Bradley Houston Email & Phone Number

Houston, Texas, United States

Dallas/Fort Worth Area

• Serve as a primary company representative at in-person and virtual meetings in the Dallas-Fort Worth area - and nationwide - with clients and other external parties for C2 Art Advisors.• Lead C2 Dallas team in high-level collecting projects, from art purchases and sales to restoration and transport.• Serve as principal liaison for large corporate accounts, including C-level executives and boards of AT&T, BNSF Railway, and Capital One. • Oversee complex art installation at multiple sites across the Texas region.• Organize regular, large-scale installations and exhibitions for corporate client collections.• Spearhead nationwide client development and stewardship efforts, resulting in new $100,000+ purchases/sales.

Houston, Texas Area

• Coordinated all annual giving efforts for the Museum, Bayou Bend Collection & Gardens, the Glassell School of Art, and Rienzi.• Directed unrestricted fundraising efforts, raising $3.5 million+ in operating revenue.• Worked with senior management to execute and improve giving initiatives, including all publications, direct marketing, and digital media, resulting in a $500,000+ revenue increase over previous totals.• Maintained and grew a portfolio of individual donors via personalized cultivation, leading to $100,000+ in new major gifts within the first 3 months.

• Oversaw ~100 annual cultivation and stewardship programs for the Leadership Circle ($2,500-$25,000+ annual donors), the Myrtle Wreath Society (planned giving), and 13 curatorial patron groups.• Generated innovative programs and data-driven marketing strategies to cultivate new audiences, doubling overall funds raised to $750,000+ across the 13 patron groups in the first fiscal year.• Served as primary development contact for all Board of Trustees curatorial and acquisition-based committees.• Managed patron travel opportunities, including budget and logistical operations domestically and internationally.

Houston, Tx

• Designed international art tours for museum donor groups, gaining knowledge of institutional priorities and collectors; clients included the Archives of American Art, the Phillips Collection, and the Centre Pompidou.• Increased travel revenues and programs from 10 to 13 trips in the first year.• Provided curatorial expertise on hundreds of museums, artist spaces, and private collections around the world.• Directed client art advisory projects, including artwork selection and installation.

New York, Ny

• Composed donor proposals and edited all outgoing letters, invitations, and other communication materials, including content for the capital campaign newsletter distributed to high-level donors.• Managed research that identified approximately 150 new major gift prospects for the museum’s high-level patron groups aligned with strategic fundraising priorities.• Supported robust calendar of patron group events, engaging potential donors in conversation about museum’s mission, opportunities, and campaign initiatives.• Overhauled budget and expense reporting, streamlining fiscal operations and ensuring accurate forecasting.

New York, Ny

• Created publications and marketing strategies for all artist shows and overall gallery messaging.• Executed the planning, design, and completion of the gallery’s regular exhibitions and related materials.• Maintained and oversaw artist inventory for outgoing and incoming consignments.• Compiled data and networking strategies that bolstered the gallery’s business with corporate clients.• Planned client presentations and provided a front-of-house reception presence for gallery visitors.

New York, Ny

• Drove sales of contemporary art through market trend research, comparable work assessments, appraisals, and sales catalogue descriptions.• Managed executive administrative and client support for Deputy Chairman, Laura Paulson, ensuring efficient operations of company’s largest New York City department. • Liaised between Post-War/Contemporary and other departments to ensure timely and quality client engagement, cross-selling opportunities, and operational efficiency.

Houston, Tx

• Oversaw the creation and development of the Centennial Ambassadors program.• Met with approximately 300 Rice alumni individually to re-engage them as volunteers and donors in preparation for the university’s centennial, ensuring new sources of individual giving.• Directed 10 student ambassadors as alumni relations specialists for the alumni same engagement process.• Channeled hundreds of new prospects to the university, many leading to major gifts upwards of $50,000.

Houston, Tx

• Assisted in the siting of a multimillion-dollar James Turrell skyspace and other site-specific artist commissions.• Co-curated a temporary exhibition of Timothy Greenfield Sanders Black List photographs that brought in more than 1,500 visitors, including approximately 300 school children for special educational programs.• Evaluated the core university art collection for appraisal, scholarship, and potential future exhibitions.• Co-developed a cohesive marketing plan and unified online presence, resulting in thousands of new, unique visits monthly to the program’s web platforms.• Oversaw educational programming and external relations with Rice students and the Houston community.

Houston, Tx

• Performed extensive research and catalogue contributions related to the German Secession movements in preparation for an exhibition on German Impressionism.• Designed official historical exhibit timeline; compiled informational database on artists and major works presented in each Secession.• Supported curators in committee meetings and weighed in on the department’s de-accession decisions.• Created independent museum exhibition on artistic exchange between Wassily Kandinsky and the Fauves.

M.A., Visual Art Administration

B.A., Art History

Activities and Societies: Phi Beta Kappa

Bachelor Of Arts - Ba, Art History