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East Hampton, New York, United States

Water Mill, New York

Greater Los Angeles Area

Responsible for the overall administration and operation of the Hammer's exhibitions and publications, as well as administrative and financial oversight of other programming departments. Major responsibilities include developing, monitoring, and authorizing expenditures within a complex project and department budget; strategizing, developing, managing, and implementing robust and ambitious multi-year plans, schedules, and concurrent timelines for exhibitions and publications, reaching a growing and diverse constituency; developing, negotiating, administering, and implementing complex exhibition and publication contracts; managing the Museum's touring exhibition program, including venue solicitation, development of co-organization and venue contracts, and scheduling and budget reconciliation; and providing ongoing day-to-day and long-term direction and guidance to the curatorial department in its finances, operations, staffing, policies, and procedures.Serves as Museum's external liaison to local, national, and international museum officials, curators, cultural institutions, publishers, designers, distributors, and others for exhibition, publication, and program matters.Directly supervises exhibitions and publications staff members, and provides oversight, management, and (together with Deputy Director) approval of all administrative and financial aspects of curatorial, academic programs, public programs, public engagement, and artists' residency programs. Works in especially close conjunction with curatorial and collections staff, and closely with all Museum staff as primary internal for exhibition, publication, and program-related matters.

Houston, Texas Area

Managed the planning and implementation of curatorial, administrative, operational and special projects ranging from the exhibition program to capital improvements, which included research, budget and timeline development, leadership of cross-departmental teams, negotiation of contracts, development of policy and procedures, training employees and subsequent project assessment.

Houston, Texas, United States

National exhibition record, participating in over 50 exhibitions (5 solo) in commercial, university and non-profit art spaces. Delivered approximately 20 artist talks. Featured in over 20 periodicals and catalogues. Recipient of artist grants in 2005 and 2010.

Houston, Texas, United States

Worked with key stakeholders of seven departments to ensure successful and timely delivery of approximately 900 corporate and shareholder communication products, in both physical and electronic forms.

Houston, Texas, United States

Houston, Texas, United States

Courses: Advanced, Intermediate and Beginning Printmaking.

Houston, Texas, United States

Courses: Drawing and Art History I, Paleolithic to Gothic Art.

Athens, Ohio, United States

Courses: Intaglio, Screen Printing, Advanced and Intermediate Printmaking, Drawing I and II, and Color Theory.

Banco Santander W30 Program

Masters Of Fine Arts, Mfa, Printmaking

Copyediting

Bachelor Of Arts - Ba, Fine And Studio Arts