Danielle Avram Email & Phone Number

Dallas, Tx, Us

Dallas, Tx, Us

Contribute art reviews and articles to both art and general publications. I am a regular contributor to The Dallas Morning News and Patron Magazine. I have contributed to Arts + Culture Texas; FD Magazine; D Magazine, and Glasstire, as well as commissioned essays for Erin Cluley Gallery, Barry Whistler Gallery, Jonathan Hopson Gallery, The University of Texas at Dallas, and Texas A&M University Commerce.

Dallas, Tx

Write weekly volunteer newsletter and coordinate volunteers and shelter dogs for off-site adoption events. Manage emails and volunteer database in Constant Contact. Generate ideas for fundraising initiatives, volunteer drives and special adoption events.

Denton, Tx

I managed the East|West Galleries in the Fine Arts Building at Texas Woman’s University. The galleries host a rotating series of exhibitions and public programs.• Curated and managed all shows in the gallery. Developed exhibition concepts; selected artists; wrote all related materials, and handled loans/shipping/fees. In charge of exhibition design and installation. My exhibitions received considerable coverage by publications Glasstire and D Magazine.• Created and managed all exhibition-related public programming including lectures and panel discussions, workshops, and site-specific events.• Oversaw all daily gallery activities: supervised a graduate student assistant; maintained the gallery atmosphere; troubleshot any exhibition-related difficulties; liaised with TWU employees; developed and oversaw long-term projects; oversaw the gallery budget, and handled all inquiries. • Oversaw all maintenance and facilities needs. During July and August 2016, I oversaw the renovation of both galleries, which included installing new floors, resurfacing and repainting the walls, and installing new lighting. I worked with TWU Facilities and outside vendors to ensure project completion before the beginning of the 2016-17 school year.

Dallas/Fort Worth Area

I was selected from a pool of international applicants to be the 2015 Pollock Curatorial Fellow at Southern Methodist University, one of the premiere private universities in the United States.• Curated and managed all shows in the gallery. Developed exhibition concepts; selected artists; wrote all related materials, and handled loans/shipping/fees. In charge of exhibition design, fabrication and installation/deinstallation.• Managed the production of ten exhibition publications. Directed graphic designer, copy editor, and printer. • Developed exhibition programming: lectures, panel discussions, workshops, and site-specific events.• Oversaw all gallery activities. Developed long-term projects; handled budget; supervised graduate and undergraduate assistants; liaised with SMU employees, and handled all inquiries. • Oversaw all maintenance and facilities needs.

Dallas, Tx

I managed The Power Station, a non-profit art gallery and a contemporary art collection that belongs to Alden and Janelle Pinnell. The Power Station hosts site-specific art installations created by the world’s leading contemporary artists. • Exhibition manager of five exhibitions featuring artists from the US and Europe. I managed all aspects of each exhibition: creating and maintaining the budget; hiring suppliers and labor; overseeing any fabrication needs and installation/deinstallation; organizing the opening reception and any public programming; writing press releases, and handling all press inquiries. • Managed the production of a 60+ page catalogue for each exhibition: created and maintained the budget; oversaw exhibition photography and image selection; maintained schedules and communication between all involved parties – artist, designers, printers, galleries, distributors and The Power Station staff. Responsible for final proofing, layout and image credits.

Dallas, Tx

• Oversaw all activity related to a private art collection of over 200 objects. Created and managed object database in File Maker Pro. Responsible for all purchases, shipping, loans and conservation. Maintained relationships with artists, galleries, museums, and shipping companies worldwide.• Worked with collection storage facilities, galleries, and borrowing institutions to create and update condition reports as objects were purchased, shipped, loaned, and installed. Managed all installations of artwork at the Pinnell’s two private residences.

Atlanta, Ga

Served as the curatorial assistant to curators Julian Cox, Jeffrey Grove and Michael Rooks at the largest museum in the Southeastern United States. Managed collections of 4,500 photographs and 2,400 works of modern and contemporary art. Worked on a total of 19 exhibitions.• Assisted with all activity related to permanent collections: acquisitions; cataloging; TMS records; permanent collection installations/gallery change-outs, and didactics. Worked with curator to maintain department budget. Tracked all expenses.• Curatorial assistant of 15 exhibitions. Responsible for working with exhibitions team (curators, registrars, preparators, exhibition and graphic designers, and education department) to develop and maintain checklists; secure loans; oversee installation/deinstallation, and prepare for exhibition to travel (if applicable). Provided exhibition tours and programming assistance.• Head curator of 4 exhibitions culled from the permanent collection. Responsible for conceptualization, exhibition checklist and layout, overseeing design and installation, and creating didactics. • Developed a lecture series to promote the High’s underused Works on Paper Study Room, a research facility located within the museum where visitors can view works from the collection that are currently not on display. Lectured to students ranging from elementary school to graduate level about photography, prints, and drawings. Increased attendance from zero to 250+ per year. • • Awarded photographer Shane Lavalette a $45,000 commission to create a new body of work for the museum’s Picturing the South series. Worked with Lavalette to develop the concept and his travels throughout the Southeastern US. The series was acquired by the High and exhibited in 2012.

Dallas, Tx

Taught both studio and historical photographic courses to classes of 25-50 students. Responsible for creating my own curriculum while meeting school academic standards. • Educated students in the practice of visual communication through the development and delivery of lectures, group critiques, readings and hands-on demonstrations. Students gained practical and conceptual knowledge and the ability to analyze the various aspects of a photograph.

Boston, Ma

While a graduate student, I worked at the William Morris Hunt Library as a Library Assistant. I received funding from the museum and the Museum School to open a student gallery within the library. The gallery has continuously operated since 2004.• Identified the need for increased attendance to an underutilized facility as well as an additional venue for student artists at The School of the Museum of Fine Arts.• Curator of six exhibits of student artwork from over 60 artists. Developed exhibition concepts; selected artists; wrote all related materials, and created all programming. In charge of installation/deinstallation.

Boston, Ma

• Performed patron assistance, data entry, research, circulation of materials and collection upkeep.• Reorganized the museum’s Conservation library. Restructured a vertical filing system. Completed an inventory of exhibition pamphlets. Priced a collection of rare books to be sold.

Boston, Ma

• Taught “Imaging With Light Sensitive Materials”, an alternative-process photography course. Introduced students to the practice and conceptual uses of alternative photographic methods including cyanotype, vandyke, palladium, gum dichromate, hand tinting, toning and Polaroid manipulation. • Customized the curriculum to fit the needs of 20 students at various educational levels.• Assisted acclaimed professors Laura Blacklow and Jim Dow with their technical and historical photographic studies courses, respectively. Blacklow is one of New England’s foremost alternative process photographers while Dow is a premier American large format photographer who worked with Walker Evans and Harry Callahan.• Aided with presentations during the professors lectures as well as monitored my own section of 25 students, including weekly readings, theoretical discussions and paper grading.

Mfa, Visual Arts

Activities and Societies: Photography, Film, Video

Mfa, Visual Arts

Activities and Societies: Photography, Film, Video, founded the Gallery for SMFA students at the William Morris Hunt Library at the MFA.

Ba, Art And Performance

Activities and Societies: Photography, Theatre, Film and LiteratureGraduated Magna Cum Laude