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Los Angeles, CA, US

Los Angeles Metropolitan Area

Lead Supervisor for 2 separate departments (Collections Management, and Imaging) managing a projected team of 16, in 3 locations in the Bay Area as well as 2 locations in Los Angeles.Interim department lead for Preparations department including design, forecasting, collaboration on inaugural installation planningClient representative for design and.

San Francisco Bay Area

Art Pro Nethttps://artpronet.com/APN is a consulting and sourcing company founded by Kelly in 2018 with the goal of broadening and strengthening the art logistics community. APN has created a platform to help both art pros and the clients connect. She has successfully strengthened the art pro community in different ways including organizing an annual.

Berkeley, CA

Department representative for the construction of 110K sq foot museum building and 15K sq ft storage facility including working with University of California capital projects teams managing museum oversight of design development and quality control of office spaces, study centers, art storage facilities, and equipment, and bid processes totaling over.

San Francisco

Departmental lead for preparations, installation, and exhibition design with a staff of three full-time Preparators, an Exhibition Designer, and seven On-call Preparators.Project manager for all temporary exhibitions and permanent gallery rotations managing schedules, budgets, fabrication, construction, staffing, security, and logistics for more than 40K.

Contract installation services at private residences, corporations, hospitals, and for satellite shows for FotoFest. Main clients include Desantos Gallery, Methodist Hospital, and Caslin/ Gregory Associates.

Informational support to a project designed to map the economic and cultural impact of museums.

• Primary focus on art handling and installation utilizing museum industry best practices
• Preparator responsible for assisting in collections audit for Museum’s reaccreditation
• Assisted in reorganization of over 1,500 works in secure art storage facilities
• Participated in the layout of more than 20 exhibitions with curatorial staff including onsite installation work Step on a Crack… by Ingrid Calame
• Construction and retrofitting of crates for loaning and storage of collection

UB's graduate Arts Management Program is designed to prepare students to manage and solve the complex, interdisciplinary problems and tensions that are inherent in the areas of arts management and cultural policy-making. By engaging students with a multi-disciplinary curriculum with classes in law school, business school, and cultural policy programs.

Crew for the setup and removal of all equipment needed for conference and special events in the hotels 15 events spaces, lobby area, and 3 ballrooms.

Grant writing for upcoming exhibition, Creating a grant information database for future funding possibilities

• Facilitated preparations of the museum for the installation of Body Worlds 3, including storage of 80% of permanent collections, and transport of casework to offsite storage
• Point person for the Museum with the exhibitions team from Germany, as well as a large team of outside contractors using heavy equipment (forklift, motorized pallet jack, and sky jacks)

• Managed a preparations crew of 5 to 10 handlers onsite (recruiting, training, scheduling and supervising) in handling, construction, painting, installation, lighting, labeling and transport
• Proven success projecting and budgeting for exhibitions within previously allocated and variable funding parameters
• Point person for participating artists/professionals onsite and during global tours
• Generated designs for over 40 exhibitions specific to the needs and requests of artists and touring venues
• Managed contracts and regulations with outside contractors and more than 10 university departments
• Participated in strategic and exhibition calendar planning with a 3 to 5 year projection goal

. Responsible for hiring, training, scheduling, and supervising preparations crew; maintenance of gallery, and assisting director in laying out shows. Please see attached sheets for Exhibition List.

• Managed aspects of security protocol and staff of 10 to 15 attendants
• Point person for all visitor inquiries and issues, as well as more than 20 events inside museum (catering, deliveries, electricians, valets, etc.)
• Coordinated and maintained technical needs for museum staff (website, audio tours, educational information)

. Exhibition based design and layout of shows in a commercial gallery setting. Worked with photographers from all over the world. Houston Center for PhotographyPreparations Crew Chief, 2/2002 to 5/2006. Responsible for hiring, training, and supervising crew members of an exhibition based installation team. Also responsible for refabing exhibition space.

Worked with preparations team on international terracotta exhibition which included couriers from Germany, Hungary, The Vatican, and many other international institutions.

Created virtual tour and database for the University of Houston's Public Arts Tour and Collection* Assisted in the 4 month recovery from damage caused by Tropical Storm Allison

Masters Of Arts, Arts Management

Activities and Societies: President of the the Arts Management Club of the UB Graduate Student Association American Association of Museums.

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Studied Coaching Techniques

Bachelor Of Fine Arts, Photography

BFA: Photography