Directing the placement, selection and coordination of the artists and performers for the Portland Winter Light Festival. Working closely with our amazing team to bring smiles, light and delight to PDX in February.The PDXWLF is a family-friendly city-wide event that brings residents and visitors out to explore free cutting-edge light-based artwork, interactive sculptures, and performances each February. The festival transforms Portland's urban landscape into a shining canvas, showcasing the creative vision of hundreds of artists and engaging hundreds of thousands of attendees. PDXWLF is a program of the Willamette Light Brigade, an arts nonprofit that enriches the public realm by harnessing the power of art and artful lighting to transform Portland’s cityscape. The festival celebrates the power of creative expression to invigorate the community and fuel cultural and economic vitality during the winter.

Organizing all the amazing art, artists, and performers for the PDXWLF festival.

Consulted with PDXWLF for art and performance coordination, answering past festival questions, and recruiting light artists.

Assisted in all aspects of helping the founders and idea generators into getting this amazing festival off the ground and into the hearts of PDX!

Content for Exhibit Design - I assisted the writers and graphic designers in researching projects for exhibits, sourcing and tracking photos for client review, acquiring photo usage rights and proofreading exhibit panels for a variety of national clients.

Exhibit Design Studio - I started by helping the owner organize his office/studio. As we both realized his need for a part-time Project Manager, I morphed into that role. I tracked up to 18 projects simultaneously, coordinated writers and graphic designers, budgets and timelines. I also proofread graphic panels and copy edited production drawings.

Boutique Graphic Design Studios - Dual role of project management for a small graphic design studio and organizing office systems to increase efficiency.

Interpretive and Tradeshow Exhibit Design - I worked with a corporate client to establish their presence at smaller niche tradeshows and events. I managed and inventoried all property and graphics to fit specific themes, coming up with solutions to fit budget, time, and space constraints. My duties also included art direction with a keen sense of ever-changing corporate branding requirements, project management, graphic layout, research, scheduling, billing, shipping and on-the-spot problem-solving. I also worked in the interpretive division with the Tualatin NWR on specific projects.

Interpretive Exhibit Design - We told stories through interactive exhibits, emphasis on the interactive. As the "story keeper" I worked to ensure the design followed the story in cooperation with the designers and clients. By working closely with the writer; researching images, facts, reviewing and editing text and concept/final drawings, I helped to correctly document the stories. I maintained concurrent databases of images, objects, props, and resources on a multitude of projects. I assisted the designers in guiding the client to understand and agree to the evolution of their project to a satisfactory conclusion.

I coordinated monthly speakers, annual events including the Rosey Awards, and another programming. I instructed volunteers and interns, assisted the Membership Coordinator and Executive Director with daily activities, generating sponsorships and maintaining relationships.

I assisted in curating changing exhibitions, organized and documented collections, researched museum objects, instructed interns and oversaw the design and publication of museum documents and all aspects of daily activities at the museum.

Art Touring Company - I scheduled 8 - 10 consecutive touring exhibitions throughout the country. I researched potential venues, assisted artists with contracts, coordinated marketing, shipping, and functioned as an editor for grant writing and exhibit proposal evaluations. I prepared 2 and 3-D art pieces for touring, built crates and engineered specialized protection for fragile pieces.