This workshop helped me with things that no one talked about at school. We didn’t have any classes or information on job searching and this workshop really caught me up!
Creating art is brave.
Facilitating it is my honor.
I partner with creative people working to make an impact on the world—providing strategic planning, fundraising, marketing, education , and program development to help fulfill your mission.
My story
I understand the joys and challenges of being an artist and arts administrator personally. Both require an immeasurable commitment to ethics and a profound respect for the creative process.
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My ambition to be a visual artist was cemented at an early age. I studied Studio Art. My career journey led me to art education, then to adult learning and then to arts administration. I now practice both in my mission to bring art to life, I create my art through Tote Joy and my consulting working through Honors in Art.
Experience Highlights
My experience spans the non-profit and private sectors for over two decades. Most recently, I was commissioned to create a Creative Entrepreneurship Workshop for graduate students at University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Penn State University, and Indiana University.
My leadership roles in the arts include serving as:
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Director of Business and Content Development at Artrepreneur, where I established partnerships with BMW Culture Group, Pratt Institute, The One Club for Creativity and others, directed the Expert program, and managed the Art Business Journal.
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Director of Programs and Outreach at CERF+ and Director of New Jersey Programs where I created and expanded grant programs and partnerships.
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Director of Programs, Partnerships and the Artist/Teacher Institute at Arts Horizons. I directed artist residencies, created arts-in-education initiatives, managed in-school and out-of-school K-12 programs, and implemented professional development for artists, teachers, and administrators. I generated new sources of income including earned and contributed.
As Training and Careers Associate at Thomas & Associates, I created the industry's first boutique career services for arts professionals. I served as Project Coordinator at Columbia University's Research Center for Arts and Culture conducting the first study on the needs and circumstances on aging visual artists in New York City.
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As the Northern California Training Specialist at Insperity, I helped over 150+ companies and small businesses including Netflix, Krispy Kreme and Cisco Systems Capital improve their organizational and employee performance. I was a Senior Training and Development Specialist at RCN in Chicago during the dot-com boom spearheading new hire training in San Francisco area markets to boost sales and increase customer satisfaction.
Education and Certifications
- M.A. Arts Administration Columbia University Teachers College
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B.S. Studio Art + Art History Skidmore College with Honors in Art
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Recipient, Ellen Battell Stoeckel Fellowship, Yale Norfolk School of Art
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Fine Art studies, Cornell University
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Film studies, New York University
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Creative Aging Training, Creative Center at University Settlement
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Master training and development specialist, certifications, Achieve Global, Langevin Learning, and Development Dimensions International
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Media Relations Director, Music, Movies and Hoops
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Strategic Advisor, Protestra
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Activist Musician Accelerator Coach, National Network, Music to Life
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Member, Board of Trustees, Riverdale Center for the Arts
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Member, Board of Trustees, Nimbus Dance Works
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Member, Newark School of the Arts Advisory Committee
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Community Outreach Program and Networking Lead, Golden Gate Chapter, Association for Talent Development
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Recipient, Excellence in Arts Education, Elizabeth, NJ Public School and Newark, NJ Public School
