Anna Van Lenten Crowley Email & Phone Number

New York City Metropolitan Area

New York, New York, United States

• Manage the gallery’s front desk, including selling tickets and bookstore items, checking-in visitors, answering the phone, and assisting visitors and the gallery staff
• Create a welcoming and engaging experience that is inclusive to all visitors
• Receive in-depth training about the current exhibitions, safety procedures, and accessibility and equity best practices in order to best serve visitors
• Work with SimpleTix to monitor and administer ticket sales
• Maintain daily visitor and sales log to assist the Marketing and Communications department

New York, New York, United States

• Work closely with Professors Catherine Whalen and Mei Mei Rado in projects relating to teaching and research
• Upload and organize course materials on Zotero and course website
• Assisted with digitizing a previous exhibition at the BGC Gallery, “Women Designers in the USA: 1900-2000”
• Conduct bibliographic and image-based research for faculty courses and projects
• Scan and upload course readings
• Set up technologies (ie. projector, Zoom, PowerPoint) as needed before class

New York, United States

• Conducted online database and archival research on female members of the American Union of Decorative Artists and Craftsmen in 1930s New York City for an independent book project, publication date TBA
• Organized and summarized research for weekly meetings

Brooklyn, New York, United States

• Assisted in the daily management of the private archive of a New York-based luxury clothing brand; the archive consisted of hundreds of garments, accessories, and fabric samples from the brand’s seasonal collections.
• Organized and maintained the archive by type of garment, decade, designer, and/or region for the reference collection and by season, type or one-of-a-kind for the brand’s collection
• Learned and practiced museum-level garment and textile conservation and long-term storage
• Conducted object-based research on archival pieces including contemporary Pashtun kameez and a Spanish torero jacket
• Photographed, researched, and cataloged archive garments for digital database
• Photographed, labeled, and stored quilt reference collection

Alexandria, Virginia, United States

• Responsible for consignor correspondence, researching, object tracking pre and post auction, and providing support with placement for exhibitions
• Managed auction house inventory and cataloging, client data, auction metrics and more using Invaluable RFC Auction Systems
• Assisted furniture and applied arts specialists with on-site cataloging
• Promoted lots and interfaced with potential buyers in the gallery and by email and phone
• Developed and maintained social media campaigns

• Supported Swing Left marketing campaigns across all platforms by conceptualizing ideasand drafting copy
• Translated ongoing news items and rapid response opportunities into digital content
• Researched content ideas and strategies for application across all marketing platforms
• Supported internal teams on copy-driven projects, including website updates, impactreports, volunteer guides, and 1-pagers.

• Developed and organize donor-facing materials for Blueprint; help track in-progress donationsthrough Blueprint and communicate with donors
• Created marketing emails, website copy, and daily social content (for Twitter, Facebook, andInstagram); manage scheduling of social posts
• Worked with Swing Left’s Political Team to help drive fundraising and volunteer goals

• Created database of potential partnerships, locally, in New York City community, nationally, and internationally; initiated outreach and established partnerships
• Created content for social media (Instagram, including Stories and IGTV, Twitter, Facebook, Pinterest), updating several times daily, using Hootsuite and Unfold
• Managed social media analytics, using Instagram Insights and Google Analytics

Charleston, South Carolina Metropolitan Area

• Assisted in all aspects of running an art gallery (virtually, due to Covid-19) including development, marketing, exhibitions, administrative, and education outreach
• Wrote grant proposals and completed grant applications; assisted in planning budget for all gallery operations
• Researched and interviewed artists; created blog posts and other content for exhibits

Washington D.C. Metro Area

• Conducted and analyzed research on artists and the art market
• Administered all marketing and communications with clients and colleagues
• Managed finances, including accounting, art sales, invoices, etc.
• Handled works of art and prepared them for sales
• Imaged and documented gallery pieces

Washington, District Of Columbia, United States

• Created content and conducted interviews and research
• Completed articles weekly, focusing on the arts

Cleveland, Ohio, United States

• Created, produced, and edited an annual film for graduation ceremony in iMovie, including photography and sound; arranged photoshoots

Cleveland/Akron, Ohio Area

• Instructed three groups of 10-20 children on journalistic writing and photography skills
• Produced and edited a weekly newsletter using the children’s work

Washington D.C. Metro Area

• Directed group of 6 college students on specific grassroots organizing campaigns
• Conducted weekly online training sessions and managed students’ progress
• Worked with a small team of 4 other coordinators and 1 director, collaborating to ensure strongparticipation and success of the programsAs a fellow the previous semester:
• Organized a group of 23 college students, leading weeklymeetings and actions
• Conducted letter-writing campaigns for voter registration and Get Out the Vote, sending over 200 letters total
• Participated in weekend of canvassing for Virginia State Legislature elections, knocking on over 100 doors, which successfully resulted in flipping both chambers blue

Washington D.C. Metro Area

• Updated databases on alumni donations; monitored over 50 regional clubs’ websites and social media presences
• Assisted staff members on various projects with a focus on blog-posting

Washington, District Of Columbia, United States

• Accommodated customers in all their shopping needs; maintained professional and friendly attitude
• Built sales by styling and wardrobing each customer
• Assisted with merchandising, replenishment, and visual standards

Washington D.C. Metro Area

• Attended briefings and wrote reports for staff projects for personal areas of interest (health)
• Provided administrative support for the office, including answering phone calls and tracking constituent concerns in Intranet Quorum

Washington D.C. Metro Area

• Held meetings with 100 congressional offices to lobby for legislation that was signed into law
• Worked with a team conducting research on FDA cancer drugs and relevant articles
• Maintained organization’s social media presence using Hootsuite

Master Of Arts - Ma

Bachelor Of Arts - Ba, American Studies

Activities and Societies: Phi Alpha Theta