Gallery Assistant

Bachelor of Fine Arts in Art with an Emphasis in Drawing and Painting; CSULB.
Modern Art History; Ancient to Renaissance Art History; Baroque Art History;
Aesthetics seminar; Professional Practices Seminar for Artists; Gallery B exhibitions

Education Assistant: University Art Museum, CSULB, Long Beach, California;
Education Volunteer: Long Beach Museum of Art, Long Beach, California;
Administration/Research Specialist: Westlaw Thomson Reuters, Los Angeles, California;
CD Duplication Coordinator (volunteer): GLB, Long Beach, California.

• Sold my own art on the Newport Pier – – observed people to identify receptive individuals, and then utilized Portrait Artist skills to request to draw their portrait representationally.
• Sold my own art on the Newport Pier – – drew up to 4 portraits a day on this busy pier. Established trust and rapport to determine others’ needs and wants and secure time and attention, to create a successful portrait-sitting and sell portrait art.
• Museum Experience – – used MS Word proficiency and experience in Photoshop and Macintosh to provide Museum tour schedule and color images for tour program; adept at implementing database management programs and strategies.
• Museum Experience – – assisted with exhibitions by managing Museum inventory: helped organize 50 scattered object/accession number records for gallery tags.
• Office Experience – – helped ship confidential legal documents to law firms via Fedex, handled multi-line phone at Museum.
• Office Experience – – managed digital/ hard-copy inventories of legal documents; corresponded with galleries to obtain Artist biographical data for exhibit tags; updated Facebook pages and data.
• Served Directors – – scheduled meetings with Museum Education Director to help implement Director’s ideas for youth-education programs; organized & researched Abstract Artists on behalf of Education Director to create customized lesson plan for Long Beach Unified School District teacher.
• Served Directors – – organized a school bus-load of 60 students suddenly arriving during a Museum meeting for an unscheduled tour; arranged students on behalf of Education Director during meeting & provided educational tour of Artists exhibited.
• Corresponded confidentially, ethically, and respectfully – created Museum Public Relations article for press release describing construction of the new Gallery; protected Museum by keeping time-sensitive information confidential.
• Corresponded confidentially, ethically, and respectfully – – coordinated individual research projects for High-Profile legal clients via secure data, confidential Extranet & MS Office proficiency.
• Art making, art handling experience – – paintings, drawings, oil, acrylic, multi-media,
3 dimensional art; currently receiving email updates on current Contemporary Art gallery events from www.artscenecal.com and www.visualartresource.com, drawing most every day.
• Currently reading – – “MRM5 Museum Registration Methods”, published by the American Association of Museums.
• Met with LACMA Registrar’s office to discuss current museum Registrar practices.

• Microsoft Word
• Microsoft Excel,
• Microsoft Outlook,
• Database Management,
• Social Media,
• Facebook,
• Blackberry®,
• Networked Fax,
• Macintosh,
• Photoshop
• High-volume CD Duplication

Administrative Assistant, Art Handling Experience, Assisting Directors, Coordinating, Implementing Director's programs, Museum Experience, Office Experience, Supporting Sales, Team Management

American Association of Museums, Committee of the American Association of Museums

English