Work collaboratively to project manage and install 6-9 contemporary art exhibitions per year, from the initial planning stages through deinstallation.Coordinate shipping logistics, both domestically and internationally, working with customs regulations in the US and abroad and coordinating with foreign agents.Oversee packing and crating of artworks for shipment and storage and their unpacking for exhibition and installation.Perform and maintain condition reports on a variety of artwork types and materialsExecute loan agreements, insurance logistics, exhibition contracts, artist agreements, memorandums of understanding, Facility Reports and insurance reports.Monitor the Museum Environment, including temperature, relative humidity, and Integrated Pest ManagementManaged the permanent collection, including acquisitions, loans, collection storage, and deaccessions.Facilitated the Student Lending Art Program, lending over 600 works of art to MIT students for the year.Managed the budget for conservation and the Student Lending Art Program.Maintained the EmbARK database for the permanent collection.Coordinated the conservation and maintenance of the public art collection on MIT’s campus. Facilitated the Campus Lending Program, coordinating with faculty and staff and moving and installing artworks around campus.

Inventoried the Gallery’s entire three dimensional collection located at an off-site storage facility in preparation for a collection move to a new visible storage center, maintaining object lists, ensuring that objects were located properly, housed appropriately, and were packed for shipment. Participated in planning for and helped to implement the collection move, including shipping logistics and long term collections care planning.Created and reconciled TMS records and components, as well as maintained a barcode system for object location tracking.Arranged shipping for incoming loans, gifts, and exhibitions.Assisted with accessioning, unpacking and processing objects, preparing documentation, and sending receipts.

Unpacked, assembled, and installed works of art for contemporary art auctions, with pieces ranging from paintings to mixed media.

• Assist the Exhibitions Registrars with various administrative tasks and paperwork relating to the opening and closing of exhibitions • Help in the galleries and complete data entry on TMS and Showbiz• Track shipping on long-term loans and manage condition reports

• Organize the collections documentation for the paper conservation lab, manage and create condition reports and object treatment photography, and rehouse objects• Treat, rehouse, and develop an organizational system for various collections• Inventory, assess, and catalogue a collection of objects damaged during hurricane Sandy • Manage the disaster relief supply for the Preservation and Conservation department • Mend tears in books and manuscripts and create custom housing• Rehouse a collection of political buttons from the Tamiment Library-Wagner Labor Archive to assist with future access, use, and preservation• Design and construct object specific storage supports

• Trace the exhibition histories for objects from before they entered the Whitney’s collection and before records were kept on the TMS database.• Organize object files• Update the TMS database using information from loan paperwork and shipping records

• Drafted an Integrated Pest Management Policy of the department• Rehoused a variety of ethnographic and archaeological objects• Performed routine collections care, including environmental monitoring and object cleaning• Conducted storeroom inventories and updated TMS records• Designed, researched, and facilitated two gallery talks for the public entitled: Interconnections: Ancient Globalization in the Eastern Mediterranean• Assisted with object transit around the museum and attended courier training • Contributed to the design and creation of storage supports and Tyvek pillows for object stability.

• Contributed to ancillary events such as “Night at the Peabody,” organizing behind the scenes tours of the collections and explaining specimens to visitors. • Assisted students and parents in the Discovery Room, caring for and discussing the animals and specimens housed there. • Worked closely with the preparators department designing and fabricating mounts for exhibits.

• Developed lesson plans • Created an overarching curriculum for the year • Substitute teacher for the religious school

• Guest Lecturer on Judaism for a World Religions course

• Assisted in lessons • Maintained a productive classroom • Primarily focusing on children of kindergarten age.

• Developed and implemented an organizational system for the archives • Prepared documents for an online database of Giza materials • Managed databases on TMS • Created and managed files using Adobe Reader • Prepared documents for publication using Photoshop • Created searchable documents using ABBYY OCR

• Participated in ongoing excavation at the site• Furthered excavation skills, spatial understanding and knowledge of site record keeping • Took measurements using a total station • Worked closely with the site photographer documenting the finds from the excavation • Gained valuable leadership skills• Strengthened my adaptability in communal situations

Experience working with ancient artifactsHandling, cleaning, cataloging and preparing them for museum display

Led and developed programs for campers of all ages