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Pittsburgh, Pa

Envision, research, and develop new exhibitions and other public initiatives for the Senator John Heinz History Center and seek new avenues of audience engagement. Cultivate private and institutional artifact lenders and Identify new collecting activities that help place the stories of Pittsburgh and the greater Western Pennsylvania region within a national context. Research and write feature articles, blogposts, and other materials to extend the reach of major exhibitions.

Greater Pittsburgh Area And National

Ongoing work with external script development, consultation, and evaluation for interpretive exhibitions; review and advise on the selection of artifacts, images and presentation strategies, facilitate permissions clearance, and work with the review of audience feedback for the update and revision of nationally touring projects.

Kansas City, Mo

Envision and develop new exhibitions and programs for a regional arts organization, with a focus on finding new ways to engage audiences and spark deeper dialog about ideas and images. Project Manager for the national initiative "NEH on the Road" - a traveling exhibition program that seeks to broaden the reach of NEH-funded scholarship and create community programming collaborations.

Kansas City, Mo

Identify, review, and develop a wide variety of exhibitions for the national programs NEH on the Road and ExhibitsUSA. Collaborate with curators, collectors, scholars, artists, and other museum and exhibition personnel across the United States to create (and creatively re-envision) exhibitions accessible to small and mid-size venues; plan and facilitate national training sessions in connection with NEH on the Road, and serve as primary liaison with the staff at the National Endowment for the Humanities to ensure the intellectual and creative quality of the NEH on the Road program.

Storyboarding, illustration and character development for state-based curriculum project.

Fort Smith, Arkansas Area

Taught: Survey of Art History I & II – lectures and assignments for core humanities courses / Created: Syllabus and core components for graduate level museum studies course for student independent study program (UALR).

Fort Smith, Arkansas Area

Served twice as Interim Director; supervised and mentored staff and volunteers in all aspects of museum operation; gained media recognition as TV and radio spokesperson for local Fort Smith history and museum programming; conceptualized, researched, designed, and installed interpretive exhibitions; skilled at creating engaging interactive projects on a limited budget and leveraging community partnerships to built collaborative programs with other local museums and civic organizations; successful grant writer; developed and implemented acquisition priorities and interpretive themes to guide the institution's collecting activities; oversaw the development and Board review of the museum's collections policy and spearheaded the creation of a deaccession policy and procedures.

Meadville, Pa

Sought new ways to attract local audiences with new programs and exhibitions, including the creation of new thematic tours; managed docents and work study students; created a "Junior Docent" program in collaboration with Crawford County School District; assisted visitors and scholars with research projects and inquiries; also oversaw general historic housekeeping procedures.

B. A., Studio Art / Art History

Activities and Societies: Chapel Choir, Symphonic Band, Marching Band, Wind Ensemble, Sigma Alpha Iota Music SororityPhi Beta Kappa, Summa.

M.A., Art History (American Sculpture)