Experience

Hunter Museum of American Art

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

• Registrar

  • Jun 1995 - Present

  Registrar. Maintain complete and accurate electronic and hard copies of all object records. Responsible for all digital and paper documentation related to the permanent collection. Processes new acquisitions – register, assign accession number, photograph, perform condition report. Maintains Collection Management database (TMS) and data input management. Secure images and non-exclusive licenses for permanent collection works and new acquisitions. Process rights and reproductions requests. Coordinate the museum’s fine arts insurance coverage and risk management. Manages correspondence and logistics associated with loans to HMAA including loan agreements, loan records; insurance, shipments; condition reports. Supervise interns and volunteers. Maintain records of storage, exhibit, and loan locations of all objects. Conduct regular inventories of the collection and maintain record of the location of all works of art. Oversee loans of artwork to and from the museum including traveling exhibitions. Make arrangements for contracts, packing, transporting, insurance, conditioning and storage of loans. In 2001 supervised the packing, inventory, shipping and storage of over 2,50 collection objects offsite and onsite in preparation for a major renovation. Assisted in numerous traveling exhibitions organized by the Hunter – I Heard a Voice: The Art of Lesley Dill (2009), Beverly Semmes: Starcraft (2011), Exploring the Land: Landscapes from the Hunter Museum (2015), Whitfield Lovell: Deep River (2015), Alyson Shotz: Un/Folding (2019). Tasks included creating a condition notebook, installation guide, and securing fine arts insurance, transportation and dispersal.

• Curatorial Assistant

  • Oct 1995 - May 1998

  Maintain collection records and general care of the collections and loans including safe display, handling, storage and shipment of objects; maintain fine art insurance; respond to requests for loans and photographic reproduction of museum objects. Provide research and clerical assistance to the curator; assist in the preparation, installation, and deinstallation of temporary exhibitions; produce graphic design materials such as brochures and catalogues for various departments as needed; initiated the development of an on-line database program to document and organize the inventory of approximately 2,000 collection items. Responsible for maintaining and overseeing numerous duties associated with the silent and live auctions (annual fundraiser).

• Collections Assistant

  • Jul 1995 - Oct 1995

  Assisted in inventorying and cataloging of the collection; assisted with the maintenance of the permanent collection ledger; assist with the installation & deinstallation of exhibitions; researched and prepared label information for exhibitions and permanent collection items. Assisted curator and registrar as needed.