Experience

Lady Margaret Hall

• United Kingdom
• Higher Education
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Curatorial Assistant

  • Sep 2021 - Present

  - Responsible for hanging temporary exhibitions and permanently hanging artwork around the college. - The collection is primarily 20th Century British Art, with some 20th Century Canadian art and later and earlier pieces, largely works on paper and paintings. - Responsible for hanging temporary exhibitions and permanently hanging artwork around the college. - The collection is primarily 20th Century British Art, with some 20th Century Canadian art and later and earlier pieces, largely works on paper and paintings.



Fairfield House, Bath

• Curatorial Consultant

  • Sep 2021 - Present

  - Writing and implementing the policies and processes needed for collection care and Museum Accreditation, including the Collections Development Policy, Object Entry Policy and Procedure, Care and Conservation of Collections Policy, and Accessioning & Disposals Policy and Procedure. - Aiming for Museum Accreditation by May 2023. - Created Loans Out documentation (including Terms & Conditions and Condition Reports) for a group of items loaned to the Roman Baths & Pump Room for Black History Month.

• Museum & Curatorial Assistant

  • Jul 2021 - Aug 2021

  - Assisting in the creation and preparation of the museum for public opening in October. - Responsible for accessioning and physically labelling the entire collection (c. 600 items).- Responsible for creating the physical museum space, including researching and purchasing cabinets, purchasing and installing lighting, and dressing displays.- Also researched and interpreted items and prepared labels and storyboards.



Creative Mentor Network

• United Kingdom
• Professional Training and Coaching
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Mentee

  • Apr 2022 - Aug 2022

  - Mentored by Sadie Devane of Nice & Serious.- Developed key industry skills such as speaking, networking, creativity, problem solving, and tackling imposter syndrome.- Visited exhibitions together to see current trends in curating. - Mentored by Sadie Devane of Nice & Serious.- Developed key industry skills such as speaking, networking, creativity, problem solving, and tackling imposter syndrome.- Visited exhibitions together to see current trends in curating.



National Trust

• United Kingdom
• Non-profit Organizations
• 700 & Above Employee

• Curatorial Intern

  • Mar 2021 - Mar 2021

  - Undertook a micro-internship cataloguing and researching the former collection of Greek vases, erroneously named 'Etruscan' vases, at Nostell Priory, near Wakefield, Yorkshire. - This internship developed into my MPhil thesis and DPhil thesis (see below). - Undertook a micro-internship cataloguing and researching the former collection of Greek vases, erroneously named 'Etruscan' vases, at Nostell Priory, near Wakefield, Yorkshire. - This internship developed into my MPhil thesis and DPhil thesis (see below).



Ashmolean Museum, Oxford

• United Kingdom
• Museums, Historical Sites, and Zoos
• 100 - 200 Employee

• Western Art Print Room Intern

  • Jul 2020 - Aug 2020

  - Worked remotely within the Print Room's Hope Collection to complete digital records of prints, printmakers, and sitters on MuseumsPlus.- Wrote blog posts for the Ashmolean's social media on collection themes (family names, forgeries) and artists. - Worked remotely within the Print Room's Hope Collection to complete digital records of prints, printmakers, and sitters on MuseumsPlus.- Wrote blog posts for the Ashmolean's social media on collection themes (family names, forgeries) and artists.



National Historic Ships UK

• United Kingdom
• Maritime Transportation
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Climate Change Research Intern

  • Jun 2020 - Jul 2020

  - Lead Researcher for National Historic Ships UK's Climate Change report, described by The Heritage Alliance as a 'landmark report': https://www.nationalhistoricships.org.uk/page/climate-change-maritime-heritage.- Researched the impacts of climate change on UK maritime heritage by reading IPCC reports and speaking to individuals and organisations working in the maritime sector to learn about the climate change mitigation and adaptation measures they are undertaking.- Prepared a list of recommendations split into stakeholders.



Christ Church, Oxford

• United Kingdom
• Higher Education
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Art Committee Member

  • May 2018 - Jun 2018

  - Responsible for visiting the Ruskin School of Art Degree Show 2018 to commission, with the committee, a student artist to create a work to add to Christ Church’s permanent collection. - Responsible for visiting the Ruskin School of Art Degree Show 2018 to commission, with the committee, a student artist to create a work to add to Christ Church’s permanent collection.



National Trust

• United Kingdom
• Non-profit Organizations
• 700 & Above Employee

• Conservation Assistant

  • Jun 2016 - Dec 2017

  - Completed daily preventative conservation tasks, including taking light and moisture measurements.- Re-catalogued items from the 17th Century AD farmhouse, including prints, drawings, and household objects. - Located lost items and items with incomplete catalogue records by identifying the items from limited descriptions.- Some of the items were then used in a small new exhibit in an empty room of the house, with a plan to make the exhibit more interactive by having the books open, meaning they could be read. - Talked to volunteers, many elderly, about their experiences of local and national changes. A highlight was talking to one volunteer about her older brother’s experiences in the Merchant Navy in the 1930s.