2013-370 Arts - Chapel Hill Carrboro Children's Musum 2013 Spring Art Grant Agreement $1,500 (2)

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Kidzu Children's Museum 2013-2014 OCAC General Support Application Narrative Kidzu Children's Museum Staff • Pam Wall,Executive Director(full-time). Former Executive Director of Triangle Tomorrow/Research Triangle Regional Partnership,a partnership fostering quality of life initiatives in the Triangle region of North Carolina. Significant experience building funds and motivating community engagement. Former Executive Director,Vision for Asheville-Buncombe County. Former Director of Public Relations for the Coalition for the Homeless of Central Florida. Master of Arts in Urban Affairs,St.Louis University and a BA in Sociology and Psychology from Central Methodist University. • Tina Clossick,Director of Operations and Programming(full-time).Co-founder and former Board Vice-Chair,Kidzu Children's Museum. Certificate of Nonprofit Management,Duke University. Planning committee member,Morris Grove Elementary School.Volunteer,Smith Middle School,Chapel Hill Carrboro Pacers.Holds a BA in Journalism from the University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill. • Melanie Hatz Levinson,Curator of Exhibits and Design(full-time).10 years of experience on the curatorial staff of the Metropolitan Museum of Art,NYC;Lecturer and Educational Consultant,Metropolitan Moms(interactive museum education program for parents and young children);Research Assistant,ArtTrain (Ann Arbor,MI). Former Board of Directors member Beth El Preschool(Durham,NC). Holds MA's in Art History from Columbia University and New York University and a BA in Art History from the University of.Michigan. • Cathy Maris,Education and Grants Director(full-time).Kidzu's Founding Executive Director(1/06-8/10).20 years' experience planning,managing and evaluating programs in child development,early education and child health at the University of North Carolina FPG Child Development Institute,the University of California-Berkeley,and Seattle Children's Hospital.Education&Exhibits Intern,Seattle Children's Museum.Additional volunteer experience with the Ackland Art Museum and other arts education organizations. Holds an MA in Clinical Psychology from the University of British Columbia and a BA in Psychology from Carleton College. • Deanna Patrick,Development Coordinator(part-time).Former Chapel Hill-Carrboro City Schools substitute kindergarten and Spanish teacher. 7 years of experience as an elementary school teacher;8 years of experience coordinating family programs at the YMCA of Atlanta,GA.Visitor Services staff,Imagine It Children's Museum, Atlanta,GA. Holds a BS in Elementary Education and Spanish from Butler University. • Emily Slaughter,Museum Manager(part-time).Former Program Assistant with an intercultural arts organization in Belfast,Northern Ireland;Visitor Services Volunteer at the Belfast Barge;Education Department Intern at Fredericksburg Area Museum and Cultural Center in Fredericksburg,VA.MA in Museum Studies and Cultural Heritage,University of Ulster;BA in History,University of Mary Washington.Also licensed to teach Social Studies in grades six to twelve. • Meredith D.Williams,Events Manager(part-time). Over 10 years'experience in non-profit(art and education), and 5 years of film and television production in both New York and Atlanta. Former creative writing and video production instructor in metro Atlanta;freelance writer/editor. Founder of the Village Family Cooperative.Served as Extra-Curricular Education Program Coordinator at the Children's School,host to the largest independent after- school program in metro Atlanta. Previous Community Events Coordinator,VSA Arts of Georgia. Documentarian and graduate of the New York Film Academy. 5