Kendra Bean Email & Phone Number

Liverpool, England, United Kingdom

Caring for the photography collections at the Merseyside Maritime Museum, part of National Museums Liverpool.

London, United Kingdom

Author of Vivien Leigh: An Intimate Portrait (Running Press, 2013) and co-author of illustrated biography on Ava Gardner (Running Press, 2017)

Bradford, United Kingdom

+ Facilitating access to collections and archives+ Acting as first point of call for collections enquiries+ Cataloguing and repackaging objects and archives+ Liaising with documentation, digitisation, and conservation teams to create digitisation and collections access workflows+ Conducting research in the collections for museum blog posts, lectures, film intros and foyer exhibitsManaging volunteers+ Acquiring new objects for the collections+ Assisting curators and archivist with collections work as needed+ Representing the museum at sector conferences+ Generating monthly reports on research facility activities+ Leading collections tours and workshops for visiting researchers+ Promoting the museum via social media and radioRelevant training:+ Copyright + Contractor management+ Collections handling and care+ Hazards in museums+ Asbestos awareness

Whitechapel, London

I was responsible for the day-to-day operation of the museum. This included everything from front of house to collections cataloguing to temporary display research and curation.

Beckenham

Guest curator, "The Weight of History" (July 27 - November 18)Duties included, researching and selecting objects, writing interpretation text, liaising with museum registrar, archivist and conservator, assisting with exhibition installation, giving gallery tours, writing exhibition booklet essay.

London, United Kingdom

During a twelve-week placement in Special Collections at the Wellcome Trust, I assisted Archives Project Manager Amanda Engineer and other staff members with cataloguing (using CALM database and Excel) and packaging archival material related to the history of medicine. I worked on the following collections:+ Dennis Burkitt collection (repackaging photographs)+ Tavistock Institute of Human Relations research reports (cataloguing)+ David Middleton papers from Changi POW Camp during WWI (cataloguing and repackaging)+ LEPRA film archive (cataloguing)+ Edith How-Martyn correspondence with Margaret Sanger (cataloguing and repackaging)

Redding, California Area

Assisted the estate of photographer James Abbe to digitize and catalogue his archive. Approximately 5,000 artifacts ranging from vintage prints and glass negatives to letters and an autobiographical manuscript.I also managed two assistants.

London

I assisted Terence Pepper and Clare Freestone in the Photographs department at the National Portrait Gallery, where I was invited to co-curate the current Starring Vivien Leigh: A Centenary Celebration. Duties included:• Photograph and ephemera consultancy• Writing captions for materials to go on display• Writing copy for the NPG "Face to Face" magazine• Writing blog posts• Giving gallery talks and lectures• Utilizing cataloguing software• Digitizing information and hand lists from past exhibitions• Representing NPG on the BBC Breakfast radio show and on Twitter's #Askthecurator day during #MuseumWeek

St John'S Wood, London

• Worked directly with historic materials• Captioned and keyworded photographs for photo library website• Updated library database and blog• Processed invoices

London, United Kingdom

• Communicated with teachers, cinemas and distributors across UK to programme annual National Schools Film Week festival• Input statistical data using Filemaker, Word and Excel

Irvine, Ca

• Served as front of house receptionist, distributed mail, answered phones, made photocopies, ordered office supplies• Assisted graduate students with scheduling, preparing for institutes• Reserved conference rooms and organised catering for events and staff meetings• Processed reimbursements for purchases and travel expenses• Designed and updated Project website• Established online presence for the organisation• Created promotional materials such as fliers, brochures, postcards• Assisted faculty with IT questions and completing graphic design requests

Master'S Degree, Museology/Museum Studies

Dissertation: "Victorian Psychiatric Photography: History, Archives, Ethics"

Master'S Degree, Film Studies

Bachelor Of Arts (B.A.), Film & Media Studies