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Seattle, Washington, United States

Tulsa, Oklahoma, United States

Tulsa, Oklahoma Area

• Opened in 1939, Philbrook Museum of Art serves as a world-class art center for the city of Tulsa, with 25 acres of gardens and a sprawling Italian Villa.
• Led process to write and adopt new mission, vision, values, and five-year strategic plan to become the most welcoming and inclusive cultural institution in the region
• Initiated masterplan process to guide adding new amenities, infrastructure, garden, and gallery space, and historic preservation actions including an expected 30,000,000 capital campaign
• Successfully navigated the pandemic closure of the museum and reopening prioritizing staff and public safety, while cutting over $2,000,000 from the budget and keeping overall staff reduction under 5%
• Set the fundraising record for the Philbrook Wine Experience in 2018, netting $2,500,000 Million dollars in support
• Increased support from grants, foundations, and national funders by nearly a million dollars annually

Indianapolis, Indiana Area

• Grounded in an understanding of the changing role of museums and their audiences in the 21st century, the IMA’s new position of curator of audience experiences and performance will develop a strategic vision for.
• Built the first Audience Experience and Performance curatorial department in the country to develop and implement experimental, interactive experiences connecting audiences with the collection and campus
• Secured $1,000,000 in funding over four years to support ARTx, a research and development initiative within the Audience Experiences and Performance Department
• Offered 128 new programs, attracting 31,736 Attendees in the first year of programming (November 2014 – November 2015). 53% of all ticketed programs sold out (max capacity) in the first year
• IMA membership has grown from 5320 to 14,850, including 3213 new Family Level Memberships since the launch of the department
• Increased program attendance by 320% and revenue by 17% in FY16 over FY15

Minneapolis

• Isn’t not about watching cat videos, it’s about watching cat videos togetherThe world’s first Internet Cat Video Festival was an unparalleled and unexpected success. A viral sensation online, sparking news headlines.
• The most attended and covered program in the history of the Walker Art Center, screening in over 208 cities and ten different countries since its debut in 2012
• Received worldwide media coverage including features in the New York Times, LA Times, Wall Street Journal, BBC, CBS Sunday Morning, NBC, Vanity Fair, The Atlantic, Slate, Vice, Buzzfeed, The New Yorker, Time Magazine.
• 1279 unique media stories and 6.8 billion combined digital and print impressions to date
• Implemented comprehensive short and long-range business plan to maximize revenue while remaining within the mission of the institution yielding over $460,000 in revenue to date
• Secured $30,000 sponsorship in 2013 and 2104 from Animal Planet

Greater Minneapolis-St. Paul Area

Direct all aspects of mnartists.org, an online initiative to support local artists developed by the Walker and the McKnight Foundation. - Grew membership of the site from 9,000 to 20,000 registered artists.- Initiated social media accounts, which now number over 20,000 combined followers.- Manage a staff of five and over seventy freelance writers and.

Walker Art Center

• Took over failing program after the close of the Minneapolis Center for Photography in 2008, effectively stabilizing the program both financially and programmatically
• Managed $265,000 annual budget and awarding of four $50,000 grants annually including the selection cycle, award distribution, fellowship year activities and final exhibition and catalog.
• Hired new staff, rebuilt submission and review process and leveraged Walker resources to support the fellows including visiting artists, access to Walker Library and memberships
• Elevated program exposure by securing five internationally recognized curators and artists to serve as program panelists, meet with artists and write catalog essays each cycle
• Co-curated fellowship exhibitions with rotating group of host venues
• Directed program assessment, which led to a merging of the Photography and Visual Arts Fellowship programs by the McKnight Foundation in 2014. Assisted the transition process to the Minneapolis College of Art and.

Worked with Graduate Students as an adviser, mentor and sat on their graduate review panel.

Taught workshops in Digital Drawing and Contemporary Art History

Rochester, Minnesota Area

Curated regional, national and international exhibitions from inception to implementation. - Supported the Chief Curator to produce solo exhibitions by Inigo Manglano-Ovalle, Roman Signer, Rodney Graham, Chris Larson, Judy Onofrio, Ceal Floyer, Torbjorn Rodland, Josiah McElheny, and Warren Mackenzie. - Assisted producing exhibition catalogs for.

Rochester, Minnesota Area

Developed interpretive and tour programs, public programs and led community outreach efforts. - Managed two separate IMLS grants to establish a monthly free family day program and build a digital art lab. - Created interpretive and educational materials for the Warren Mackenzie touring retrospective.- Successfully overhauled tour and outreach programs.

Developed and executed education and interpretive programs related exhibitions including Free First Saturday programming.

Taught classes in Drawing and Painting

Taught Professional Practices courses to advanced undergrad students

Taught classes in Drawing, Painting and Digital Drawing

Master Of Fine Arts - Mfa, Painting

Mfa, Art And Minor In Art History

Bfa, Art

Bachelor Of Fine Arts - Bfa, Sculpture

General Dipolma, General Studies

Activities and Societies: Baseball, Football, Art, Choir, Band