Experience

Art League Houston

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

• Execuitve Director

  • Nov 2017 - Present

  Reporting to the Board, the Executive Director will provide strategic leadership, management and direction for Art League Houston. The Executive Director will be responsible for overseeing and supporting the Director of Exhibitions and Curatorial Projects, Education Programs Director, Director of Community Engagement, Visitor Services Associate who are responsible for developing the four primary programmatic areas of Art League Houston: curatorial programming, community-building, art education, and outreach to under supported communities. As the key management leader and chief visionary spokesperson of the organization at the local, regional and national level, the Executive Director will oversee and implement the administration and strategic plan. Important to the success of this position is an organized leader who fosters a culture of collaboration, teamwork, and embraces the organization’s Core Values. The Executive Director is the principal ambassador for Art League Houston, and is expected to maintain and grow a healthy budget that can support the vision and pursuits of the organization. This person will play a proactive, visible role in fundraising, specifically through cultivating relationships with supporters, strengthening community relationships, and writing grants and proposals. The position requires broad knowledge of the local, regional, and national visual arts scenes, including arts education. Show less

• Visual Arts Director/Curator

  • Jan 2011 - Feb 2019

  The Visual Arts Director is responsible for managing multiple projects within the Exhibitions Department, a key area of Art League Houston’s mission. This position is responsible for managing all installation and administrative aspects of exhibitions at ALH, with the goal of implementing exhibitions and installations that fulfill the organizations mission.The Visual Arts Director works closely with the Executive Director, and other program coordinators. The duties of this position are fast pace and complex in nature, and the ideal candidate must be professional, pleasant, proactive, highly organized, an outstanding problem solver, and have the energy and ability to balance multiple tasks.An essential function of the Visual Arts Director's work is to facilitate the exhibition planning and implementation process for gallery installations and temporary exhibitions, while also ensuring that numerous day-to-day details are taken care of, often handling multiple installations and exhibitions at once. Key areas of coordination include creating, tracking and maintaining multiple project/exhibition schedules, processing and organizing project invoices and documents, tracking budgets, keeping the Executive Director informed as to any issues or changes in project scope, and insuring all inter-departmental communications are clear, timely, helpful and documented. Show less



Peel Gallery

• Guest Curator

  • Nov 2011 - Jan 2012

  A Brave New World is a three person exhibition curated by Jennifer Ash, which explores themes of biotechnology, in particular genetically modified organisms, agriculture and mass production. The exhibition features an exciting series of hyper-surreal paintings by Chicago-area artist Timothy Ripley, and innovative relief-style sculptures by New York-based artist Richard Lund and French born Houston-based artist Magid Salmi. A Brave New World is a three person exhibition curated by Jennifer Ash, which explores themes of biotechnology, in particular genetically modified organisms, agriculture and mass production. The exhibition features an exciting series of hyper-surreal paintings by Chicago-area artist Timothy Ripley, and innovative relief-style sculptures by New York-based artist Richard Lund and French born Houston-based artist Magid Salmi.



Anya Tish Gallery

• Gallery Assistant

  • 2009 - 2011

  • Curatorial responsibilities including show installation, press releases, artist research, hosting art related events at the gallery inside and outside of office hours, day to day running of the gallery such as opening and closing, responding to public enquiries through phone and email, art sales, postcard design, general administration and supervising and training new interns.

• Guest Curator

  • Jul 2010 - Aug 2010

  Anya Tish Gallery present Creature Comforts, a group exhibit curated by Jennifer Nuttall of regional and international artists whose works in sculpture, collage, ceramics and works on paper challenge the uncomfortable yet engaging archetypal characteristics buried within the rich history of storytelling and narrative. Embedded within a mythological vein, the works embody anthropomorphic and beastlike creatures that represent well known characters such as the trickster, the mentor, the villain or the hero and the gallery transforms to become a fantastical landscape in which the viewer can travel from one threshold to another. The works are both tactile and sleek and function through a paradoxical aesthetic that in one light appears appealing but in another seems frightening, playfully exploring the relationship between themes such as irony and truth, innocence and violence. Show less



Howard Sherman

• Houston, Texas Area

• Studio Assistant

  • Apr 2007 - 2009



Cheryl Kelley

• Houston, Texas Area

• Studio Assistant

  • 2005 - 2006