EDUCATION:

2020 – 2022 Toronto Metropolitan University (formerly Ryerson University), Toronto, ON, Canada 

Masters of Arts in Film + Photography Preservation and Collections Management

2012 – 2016 Boston College, Chestnut Hill, MA

Bachelor of Arts in Studio Art, Photography and Minor in Mathematics

SKILLS

The Museum System (TMS), Past Perfect, Portfolio, eMuseum, FileMakerPro, ArchivesSpace, Adobe (Bridge, Photoshop, Acrobat), Microsoft Suite (Word, Excel, Office), photographic print and negative handling

Relevant Courses

19th-Century Processes, 20th-Century Processes, Cataloging and Registration, Photographic Collections, Photographic Preservation, History of Photography I and II, Digital Applications for Collection Management, Exhibition and Publication, Digital Preservation

 

EXPERIENCE

Old York Historical Society (OYHS), York, ME

Archive and Photographic Preservation Assistant May 2021—Present 

  • Independently created a comprehensive finding aid and rehousing plan for 30 photographic albums ranging in dates from the 1860s to the 1930s.

  • Conducted a thorough survey of over 20 boxes of loose photographs, utilizing current photographic preservation methods to create detailed preservation and housing plan.

  • Completed a full inventory of oversize storage of over 360 individual and mostly uncataloged maps, charts, scrapbooks, newspapers, posters, and broadsides

  • Developed cataloging skills using the data management system Past Perfect to find, create and update records within the archive collection making it more accessible for Old York staff and researchers.

Museum of Fine Arts (MFA), Boston, Boston, MA                                                                

Resident Graduate Intern / Thesis Project January 2022—August 2022

  • Transcribed oral histories of the Howard Greenburg Collection of Photographs, a collection comprised of 447 photographs by 191 artists and spanning three decades, to create comprehensive object provenance for a future dedicated collection website.

  • Used MFA’s database The Museum System (TMS) to create object loans and acquisition records, and update preexisting records for future exhibitions within the Photography Department.

Massachusetts Institute of Technology List Visual Arts Center (MIT LVAC), Cambridge, MA

Archive Project Coordinator                                                                                          August 2018—August 2020; January 2022—Present

  • Managed the LVAC’s first-ever exhibition history archive project by processing and rehousing over 2,100 archival exhibition history folders dating from 1985 through 2010,

  • Worked directly with MIT library staff to transfer the archive for proper storage and greater accessibility at MIT’s Distinctive Collections in addition to joining the LVAC archive to MIT’s ArchivesSpace repository and MIT’s Dome digital collections database

  • The project was granted the IMLS Museums for America 2020 Award to digitize archive materials for a newly redesigned List Visual Arts Center website.

Art Gallery of Ontario (AGO), Toronto, ON, Canada

Collection Information and Research Assistant in Dept. of Curatorial Affairs (Photography)       June 2021 — August 2021 

  • Used digital asset management systems Portfolio and eMuseum to directly inspect and transcribe inscriptions and marks on the rectos and versos of over 2,000 individual photographs by photographer Dr. Harold Edgerton that were being accessioned by the Art Gallery of Ontario.

  • Produced several research reports on photographs for acquisition into the AGO’s photography department collection.

  • This internship was sponsored by the Council for Canadian American Relations

Palm Press Inc., Kayafas Collection, Boston, MA

Collections Assistant, Registrar                                                                                                                                                            September 2016—September 2018

  • Initiated and owned a complete archival organizational overhaul of a photographic collection containing over 2,000 objects dating from the mid-1800s to 2010s of various processes.

  • Independently cataloged, digitized, and rehoused photographic objects for photographic collection sale using FilemakerPro. 

  • Learned firsthand from a photographer/photography collector with more than 50 years of experience in how to handle photographs of various processes while learning about the prints in an art historical context. 

Gallery Kayafas, Boston, MA

Gallery Intern                                                                                                                                                                                              July 2016 — September 2016

  • Office administration work such as answering the telephone, assisting gallery visitors, organizing and cleaning

  • Assisted in exhibition installation / de-installation and packaging artwork for storage and travel

  • Entrusted with gallery management when Director is off-premises

Boston College, Chestnut Hill, MA

Darkroom Monitor                                                                                                                                            September 2015 — May 2016

  • Entrusted by Boston College Faculty to hold office hours for the photography darkroom and digital lab for fellow art department students

  • Oversaw the chemical setup, disposal, and equipment management for students during shift

  • Assisted students with questions and practiced safe photographic techniques

Office of Public Works - Art management, Dublin, Ireland

Intern Abroad                                                                                                                                                                                      June 2014 — August 2014

  • Worked both independently and in group settings for a public arts management firm in Dublin, Ireland.

  • Project assistance on cooperative exhibition between the OPW in Dublin and the Department of Finance and Personnel in Northern Ireland

  • Aided in the management of the State Art Collection of Ireland by traveling to purchase art, documenting incoming/outgoing art, as well as art restoration at historic estates

 

PUBLICATIONS

Spring 2015   -    Stylus" Boston College, Chestnut Hill, MA

Fall 2015       -    Stylus" Boston College, Chestnut Hill, MA (cover image)

Spring 2016   -    Stylus" Boston College, Chestnut Hill, MA (cover image)

 

GROUP EXHIBITIONS

Dec. 2014  -    "Student Exhibition," Devlin Hall Photography Gallery, Boston College, Chestnut Hill, MA

May 2015    -    "Student Exhibition," Devlin Hall Photography Gallery, Boston College, Chestnut Hill, MA

Dec. 2015   -    "Student Exhibition," O'Neill Library Gallery, Boston College, Chestnut Hill, MA

Dec. 2016   -    "Senior Art Major First Semester Exhibition" Murray Carriage House, Boston College, Chestnut Hill, MA

May 2016    -    "Undergrad Photography Now (Pt. 4)" Flash Forward, Griffin Museum of Photography, Winchester, MA

                    -    "Advanced Digital Design Final Exhibition" Carney Gallery, Boston College, Chestnut Hill, MA

                    -    "Senior Project Final Exhibition" Devlin Hall Gallery, Boston College, Chestnut Hill, MA

May  2017   -    "STARE Exhibition" Boston City Hall, Boston, MA

Apr. 2018 - “Recently Exhibition” Gallery Kayafas, Boston, MA

Fall 2022. - “The Optics of Science: Early Western Stereographs from The Dr. Martin Bass and Gail Silverman Bass Collection” Ryerson Image Centre, Toronto Metropolitan University (Organized by the 2021-2022 second-year students from Ryerson University’s Film + Photography Preservation and Collections Management program)