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| 1997-present | Executive Director |
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Center for Arts Management and Technology |
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| Classes Taught | Visual Arts Management, Systems Synthesis, Desktop Publishing for Arts Managers |
| Duties | Classroom Instruction, Grant Writing, Strategic Planning, Board Relations, Marketing, Fiscal Planning and Budgeting, Staff and Intern Oversight |
| Accomplishments | Creation of a Web-based Electronic Grant Application that has become the industry standard for Government Arts Granting Agencies, Arts+Web-an Internet Training Initiative for Arts Agencies, Surf the Museum-a free way for museums to publish their collections on the Web |
| Board Affiliations | Society for Contemporary Craft, Board Technology Committee at the Carnegie Museum of Art (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania) |
| 1994-1997 | Executive Director |
| Sweetwater Center for the Arts, Sewickley, Pennsylvania | Duties | Grant Writing, Strategic Planning, Donor Relations, Board Relations, Educational Philosophy and Planning, Event/Performance Planning and Organization, Curatorial, Publication, Marketing and Media Relations, Community Relations, Physical Plant Management, Staffing, Fiscal Planning and Budgeting, Computer Purchasing and Maintenance, Database Creation and Management, Desktop Design and Graphics. |
| Accomplishments | Rebuilt a faltering Regional Art Center into a thriving Multi-Disciplinary Cultural Center featuring superior Educational Programming for Adults and Children. |
| Income increased from a budget of $200,000 annually to $500,000 annually in three years, Tripled Grant Revenue from $33,000 to $95,000 in a two year period and Increase Class Registrations 60% over three years. | |
| Initiated and concluded new Long Range Planning Process. | |
| Initiated highly successful year round Outreach Program for Underserved Populations in Aliquippa, Beaver County. Initiated highly successful Educational Programming including Senior Adult, Children, Teen and Pre-College classes in the arts as well as providing a very diverse comprehensive general education Program, Initiated year round Foreign Film Series, Initiated year round Fine Arts Exhibition Schedule, Initiated Month Long Festival of African American Visual and Performing Arts (Mavuno). | |
| Obtained Funding to Renovate Studios and Purchase new Equipment. Finished Fiscal Year with a Revenue Surplus for four consecutive years after seven years of deficits. Successfully Hired and Managed an Administrative Staff of six employees. | |
| 1992-1994 | Program Coordinator, Arts |
| Citiparks - City of Pittsburgh Department of Parks and Recreation, Office of Special Programs, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania | |
| Duties | Develop, Coordinate, and Secure Funding (Grant Writing) for Arts Programming (outreach and facility based classes and special initiatives) for all age groups throughout the City of Pittsburgh, Hiring of Artist Subcontractors - monitoring and documenting classroom performance and activities, Budgeting and Ordering of supplies and materials for office and classroom, Promotion and Publicity for Arts Programs, Creation and Coordination of seasonal Course Offerings Mailer. |
| Accomplishments | Resurrected program that had dwindled to two programs and no staff into a vital thriving program with many successful programs (Art Partners, Roving Art Cart, Art Team Mural Project, etc.). Created profitable, well budgeted and funded program area that had operated at a considerable loss in the past. Tripled the amount of funding received from the State Arts Council for programming in just one year and was directly responsible for securing over seventy thousand dollars toward proposed programming expenses in 1993 - 1994. |
| 1990-1992 | Senior Staff Artist |
| JII Sales Promotion Associates, Inc., Coshocton, Ohio | |
| Duties | Supervision of all shift personnel, Typesetting, Electronic Illustration and Design, Scanning, Scripting, (Software, System and Processor) Maintenance. |
| Accomplishments | Promotion to Supervisory Position after 18 months of employment. Developed 30 min. multimedia HyperCard presentation about Computer System Page 2 Employment (cont.) Upgrades necessary to Increase Productivity - shown to management - Improvements, Approved. Developed Filing and Cataloguing System for over 1,000 postscript Graphics. Participated in Community Service Project with local High School: developing Art Technologies assignment for Package Design. Equipment Macintosh Computer, Laser Imagesetter, Scanner. Software QuarkXPress, Pagemaker, Illustrator, Freehand, Streamline, Photoshop, Word, Works. |
| 1985-Present | Professional Artist/Sculptor |
| Exhibitions | Cleveland, Cinncinatti, Columbus and Lima, Ohio, Pittsburgh and Aliquippa Pennsylvania |
| Awards | Ohio Arts Council ‹ Fellowship for the Visual Arts 1989 |
| 1989-1990 | Instructor, Art Department Youngstown State University, Youngstown, Ohio |
| Classes Taught | Drawing I and Art/Music History |
| Duties | Designing Course Structure, Evaluation of Student Performance, Testing, Counseling, Field Excursions. |
| 1987-1989 | Assistant Professor of Art Kent State University, Stark Campus, Canton, Ohio and Tuscarawus Campus, New Philadelphia, Ohio |
| Classes Taught | Drawing I and II, Painting I and II, Beginning Sculpture, Art Survey, Art Education, and University Orientation |
| Duties | Designing Course Structure, Evaluation of Student Performance, Testing, Counseling, Field Excursions, Equipment and Supply Purchase, Curriculum Evaluation. |
| Accomplishments | Organized and Initiated a Campus/Community Foreign/Classic Film Festival. Member of Faculty Search Committee seeking to fill vacancy in Art History Department. Obtained and Catalogued Art Survey Slide Reference Collection. Mounted Student Gallery Exhibitions. |
| 1986 | Acting Preparator and Education Dept. Assistant Akron Art Museum, Akron, Ohio |
| Duties | All phases of exhibition design, installation, presentation, and documentation Construction of Crating and Shipping Materials, Signage, Photography, Mating and Framing of Art Works. |