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PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

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I.   Art Dealer, Burns Gallery on Palm,  Sarasota, FL (January 2023 - present)

 

II.  Visitor Experience Associate, Sarasota Art Museum Sarasota, FL (2021 - 2022)
     

III. Design Consultant, Clemente Museum Pittsburgh, PA (2014 – 2022)
      Casework and vitrine design, and advice on displaying light-sensitive objects.
 

IV. Artistic Director, Rehoboth Art League Rehoboth Beach, DE (2014 – 2018) 
      Select duties:
 

      1.  Managing all exhibition-related activities, including:

• Developing and implementing (concept - installation - de-installation) over thirty special exhibitions and events annually.

• Overseeing the jurying process of all juried shows and events.

• Oversight of the gallery staff (3), interns, gallery volunteers, and docents (40).

• Seeking funding to support exhibition and collection programming.

• Creating artist contracts, prospectuses, press releases, exhibition posters, brochures, e-invites, text panels, and ads.

• Developing Southern Delaware's first regional juried photography exhibition that received over three hundred submissions from artists living in five states and the District of Columbia in its first year.

• Collaborating with area photographers to develop and sustain an on-campus digital print studio.

• Successfully negotiating with the City of Rehoboth a high-visibility permanent exhibition site in City Hall.

• Developing and implementing educational programming for exhibitions and events.  Collaborating with prestigious organizations, including the Academy Art Museum, Biggs Museum of American Art, Delaware Art Museum, Delaware College of Art and Design (DCAD), George Washington University, Maryland Institute College of Art (MICA), National Gallery of Art, National Portrait Gallery, Salisbury University, and Philadelphia Clayworks.

 

      2.  Managing the permanent collection containing over nine hundred artworks and objects, including: 

• Oversight of institutional loans.

• Teaching interns and staff best practices in handling, displaying, and storing artwork and artifacts.

• Oversight of works undergoing conservation treatment.

• Relocating the permanent collection and organizational archives into an onsite museum-standard storage facility, creating object reports, re-cataloging all objects, and ensuring all works' safe storage.

• Developing and implementing Adopt-a-Work, an innovative fundraising campaign supporting the collection that resulted in the conservation treatment of eleven works of art in its first year. 

      3.  Managing the interiors, displays, and docent program at the Peter Marsh' Homestead' House, a historic home built in 1743.
           Creating text panels and docent teaching guides. 

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      4.  Co-managing social media, marketing, and website-related activities.

 

V.  Principal Director, Gallery 50 Rehoboth Beach, DE (2007 – 2013)

       Gallery 50 is a commercial contemporary art gallery that, during my directorship, represented thirty national emerging and mid-career
       artists and supporting nonprofit organizations. The gallery received the 2010 Business of the Year Award from AIDS Delaware.
 

 

ADDITIONAL EXPERIENCE

 

I.    Website Designer (2019 – Present)

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II.   Director, Saint James Episcopal Church Capitol Hill Fine Art Auctions (2005 – 2007, 2017)
       Collaborated with Andrew Robison, Senior Mellon Curator, National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC.

 

III.  Co-founder and President, Mosaic: The Rehoboth Beach Gallery Collective (2007 – 2012) 
        A coalition of twelve independent fine art galleries that promoted art awareness and launched Second Saturday ARTwalks in 2008.

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IV.   Co-sponsor, Photo Month 2011 
        A  juried national photography exhibition.

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V.    Juror (2009 – Present) 
        Select exhibitions and competitions:​

• Guest Juror, Rittenhouse Square Fine Art Show, Philadelphia, PA (2022)

• Sussex County Coastal Camera Club, Final Awards Competitions (2013-18, 20-22) 

• Ocean City Art League, Corporate and Partners Exhibition, Ocean City, MD (2021)

• Berkeley Arts Council, 9th Art and Earth Exhibition, Berkeley Springs, WV (2019)

• Ocean City Art League, Members' Exhibition, Ocean City, MD (2018)

• Newark Arts Alliance, Juried Competition, Newark, DE (2018)

• Delaware Division of the Arts, Mezzanine Gallery, Artist Selection, Wilmington, DE (2009)

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V.   Curator

      Selected Exhibitions:

• 20th Century Women in the Arts at the Rehoboth Art League (2018), Co-curated with Ann Baker Horsey, Curator, State of Delaware​

• Illustrations, Portraits, and France - works by Ethel P.B. Leach (2017) 

• Watercolors from the Permanent Collection of the Rehoboth Art League (2016)​

• Fading - a photographic and video exhibition with works by Kendall Messick, Harold Ross, and Jeffery Steen (2015)

EDUCATION

 

Corcoran College of Art + Design, Washington, DC | M.A. Exhibition Design 

Thesis: Rediscovering American Picture Palaces, An exhibition and urban redevelopment proposal for the City of Detroit.
 

University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, M.D. | B.S. 
Phi Beta Kappa

 

SOFTWARE

Adobe Creative Suites - ArtCall (online Call for Entry) - macOS (prefer) - Microsoft Office 365 - Revit (3D) - Vectorworks (3D)
Google SketchUp (3-D) - Masterpiece - ArtCloud 

 

REFERENCES

Upon Request