Mallory Craig Email and Phone Number

Leads and manages place-based public and educational programming at the Greenhouse Education Center at Denny Farrell Riverbank State Park to uplift, curate, and co-create dynamic programmatic offerings to cultivate people and plant relationship. Skills: Strategic Planning · Partnership-building · Program Development · Leadership · Cultural Organizing

- Created and oversaw programmatic elements of garden-based educational programs through designing curriculum, supervising and supporting professional development of educators and interns, and engaging families and community partners.- Led the overall development of program plans, curriculum-writing, and staffing for the programs: Children’s Garden, Garden Buds, and Afterschool Adventures around the themes of flavors of home, gardens for wildlife, art in the gardens, and culturally-Responsive community science initiatives. - Stewarded the World Farm and Children’s Garden, two learning gardens made of a total of 32 garden beds through regenerative and organic gardening practices for vegetable and fruit harvest, eco-dye garden, medicinal herb garden, and gardens for wildlife area tied to curriculum around food justice, social-emotional learning, and place-based exploration.

- Designed, developed, coordinated, and facilitated nature-based arts education through managing intergenerational program Family Art Project, school-based partnership program Visualizing Nature, and paid youth internship Arts, Community, Environmental Stewardship- Supervised a team of three educators and eight paid interns through providing professional development, logistical support, and mentorship- Oversaw a team of educators and supported invited guest artists and various community partners to bring their practices into the gardens to encourage meaningful connections to nature and environmental justice.

- Co-created and ran ArtSeed and Young Cultural Stewards, two youth arts and environmental education programs, through supporting day to day operations, developing curriculum, and collaborating with teaching artists to create and facilitate programming tied to cultural organizing, environmental education, civic engagement, transformative justice, and social-emotional learning. - Supported sustainability and growth of programming through documentation, evaluation, and grant-seeking which resulted in the programming receiving the Crossroads Fund grant and the Terra Foundation grants totaling $46,000 for one fiscal year. - Built and maintained relationships with teaching artists, organizations, and various community members wishing to provide programming in the parks. - Supported Cultural Center Initiative, a network of 15 parks that serve as arts and culture hubs for their areas of the city through building and maintaining partnerships with teaching artists, organizations and agencies; coordinating and evaluating programs for all ages with partners and park staff; coordinating events and programs; and supporting outreach efforts.

- Promoted gallery receptions, performances and other various events through coordinating with various media publications- Helped prepare for various events including gallery exhibitions, musical performances, and community festivals. - Recorded demographic and survey results - Documented and archived records for private events, gallery openings, artist contracts, and performances for reporting, audits, and grant-purposes - Helped maintain Salesforce contacts for monthly newsletter- Drafted project proposal for 'This Old House' to increase visibility of the center's historical preservation efforts- Photographed events and inventoried photos

- Surveyed and photographed subway musicians in 30 different sites within the NYC MTA- Helped facilitate and organize 75 different musical acts MUNY auditions at Grand Central Station- Co-drafted a critical analysis evaluating efficiency of MUNY in serving performers and public

- Conducted Interviews with flamenco scholars, musicians, and dancers- Wrote a thesis integrating fieldwork and bibliographic research- Recorded flamenco music and spoken interviews through film and audio recordings

- Co-­facilitated an art project centered on cultivating self-worth for youth through self-portraits