Annie Leist Email & Phone Number

New York, NY, US

New York, NY

• Facilitates inclusive artmaking experiences for students with and without disabilities.
• Co-founding visiting professor of Drawing as Seeing, an intensive and inclusive drawing program hosted by the Siena Art Institute, Siena, Italy.
• Contractual educator at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, leading access and community programs including Seeing through Drawing for visitors with vision loss.
• Access guide at the Museum of Fine Arts Boston, leading multisensory and interactive in-gallery experiences for individuals and groups with disabilities.Provides expert user feedback on and training in physical and.
• Specializes in museum and public institution accessibility for patrons with little or no vision.
• Trains staff and volunteers in use of assistive technology, multisensory teaching strategies, and engagement with people who have vision loss.

New York, NY

• Creates, exhibits, and sells original works of art, primarily paintings.
• Paintings, drawings, and performative work reflects light, life, and architecture of public and urban spaces as perceived through the filters of memory and visual impairment.
• Currently represented in several private, corporate, and educational collections in the US and abroad.
• Manages all related finances, marketing, and administrative matters, including website, social media, and inventory database.Engages with local and field-wide contemporary art world through ongoing professional.
• Participates in solo, juried, and group exhibitions and events.
• Serves on panels and delivers artist talks upon request.

Greater New York City Area

New York, NY

• Trains, advises, advocates strategies for welcoming visitors with disabilities into cultural institutions.
• Leads ABS’s consulting/professional development practice.
• Creates customized training/advising solutions for each museum client.
• Facilitates interactive learning for all levels of institution staff; topics include disability awareness, inclusive teaching practices, specific strategies for working with patrons with vision loss.Develops.
• Co-leads ABS’s Art & Disability Institute, a pilot program launching in Fall 2016 offering rigorous study & professional development to artists with disabilities.
• Explores impact of disability on artists’ professional practice, critical reception, career development.Contributes to broader accessibility field with service, collaboration, knowledge-sharing, thought leadership.

Apple Store Soho, New York, NY; Apple Store Boylston Street, Boston, MA

• Championed accessibility of procedures and technology on in-store and corporate level.
• As member of global task force, co-created accessibility workshops and best practices standards to be used companywide.
• Assisted corporate headquarters in modifying new employee-side procedures and systems for use by staff members with low or no vision.
• Trained customers with disabilities or special needs in product use, pre- and post-purchase.
• Elevated accessibility awareness among colleagues through formal and informal training, mentoring teammates in universal access features and best practices. Communicated complex information to diverse students of all.
• Facilitated public workshops in Apple software and hardware, in both presentation and hands-on formats.

Mfa, Visual Art

One-Year Visiting Postgraduate, Cultural Studies, Literary And Critical Theory

Activities and Societies: Treasurer, Dublin University Graduate Students' Union Rotary Ambassadorial Scholar

Ba, Mathematics And Studio Art

Activities and Societies: Phi Beta Kappa Honors in Studio Art Pi Mu Epsilon Mathematics Honor Society Delta Gamma Fraternity (Foundation.