Experience

Arts Midwest

• United States
• Non-profit Organization Management
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Managing Editor

  • Jun 2022 - Present

  As Managing Editor, I oversee a dynamic new multimedia initiative (launching in Fall 2022) that will source and share stories celebrating arts, creativity, and culture in the Midwest and the Native Nations within that geography. Arts Midwest believes that creativity has the power to inspire and unite humanity. Based in Minneapolis, Arts Midwest supports, informs, and celebrates creative organizations and communities throughout the nine-state region of Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Michigan, Minnesota, North Dakota, Ohio, South Dakota, and Wisconsin, and the Native nations that share these geographies. We are one of six United States Regional Arts Organizations, a national collective of six place-based nonprofit arts service organizations committed to strengthening America’s infrastructure by increasing access to creativity for all Americans.



No Business Magazine

• Newspaper Publishing

• Curator / Creator

  • Mar 2017 - Present

  Our interactions with art, especially process and concept, are often fleeting. In a world where what we see and experience is driven by want and immediacy, No Business Magazine encourages readers to slow down while exploring stories of artists and art-making. No Business Magazine is a collaborative project by Angela Zonunpari, with support from Hanna Thompson, Amy Jarding, Eli Show and other writers/artists across the country. Our interactions with art, especially process and concept, are often fleeting. In a world where what we see and experience is driven by want and immediacy, No Business Magazine encourages readers to slow down while exploring stories of artists and art-making. No Business Magazine is a collaborative project by Angela Zonunpari, with support from Hanna Thompson, Amy Jarding, Eli Show and other writers/artists across the country.



Creative Community Leadership Institute

• CCLI Fellow

  • May 2022 - Present

  I am a part of the 2022 cohort of the Creative Community Leadership Institute. CCLI has 55 participants from across Minnesota, South Dakota, North Dakota, and the 23 Native Nations that share that same geography. Co-led by Racing Magpie and Springboard for the Arts, and made possible through generous support from the Bush Foundation, CCLI is an intensive training program with real-world practice for artists, culture bearers, community organizers, and community development practitioners. I am a part of the 2022 cohort of the Creative Community Leadership Institute. CCLI has 55 participants from across Minnesota, South Dakota, North Dakota, and the 23 Native Nations that share that same geography. Co-led by Racing Magpie and Springboard for the Arts, and made possible through generous support from the Bush Foundation, CCLI is an intensive training program with real-world practice for artists, culture bearers, community organizers, and community development practitioners.



The Waterers

• Waterers Future Building Fellow

  • Jul 2021 - Present

  The Waterers are a regional group of fund stewards whose vision is to radically transform the paradigm of ‘giving’ from a scarcity economy model to one of abundance and cooperation. Their mission is to propel the philanthropic field to change how it redistributes funding to prioritize BIPOC Artists and culture-bearers who have been historically exploited. Their values are a compass, both in who receives funds and shapes their process. They boldly diverge from the types of traditional ‘grant making’ experienced by many. They believe in mending the connective tissue to deepen the roots of relation, and taking risks to build trust and capacity through every step of design and decision making. Their choices seek reconciliation. Learn more at www.waterers.org.



Fresh Produce LLC

• United States
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Writer / Public Relations

  • Jan 2017 - Jun 2022

  Fresh Produce is an advertising agency, that also supports an art space (Ipso Gallery) and a gardening radio show (Rock Garden Tour) based in downtown Sioux Falls, SD. At FP, I work a few different roles depending on the client or project. My broad skill-set and experience has helped me take on a variety of tasks — including photography, videography, post-production, copywriting, social media management, public relations and research. I also play an active role in helping the Ipso Gallery director in organizing, installing, coordinating and promoting exhibitions.



Salzburg Global Seminar

• Public Policy Offices
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Fellow / Cultural Innovators Forum

  • Oct 2020 - Oct 2020

  The Cultural Innovators Forum is a global network of imaginative and disruptive changemakers using the arts for human, societal, and planetary wellbeing. Launched in 2013, the Forum connects individuals and communities in more than 20 hubs around the world through online and in-person meetings, inter-hub exchanges, and cross-border projects. The Cultural Innovators Forum connects, supports and empowers rising talents in the creative sector across every continent. The network is multi-disciplinary and encompasses creative practices ranging from the visual and performing arts, literature, music, to food, fashion, architecture, and design.



Bonhams

• United Kingdom
• Artists and Writers
• 700 & Above Employee

• Public Relations Coordinator U.S.

  • Jan 2016 - Dec 2016

  Bonhams (www.bonhams.com) is one of the world's largest auctioneers of fine art and antiques. I support the Communications and Marketing teams by preparing press releases for auctions in the United States, coordinating with the media on their requests, tracking coverage and creating reports. I work closely with the Head of Press and PR U.S. in organizing coverage for auctions, previews and events, while consistently pitching to media contacts around the world. Bonhams (www.bonhams.com) is one of the world's largest auctioneers of fine art and antiques. I support the Communications and Marketing teams by preparing press releases for auctions in the United States, coordinating with the media on their requests, tracking coverage and creating reports. I work closely with the Head of Press and PR U.S. in organizing coverage for auctions, previews and events, while consistently pitching to media contacts around the world.



CoCo Gallery

• Artists and Writers

• Communications Manager + Artist Liaison

  • Sep 2015 - May 2016

  CoCo Gallery (www.cocogallery.net) is an arts start-up that helps connect artists and clients to commission works of art. - I handled all communication and coordination between the artists and the gallery - Worked with the CEO/Founder on all aspects of the company - Researched and scouted artists to join CoCo Gallery Artist Network - Guided artists through all necessary steps to be a part of the CoCo Gallery Artist Network, answering any questions they may have - Created their profiles to compile for the Artist Profile Book for clients - Updated and maintained the website - All design-related work, which included the profiles, editing images, creating all documents for clients - Wrote content for the website, blog and commission chronicles - Chronicled the commission process for the clients - Organized all materials received from artists and created a database - Worked with ArtBinder to create an online database-network portfolio



BRIC - Arts and Media in Brooklyn

• Media Center Instructor | Community Media

  • Dec 2014 - Aug 2015

  BRIC is the leading presenter of free cultural programming in Brooklyn, and one of the largest in New York City. As an arts and culture non-profit, it offers a public media center with digital media education, a major contemporary art exhibition space, and artist work spaces. At BRIC, I taught digital media classes with video, photo and design concepts. They were certification, non-certification and free classes, which include digital storytelling, video editing with Adobe Premiere, introduction to graphic design with Adobe Photoshop, introduction to digital photography and so on. In these classes, I always had a very diverse set of students with a range of skills and interests (and even beginners), so I tried to cater and drive the lessons in a way that addressed their needs, especially when it came to understanding technical skills and conceptual techniques.



Artnet

• United States
• Technology, Information and Internet
• 500 - 600 Employee

• News Video Production

  • Sep 2014 - Jan 2015

  artnet is one of the leading producers of arts and culture news in the world. I filmed, edited and produced interviews with world-famous artists (such as Takashi Murakami, Moby, El Anatsui, Ursula von Rydingsvard) for their upcoming exhibitions in New York City. artnet is one of the leading producers of arts and culture news in the world. I filmed, edited and produced interviews with world-famous artists (such as Takashi Murakami, Moby, El Anatsui, Ursula von Rydingsvard) for their upcoming exhibitions in New York City.



Rubin Museum of Art

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

• Freelance Video Editor

  • Jul 2014 - Sep 2014

  Edited Brainwave 2014: Mind Over Matter series of talks Edited Brainwave 2014: Mind Over Matter series of talks



The Post and Courier

• United States
• Newspaper Publishing
• 200 - 300 Employee

• Festival Reporter

  • May 2014 - Jun 2014

  I wrote features and reviews for the publication during the three-week long Spoleto Festival USA. I also created videos for some of the events and performances at the international arts festival as well as its local counterpart, Piccolo Spoleto. I wrote features and reviews for the publication during the three-week long Spoleto Festival USA. I also created videos for some of the events and performances at the international arts festival as well as its local counterpart, Piccolo Spoleto.

• Media Content Creator

  • Jan 2014 - Apr 2014

  I created videos from documentaries about Tibetan medical practises around the world for the exhibition 'Bodies in Balance: The Art of Tibetan Medicine'. In addition to this, I edited various talks from the Brainwave series among others, creating promos for our YouTube channel (with Philip Seymour Hoffman, Isabella Rossellini and Walter 'Clyde' Frazier), and promos for upcoming meditation and yoga weeks at the museum. During this, I also archived talks and programs from 2008 to 2014. I plan to work on a short contract project editing programs for the museum July onwards.



TheNewsHouse.com

• United States
• Technology, Information and Internet
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Reporter and Photographer

  • Sep 2013 - Jan 2014

  I covered mostly music for TheNewsHouse.com. I wrote a piece on the Explosions in the Sky concert in Syracuse, NY, and photographed a number of live performances, which included Twenty One Pilots, Hudson Mohawke, Cashmere Cat, and Mushroomhead. I covered mostly music for TheNewsHouse.com. I wrote a piece on the Explosions in the Sky concert in Syracuse, NY, and photographed a number of live performances, which included Twenty One Pilots, Hudson Mohawke, Cashmere Cat, and Mushroomhead.


Syracuse New Times and Family Times
• Reporter

  • Jul 2013 - Sep 2013


Hindustan Times

• India
• Newspaper Publishing
• 700 & Above Employee

• Copy Editor

  • May 2011 - Jun 2013

  After a seven-month posting in Bhopal (Madhya Pradesh), I was shifted to New Delhi to be a part of the team that started a new project, the National Edition. This covered the production of four regional editions -- Uttar Pradesh, Haryana, Rajasthan, Uttarakhand and Jharkhand. I was part of the team that initiated the use of two new softwares (a new CMS system and Adobe InDesign) at the publication. I actively participated in the story selection process, rewriting, editing, packaging, placement and design for page one and main national pages for these editions.