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Queens, Ny, Us

• Establish and maintain relationships with community-based organizations and local leaders• Work toward the preservation of King Manor• Serve as chief spokesperson for the museum, including interviews on NY1, participating in a TEDx Talk about Rufus King, and leasing on the museum's behalf with government agencies • Manage all fundraising activities and serve as primary contact for all donor services• Supervise staff, consultants, and volunteers responsible for education, public programs, outreach, and collections care• Participate in Board development• Oversaw the opening of the second floor to the public for the first time in decades, including the development of a community gallery space• Oversee creation and successful implementation of a three-year strategic plan

Queens, Ny, Us

•Major collections reorganization and rehousing•Implement best practices in collections care and data management•Propose acquisitions/deaccessions•Wrote core institutional documents: Collections Management Policy and docent handbook •Assist with facilitation of school group visits and public programs• Curate temporary exhibitions, develop furnishing plans and interpret new period rooms to improve visitor experience and bring many objects to the public for the first time in decades•Manage institutional communications and branding•Write grants to support collections activity: brought in $10,200 in first year•Oversee grant implementation: manage grant-funded conservation and archival projects•Hire and supervise curatorial interns in interpretive label writing, preventative conservation, object handling, and database use•Work with community partners and foster new relationships with Queens Connect, Unified Queens, and the Ethnobotany Project NYC•Identify appropriate long-term loan possibilities to reduce footprint of storage space•Promote museum through rigorous conference attendance and professional involvement•Rebranding museum with new logo and marketing that more accurately reflects what we do

Queens, Ny, Us

•Work on series of rotating small exhibits•Research and write label copy•Make condition reports for objects and update location information •Make small mounts for display. •Collections rehousing

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New York, Us

•Designed on-brand surveys to help determine effectiveness of tours. •Implementedsurveys; collected and analyzed quantitative and qualitative data. •Produced infographics to visualize data.

•Performed extensive research for reinterpretation and oversaw implementation•Contracted art handlers and organized object delivery to-and-from conservation studios•Wrote content for new visitor experience system and print newsletter•Significant contributor to five year plan, reports to the Landmarks Committee and HHT•Developed contemporary art and historical exhibitions•Cared for collection of nearly 2,000 objects•Supervised interns•Lectured at public events•Led college and graduate student tours, including NYU and Winterthur•Brought in nearly $10,000 in grant money for exhibitions and collections care•Met with consultants and object conservators to implement best practices •Improved climate control and energy efficiency for building and collections•Facilitated site-visits with location scouts for film shoots•Supervised collections during filming•Created a family guide and exhibition catalogues•Provide translations and transcriptions of early nineteenth-century French archival documents•Worked closely with Education Department to improve accuracy of school programs•Improved work experience for contract employees through establishing communications board and building interpersonal relationships

• Lead K-12 school groups on tours of the Mansion using inquiry-based learning to foster learning about the house, its inhabitants, and the time periods to which it is interpreted•Assisted with implementation and development of public programming

•SEO work involving creating content for my clients’ websites•Developde concise, accurate summaries of longer articles •Conducted interviews with clients to create original content•Wrote original 600-word articles on assigned topics for clients•Remote work on a tight schedule.•Consistently rated highly for writing skills

•Catalogued expansive costume and textile collection•Maintained accurate database of collections information•Curated exhibition on 18th- and 19th-century clothing construction for the Queens Public Library and gave an accompanying children’s program•Coordinated school programing, developing engaging curricula for grades K-4, ensuring Common Core standards are met•Led first school visits to site in over a decade•Graphic design for advertising materials

•Research for costume designer for American Genius (National Geographic) TV mini-series.•Collected images of very specific 19th- and 20th-century articles of clothing and create d character boards. •Assisted with actor fittings

•Performed acquisitions research and assessed long-term loan possibilities•Archival work creating a detailed inventory and finding aids•Copyedited English interpretative text for museum labels and walking tours•Assisted curator with condition reports and paperwork for outgoing loans•Acquisitions research to expand the museum’s collections•Assessed long-term loan possibilities•Attended meetings of regional and national museum associations in Paris and gained exposure to the conservation labs at the Château de Versailles

•Developed social media strategy and managed social networks for the cultural site•Updated contact lists and website, and assisted with seasonal mailings.

New York City, Ny, Us

•Supported exhibition development•Used FileMaker Pro to track objects, ensure data consistency, and make labels•Conducted research/translation to support chief curator•Edited catalogues and checklists•Compiled indices•Filed check requests for researchers and supporting staff•Processed mailings and travel expenses

Annandale-On-Hudson, Ny, Us

•Provided research assistance, website and spreadsheet maintenance to Bard Graduate Center professor.•Worked on project on archeological Andean textiles (Credited in 2 gallery publications)

•Researched, designed, and prepared two permanent exhibitions on the third floor of the Queen Anne style mansion, dedicated to its period (1920-1962) as a Children’s Home (an extremely low-budget redesign of the $6+ million dollar exhibition installed a decade ago and looking rather dated) and the servants of the original family. •Included basic conservation of a large plaster relief, which was put on display for the first time after decades of sitting in the museum's capacious basement. •Also rehung and modified exhibit on the mansion's award-winning restoration.

•Conducted substantial independent research to aid in interpretation of site, culminating in a substantial formal paper and presentation•Assisted with public programs•Led guided tours•Developed and led summer history camp programs along with Curator of Education

Hollywood, Fl, Us

•Facilitated viewing experience of the art installation and provided information about Tatzu Nishi's 'Discovering Columbus' (Public Art Fund) to patrons in English, French, and Japanese.

•Accurately documented the museum’s extensive Fashions Collection, which consists of pieces from the 1860’s through 1930’s. •Led group tours, particularly special tours for non-English speaking visitors

•Opened in mornings, working alternately at reception desk or in museum shop. •Answered and directed phone calls and visitor questions, conducted ticket or item sales transactions.•Performed exhibitions research, culminating in a photoexhibit on the history of public transportation in Boulder.

Clinton, N.Y., Us

Met one-on-one with students as desired to improve their French compositions. Aided with organization, clarity, style, and subject comprehension, grammar and diction/syntax nuances.

Clinton, N.Y., Us

Met weekly one-on-one with students desiring additional aid in their French course, primarily on grammar comprehension, pronunciation, and conversation.

Clinton, N.Y., Us

Assisted patrons in researching and locating materials. Digitized documents, cataloging, and shelving.

Utica, New York, Us

•Supervised other interns assisting the summer ArtReach program.•Juried and curated summer Arts Festival entries. •Led tours in French. •Also gained experience in art installation, social networking strategies and PR. •Developed audio guide scripts for the Decorative Arts wing and wall text for several gowns in Global Traditions exhibit.

•Volunteered weekly with an ESOL teacher at the Refugee Center for Learners of English as an Other Language in an adult literacy course.•Developed lessons, worked on sentence building, vocabulary lessons, and conversation practice in small groups.

Master Of Arts (M.A.), Material Culture

Ba, Art History, French