Parissah Lin
Special Project Manager at The Africa Center- Claim this Profile
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Experience
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The Africa Center
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Museums, Historical Sites, and Zoos
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1 - 100 Employee
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Special Project Manager
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May 2022 - Present
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Administrative Officer
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Apr 2020 - Aug 2022
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Shared_Studios
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United States
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Technology, Information and Internet
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1 - 100 Employee
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Portal Curator
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Jul 2019 - Mar 2020
• Program dialogues and events, creating proposals and themes, and conducing outreach with community, and potential participants • Facilitates encounters, events, and conversations between New York community and portal participants globally across 45 sites • Develop long and short term strategies for community engagement, educational strategy, and content production •Operates and administers portal scheduling, technology, and media • Program dialogues and events, creating proposals and themes, and conducing outreach with community, and potential participants • Facilitates encounters, events, and conversations between New York community and portal participants globally across 45 sites • Develop long and short term strategies for community engagement, educational strategy, and content production •Operates and administers portal scheduling, technology, and media
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Todo Mundo
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New York, NY
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Managing Editor, Reasons to Be Cheerful
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Oct 2018 - May 2019
Managing Editor and Project Manager for David Byrne's Reasons To Be Cheerful project, a non-profit editorial project that is tonic for tumultuous times. • Commissioning, editing, researching, and writing original solutions oriented articles for weekly published content from across multiple disciplines • Assembling Steering Committee of industry professionals and experts to expand the project on multiple platforms and widen public engagement • Designing and implementing workflow procedures for a dynamic staff of freelancers, editors, and part time workers • Managing online content including published work, newsletters, and multiple social media platforms Show less
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Lyle Ashton Harris Studio
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New York, NY
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Studio Manager
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Feb 2015 - Oct 2018
Managing a flexible staff of between 5 and 10 rotating workers • Curation and facilitation of artist talks, public events, and panel presentations • Coordinating gallery engagements, museum shows, art fairs, private consignments and sales • Management of inventory, acquisitions, intellectual property, and studio assets archive • Research and pursuit of funding opportunities, including grants and private sponsorships • Curriculum development and regular lecture contributor for New York University Studio course Major Projects: • Production Manager, Once (Now) Again, Cinéma du Réel, Centre Georges Pompidou, 03.18 • Production Manger, Once (Now) Again, Whitney Biennial, Whitney Museum 11.16-06.17 • Production Manager, Uma Vez, Uma Vez, Bienal de São Paulo, Foundçaõ Bienal 01.16-09.16 • Researcher, Manager, Archivist, Ektachrome Archive 06.15-11.18 • Researcher, Archivist, Second Editor, Today I Shall Judge Nothing That Occurs (Aperture 2018) • Grant Author, John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Fellowship [$50,000], 2016 • Grant Author, Steinhardt Faculty Research Grant, New York University [$5,000] Show less
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New York City Rock Camp, We Make Noise (501c3)
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New York, NY
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Co Director
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May 2016 - May 2018
• Co-directing annual “Rock Camp” intensive summer programs • Scouting for location, gear rental and donation, teacher training and hiring • Co-Authored and Managed successful crowd funding campaign [$11,000, 2017] • Co-directing annual “Rock Camp” intensive summer programs • Scouting for location, gear rental and donation, teacher training and hiring • Co-Authored and Managed successful crowd funding campaign [$11,000, 2017]
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Education
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New York University Gallatin School of Individualized Study
Bachelor's degree, Power, Gaze, and Identity