Experience

The Eiteljorg Museum of American Indians and Western Art

• United States
• Museums, Historical Sites, and Zoos
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Vice President for Public Programs and Beeler Family Director of Education

  • Jan 2021 - Present

• Beeler Family Director of Education and Public Programs

  • Oct 2019 - Jan 2021

• Director of Public Programs

  • Apr 2018 - Oct 2019

• Public Programs Manager

  • Jan 2015 - Apr 2018

  Collaborate to develop and implement mission-relevant programming for family, adult and school audiences. Develop collaborative partnerships to reach new or under-served audiences. Design and carry out ongoing activities and programs, annual programs, and community and educational outreach initiatives. Develop and manage the museum’s ongoing Artist in Residence program including interviewing and recruiting potential artists; handling logistics; providing support and assisting artists during workshops, lectures and school group sessions; coordinating schedules; developing pre- and post- visit educational material for school audiences; collecting data and reporting on the Artist in Residence program. Plan and manage summer outdoor programming along the canal. Manage activities and programming related to the R.B. Annis Western Family Experience.

• Public Programs Coordinator

  • 2010 - Jan 2015

  Develop and implement mission-relevant programming for family, adult and school audiences. Design and carry out ongoing activities and programs, annual programs, and community and educational outreach initiatives. Create educational materials for the Artist in Residence and Museum to Classrooms programs.Organize, plan and execute the museum’s ongoing Artist in Residence program including interviewing and recruiting potential artists; handling logistics; providing support and assisting artists during workshops, lectures and school group sessions; coordinating schedules; developing pre- and post- visit educational material for school audiences; carrying out evaluations, collecting data and reporting on the Artist in Residence program.Act as liaison to the interpretive garden volunteers.

• Arts Programming Coordinator

  • 2008 - 2010

  Coordinated, planned and executed the museum’s ongoing Artist in Residence program including recruiting artists, organizing and running artist selection, handling logistics and developing pre- and post- visit educational material for teachers. Managed artist workshops for the public and school groups and oversaw artists’ schedules. Designed and carried out ongoing activities and programs, annual programs and community and educational outreach activities. Acted as staff liaison to the interpretive garden volunteers.

• Resource Center Coordinator

  • 2005 - 2008

  Assisted visitors, researchers, volunteers and staff with locating reference materials and conducting research. Conducted research, designed and assembled hands-on discovery boxes and activities, led studio workshops, and developed educational and reference materials. Collaborated to plan public and educational programs.



Mesa Verde National Park

• Writing and Editing
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Museum Technician

  • May 2003 - Oct 2003

  Collaborated to design and implement a storage upgrade project. Improved the lifespan and accessibility of artifacts and archives in the museum collection. Upgraded artifact and archive computer databases. Collaborated to design and implement a storage upgrade project. Improved the lifespan and accessibility of artifacts and archives in the museum collection. Upgraded artifact and archive computer databases.