Experience

Freelance Writer & Editor

• Book and Periodical Publishing
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Art writer

  • Jan 2007 - Present

  Freelance art writer for national and international art publications including Artforum, Art in America, BOMB, Burnaway and frieze, among others. The Andy Warhol Foundation awarded me an Arts Writers Grant for short-form criticism in 2020. Freelance art writer for national and international art publications including Artforum, Art in America, BOMB, Burnaway and frieze, among others. The Andy Warhol Foundation awarded me an Arts Writers Grant for short-form criticism in 2020.



Barrett Barrera Projects

• St Louis, Missouri, United States

• Curatorial and Program Development

  • Sep 2017 - Feb 2021

  Oversaw content creation and artist projects for Barrett Barrera Projects' three St. Louis venues, including exhibition programming and publications. Barrett Barrera Projects is a multidisciplinary arts organization that works across traditional disciplines including visual art and fashion. Oversaw content creation and artist projects for Barrett Barrera Projects' three St. Louis venues, including exhibition programming and publications. Barrett Barrera Projects is a multidisciplinary arts organization that works across traditional disciplines including visual art and fashion.



Saint Louis University

• United States
• Higher Education
• 700 & Above Employee

• Instructor

  • Sep 2013 - Dec 2017

  Created, prepared and instructed an art writing workshop through SLU’s Prison Education Program at the Eastern Reception, Diagnostic & Correctional Center (ERDCC) in Bonne Terre, MO and the Federal Corrections Institution in Greenville, IL. Created, prepared and instructed an art writing workshop through SLU’s Prison Education Program at the Eastern Reception, Diagnostic & Correctional Center (ERDCC) in Bonne Terre, MO and the Federal Corrections Institution in Greenville, IL.



Washington University in St. Louis

• United States
• Higher Education
• 700 & Above Employee

• Lecturer

  • Sep 2012 - Dec 2017

  Created, prepared and instructed writing seminars in art criticism, critical methods and the second-year written thesis -- in addition to group and individual graduate advising -- for 1st and 2nd-year MFA visual art students at Washington University's Sam Fox School of Design and Visual Art. Created, prepared and instructed writing seminars in art criticism, critical methods and the second-year written thesis -- in addition to group and individual graduate advising -- for 1st and 2nd-year MFA visual art students at Washington University's Sam Fox School of Design and Visual Art.



fort gondo compound for the arts

• St. Louis, MO

• Director

  • Jan 2013 - Jan 2017

  Directed a 501(c)(3) nonprofit arts forum founded in 2002 focusing on emerging or under-served artists working in the St. Louis region and beyond. In addition to exhibitions, fort gondo's programming featured an annual poetry series, a publication series, and an on-going calendar of ancillary events, funded in part by the Andy Warhol Foundation for the Arts (New York), the Dedalus Foundation (New York), the Regional Arts Commission of St. Louis, and individual contributors. Directed a 501(c)(3) nonprofit arts forum founded in 2002 focusing on emerging or under-served artists working in the St. Louis region and beyond. In addition to exhibitions, fort gondo's programming featured an annual poetry series, a publication series, and an on-going calendar of ancillary events, funded in part by the Andy Warhol Foundation for the Arts (New York), the Dedalus Foundation (New York), the Regional Arts Commission of St. Louis, and individual contributors.



Riverfront Times

• Newspaper Publishing
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Art Writer

  • Sep 2008 - Aug 2013

  Freelance writer of a weekly byline of capsule reviews covering visual art exhibitions in the St. Louis metropolitan area. Freelance writer of a weekly byline of capsule reviews covering visual art exhibitions in the St. Louis metropolitan area.



White Flag Projects

• United States
• Design Services

• Assistant Director

  • Sep 2008 - May 2012

  Assisted in the management of all aspects of this nonprofit contemporary art space, whose mission was to facilitate meaningful exhibitions by progressive international, national, and local artists. Assisted in the management of all aspects of this nonprofit contemporary art space, whose mission was to facilitate meaningful exhibitions by progressive international, national, and local artists.



The Architectural League of New York

• United States
• Architecture and Planning
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Executive Assistant

  • Jan 2007 - Mar 2008

  Assisted Rosalie Genevro, Executive Director of nonprofit organization devoted to supporting excellence and discourse in architecture and allied disciplines such as design and urbanism. Assisted Rosalie Genevro, Executive Director of nonprofit organization devoted to supporting excellence and discourse in architecture and allied disciplines such as design and urbanism.



Washington University in St. Louis

• United States
• Higher Education
• 700 & Above Employee

• Poetry Writing Instructor

  • Sep 2005 - May 2006

  Created, prepared and instructed an elective introductory poetry writing workshop for undergraduate students. Created, prepared and instructed an elective introductory poetry writing workshop for undergraduate students.



The Chicago Academy for the Arts

• United States
• Education Administration Programs
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Instructor

  • Sep 2003 - May 2004

  Created, prepared and instructed two sections of Advanced Placement English Literature and one section of Existential Literature at a college preparatory performing arts high school. Created, prepared and instructed two sections of Advanced Placement English Literature and one section of Existential Literature at a college preparatory performing arts high school.