• Creates original paintings, drawings, and prints and maintains physical studio space• Completes commission-based projects and upkeeps relationships with patrons and clientele• Participates in artist residencies, public speaking engagements, writes and teaches at various capacities throughout the country, including, but not limited to: Kohler Arts Center (WI), Lynden Sculpture Garden (WI), the Contemporary Arts Center (OH), and Texas Tech University (TX), Bunker Projects (PA)•… Show more • Creates original paintings, drawings, and prints and maintains physical studio space• Completes commission-based projects and upkeeps relationships with patrons and clientele• Participates in artist residencies, public speaking engagements, writes and teaches at various capacities throughout the country, including, but not limited to: Kohler Arts Center (WI), Lynden Sculpture Garden (WI), the Contemporary Arts Center (OH), and Texas Tech University (TX), Bunker Projects (PA)• Mounts exhibitions throughout Wisconsin and the midwest• Raises funds through grant writing and balances books for upcoming tax seasons Show less

• Instructs one sophomore-level creative professional development course of 21 students for 150 minutes, once per week• Maintains a class syllabus, assignment log, and reading materials for teaching students basics of public speaking, documenting and writing about their art, and engaging with the Milwaukee arts community outside of MIAD• Oversees, mentors, and assigns tasks to one teaching assistant• Participates in weekly meetings with co-teaching faculty to discuss goals, upcoming… Show more • Instructs one sophomore-level creative professional development course of 21 students for 150 minutes, once per week• Maintains a class syllabus, assignment log, and reading materials for teaching students basics of public speaking, documenting and writing about their art, and engaging with the Milwaukee arts community outside of MIAD• Oversees, mentors, and assigns tasks to one teaching assistant• Participates in weekly meetings with co-teaching faculty to discuss goals, upcoming events, and assignments• Plans lectures and mock experiences to collaborate with necessary course curriculum Show less

• Assisted Abert Family Curator of American Art with exhibition and collection research• Curated and supervised the mounting of the three-part exhibition series, American Memory: Commemoration, Nostalgia, and Revision• Wrote didactic materials and object interpretations for the American Memory exhibition and microsite• Researched objects in the American collections for the Native Initiatives advisory committee study day, with an eye toward new interpretative strategies and… Show more • Assisted Abert Family Curator of American Art with exhibition and collection research• Curated and supervised the mounting of the three-part exhibition series, American Memory: Commemoration, Nostalgia, and Revision• Wrote didactic materials and object interpretations for the American Memory exhibition and microsite• Researched objects in the American collections for the Native Initiatives advisory committee study day, with an eye toward new interpretative strategies and underrepresented narratives as we plan for future exhibitions and potential displays across the Museum Show less

• Assisted registrar with various projects including digital archiving, reviewing condition reports, assessing returned loan objects, and indexing exhibition files• Created a digital information archive and assigned accession numbers to the museum's CD and DVD records collection

• Digitized art collection and exhibition images though scanning slides onto an external hard drive and conducting image quality checks• Assisted with the rotation of artwork throughout the building• Contributed heavily to the first digital art collection databases in the institution's history• Conducted Guido Brink collection inventory for the annual audit• Assists in gallery maintenance and exhibit installation

• Assisted the Director of Marketing with event promotion and event space management• Posted events to community calendars• Cut and hung posters• Prepared chapbooks for assembly• Set up for events and prepared gallery space for art exhibitions• Created auction bidding documents for the 38th Annual Gala• Greeted and directed guests during events• Re-shelved books and recycled old documents and mailers

• Updated custom storage mounts for antique shoes, hats, and fragile portrait miniatures• Assisted in waxing and in-painting a large outdoor sculpture• Examined and wrote condition reports for Japanese prints• Wrote blog posts for museum's blog about conservation internship