Fine Art Services | May 2015 – December 2019
- Plan, organize, and actualize the creation of a private art museum
- Manage a collection of 3,500+ objects
- Set up and design protocols in catalogue system Past Perfect
- Curate exhibitions: select artists and works, install, deinstall, and complementary programming
- Install, deinstall, pack, transport, and store Guardian client work
- Collaborate on and help implement marketing initiatives
- Build and maintain website and social presence
Copy Editor, Plumb Press | May 2015 - December 2019 (part-time)
- Edit exhibition catalogues for Roy Staab: Suspended in Time, and Beyond Baskets
- Create, edit, and administer the Plumb Press website
Gallery Manager, Union Art Gallery | September 2013 – May 2015
- Curate exhibitions featuring regional and national artists
- Plan and lead marketing initiatives, artist talks, and other related programming
- Manage loans, contracts, insurance forms, and shipping
- Maintain annual budget
- Manage, schedule, and mentor student employees
Public Relations and Marketing Intern, Walker Art Center | June 2012 – July 2013
- Facilitate the Performing Arts Department’s the 2013—2014 Performing Arts Season
- Research and contribute to the Upper Midwest Emmy Award winning documentary, The Minneapolis Sculpture Garden
- Maintain press archive, assemble press packets, draft press releases, and update website
Hall Director, UMM Office of Residential Life | August 2009 – May 2012
- Hire and supervise a staff of Community Advisors
- Oversee programming and day-to-day operations of a residence hall, lead civic engagement opportunities for college students
Intern, Stevens County Historical Society Museum | January – December 2009
- Catalogue, photograph, and research collection objects and photographs
- Research, design, and prepare the traveling exhibition Hearts of the Home: A History of Stevens County Homemakers Clubs
Intern, Walker Art Center | Summer 2007
- Assist the Walker Art Center’s Visual Arts Department with the 2007 catalogue Frida Kahlo
- Assist Curator Doryun Chong with cataloguing and organization for the 2008 exhibition Tetsumi Kudo: Gardens in Metamorphosis
Education |
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M.A. Art History and Certificate in Museum Studies | 2013-2015
University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee
B.A. Anthropology and Art History | 2008-2012
University of Minnesota, Morris
University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee
- Thesis: Reflections on a Collection: Revisiting the UWM Icons Fifty Years Later
- Focus in exhibition design and theory, object provenance, historiography, material culture, and museology.
B.A. Anthropology and Art History | 2008-2012
University of Minnesota, Morris
- Courses in Italian, French, African American art, women and art, American Indians and museums, ancient Greek and Roman art, Byzantine art, and portraiture.