Assistant Curator, Visual Arts and Social History

• Jan 2023 - Present

Curator

• Aug 2018 - Jan 2023

The Jervis Bay Maritime Museum and Gallery is home to the historic Lady Denman ferry and a world class collection of maritime and surveying objects. The museum also has two temporary exhibition galleries which showcase a changing program of contemporary art exhibitions. My position at the museum encompassed the roles of curator, registrar and collection manager. Under the management of the Museum Director and Board, I was responsible for exhibition development, research, acquisitions, registration, loans, database management, project management, grant management, collections care and conservation, disaster planning and preparation, and legislation compliance. I also managed a team of 10-15 volunteers on a range of projects including collection digitisation, conservation, registration, and research. In 2020, I played a key role in the redevelopment of the museum's permanent exhibition on the history of Jervis Bay. The result of this collaboration with Thylacine Design was the award winning exhibition 'Munggurra-Nggul' (meaning 'home-belonging' in the Dhurga language) which showcased new objects from the collection, and included First Nations objects and stories developed in conjunction with the Wreck Bay and Jerrinja Aboriginal communities. Show less

Guide (Government House Sydney)

• Feb 2015 - Sep 2019

Provided guided tours of the house to school groups, special needs groups, Probus groups, and the general public; provided event assistance for state dinners and Vice-Regal ceremonies, including investitures and swearing in of Premier and Cabinet; undertook conservation cleaning of the historic furniture collection. Provided guided tours of the house to school groups, special needs groups, Probus groups, and the general public; provided event assistance for state dinners and Vice-Regal ceremonies, including investitures and swearing in of Premier and Cabinet; undertook conservation cleaning of the historic furniture collection.

Visitor and Interpretation Officer

• Jul 2014 - Aug 2018

Provided guided tours of the historic properties Vaucluse House, Elizabeth Bay House and Rose Seidler House; developed and delivered school holiday programs; undertook collections care and preventive conservation; provided event assistance.

Collections Officer

• Oct 2016 - Mar 2017

As part of a special projects team, I assisted with the relocation of Sydney Living Museums' stored collections to the Museums Discovery Centre in Castle Hill. This included a high level of collections care in the process of cleaning, packing, freezing, transporting and documenting objects from Sydney Living Museums' collections.

Museum Assistant at Hurstville Museum and Gallery

• Jan 2018 - Jul 2018

Provided customer service in front-of-house duties; facilitated school holiday and school curriculum programs; assisted with exhibition installations; wrote significance statements and transcribed oral histories. Provided customer service in front-of-house duties; facilitated school holiday and school curriculum programs; assisted with exhibition installations; wrote significance statements and transcribed oral histories.

Exhibition Curator

• Mar 2018 - Apr 2018

Courage to Care is dedicated to empowering individuals to stand up to discrimination and prejudice. Using the Holocaust as an example, C2C aims to educate and challenge museum visitors about the roles of perpetrators and bystanders. The exhibition travels to regional NSW, the ACT and QLD. As freelance curator on the Sydney exhibition my responsibilities included: supervising contractors during installation and de-installation, including overseeing the construction of exhibition elements; art direction; updating installation manuals; collection handling and condition reporting; sourcing conservation services; and packing objects for transport. Show less

Curatorial Volunteer

• Aug 2017 - Jan 2018

Worked with the curatorial team on acquisitions and registration. Worked with the curatorial team on acquisitions and registration.

Curatorial Intern

• Oct 2015 - Dec 2015

Assisted the acquisitions team with research and acquisition recommendations; generated content for the Library website and social media platforms; assisted the curatorial team with the selection of images for exhibition. Assisted the acquisitions team with research and acquisition recommendations; generated content for the Library website and social media platforms; assisted the curatorial team with the selection of images for exhibition.