Kalia Armbruster Email & Phone Number

San Francisco Bay Area

San Francisco Bay Area

Majuro, Republic Of The Marshall Islands

Telecommute

Write and edit open source educational material in a succinct and engaging style. Create quiz questions testing students’ understanding of subject matter. Define key terms. Research and caption relevant images. Synthesize material into key points and one-line synopses. Edit and fact check co-edcurator submissions.

Hell'S Kitchen

Assisted customers by providing excellent service and in-depth knowledge of products. Wrote and edited articles for company-wide newsletter. Conducted inventory of goods and supplies. Operated and reconciled cash registers. Created and maintained retail staff e-mail listserv.

Astoria, Queens

Instituted product descriptions and special event announcements for the gift shop website. Wrote and edited daily informational handouts. Reserved and sold tickets to screenings and special events. Assisted customers by providing information about the museum, its exhibits, and the surrounding neighborhood. Operated register at the gift shop and the admissions desk. Maintained appearance of the gift shop. Special projects as assigned.

Ithaca, New York

Curated 2007 Senior Student Exhibition. Co-founded and co-directed Thursdays at the Handwerker series and Tuesday Salon series. Designed and ran student workshops on condition reporting, textile conservation, preservation of the permanent collection, and gallery practices. Composed and disseminated press releases and flyers for events in conjunction with exhibitions both on the gallery website and in print. Edited artists’ statements and drafted text panels and catalog copy. Coordinated between the Director and the artists, the design department and gallery staff. Researched and composed artist profiles. Designed condition reports for the permanent collection and traveling shows. Assisted in the design and installation of exhibits. Assisted in special projects including textile conservation and digitization of the permanent collection summer 2007 – 2009.

Interlaken, Ny

Performed guided wine tastings for small and large groups. Provided information about each wine, the Finger Lakes region, and wine culture. Operated cash registers. Assisted customers.

Ma, Humanities And Social Thought

Nominated, Hirschhorn Thesis Award, 2011, "Out of Joint: Spinsters and Widows in Nineteenth Century Britain as Queer Subjects"

Ba, Writing, English