2017-464-E Arts - Orange County Historical Museum - 2017-18 Arts Grant Agreement

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DocuSign Envelope ID: 1BCF0634-CD89-4310-96E4-A32E6E1A91A6 9 2017-18 OCAC Grassroots Arts P ram grant application: Orange Co illy Hi,toricat Mu t eurn Responsibilities included; Curating, conserving, preserving, and exhibiting all collections of this children's home (established in 1872, and still operational; working closely with visitors, alumni of the home, donors and patrons of the museum, and current staff and residents. Managing the museum's budget, and all purchases necessary to preserve and exhibit the collection; directing the efforts of museum volunteers; developing, executing, and installing all exhibitions. From 2008 through 2010, reinstalled both major galleries, together with design consultant, created the concept for each gallery; oversaw all exhibition design and installations; researched and wrote all wall labels for 24 individual exhibit spaces. In 2010, worked in partnership with the UNC-Chapel Hill North Carolina Digital Heritage Center to digitize and publish the earli:nst objects in our collection. In 2010, started an ongoing partnership with the Southern Oral History Program to develop questionnaires and strategies for collecting oral histories of residents of the Home. November 2004-August 201 ; Harperprints, Henderson, North Carolina Position: Account manager Responsibilities included: -providing client contact and support for offset lithography print proj;cis, including technical support; -developing project bucets and production timetables; -providing day-to-day supervision of projects as needed. Clients served: Elon University; Louise Wells Cameron Museum of Art; Nasher Museum of Art at Duke University; North Carolina Museum of Art; Piedmont Land Conservancy; Peabody-Essex Museum. June 2002-September 2005: Community College of Southern Nevada, Las Vegas, Nevada Position: Online instructor, art appreciation Course obectives To support our human need to `kindle a light in the darkness' by developing skills in the use of resources (museum, public art, private art collections, web, film, literature)that empower students to make experiences with art a relevant part of their lifelong learning process; to develop and support students' creativity and critical thinking skills; To familiarize students with major movements of art within the context of world cultures.