Public Art Manager. Curated five gallery spaces in the theater district. Gallery spaces ranged from the Best Buy Foundation Gallery, a traditional gallery to The Sidewalk Gallery featuring prints of art hanging in windows for passing auto and pedestrian traffic. Lead the programming for Outside Vibe, a summer street fair collaboration between HTT, Kulture Klub Collective and Street Works. Special projects have included Art on Hennepin Avenue, which covered 42 windows in the Theatre District with 27 large prints of art—transforming a mobile stage into a parade float—book design—mural programming and support and more!

D’Amico Catering______________________________________________________4/2014-3/2020Edinburgh USA, Banquet Manager​ (2/2019 – 3/2020)● January 2019, D’Amico moved into Edinburgh USA and began a complete renovation. Iwas transferred there in Febuary to manage events during renovation, hire and train a catering staff, receive and organize truckloads of new equipment for catering and The Brooklyn Restaurant, and coordinate with construction crews.● Catering Operations Manager duties include; collaboration with sales team, chefs, clients, vendors, and staff. Planning operation needs for events. Schedule catering staff, housemen for room set up/tear down, along with outdoor set up/tear down for golf tournaments. Coding and entering invoices, payroll, inventory, ordering, and venue upkeep.District Banquet Manager​ (3/2018 – 2/2019)● Unique position to ensure company standards at all D’Amico Catering venues.● Fleet truck scheduling.● Company-wide catering service training program.MN History Center ​Banquet Manager and Café Supervisor​ (10/2017 – 3/2018)● This role required upholding D’Amico and Minnesota History Center standards.● Market House Café Supervisor: duties included daily sales reports, preparing/settlingbanks, and ordering/maintaining FOH inventory.Event Supervisor​ for off-premise catering (4/2014 – 10/2017)● Event Supervisor is responsible for transporting equipment to a venue, directing staff toset tables/buffets/field kitchens/cleaing areas, provide service, tear down the event, andleave the venue looking like there never was an event.● Events include: weddings, proms, corporate events, house parties, mitzvahs, artopenings, birthdays, memorials, etc.

Haute Dish and Nighthawk’s. • Communication with artists regarding contracts and exhibition. • Installation and de-­‐installation of three-­‐month exhibitions, which includes labels, wall maintenance, and coordinating with venue hours.

This is a contract position based on the artist's need. I have assisted with installing art exhibitions, design and production of wall labels for art, designing business cards, VIRB website, and banners for websites. Link to VIRB website: http://davidwellsart.com

Sustainable Acts: Mother Earth’s Embrace (SAMEE) is a project featuring workshops and conversations culminating in an exhibition of art and performance at the University of Minnesota’s Institute on the Environment in 2015. SAMEE examines the essential importance of artists in conversation with scientists and environmentalists on global issues concerning food, agriculture, sustainable farming/gardening, use of natural and recycled materials, and effects of climate, and population growth. SAMEE asks the question, how do artists contribute to and express these issues in ways that appeal to human emotions and inspire people to take action. SAMEE draws on the expertise of University of MN faculty and community organizations, such as Biomicry Institute, Minnesota Association of Environmental Educators, Minnesota Textile Center, Women's Environmental Center, and Women's Caucus for Art. These agencies will lend perspective and direction in our search for global sustainability.

As a tour guide at the Walker Art Center, I research art and artists, plan tours, coordinate with other tour guides and contacts from tour groups. In fall 2012, I accepted a nomination as the Friday Tour Guide representative.

Intern to Courtney Gerber, Assistant Director of Education. Researched best practices for incorporating iPads into tours of art exhibits and managing digital files.

Off-premise catering manager for environmentally friendly catering company. Training supervisor for catering staff. Additionally, I worked on public relations campaigns, which increased business with the University of Minnesota.

The exhibition Tales of Environmental Turbulence: The Common Trail of Art and Science is the culminating project of Conversation-E: Science + Art in Dialogue and Service to Sustainability supported by a grant from the University of Minnesota, Institute on the Environment in collaboration with GATE (Green and Art Together Evolving). Traditional, avant-garde, and experimental art from mixed-media, media art, sculpture, painting and drawing, and performance art will be featured demonstrating the intersection between art and science.

Three month internship working with the museum's curator. Projects included designing a catalog for the painting exhibit, From Thaw to Meltdown, and wall graphics for The Discovery Corner gallery.

For this internship, I assisted in all aspects of planning the art exhibition, including fundraising, selecting and communicating with artists, promoting the exhibit, graphic design of all printed materials, installation of art, and I participated as an artist.

Put together a video exhibit of artists, which was run on a loop in the gallery.

Managed the prepress department for grand format printing company. Duties included design, file prep, and vinyl graphics for custom graphics.