CURATORIAL POSITIONS

Planned exhibition, Curator, Thérèse Bonney’s Photography

·     Gather Bonney’s photography across subject areas for the first time

·     Draw on the UC Berkeley’s Bancroft Library archival holdings to explore Bonney’s positioning of herself and her work

·     Generate a catalogue with commissioned essays on eclectic modernism, women artists,  and war photography 

January 1–December 31, 2014 Boston University Art Gallery

Curator, Craft & Modernity: Professional Women Artists in Boston (1890–1920)

·     Conceived and organized exhibition of approximately 150 prints, posters, photographs, and ceramics

·     Organizer and moderator of panel Reconsidering Craft: Its History and Practice (November 2014)

·     Lead author and editor of 60-page catalogue

May 2012–June 2013 Museum of Fine Arts, Boston

Graduate Research Intern, Art of the Americas, Painting & Decorative Arts departments

·     Wrote entries on nineteenth-century American paintings for web-based catalogue

·     Researched paintings, furniture, and architecture for Made in the Americas exhibition

·     Organized and researched 30 Afro-Brazilian and African American paintings in the Axelrod Collection

August 2006–August 2011 Gunston Hall, Mason Neck, VA

Curator of the 1750s historic house of George Mason

Collection Development and Research

·     Oversaw interpretation and presentation of 15 period rooms, 4,000 artworks, and Gallery Space in Visitor’s Center; strengthened the American and European collection of decorative arts

·     Oversaw million-dollar acquisition fund; acquired nearly 50 sets of objects; deaccessioned and sold over 100 objects

Teaching and Exhibitions

·     Conceived and organized five symposia with preeminent speakers

·     Wrote and trained guides to give Architecture in the Afternoons tour

·     Exhibitions: Interpret the Imports (2008) and Look at the Locals (2007)

Key Mansion Restoration Projects (7 total)

·     Acquired last remaining period portraits of George and Ann Mason

·     Installed period-appropriate fabric to walls, gilt fillet, and gilded beaufats in Palladian Room

·     Restored original walnut features throughout first floor

Management and Development

·     Served as curatorial liaison to Board of Regents; supervised Historic Housekeeper and interns

·     Prepared budgets for Collections and Restoration Board Committees; monitored funds and timelines for projects

·     Raised funding from trustees and foundations

·     Oversaw photo shoots; provided tours to scholars and special groups from Colonial Williamsburg, Decorative Arts Trust, Smithsonian Associates, Montpelier’s Board Members, and Colonial Dames of America 

September 2004–August 2006 Winterthur Museum

Museum Guide, gave four thematic public tours 

Internship with Anne Verplanck, Curator of Prints and Paintings

·     Researched and wrote Classicism, Science and the New World print exhibition, on view Spring–Fall 2006

·     Catalogued Frank Sommer Collection of prints and drawings (1650–1970)

Internship with Wendy Cooper, Curator of Furniture

·     Curatorial assistant, assisted in research and organized furniture slide library

Directed Study with Brock Jobe, Professor of American Decorative Arts

·     Studied construction techniques, stylistic choices, and wood preferences of eighteenth-century American high chests, focusing on regional characteristics

January–May 2004 Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, Boston, MA, intern in Education Department

Summers 1997–1999 Cincinnati Art Museum, Cincinnati, OH, high school intern in Education Department