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Resume/Cover Letter for 2024(download)

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Full Resume:

Education

Columbia University 

Masters in Arts Administration

  • Coursework in research, marketing, fundraising and policy

  • Cultivating an administrative skillset in order to lead ongoing art projects with greater efficacy in entrepreneurship, producing, equity, marketing and distribution

  • Thesis: "We Painted and Spoke Poetry at the Masters House: Artists Navigating Neoliberal Policies in Pandemic Era NY." The thesis weds artistic medium, advocacy on social justice issues, and a grant proposal into a single narrative for the purposes of the partial fulfillment of the masters program.

The University of Houston

Bachelor of Arts in Creative Writing

Minor in Women’s Studies & Actor's Conservatory Training

Worked closely with experts in the fields of comparative cultural studies, folklore, writing, performance and curatorial practice

  • Developed an inclusionary rhetoric and honed community building tactics through the Gender and Sexuality Studies program

  • One year of formal training in the conservatory theater program; with courses in acting, playwriting, stage makeup, movement, and stage-building

  • Additional electives in performance art, tourism, and communications

The American University of Paris 

  • Grew craft-skills related to dialogue and narrative in prose workshops taught by New York Times Notable author Darcey Steinke

Training

Institutional Review Board (IRB) introduction at CITI College, NYC, NY (online) 2022

Cordial Eye Residency in Joy, Cape Cod, MA (online) 2021

California Arts Council Panelist Training, Sacramento, CA (online) 2020

Mass MOCA Assets for Artists in Boston, MA 2018

La Pocha Nostra Performance Residency Intensive in CDMX, MX 2018

AmeriCorps VISTA Stewards in New Bedford, MA 2018

Experience

Associate Producer

WORTHLESS STUDIOS "GOODTIMES" GALA | 2023 (Winter)

Assisted lead producer on tasks including booking rental materials, communications with staff, on site set up , artist relations and client check in.

Production Staff Lead

City Lyric Opera | 2022 (Fall)

Oversaw crew hours, hiring, and communications between departments (lighting and set design)

Grant Panelist

Houston Arts Alliance | 2021-2022 (Summer)

  • Influenced decisions on which artists and organizations received city arts funding 

California Arts Council | 2020 

Assistant Producer

Artist liaison, communications services

La Mama Experimental Theater Club | 2020 (Fall)

  • Developed a 24 hour show alongside legendary Japanese choreograper and director Yoshiko Chuma 

The show featured over 70 collaborating artists from around the world

Art Department

Art Department Assistant

Lionsgate film "Pursuit" | 2021 (Summer)

  • Worked with Art Department head Mitchell Crisp to run the props department, with duties both on and off set. Was also a buyer, swing and set dresser, fulfilling roles as needed. This was a high-paced environment, with responding to changing needs being a key duty

Artist Assistant

Research, feedback and project facilitation services

New York City Clients: Screenwriter and novelist Phil Hartman, musician Hannah Reimann, choreographer Yoshiko Chuma and gallery owner Tyrome Tripoli | 2019-2020

  • Provided editorial feedback to screenwriter and restauranteur Phil Hartman on his upcoming fiction novel. 

  • Grant writing and events services for Tyrome Tripoli, sculptor and Brooklyn-based gallery owner of Gallery Petite

  • Writing services and client support for Hannah Reimann Music

  • Grant writing support for Yoshiko Chuma

AmeriCorps VISTA Artist in Residence Leader

Events Coordinator, Workshop Facilitator, Artist-Mentor 

New Bedford Art Museum & the Artist-In-Residence program at New Bedford Whaling National Historical Park | September 2018 - March 2019 (Fall/Spring)

  • Helped manage artist residencies and visits, residency calendar, schedule and organize events, coordinate schedules, reserve event space, arrange audio/visual/set-up needs and receptions

  • Collaboration with visual media specialist to develop original informational materials, including brochures, flyers, posters and web content

  • Program evaluation through community feedback processing

  • Built partnerships with artists and arts organizations through strategic outreach

  • Recruited local artists from across disciplines for the AIR program through community initiatives which include public talks at New England area universities, and networking at arts events in the region

  • Oversaw the selection of the participating artists of the AIR program, in addition to artists selected for separate projects such as independent workshops 

  • Provided visitor hospitality in MakerSpace during open exhibition hours and for special events

  • Organized workshops and demonstrations on arts topics—with focused outreach towards youth groups

  • Implement racial and gender equity practices in programming

Exhibitions Assistant

Curatorial, administrative, preparatory 

New Bedford Art Museum| September 2018 - March 2019 (Fall/Spring)

  • Feedback on upcoming shows and events

  • Reception duties including answering phone calls, taking messages and visitor hospitality

  • ​Secured sponsorships: contacting local businesses through cold calls, mail drives, letter writing and strategic asks

  • Fundraising assistance at galas, museum shows, and special events--positive communication with board members and funders

  • Writing proposals to local and state granting institutions

  • Handling, unpacking, packing and shipping artworks 

  • Preparing galleries for incoming exhibitions: removing vinyl, patching walls, painting, sanding and utilizing hand held power tools

  • Created documents and managed files in Microsoft Word, Excel, and Google Drive 

  • Regular e-mail correspondence through GMail and Constant Contact, updating send lists and data input 

Director 

Writer, Director, Administrator and Lead Artist

Jaguars in Jumpsuits |2020-2021

  • Led a global team of artists—musicians, actors, set designers and more—during the height of the pandemic. Project collaboration largely took place over Zoom. Organized screenings in NYC, Sydney and Houston

  • Awarded the $5000 NY City Artist Corps grant which supported retroactive artist compensation and showcasing fees

  • Showcased at Sydney's Fusion Festival, Houston's TXRX Labs in collaboration with HotPoet, and in NYC at Saint Bimbo in Greenpoint, Yosemic in Chinatown, and El Clemente Soto Velez in the LES. Previewed online through an Eventbrite link for free during the pandemic

Sacred Voice of the Bayou | November 2017-August 2018

  • Named the awardee of an "Our Town" grant, a major grant-award from the National Endowment of the Arts that was distributed by local granting agency Houston Arts Alliance

  • Led a collective of five artists and multiple assistants for an original large scale multi-media project that utilized social practice, dance, sculpture and interactive components

  • Grant-writing, successful negotiations for additional funds and city fee-waivers, and execution of final reports

  • Acquired arts insurance with Fractured Atlas for both the installation and the event

  • Facilitated all communications, such as: website, social media, radio interviews and more

  • Managed the budget and garnered multiple sponsorships with local businesses

  • Culminated in a city-wide festival and three-month installation that was free to the public

  • For the festival, arranged hospitality and third-party services such as food trucks, vendor presence, children's entertainment, branded T-shirts and brochures 

  • Developed a dialogue with Mayor Sylvester Turner’s Office, Houston’s Parks & Recreation, the Lawndale Civic Association, Council member Robert Gallegos and the Mason Park community​

Performer

Actress, Performance Artist, Movement Practitioner 

The YES MEN | April 2018

  • Performer for a project that was commenting on environmental crisis, specifically the ongoing Volkswagen controversy 

  • Donned costume, engaged audience members, handed out flyers, and carried signage

  • Site: Houston Art Car Parade, with project filmed by Vice Media

Counter Current Festival | April 2018

  • Actress in "Horse Dream Horse" a film inspired by the cinematic works of Andy Warhol

  • Directed by Mateo Tannatt, shot at The Orange Show Center for Visionary Art

El Museo de Arte Moderno, La Pocha Nostra | March 2018 -April 2018

  • International performance residency at el Museo de Arte Moderno in Mexico City with a focus on experimental theater in the context of decolonization and diaspora studies

  • Performed live in the Guillermo Gomez Peña retrospective--Peña is arguably the most influential Latin American performance artist alive today, and during the course of 2 days there were over 10,000 attendees

The School for the Movement of the Technicolor People | April- May 2016, July 2017

  • Developed and presented a creative workshop on "allied movement" for the public

  •  Exhibition by LA contemporary dance choreographer Taisha Paggett 

Experimental Action Performance Symposium | February 2017

  • Performed "The Love Lucha," an original piece which was a commentary on toxic "machismo," on the Walters Downtown stage

Zoukak Theatre | March- April 2015 & March-April 2016

  • Collaborated and performed with the international Zoukak Theatre on the projects "In Walking Distance" and "Innocent Violence"

  •  By focusing on contemporary issues, both shows were centered on theater as a platform for social reform​

Writer

Culture and Creative

Freelance | June 2017-ongoing

  • Participated in a critique group and residency program for artists and writers, "Residency in Joy," hosted by Cordial Eye gallery as a virtual opportunity during the Covid-19 Pandemic

  • Created humorous and unique pieces as a culture writer for The Indypendent, FreePressHouston, The Menial, and other publications

  • Developed an international interview series, “FlamingFemme,” which featured industry leading women artists in the fields of writing, performance, and fashion

  • Commissioned by The Alley Theatre to write "Don't go to Hell, Dad," an original one act play that was first performed at Stages Repertory, it went on to officially premiere on the Alley's Neuhaus Stage, and was later showcased at multiple venues across Texas through a roadshow which brought the play to community centers, through black box theaters and in schools​

Cultural Events Planner

Music, Fashion, Poetry and Performance Art

Freelance | June 2017- ongoing

  • Curated "Performance Melt" a night of experimental performance work that showcased rappers, comedians, actors and performance artists at the Bushwick art-space "Gallery Petite," located in Brooklyn, NYC.

  • Coordinator for multiple cultural events across Houston; including the poetry and fashion event "Vogue Verses" at the Gaspy Collection, the "Summer Solstice" and "Winter Solstice" poetry readings with Houston Hot Poets, public library performances with Houston Public Poetry, DJ-sets at alternative music venues with DAMNGXRL, and more

  • Tasks as a creative events planner have included venue booking, crafting press releases, social media outreach, phone banking, e-mail correspondence, distributing flyers, ticketing, set up, cleaning, gathering supplies, verifying ID, acquiring event insurance and serving food and alcoholic beverages

Workshop Facilitator and Speaker

Performance, arts equity, feminism and cultural tourism​

Guest | 2016-ongoing

  • Developed the East end mural bike tour in partnership with The East End Cultural Foundation

  • Featured in individual artist talks at University of Massachusetts at Darmouth and Minneapolis College of Art and Design

  • Led "Impulse," a performance workshop in collaboration with Brittani Broussard at DiverseWorks

  • Hosted an informative workshop on ending harassment in cultural conventions at Anime Matsuri

  • Participated in a round table discussion on Houston area arts and culture for Artadia

  • Guided primary age youth groups through performance and storytelling exercises at Main Street Theater's Youth Summer Camp

Photography​

  • Polaroid photographs alongside ekphrastic poetry exhibited at Houston's Art Car Museum

  • Awarded a "Let Creativity Happen!: Express Grant to explore the photo project "Concurrency," which documented roadside memorials. Exhibited at CICA Museum in Gimpo-Si, South Korea

Community Organizer and Activist

Racial Equity, Environmental Rights, University Student Equity, and Women's Reproductive Justice

Leadership Roles I 2015-ongoing

Columbia University

Led a student letter-writing effort to transform the affordability of the Arts Administration program, which resulted in a town hall that culminated in the allocation of department dollars towards scholarship funds for all students (which covered two credits) and the waiving of the internship requirement for students with previous professional experience. Advised low income peers on strategies for negotiating for further scholarship funding--students who received this peer mentorship were successful in attaining an average of $7000 in additional funding from the institution.

Good Old Lower East Side

Community Organizer working with underserved communities in Manhattan's LES

  • Collaborating with the offices of Carlina Rivera to distribute vaccine information and increase access

U.S. Census Bureau

Census Field Supervisor "CFS," Manhattan office I July-October 2020

  • Overseeing 40 staff members and personally training hundreds on data collection for the purpose of securing congressional representation to the under-served Chinatown district

Amnesty International

Fundraising Consultant and Canvassing Officer, Manhattan office | March-May 2019

  • Utilized a combination of street organizing and social media tactics to spread awareness about the ongoing crisis in Yemen, a nation experiencing ongoing famine 

  • Trained incoming street team members to prepare them for public interactions and to meet daily fundraising goals

  • Stayed up-to-date on Amnesty's policies, and maintained a deep understanding of the organizations mission

The University of Houston Student Feminist Organization

President | September 2015- May 2016

  • Grew the organization into the largest independent student-group on campus through weekly focus groups, campaigns, grassroots organizing and relevant social media marketing

  • Created the first campus-wide arts event geared towards celebrating human sexuality, "The Sexuality Soiree," featured student artworks, zines and a fashion show--all in the name of ending stigma 

  • Organized travel for members to a variety of workshops and conferences by fundraising, booking travel accommodations, and arranging transportation

  • Implemented practices geared towards diversity and inclusion through community building exercises and implementation of member feedback

  • Partnered with a variety of organizations: Black Lives Matter, Planned Parenthood, 1-3 Campaign, UH democrats and UH socialists, amongst others

Texas Freedom Network

Campus Partner | 2015-2016

  • Generated awareness of upcoming elections on campus through tabling, social media and e-mail blasts

  • Became a certified voter registrar and signed hundreds of youth voters

  • Advocated for abortion access by fundraising for the Lilith Fund

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