Colin Fanning Email & Phone Number

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States

New York, United States

Dissertation: “Good Partners: Katherine McCoy, Michael McCoy, and the Discourse of Design at the Cranbrook Academy of Art, 1971–2005”

Philadelphia, Pa

Participated in all activities of the department, which holds more than 20,000 decorative arts and design works dating from the Middle Ages to the present. Duties include object research and cataloguing; managing public inquiries; preparation for exhibitions, loans, conservation, and gallery reinstallation; occasional couriership of loans; and independent research and publication.

New York, Ny

Duties included curatorial coordination of logistics for touring exhibitions, including loan administration, budget maintenance, Federal Indemnity and Immunity from Judicial Seizure applications, and marketing; catalogue editing and fact-checking; research on institutions, collections, and exhibition histories; and general support for AFA curators.

New York, Ny

Part-time contractor responsible for coordinating loans, catalogue production, and other logistics for the exhibition "Out of Hand: Materializing the Postdigital," on view from October 16, 2013 to June 1, 2014.

New York, Ny

Provided administrative and research support for Professor Amy F. Ogata at the Bard Graduate Center, including copyediting, image editing, and image publication permissions.

New York, Ny

Responsible for conducting artist research, writing acquisition justifications, and writing blog entries on past exhibitions and institutional history. Assisted with archival maintenance, substantial copyediting, and other departmental projects.

New York, Ny

Wrote a range of content for Metropolis’s blog “Point of View,” including coverage of design awards, exhibition and book reviews, and stories about current developments in architecture, design, and urban planning. Other duties included test design for Metropolis Continuing Education Units and indexing back issues.

Denver, Co

Responsible for copyediting, graphic design, and production of BBC reports and other work products; coordination of tracking and responding to requests for proposals; and assisting with research tasks and firmwide marketing.

Denver, Co

Duties included conducting detailed collections research, writing collection and acquisition summaries, and assisting with other departmental projects. Contributed research and label copy for the “What Is Modern?” permanent collection rotation, opened October 2010, and “Potters of Precision: The Coors Porcelain Company,” opened March 2011.

Syracuse, Ny

Helped to plan and run various advocacy, educational, and social events both at the Resource Center and in the larger community; managed resource library and fulfilled general clerical duties. Attended the 2009 Creating Change Conference as a student/staff representative of Syracuse University.

Pueblo, Co

Completed diverse architectural design tasks (drafting, renderings, material selections, etc.) for a wide variety of commercial, hospitality, and residential projects. Assisted with construction administration and LEED credit documentation.

Pueblo, Co

Drafted demo plans and assisted with extensive field verification for a major mixed-use renovation of an historic building; coordinated with satellite office in Fort Collins, CO and fulfilled general clerical duties.

Pueblo, Co

Prepared elevations, material selections, color boards, renderings, etc. for residential and commercial projects.

Syracuse, Ny

Assisted in teaching an introductory AutoCAD studio of approximately twenty-five students.

Pueblo, Co

Designed a small addition to an historic building in Ordway, CO; responsible for project redlines and general drafting work, as well as various clerical tasks.

Phd, Decorative Arts, Design History, Material Culture (Abd)

M.A., Decorative Arts, Design History, Material Culture

Activities and Societies: Student Representative 2011-2013Qualifying Paper: "The Plastic System: Architecture, Childhood, and LEGO.

B.F.A., Interior Design; Writing Minor; English And Textual Studies Minor

Activities and Societies: Renee Crown University Honors Program, President of the Honors Student Association 2008-2009, Design Editor.

Mphil

Qualifying Examinations: European Decorative Arts and Design, 1700–1900; European and American Decorative Arts and Design, 1900–present.