Michelle Harrell Email & Phone Number

Raleigh-Durham, North Carolina Area

1. Work with the Deputy Director to establish the long-range goals and annual objectives of the education department to ensure programmatic activities which support the NCMA’s mission and strategic plan, on-campus, online, and statewide.2. Increase access to NCMA field trips/ tours, programs, and resources through strategic partnerships, school outreach, and data analysis across the state to K-12 schools.3. Direct supervision of staff for the School and Teacher Programs team including developing content, frequent meetings monitoring benchmarks and analyzing data, supporting professional development needs, and teaching for various programs.

Raleigh-Durham, North Carolina Area

1. Collaborated with the Director of Programs and Audience Engagement to revise job descriptions and develop an annual action plan for the new Teaching and Learning department to ensure programmatic activities which support the NCMA’s mission and strategic plan, on-campus, online, and statewide. Collaborated in the development of an Engagement Framework of topics and strategies then aligned planning documents to that framework. 2. Served as project co-manager with the Chief Curator in the reinstallation of the African galleries steering the interpretive plan, a third party evaluation, a family guide, programming, and an award winning (AAM 2018) in-gallery interactive experience called “Threads of Experience” with a floor to ceiling loom, hands-on activities, and interpretive materials to engage visitors in the patterns of West African Kuba cloths. 3. Coordinated the museum’s lecture program for 18 months facilitating contracts, travel, promotional materials, and a pre-show trivia program with related content. Piloted the first live broadcast of a lecture at the Cameron Museum of Art with Canadian Mexican artist Rapheal Loranzo Hemmer (April 2018). Also taught a sold out teacher workshop at the Hickory Museum of Art (March 2019) and developed a three year plan for Catawba Valley Outreach.4. Working closely with the Coordinator of School and Teacher Programs and contractors, launched the educational resource NCMALearn (learn.ncartmuseum.org) to be more clearly integrated into the museum’s main site than its previous incarnation ArtNC. Promoted the site through outreach through the state and in all handouts/ promotional material, improved search results by adding metadata, and analyzed data from a resource audit, pop-up survey, and Google analytics. 5. Increased number of counties reach through NCMA programs from 54 counties in FY18 to 83 counties in FY19 through strategic partnerships and communications.

Raleigh-Durham, North Carolina Area

1. Provided transitional leadership after the retirement of the Director of Education and organized the education team to focus on visitor engagement into small planning teams to inform programs and interpretation for the Museum Park, the reinstallation of the African Art galleries, and temporary exhibitions. 2. Aligned the work plans of six state employees responsible for a comprehensive suite of interdisciplinary education programs to focus on the new strategic plan while efficiently managing the workloads of three vacant positions. 3. Assessed annual education budgets to strategize new programs and ensure financial stability for existing on-site and statewide programming with the education team, the State Controller, CEO, and Director of Development.4. Designed a front-end audience research study, in collaboration with the Director of Marketing and an external evaluator, to inform the reinstallation of the African Art galleries and related programs. 5. Collaborated with designers in the final stages of construction for the new SECU Distance Learning Center, articulated how this center meets the Museum’s new mission and vision, and developing training for staff to develop the skills needed to facilitate this new technology.

Raleigh-Durham, North Carolina Area

1. Worked with the Director of Education to shape a vision for the future of the Museum’s education programs, served in her absence, and began long-term planning for programming and construction projects. 2. Conceptualized and supervised the development of an innovative education model called “The Flipped Museum,” which leverages interactive technology to personalize learning before and after a field trip. Presented The Flipped Museum model at a national conference (National Art Education Association) and published an article about it in the Journal for Museum Education in July 2015.3. Facilitated the Museum’s statewide strategic planning process for the Programs division with the Chief Curator, organized multiple focus groups to identify needs for millennial audiences, and led the final revisions, which I coordinated with multiple departments. 4. Served as co-manager for a grant-funded planning project (Institute of Museum and Library Sciences) to investigate the critical question, “What is the unique role of the art museum in supporting tomorrow’s learners in North Carolina and beyond?”5. Formed a team of educators and collaborated with the Planning Department to develop a distance learning center and research how other museums have used high definition videoconferencing technology.Worked with the Center of Interactive Learning and Collaboration (CILC) as a consultant to train staff, draft a business model to calculate funds needed to sustain these programs, and review architectural plans for the State Employees Credit Union (SECU) grant-funded construction.

Raleigh-Durham, North Carolina Area

1. Served as the first Museum Educator at the North Carolina Museum of Art (NCMA) to focus entirely on teen and college audiences. Conceptualized and developed a series of teen and college programs, including the ArtScene teen event, College Night, artist residencies, symposia, online courses, and workshops. 2. Recruited and empowered students from a wide range of social, economic, cultural, and educational backgrounds to lead programs for the NCMA’s Teen Arts and College Advisory Councils. 3. Conceptualized and curated 14 teen and college exhibitions in collaboration with the with exhibition design and marketing departments. Created Tumblr (a social media blog) for an open-source approach for entries. This Tumblr blog has been featured by Tumblr for three years as a top art blog and now has over 90,000 global followers. 4. Managed a multi-year, grant-funded collaborative project with the North Carolina Virtual Public School (NCVPS). Supervised a team of more than 50 contractors each year, managed an annual budget of $250,000, implemented an instructional design for each course, and researched works in the NCMA collection. (NOTE: Over 2,240 young adults participated in these courses or related programs in the first three years of the project.) 5. Presented online courses and related programs for internal audiences, state and national art education conferences, and the Distance Learning Summit at Crystal Bridges Museum in 2013.

Raleigh-Durham, North Carolina Area

1. Taught two courses to pre-service educators: Art 736A Teaching & Methods: Art in the Secondary School and EDU 244 Fundamental Concepts of the Arts in Education. 2. Advised students in writing grants and presentation proposals for both a state and national art education conference which were accepted, received a grant to fund travel, supplies, and conference registration, then presented with these students at NAEA 2015 in New Orleans.

Raleigh-Durham, North Carolina Area

1. Increased enrollment in art electives by 250% during 10-year tenure. Taught Visual Art I, II, III, III honors, IV, IV honors, Printmaking/ Textiles, Painting, Independent Study, and Advanced Computer Graphics to over 150 9th-12th grade students each year. Served as co-advisor on the National Art Honor Society.2. Served the North Carolina Museum of Art through participation in its Teacher Advisory Council from 2000-2008, wrote lesson plans for the ArtNC website, collaborated in Saturday family festivals as part of outreach projects, and provided teacher development for the NCMA’s Monet in Normandy exhibition as an independent contractor. 3. Collaborated in building the Digital Art Career Focused Learning Community and partnered with local arts organizations, college programs, and businesses for consultation and internship placement.4. Co-piloted two national leadership courses (iLead and 180), ran the Interclub Council, which trained all student leaders of clubs and sports teams, and managed magnet recruitment fairs, open houses, and orientations for prospective students.5. Led professional development for both art educators and classroom teachers from other disciplines. Served as Staff Development chair for Wake County High School Art Teachers (2002-2006) and as Secretary of School Improvement Plan/Leadership Team (2005-2007). Led as a Lighthouse Beacon teaching technology workshops across Wake County.6. Optimized school budget by instilling the practice of bid orders to vendors, creating a supply room inventory, and helping to leverage donations for over $20,000 of damaged merchandise from a local art vendor. Secured over $40,000 in grant funds from county and state arts organizations.

Raleigh-Durham, North Carolina Area

1. Taught art (Art Exploration, Painting/Drawing, and Pottery/Sculpture) to grades 6-8. Actively contributed to the local arts community through festivals and student art exhibitions, held weekly Art Club workshops after school, and led mural projects across the school, including a 150-foot cafeteria mural created with the help of a local artist.2. Facilitated multiple art, music, and writing residencies each year as United Arts Chairman (wrote grants, managed contracts, and contacted local newspapers for press coverage). Published one of these interdisciplinary artist residencies as part of graduate studies and presented at both state and national conferences.3. Attended a symposium at the North Carolina Museum of Art to develop and teach a unit inspired by the works of Auguste Rodin, facilitated an artist residency with Paris Alexander and took students to his local studio on a field trip, and supervised the construction and exhibition of student-produced images of Civil Rights leaders in the style of The Burghers of Calais, which were displayed at the Museum during the Rodin exhibition.4. Collaborated with the Technology Committee to lead the school’s technology training and develop a multimedia cart with a computer, printer, scanner, and projector.

Windsor, North Carolina

1. Taught art to grades 6-8 and served as a resource for other teachers at a rural Title I middle school.2. Led a yearbook staff of 7th and 8th grade students, managed revenue through advance sales and advertisements, and produce a yearbook as the only faculty sponsor.3. Collaborated in the Communications School Improvement Committee for Southern Association of Colleges and Schools (SACS) accreditation. 4. Served as Assistant Adviser of Career Club, working with students after school for a district competition that demonstrated public speaking skills. 5. Served in local arts community through festivals and shows, judged the Edenton Arts Council high school art exhibition.6. Served as faculty sponsor of the Art Club and as United Arts Chairman.

Master'S Of Education, Art Education With A Concentration In Interdisciplinary Studies

Activities and Societies: Full-time assistantship for the Math-Art Research Project which included creating the web-site for the project.

Bfa, Art Education With A Studio Concentration In Painting

Activities and Societies: Painting Guild, President of Art Education Guild, Vice- President of Student Chapter of NC Art Education.

Associate Of Art

Activities and Societies: Hodgood Art Scholarship, Merit Award in Painting, Dead Artists Society, Young Democrats, Student Christian.

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