Kait Ziskin Levesque Email & Phone Number

Communications strategy, digital content development, learning & systems training for arts & culture organizations (U.S., EMEA, non-profit & corporate).

- Event & Conference Programming- Creative Brand Activation Development & Production - Project Management- Stakeholder/ Community Engagement & External Communications- Artist Representation & Arts Business- Partnership Strategy- Public Art Strategy

Brooklyn, New York, United States

Boston, Massachusetts

Development, design and oversight of arts & innovation programming aimed at amplifying and supporting the Boston innovation ecosystem while raising traditionally underrepresented vendors, entrepreneurs. Audience & community development anchoring our annual events in the people who are creating and making in Boston. Prospecting and client management for programmatic partnerships and execution on business partnerships.

Boston, Massachusetts

Compassionately and intentionally producing an annual roster of high-quality and highly-visible events with and for diverse Bostonians with a focus on positive relationship growth and park use stewardship.

Boston, Ma

Program development, implementation oversight, and evaluation of community, play, and education programs to further the Conservancy's engagement goals with youth, families, and neighbors.

Andover, Ma

Greater Boston Area

• Responsible for carrying out engaging, inquiry-based and hands-on teaching, school and youth programs at Otis House, Pierce House & Codman Estate. • Lead educator for Dorchester’s Pierce property; connecting with area educators and preparing teachers for their visit to the property. • Led training and helped manage new hires on information acquisition and strategy development. • Representing Historic New England in the wider Boston community, teaching history-based after school… Show more • Responsible for carrying out engaging, inquiry-based and hands-on teaching, school and youth programs at Otis House, Pierce House & Codman Estate. • Lead educator for Dorchester’s Pierce property; connecting with area educators and preparing teachers for their visit to the property. • Led training and helped manage new hires on information acquisition and strategy development. • Representing Historic New England in the wider Boston community, teaching history-based after school program featuring hands-on and interactive learning about Boston's historic past and how Bostonians lived and played. Show less

Boston, Ma

• MFA Representative and liaison to community organization, United South End Settlements (USES) and Boys & Girls Clubs: South Boston : developing collaborative projects, facilitating use of MFA resources (Artful Adventures, family tours, complimentary memberships, access to highly skilled technicians), and teaching relevant coursework to Artist-in-Residence participants.• Artful Adventures educator: designing and teaching school-year length exhibition and gallery centered curriculum and… Show more • MFA Representative and liaison to community organization, United South End Settlements (USES) and Boys & Girls Clubs: South Boston : developing collaborative projects, facilitating use of MFA resources (Artful Adventures, family tours, complimentary memberships, access to highly skilled technicians), and teaching relevant coursework to Artist-in-Residence participants.• Artful Adventures educator: designing and teaching school-year length exhibition and gallery centered curriculum and studio programs to homeschoolers ages 6-8; Co-planning with classroom teachers for students’ one-time, curriculum integrated, visits to the museum. Show less

Salem, Massachusetts

• Engaging the public audience in questions and conversations regarding contemporary and multi-disciplinary art, culture in the 21st century, and the daily lives of the 70 zebra finches of Celeste Boursier-Mougenot's installation, From Here to Ear.

Boston, Ma

• Answer and route phone calls and visitors. • Manage calendars for six conference rooms including catering and usage requests. • Manage office supplies and general office requests for office of 50 employees

Andover, Ma

• Liaison to the Boston & Merrimack Valley community designing and evaluating object-based and objective-focused guided gallery visits encouraging visual literacy and cross-curricular connections between the Arts, Literature, History, Language Arts, and Sciences for over 3,500 students, and approximately 1,500 community members during 2010, 2011, & 2012 school years.• Developed collaborative and emergent classroom project-based learning initiatives inspired by the Addison’s collection and… Show more • Liaison to the Boston & Merrimack Valley community designing and evaluating object-based and objective-focused guided gallery visits encouraging visual literacy and cross-curricular connections between the Arts, Literature, History, Language Arts, and Sciences for over 3,500 students, and approximately 1,500 community members during 2010, 2011, & 2012 school years.• Developed collaborative and emergent classroom project-based learning initiatives inspired by the Addison’s collection and contemporary artist exhibitions including Sheila Hicks: 50 Years and Pekupatikut Innuat Akunikana/ Pictures Woke the People Up: An Innu Project with Wendy Ewald and Eric Gottesman.• Researched, wrote content for, and implemented the design for three seasonal educator guides to the Addison’s temporary and permanent exhibitions.• Responsible for creating, marketing, and teaching professional development workshops serving over 300 educators promoting the gallery’s cross-curricular and visual literacy pedagogy.• Provided training for teachers and student-teachers in object-focused museum education strategies and philosophies. • Initiated the Addison Teacher Advisory Committee promoting conversation, collaboration, and programming changes within the museum and inside the classroom. • Initiated, designed, and wrote content for Looking Together family cards to encourage observation, inquiry, and wonder for children and their caregivers in the galleries. • Designed and staffed participatory, drop-in, community programs for teens and adults, • Collaborated with marketing and public relations to create web and press content. Show less

Providence, Ri

• Student guide, family tours. • Collaborated with contemporary printmakers to write and teach professional development workshop for Providence teachers and arts professionals (50) in conjunction with The Brilliant Line: Following the Modern Engraver encouraging cross-media and interdisciplinary connection building in accordance with department mission.

Salem, Ma

• Design and content creation: pre-visit materials in alignment with MA curriculum standards for Fiery Pool: The Maya and the Mythic Sea; “Lunar New Year” ; family book group.

Providence, Ri

• Co-developed and taught after-school art history and studio art curriculum for grades 3-5.

New York, Ny And Newark, Nj

• Registrar for audit of two CFA warehouses totaling approximately 40,000 pieces supervising safe handling, inventorying, and movement of artworks on and off site. • Implemented and trained new registrars in inventory process for three Crozier warehouses using the Art Inventory Management System (AIMS) software.

Master Of Arts (M.A.), Teaching & Learning In Art & Design, Museum Education

Thesis: Using Art Museum Collections and Practice in Interdisciplinary, Holistic, and Engaging Learning Models

Bachelor Of Fine Arts (B.F.A.), Theater

Activities and Societies: Playwrights Horizons Theater School Summa Cum Laude