As Programs Manager at Smack Mellon gallery in DUMBO, Brooklyn, I manage two arts education programs for local teens as well as an artist residency program. I initiated this blog to document the work of high school students and their artist mentors, as well as visits to artists studios and arts organizations, in our Art Ready after-school arts career readiness program.
Pallet City was an interactive public art project made almost entirely from recycled shipping pallets, co-designed and built with architect Jeremy Reed for the FIGMENT Season-Long Sculpture Garden on Governors Island in Summer 2010. This blog documents the project's evolution over the course of the summer, with a focus on the public's use of this interactive sculpture.
In addition to overseeing the Pallet City blog, I contributed an article to FIGMENT's new Participatory Art blog analyzing my experiences working on Pallet City. View Part I and Part II of the article!
In addition to overseeing the Pallet City blog, I contributed an article to FIGMENT's new Participatory Art blog analyzing my experiences working on Pallet City. View Part I and Part II of the article!
Published in the 2006 issue of PART, the CUNY Graduate Center's online art history journal.
A scholarly article I wrote on the aesthetic and social components of new genre public artist Suzanne Lacy's "The Roof is On Fire," a collaborative public art/performance piece with teenagers in Oakland, CA, in 1994. "Roof" aimed to give underrepresented and misrepresented youth a voice in mass media through a highly-publicized, large-scale event where the public could listen in on teens having conversations in cars on a rooftop garage.
A scholarly article I wrote on the aesthetic and social components of new genre public artist Suzanne Lacy's "The Roof is On Fire," a collaborative public art/performance piece with teenagers in Oakland, CA, in 1994. "Roof" aimed to give underrepresented and misrepresented youth a voice in mass media through a highly-publicized, large-scale event where the public could listen in on teens having conversations in cars on a rooftop garage.
Please visit the Brooklyn Utopias? and the Brooklyn Utopias: Farm City websites to learn about my experiences curating group shows addressing Brooklyn's future.
As an Assistant Editor and freelance writer, I wrote and edited essays and image captions for this major 2009 Abrams publication about the community murals and graffiti/street art of San Francisco’s Mission District.
I served as the first Program Manager from August 2008-June 2010, for this small, innovative nonprofit organization that provides young people of all abilities with the opportunity to engage in the artistic process as a catalyst for learning. ATG optimally matches teaching artists with the specific needs of each school or community based organization who serves children with limited access to the arts.
As Program Manager, in addition to recruiting hiring, and supervising teaching artists in 3-5 simultaneous arts education partnerships, I helped write original grant proposals, newsletters, and other communications materials. Click here and here to read some of the "program spotlights" I wrote describing our arts education programs!
As Program Manager, in addition to recruiting hiring, and supervising teaching artists in 3-5 simultaneous arts education partnerships, I helped write original grant proposals, newsletters, and other communications materials. Click here and here to read some of the "program spotlights" I wrote describing our arts education programs!
In 2010-2011, I am working as a freelance grant writer for the Times Square Alliance public art program, developing original proposals tailored to the requirements of different foundations and corporate sponsors.
