Laura Blumenberg Email & Phone Number

Kansas City, Mo, Us

St Louis, Missouri, United States

Kansas City, Missouri Area

Kansas City, Missouri, United States

Kansas City, Missouri, United States

Kansas City, Missouri, United States

Kansas City, Missouri Area

Greater New York City Area

• Organized artwork contracts, inventory and images for over 800 artworks • Packed artwork and coordinated loans for over 50 consigned and group exhibitions• Represented the gallery and assisted with sales at internationally recognized contemporary primary market art fairs, including UNTITLED Miami 2017 and Art on Paper 2016• Worked closely with artists and Director on over 20 exhibitions• Hung over 15 exhibitions, placing a variety of artwork from delicate ceramics, sculptures and paintings, to large-scale site-specific installations using reclaimed material • Researched and launched the implementation of art management software• Maintained gallery website and other web-based platforms• Generated press pages, checklists, invoices and other paperwork• Provided support for gallery programming and private events; fostered engagement through informal interactions with patrons

Brooklyn, Ny

• Worked closely with designer to produce complete laser-cut and etched metal and resin-cast jewelry for 8 seasons of two separate design lines• Oversaw presentation, packaging and shipping of jewelry for wholesale and online purchases• Organized and photographed inventory for internet-based sales sites

Kansas City, Missouri Area

• Provided key support in processing artworks for loans: catalogued and condition-reported works in the John and Maxine Belger Family Foundation• Organized and maintained documentation related to Foundation-owned artworks and exhibitions, including new acquisitions, borrowed artworks for on-site exhibitions, and outgoing loans• Assisted with art handling tasks for recently loaned and newly acquired artworks• Supervised interns responsible for shipping, receiving, and cataloging new artworks

• Researched and developed relationships with artists and art institutions• Assisted in planning, organizing, marketing and presenting over 20 exhibitions• Catalogued, curated placement, organized and oversaw shipping of over 150 ceramic artworks• Provided support for gallery programming and private events; fostered engagement through informal interactions with patrons• Maintained organization and cleanliness of gallery space• Performed clerical and administrative duties including shipping and receiving ceramic artworks and drawing up and filing artist contracts• Supervised interns responsible for completing inventories of on-site ceramic artworks

Kansas City, Ks

• Formed, fired and glazed ceramic jewelry; assisted with finishing pieces• Made connections with retail and consignment stores throughout the state of Missouri to facilitate consignment contracts

Kansas City, Missouri Area

• Taught ceramic methods to grades K through 5 in after-school program• Combined cultural activities with art making and hands-on instruction for different processes

Riverside, Missouri

• Created and taught class curriculum for week-long, half-day courses including Art and Nature Painting, for children 9-11; Stories in Clay, for children 6-8

Kansas City, Missouri

• Formed and molded slabs and tiles, created plaster molds• Mixed clay and glazes, loaded kilns

Kansas City, Missouri

• Assisted Dr. Futter, guest curator for (Re)Form, a national invitational exhibition of works by KCAI ceramics alumni from the 1960s to the present, exhibited Fall 2010 at H&R Block Artspace, Kansas City Art Institute, Kansas City, Missouri• Designed exhibition installation• Conducted correspondence with invited exhibition artists for participation• Compiled checklist for organization and exhibition brochure