Jennifer Watson Email & Phone Number

New York, Ny, Us

Global - Variety Of Locations As On-Site Coordinator

Contracted by private individuals, institutions, estates and corporations for a variety of organizational, top-to-bottom projects. Projects focused primarily in collection management and temporary exhibitions entailing archiving, logistics, registration, multi-scale installations & art advising. Content includes fine art, ephemera, artifacts, didactics, A/V media and digitization and metadata.➢ Logistic coordinator for transports, storage, customs brokering, installations and insurance.➢ Manage & oversee on site installations, including travel and courier services. ➢ Registration: Audit collections to assess individual object needs for optimal care. Create reference manuals for assembly, installation, care & maintenance, and source information. ➢ Represent client interests for object loans & consignments. Liaise with vendors, storage account managers, conservators, framers, fabricators and insurance brokers.➢ CMS & PMA Systems: Update and streamline systems already in place or design customized programs. Implement QR coding interface synchronized with client CMS and compatible with a variety of PMA programs.➢ Project Manager: Assess objective with clear goals, identify needs and determine protocols. Provide proposal for timeline, budget, payables, staffing and procedural methods based on project scope.➢ Collaborate with industry experts to authenticate, appraise, and research provenance.➢ Art Advisor: Guide clients in developing sophisticated and innovative collections. Manage portfolios. Educate in best practices for care & maintenance. Connect & cultivate collectors’ relationships with artists/studios; industry professionals, cultural institutions.

Los Angeles, California, United States

Worked with independent studio, Surprise Hit Films, to build media archives for the literary series and film franchise, A Dog’s Purpose.➢ Sourced footage, photos, public records, and other existing content to be included in archive.➢ Catalogue material using RDA and MARC 21 standards.➢ Oversaw digital migration of analog audio, video, and film.➢ Audit of A/V collections to assess future needs compliant with ACES requirements.➢ Produced metadata for recordings.➢ Assess repair work and administer preventative maintenance for analog transfer equipment

New York, Ny

Provide strategic and operational direction to production, design, logistics, budgeting, and installation of exhibitions. Direct curatorial, registration/collections, installation, facilities, and visitor services for seamless operations. Lead cross-functional teams of collaborators including artists, technical consultants, guest curators, scholars, researchers, and fabricators. Researcher, writer, and editor of select exhibition texts. ➢ Spearheaded indoor carnival of full-scale interactive rides and amusements using special effects such as pneumatics, 5-D simulation, lighting programs, virtual reality and 360 filmmaking.➢ Collaborated with conservation experts on design of permanent modular display cabinet equipped with internal climate and filtration system and outfitted with UV reduction surfaces. ➢ Coordinated public events such as demonstrations, lectures & presentations in concert with special exhibitions.

Long Island City, Ny

Established registration department and restructured installation department to jointly develop exhibitions with greater efficiency and increased oversight. Expanded and elevated departments by identifying opportunities for growth, implementing new and essential staff positions and streamlining procedural measures. Exhibition manager; defined operational framework consistent with museum best practices and oversaw all aspects from start to finish. Designated courier and on-site coordinator for touring & shared exhibitions. Collaborated with exhibiting artists to produce works in a variety of mediums, multi-media installations and fabrication of new works. Liaised with foundries and third parties on production related endeavors. Led initiatives for optimal care and presentation of objects including environmental upgrades, climate monitoring and HVAC system integration.➢ Received the Tananbaum Award for Staff Excellence, the highest staff commendation, for coordinating the 2013 retrospective exhibition, Mike Kelley.➢ Represented in Cross-Museum Collective, MoMA Teens. Co-coordinated afterschool art program for local teens called In The Making. Created Facebook page for program.➢ Served on logistics team for annual Young Architects Program (YAP).➢ Expanded programming space, including design and fabrication of the Volkswagen Performance Dome.➢ Crisis Management Team (CMT) Counselor: Drafted and implemented disaster response plan for protection and recovery of objects. Developed PST protocols and conducted annual emergency preparedness training for staff.➢ Co-represented museum to develop touring exhibition program with The Volkswagen Foundation.

New York, Ny

Formulated efficient logistic operations while ensuring safety and security for objects. Created detailed individual dossiers for each artist to support complex operations and ensure seamless operations. Provided administrative and logistic support as assistant art fair coordinator. Developed and implemented registry system and authentication procedure for editions, production artworks and time-based media.

New York, Ny

➢ Registrar for production artists: liaised with foundries and fabricators on new projects and open editions. Collaborated with production team for coordinating fabrication. Established and implemented registry system and authentication procedure for production artists.➢ Registrar for art fairs, auctions and special projects.➢ Processed incoming acquisitions, consignments and loans for 25 gallery artists, including all production artists.➢ Courier – local, domestic and international

Washington D.C. Metro Area

Am (Phd), History Of Art And Architecture

Activities and Societies: Harvard University Art Museums Fellowship: Fogg Museum, Agnes Mongan Center for Prints and Drawings, curatorial.

Master Certificate, Museum Studies | Harvard University - Extension School, Museology/Museum Studies

Project Management Professional Certificate

Curriculum covers the primary project management knowledge areas: integration, scope, time, cost, quality, human resource, communications.

Ba, Art History And Museum Studies, Summa Cum Laude

Activities and Societies: • Honorable James C. Turk and Barbara D. Turk Visual and Performing Arts Scholarship, 1997 • Sculpture.

Certificate, Spanish