What I Offer
At Curator's Vision, I partner with museums, cultural institutions, community organizations, and private collections to create impactful exhibitions that deeply engage and inspire audiences. My services cover every stage of this exciting journey, ensuring your vision is realized with scholarly rigor, creative flair, and seamless execution.
Visionary Exhibition Development & Content Curation
From an idea to the grand opening, I craft compelling stories and curate experiences designed to resonate with your visitors.
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Concept & Narrative Design: Shaping themes and storylines.
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In-depth Research: Uncovering historical and cultural content to inform exhibit narratives.
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Audience-Centered Interpretive Planning: Developing accessible and engaging interpretive strategies that spark curiosity and connection while keeping things fun.
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Community Engagement: Facilitating meaningful partnerships to ensure diverse voices enrich exhibit content and reach.
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Content Sourcing & Curation: Identifying, acquiring, and curating compelling objects, visuals, and multimedia elements.
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Interpretive Writing & Scripting: Crafting clear, captivating texts for all exhibit components, inviting deeper visitor understanding.
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Digital Integration Strategy: Planning for interactive media and digital storytelling to enhance visitor experience.
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Loan & Rights Management: Securing necessary agreements and clearances for all exhibit content.
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Public Programs & Events: Designing events and activities that foster community interaction.
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Docent & Educator Training: Empowering your team to facilitate memorable interactions with patrons.
Expert Project & Production Management
Ensuring seamless coordination of all creative, administrative, and logistical aspects, including:
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Comprehensive Project Oversight: Managing timelines, resources, and stakeholders from concept through installation and touring.
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Budget Planning & Management: Developing realistic financial plans and overseeing expenditures.
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Coordination with Design & Fabrication and Media Vendors: Bridging curatorial vision with physical design and build-out.
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Coordination of Conservation Logistics: Overseeing the safe handling, transport, display, and environmental requirements for sensitive objects.
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Traveling Exhibition Logistics: Expertise in adapting, augmenting, and coordinating shows for new venues.
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Deinstallation Planning: Coordinating the efficient and careful removal of exhibit components.
Strategic Growth & Partnership Solutions
Providing strategic thinking and creative solutions to expand your reach and impact.
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Marketing & Sponsorship Alignment: Identifying avenues for increased visibility, funding, and partnerships.
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Curatorial Goal Integration: Ensuring strategic initiatives directly support your exhibition's scholarly and public engagement objectives.
Unique Resources & Network
Leveraging my extensive network and interdisciplinary knowledge to enhance your project's potential.
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Broad Professional Network: Access to a trusted network of cultural professionals, artists, art handlers, conservators, curators, designers, educators, media vendors, rights specialists, and scholars.
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Archival & Collection Knowledge: Extensive expertise in navigating public and private collections for content sourcing.
Experience
Project Based | Content Development or Curatorial Consulting:
The Eric Carle Museum of Picture Book Art
Jamaica Center for Arts and Learning
The New York Historical
Thinc Design
Director of Exhibitions and Interpretation
New York Botanical Garden
Curator of Exhibitions
Associate Curator
Assistant Curator
Research Associate
The New York Historical [the New-York Historical Society Museum & Library]
Education
M.A. in Humanities with a focus in Aesthetic Studies
University of Texas at Dallas
Doctoral Candidate in Humanities
Dissertation topic: Remembering Communism: A Comparative Study of Post-Communist Memorial Place Narratives
Aesthetic Studies Grant for dissertation research in Washington DC and memorial sites in Romania