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San Diego, Ca, Us

San Diego, Ca, Us

San Diego, Ca, Us

• Secure Federal, State, Local and Private grants. • Manage grant projects for cross departmental hybrid teams. • Track grants through the funding cycle.

Project based consulting for grant writing, curatorial strategy, and Board of Directors support.

• Directed the transition of the organization’s operations, programs, and engagement to virtual platforms during the 2020 COVID-19 California Stay at Home Order. • Managed the implementation of the inaugural Genie Shenk Excellence in Book Arts award, an annual award presented to a mid-career book artist who demonstrates excellence in book arts. • Stewarded the Board of Directors during the drafting and approval of San Diego Book Arts’ first Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Statement.

San Diego, California, Us

• Secured State, Local, Private and Foundation grants. • Managed the office of the Executive Director; coordinated meetings, maintained correspondence, managed communications, and provided oversight and follow up on program goals and objectives. • Managed curatorial and programmatic activities such as artist residencies and community workshops.

San Diego, Ca, Us

• Secured grants from Federal, State, Local and Private funders. • Oversaw daily museum operations and managed supporting staff, including the office of the Executive Director. • Managed curatorial operations for special exhibits. Managed the renovation of the collections storage facilities, including the move and re-housing of the collections to AAM standards.

• Managed the social media presence of Art Career Café, an online job board and resource center for arts professionals. Created content and tripled social media following across platforms over twelve months. • Managed data entry for the online job board. • Identified and pursued potential partnerships and strategic alliances.

Developed a collections database for this volunteer run community museum in accordance with AAM standards. Responsibilities included object documentation, storage, care, and research of the collection. Other tasks consisted of cataloging, conducting conservation assessments and photographing works of art; in addition to processing accessions and working towards AAM accreditation.

Leeds, West Yorkshire, Gb

Assisted the curatorial department with administrative coordination and collections management. This included cataloging artifacts using the database STAR, research and object storage. I also assisted in developing an online image database by digitally photographing and scanning the museum’s works on paper collection. Occasionally wrote for the Royal Armouries’ online blog, http://blog.royalarmouries.org/.

San Francisco, Ca, Us

Supported membership reception by screening telephone calls, entering information into the Raiser’s Edge database and acting as a liaison between the various museum departments. Sold museum memberships and admission tickets while providing information and assistance to museum visitors. Also ensured that the museum atrium operated smoothly and effectively by maintaining crowd control and positive relations between the clientele and staff.

Ma, Art Galleries And Museum Studies

Certificate, Financial Success For Nonprofits Certificate

Ba, Art History