...arts management + program design

Makers Honors Arts Residency Founder, Director / ECU Honors College, Greenville NC - 2018-2019

• Recruited by Dean of Honors College to find opportunities for arts and civic engagement as part of graduate assistantship

• Designed and managed new student arts residency program, arts curriculum, scheduled meetings and guest speakers, curated two exhibitions in local galleries, lead bi-monthly critiques of student work

• Conducted budget and financial management for all programming, exhibitions, and stipend disbursement

• Selected and trained successor, supervised their first year as director, developed institutional residency manual, secured funding for following academic year, designed student learning evaluations

• Collaborated with marketing team to design and distribute marketing materials for residency and exhibitions for internal/external use (print and social media)

• Mentored selected students through artistic process (digital and visual media) via monthly group concept development discussions and individual meetings for projects around the idea of “Place”

• Presented on residency concept and development at 2018 National Collegiate Honors Council Conference in Boston, MA

Nightfall Farm Arts Residency Founder, Director / Crothersville IN - 2019-2020

Arts Residency Founder, Director

• Collaborate with farmers/owners to create arts residency focusing on environmentalism and sustainable farming. Residency design includes requirements for community engagement through arts workshops

• Identify possible future artists-in-residence, design application on Google Forms

• Network with arts communities in Southern Indiana to identify possible partners for grant applications and future residency programming

Artist-in-Residence

• Make photographs, videos, and original songs inspired by time on farm in rural Indiana

• Plan and direct performance art event highlighting regional talent, partnering with the Hoosier Young Farmers Coalition and Oak Heritage Conservancy

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Graduate Intern, Public Art Policy and Arts District Development / Pitt County Arts Council - 2018-2019

• Compiled and reviewed literature on public arts funding mechanisms and policy in American communities, the sociocultural impacts of public art, and arts-driven economic development strategies to mitigate gentrification

• Contributed findings and content to Pitt County Arts Council’s Arts District Recommendations to the City of Greenville and to policy proposal for 1% Capital Funds Allocation for the Arts in Greenville, NC

• Designed and contributed survey questions to the Arts District Community Survey

• Analyzed public arts funding models including public, private, and public-private partnerships and public arts’ impact on economic development

• Created cultural asset maps for Uptown area of Greenville, NC to identify patterns of economic activity, presented research to Greenville Arts District Working Committee

Economic Impact of the Arts in Greenville, NC, Senior Thesis Documentary - 2016-2017

• Compiled and reviewed literature on economic impact of arts in Pitt County and North Carolina

• Conducted interviews with government officials, economic development professionals, civic arts directors, and local artists about arts’ impact on talent recruitment and wealth retention in the community

• Shot and edited interviews into a ten-minute documentary for completion of Honors senior thesis (see link under “Education; BFA”)

• Directed crews of five up to ten people in lighting, camera setting, and video capture

• Established strong relationships to local community resulting in several documentary screenings