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DocuSign Envelope ID:23BA7659-F394-4BDA-9F51-8F55B05908A8 <br /> Jeffrey J.York <br /> 90 Cobble Ridge Drive <br /> Pittsboro,North Carolina 27312 <br /> 919-880-3100 (h) 919-968-2750 (w) <br /> jyorkl4@nc.rr.com <br /> PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE <br /> Public&Cultural Arts Administrator,Town of Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC, 2008-present <br /> • Oversees the Town's Percent for Art Ordinance (projects with budgets ranging from <br /> $20,000-$672,000). Coordinates project activities with other Town departments <br /> • Leads the Cultural Arts Division,and the Public Arts Office and the Chapel Hill Arts <br /> Commission in developing programs including an Artist-in Residency,Community <br /> Arts Project,yearly outdoor sculpture exhibition,other temporary exhibitions, and <br /> community events.Administers a$600,000 operations/programs budget <br /> • Recommends policies and guidelines for developing intersections between public <br /> art,creative economy interests,redevelopment,new development,streetscapes, <br /> cultural arts,social services,transit,recreational facilities and public space. <br /> Director of Public Art&Community Design,North Carolina Arts Council, Raleigh,NC, <br /> 2000-2008 <br /> • Facilitated public art and cultural facility design activities and processes to <br /> communities statewide through consultation,the creation and presentation of <br /> education programs and materials,and web resources. <br /> • Participated on public art boards,steering and selection committees,and charrette <br /> teams. <br /> • Initiated and coordinated a public art in the schools residency program. <br /> • Developed and administered a$50,000-100,000 annual grants program,to assist <br /> communities with cultural facility design,public art planning and implementation. <br /> • Maintained curatorial responsibility for an 86-piece public art collection located <br /> throughout North Carolina. <br /> Executive Director,Art Museum of Southeast Texas, Beaumont,TX, 1995-99 <br /> • Provided conceptual leadership for operation of the Museum including: <br /> administration, <br /> exhibitions, collections, finance, education, public relations and management <br /> of a 24,000 sq. ft. facility. <br /> • Raised funds for, and monitor expenditures of a$700,000 operations budget. <br /> Supervised a staff of 15 employees and 100+ volunteers. Promoted the <br /> Museum as a community resource. <br /> Director of Education,Birmingham Museum of Art, Birmingham,AL, 1985-95 <br /> • Directed the development,implementation and evaluation of interpretive programs <br /> and <br /> materials for exhibitions/collections,docent training, community and schools, <br /> events and classes. <br />