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DocuSign Envelope ID: 1BCF0634-CD89-4310-96E4-A32E6E1A91A6 <br /> 8 <br /> 2017-18 OCAC Grassroots Arts Program grant application: Orange County Historicall kV um <br /> Resum of key artists and administrators <br /> Execotiv Di ,,ctor C ace M.Midgett <br /> Education <br /> MA, Museum Studies, <br /> University of Leicester„ <br /> Leicester, UK <br /> July 2002 <br /> .A., Art HistosilMuseum Studies <br /> Goddard College <br /> V.rmont <br /> January 1999 <br /> Employm nt <br /> January 2015-present: <br /> Executive director <br /> Orange County Historical Museum <br /> Hillsborough, North Carolina <br /> Res•onsibilities include: <br /> Conserving the county's history by collecting, preserving, cataloging, and housing <br /> historic artifacts relevant to county history. This includes direct responsibility for <br /> facilities, including climate control, accession and dleaccession of artifacts, maintenance <br /> of archival databases, and establishment and execution of best gallery exhibit practices. <br /> Interpreting the county's history for the public through exhibits, tours, in-house and <br /> outreach programs, public lectures, and special events. The director is responsible for <br /> developing educational programs for K-12 students, for both outreach and in-museum <br /> experiences, for developing and presentin t temporary and '• •rrnanent exhibitions, and <br /> for creating and executing all museum events. <br /> Administering the museum in a manner that will enhance its assets, staff, and programs, <br /> to support its role as an important community cultural resource. This includes <br /> supervision of all personnel and volunteers, oversight of all financial issues, includi g <br /> development of and administration of annual budgets, fostering relationships with other <br /> sites in the community to deliver programming, and growing community outreach <br /> programs and activities to serve a broad community of museum stakeholders. <br /> August 2006-December 2014: Sallie Mae Lignon Museum &Archives, Masonic Home for <br /> Children at Oxford, Oxford, North Carolina <br /> Position; Museum curator/archivist: <br />