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Waterbury, Connecticut

Cornwall, Ct

Provide the Board of Directors with guidance regarding museum best practices and ethics; assist in fundraising efforts; write grant applications and administer grant projects; budget management; create and implement strategy to increase visibility and attendance; training and oversight of interns and volunteer staff; develop collaborative programming with local organizations; management of collections; prepare, research, write and install exhibits; oversee program development and implementation; manage website, social media, and public relations.

Fine art oil paintings and watercolors.

Contract work consulting on exhibits and publications; public speaking engagements; and historical research and writing.

Management of my father's unusual estate, which included a 5,000 square foot machine shop and 7,000 square feet of antiques and tools; in addition to managing commonplace estate matters, I oversaw the liquidation of my father's business, and personally operated a month-long estate sale, hiring and training sales staff and security staff, promoting the sale through print and online media, implementing POS for cash, check, and credit cards, and various other tasks associated with running a small business.

Norwalk, Ct

Assist with grant writing; develop and implement curatorial policies and forms meeting modern professional standards; conduct research, writing, and implementation of special exhibitions; work with Curatorial Committee to address collection needs; supervision and training of volunteers; advise Board members on best practices regarding collections and historic building care and maintenance.

New York City

Full time position with a number of responsibilities including: historical research relating to companies and individual watches and clocks; research patent and trademark information for pocket expert books; art historical research to find original source images for engravings and enamel paintings on watches and clocks; research and write catalogue descriptions for the majority of lots in the NY auctions and for some of the lots in the Geneva auctions; examine lots being catalogued for condition and authenticity; design and install Preview exhibitions in NY and Hong Kong; coordinate with photographer and graphic designer during catalogue production; develop client relations; edit descriptions written by others for catalogues; contribute to and edit NY post-auction press releases.

Suffield, Ct

Oversee daily operations at historic house museum; manage seasonal staff; develop programs; manage gift shop; engage in community outreach; coordinate with Connecticut Landmarks central office.

Waterbury, Ct

Adjunct position teaching Art History and Art Appreciation during the fall and spring semesters of 1999-2000 and 2002-2008.Adjunct position teaching Exploring Your Community for the Urban & Community Studies Department during the fall semester of 2018.

Waterbury, Ct

Responsible for a variety of museum functions including: exhibit planning, research, design and installation; accessioning of new objects, general conservation, research requests, photographic services, collections management, creation and maintenance of collections database, museum websites and intranet server; manage and implement large grant projects for technology in the museum; assist with management of major construction project for renovation of collections storage and gallery spaces; assist with reinstallation of history exhibit; train and oversee maintenance staff in collections and exhibit related procedures; train docents for tours; train and assist staff with computers.

M.A., Winterthur Program In Early Am. Culture

Activities and Societies: Winterthur Museum docent. Museum studies program with emphasis on historical research training and use.

A.B., Art, History Of Science

Activities and Societies: Library Assistant, Smith College Art Library Senior honors thesis, "Nineteenth Century American Pocket Watches.