Gallery Director
BA, Northern Illinois University, Art, 1972
MA, University of Illinois, Springfield, Community Arts Management, 1985
AREAS OF RESEARCH/ARTISTIC FOCUS: *Developing and implementing a vigorous exhibition program of 10-12 exhibitions per year;
*Promoting external and internal visibility and community linkage;
*Managing budget development and fiscal operations;
*Seeking funding: writing grants to public agencies, private foundations and university sources;
*Managing daily operations of the galleries and supervising staff and interns;
*Curating 1-3 exhibitions per year;
*Producing educational and promotional materials:
*Working with the Gallery Advisory Board to develop long and short range plans.
RECENT ACCOMPLISHMENTS:
PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES
Panelist, Ohio Arts Council Sustainability and Arts Access Panels, 2005, 2007, 2008, 2009
Juror, Wassenberg Art Center Exhibition, 2009
Juror, Crosby Gardens Art Show, 2007
External Reviewer, Ohio Humanities Council: Cultural Domestication–Instinctual Desire, University of Toledo, 2006
Conference Committee Member, Holocaust Cluster, ICS, 2004-6
Juror, French Art Colony Festival Art Exhibition, 2006
Juror, Adrian (Michigan) Arts Council Annual Art Exhibition, 2005
EXHIBITIONS CURATED
2009
UpScale/DownSize
2008
Graphic Language: The Art of the “Comic” Book
V3: Variations in Vision & Video: Recent Work by Jud Yalkut
2007
HEROES
WATER WORKS
2006
Marty Kalb, The Holocaust Series (McFall Gallery)
2005
Peter Gourfain
DNA (do not assume…), Co-curator and catalogue editor with Gregory Little
Staff member at BGSU since 1985.