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Summary of Qualifications

  • Collaborative art gallery director accountable for the implementation and evaluation of all gallery exhibitions with expertise in meeting The American Alliance of Museums’ (AAM) national standards and best practices.

  • Organized and secured contracts for highly acclaimed traveling exhibitions

  • Experience managing budgets, grant proposals, staff and fundraising initiatives.

  • Peer reviewer on the Accreditation Program and Continuum of Excellence Team for The American Alliance of Museums

  • Completed and collaborated with state and local professional agencies activities to improve education programs such as docent training, community arts education forum, lectures and workshops

  • Professor of art with a diverse background in traditional and non-toxic printmaking, visual arts education, educational leadership, instructional strategy, program coordination, and curriculum review and design

  • Accomplished artist with works on display in 34 public collections and 45 private collections

Professional Profile

Executive Director (2010-2021)

David McCune International Art Gallery Methodist University, Fayetteville, North Carolina

Art gallery management experience includes the opening of the David McCune International Art Gallery on the Methodist University campus, the founding of the gallery’s advisory board, expertise in meeting AAM guidelines on exhibiting loaned objects, fundraising for shows and gallery initiatives, and the organization of 13 unique highlighted art exhibitions since 2012 (highlights below).
 

  • "Rembrandt- The Sign and the Light" - Etchings (International - Italy)

  • “Gallery goes POP: Warhol”

  • “Chagall, The Story of Exodus” featuring 24 lithographs from a private collector from Italy, and a lecture by Chagall’s granddaughter,  Bella Meyer  (International - Italy)

  • “Impressionism to Modernism: Masterworks of Early Photography”
  • “Rodin: Portraits of a Lifetime, Selections from the Iris & B. Gerald Cantor Collections”
  • “Testament – An Exhibition of Photographs” by Chris Hondros
  • “Picasso: 25 Years of Edition Ceramics from the Rosenbaum Collection

  • “Igneous Expressions” Glass Art Exhibition

  • “Harvey Littleton & Friends”

 

Professor of Art | Tenured Faculty | Faculty

Methodist University, Fayetteville, North Carolina

Courses taught include Foundations I Design and II, Special Topics in Art, Printmaking, Intermediate/Advanced Printmaking, Art Education Theory and Practice, Intermediate/Advanced Ceramic Sculpture, Senior Thesis/Exhibition, and many more. University-wide recognition includes:

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  • 2018 Methodist University Alumni Association Outstanding Faculty Award

  • Professor of the Year Teaching Excellence and Campus Leadership Award, Methodist University, Fayetteville, North Carolina

  • Professor of the Year Teaching Excellence and Campus Leadership Award, Methodist University, Fayetteville, North Carolina

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Chair, Department of Art

Methodist University, Fayetteville, North Carolina

Managed department-level academic affairs, accreditation preparation and reporting, new program launch and development, and arts enrichment activities on campus, such as:

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  • The design and development of the new B.F.A. Program

  • The creation of the B.F.A. Advisory Board and the recruitment of the director for the B.F.A. Program

  • Preparation for teacher accreditation visits by Southern Association of Colleges and Schools (SACS), North Carolina Department of Public Instruction (NCDPI), and the National Council for Accreditation of Teacher Education (NCATE)

  • The establishment of the David McCune International Art Gallery (2009-2012), prior to being appointed as the executive director

  • The sponsorship and installment of a $15,000 outdoor sculpture in front of Reeves Auditorium on the Methodist University campus


Program Coordinator for Visual Arts Education K-12

Teacher Education Program for NCDPI and NCATE

Experienced in instructional strategy, and curriculum review and design. Service to state and local agencies encompasses comprehensive program approval review for visual arts education at the following institutions:

  • East Carolina University

  • University of North Carolina-Charlotte

  • Lenoir-Rhyne University

  • Appalachian State University

  • Methodist University


Printmaker and Artist
Fayetteville, North Carolina

In addition to participating in more than 50 artist exhibitions, former and current art gallery representation encompasses works on display in nine galleries throughout North Carolina, New York City, and Chicago. Personal works are on display in more than 45 public and private collections.

Education

  • Meredith College, Raleigh North Carolina -  Master’s Certification in Art Education (K-12)

  • Youngstown State University, Youngstown, Ohio - Advanced Studies in Art Education

  • University of Notre Dame, Notre Dame, Indiana -  M.F.A. Printmaking and Ceramic Sculpture

  • School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois  - Studies toward the M.F.A. in Printmaking

  • St. Mary’s College, Notre Dame, Indiana -  B.F.A. (Magna Cum Laude)

Language Proficiency

Italian: intermediate proficiency

Professional Affiliations

  • Association of Academic Museums and Galleries (AAMG, 2012-present)

  • American Association of Museums, Washington, D.C. (AAM, 2012-present)

  • Association of Art Museum Curators, New York, NY (AAMC, 2015-present)

  • College Arts Association of America (CAA), New York, New York (1980-present)

  • North Carolina Art Education Association (NCAEA) Raleigh, North Carolina (1980-present)

  • Kappa Delta Pi, Honor Society in Education, Fayetteville, North Carolina (chartered membership, 1993-present)

Gallery Representation, Exhibitions, Collections, and References

Available upon request

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