OBJECTIVE
Seeking career opportunity in a museum/university visual resource
collection where I could apply my experience and education
EDUCATION
SCILS,
School of Communication, Information and Library Studies,
Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey: Fall 2001 to present.
Estimated date of graduation 2003
Bard
College: Annandale-on-Hudson, NY, Major: Art History
Bachelor of Arts: May 1999
Senior Project: "Spiritual Peregrination
Through Imagery: The Pier Reliefs in the Cloister of Santo Domingo
de Silos, c. 1100-1130"
School
of Visual Arts:
209 East 23rd Street, New York, NY 10003
Major: Fine Arts
Emerson
High School: Union City, NJ 07087, May 1978
Languages:
Bi-Lingual English/Spanish; reading knowledge of French
WORK EXPERIENCE
March
2002 - present
Associate Curator: Visual Resource Collection, Department
of Art History
Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey
Voorhees Hall
71 Hamilton Street New Brunswick , NJ 08903
Contact: Donald Beetham, Director of Visual Resources
732-932-7041 x 40
December
2000 to March 2002
Bookseller: Barnes & Noble Booksellers
59 Washington Street, Hoboken, NJ 07030
October 1999-August 2000
Registrar /Art Cataloguer Pre-Columbian Art Gallery
David Bernstein Fine Arts
737 Park Avenue, Suite 11B, New York, NY 10021, 212.794.0389
Organized
and maintained development of on-line gallery, http://www.precolumbianart4sale.com;
researched, wrote, edited and indexed inventory for gallery database
using Art Systems for Galleries, Version I; developed digital
image archive using Microsoft Picture It software; selected and
coordinated objects for in-house and on-line exhibitions; conducted
general duties of registrar to include transaction procedures
for purchases, sales, consignments, exhibitions and loans of ancient
art; maintained image archives (to include photos, digital images
and publications) and research library; photographed (35 mm and
digital) artifacts in collection; prepared museum quality art
objects of various sizes and weights for domestic and international
shipments
July
1999 - August 1999
Consultant: Bennett Design Group, Inc.
108 W. 39th Street, New York, NY 10001, 212.239.0511
Re-organized
and coordinated Interior Design Resource Library
June 1998 - May 1999
Slide Curator: Bard College, Annandale-on-Hudson, NY
Managed
slide collection; introduced and developed digital image archive;
researched and catalogued art images for database inventory using
Re-Discovery Software; created and catalogued individual collections
of artists and/or culture specific genres in consultation with
faculty members from various departments; oversaw budget; supervised
staff of six undergraduate students in the photographing, mounting,
filing and cataloguing of slide collection; assisted Art History
and Studio Arts faculty and students with production, preparation
and coordination of slide presentations; oriented students toward
developing an increased familiarity of and accessibility to the
collection
June-August
1997
Museum Monitor and Library Assistant: Bard Center for Curatorial
Studies
Annandale-on-Hudson, NY
Received and guided museum visitors and guest artists; assisted
curatorial staff, faculty and graduate students in the organization
and preparation of slide presentation files and artists' lists;
assisted librarian with administrative duties such as cataloguing
books and periodicals
March 1986-August 1992
Sales Representative and Freelance Textile Designer:
Lucy Bovasso Designs
333 East 30th Street, New York, NY 10016, 212.481.0497
Acted
as principal liaison between studio clientele; designed, researched
and developed trends for cutting edge textile designs for garment
and home-furnishings industries; selected and coordinated design
portfolios for individual client needs
September
1979-September 1981
Bookseller: A Photographer's Place
New York, NY
Catalogued
rare and out-of-print book collection; performed general bookstore
maintenance
Publications:
www.precolumbianart4sale.com
Memberships:
American Library Association (ALA);
Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS)
