Laura Paolini Email & Phone Number

Ottawa, ON, CA

Ottawa, Ontario, Canada

Responsible for DARC’s production and post-production equipment and facilities, including repairs, identifying maintenance issues, fulfilling maintenance and ensuring safety protocols.Regularly consulting members on their projects and offering equipment orientations outside of workshops. Planning equipment acquisitions and triaging, working with budgets up.

Toronto, Canada Area

• Secretariat term 2008 to 2010. Last position: Treasurer.
• Keeping accurate minutes of board meetings for public records.
• Liaising with the President to create an agenda.
• Reviewing payments and expenses with FADO's Administrative Director, ensuring the organization is in good standing.
• Actively researching strategic planning initiatives for FADO.

Toronto, On

• Interview and select four volunteer interns to research and archive articles about video art.
• Supervise and delegate tasks to volunteers and provide Filemaker Pro training.
• Ensure the database is readable by editing article summaries, approving them as web ready, and maintaining the Filemaker Pro database.

• Solicited to prepare a full day workshop aimed at developing skillsfor emerging arts administrators and OAAG membership.
• Solicited speakers to present their thoughts on dynamic curatingbased on their particular expertise.
• Booking locations and securing sponsorship for the workshop, aswell as soliciting participants.
• Event presented November 21 2010 at Oakville Galleries.

• Tracked the expenses of the project and outstanding bills.
• Followed a production schedule and achieved firm deadlines with all deliverables.
• Wrote and distributed media releases to press representatives.
• Monitored and submitted the payroll hours of those employed.
• Created and managed the project budget with the support of the former InterAccess Director.

Bfa, Sculpture And Installation

Activities and Societies: student union 2006-2007, academic council member • BFA with Distinction in Sculpture/Installation. • Completed.

Certificate, Interactive Art And Entertainment

Activities and Societies: Bell Payphone Labs co-founder • Telus Interactive Art and Entertainment Programme at the Canadian Film Centre’s.

Master Of Fine Arts - Mfa, Visual And Performing Arts

Activities and Societies: First Year MFA Student Representative, Departmental Assembly Department of Visual Arts at the University of.