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I am currently a graduate student at Visual Studies Workshop pursuing a Master of Fine Arts in Visual Studies.

I graduated from Rochester Institute of Technology with a Bachelor of Fine Arts in May of 2008.

I am interested in photography, artist books, and installation art.
Experience
Photo Editor and Designer
@Afterimage: The Journal of Media Arts and Cultural
Portfolio selection and design, Cover selection and design, issue layout design, e-mail correspondence with writers and artists (including collecting images and captions), securing permissions for image use, and advertisement design.

www.vsw.org/ai
Dates
July 2011 - Present
Curatorial Assistant
@Women in Photography | Humble Arts Foundation
Assist in gathering show materials from artists and ensure that submissions have all necessary and correct information and produce monthly shows.

www.wipnyc.org

www.hafny.org
Dates
May 2011 - Present
Object Photographer
@The Strong
Responsible for the photographing/image capture of 13,623 artifacts and editing files for use on museum's website.

2 year grant-funded position (Museums for America Grant from Institute of Museum and Library Services)

www.thestrong.org

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Previous positions held at The Strong: Adjunct Guest Relations Host, Part-Time Admissions Desk Host, Guest Information Services, and Collections Team Volunteer.
Dates
October 2009 - Present
Assistant Photo Editor and Des
@Afterimage: The Journal of Media Arts and Cultural
Assist the Photo Editor and Designer on Portfolio selection and design, Cover selection and design, issue layout design, e-mail correspondence with writers and artists (including collecting images and captions), securing permissions for image use, and advertisement design.

www.vsw.org/ai
Dates
April 2011 - July 2011
Project Manager
@Rochester Contemporary Art Center
Assisted Executive Director with multiple projects.

"6x6x2009" // I photographed 3,077 6"x6" works of art and processed the files for the website: www.roco6x6.org // The 3,077 works of art were catalogued and entered into a database.
Dates
March 2009 - July 2009
Lead Photographic Lab Technici
@One Source Visual Marketing Solutions
Responsible for quality control, overseeing production, and training, as well as assisting in implementing new workflow procedures both in digital printing and pre-press. Wrote up and designed a training manual for the department.

Responsible for the daily production, maintenance, and QC of two Oce LightJets and two Colex RA-4 processors.

Clients included (partial list): Godiva, Calvin Klein, Mont Blanc, Prada, Coach, Tiffany & Co., Sephora, DKNY, Armani Exchange, Christian Dior, Diesel, fcuk, and Salvatore Ferragamo.
Dates
July 2008 - February 2009
Gallery Intern, Position: Publ
@Rochester Contemporary Art Center
Maintained and assisted the Executive Director with the design of the organizations website and databases.

Lieutenant for the 6x6x2008 exhibition, responsible for the collection of 2008 6”x6” original works of art. We surpassed our goal and collected over 3200 pieces. I assisted the Executive Director in the designing of both the cataloguing and hanging system for this exhibit.

Experience with Adobe Creative Suite 3 (Dreamweaver, Photoshop, InDesign, and Flash) and FileMaker Pro.

Experience hanging 2D and 3D artworks as well as lighting tracks.

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Dates
December 2007 - May 2008
Student Manager
@RIT Imaging Systems Lab
Oversaw the training of student employees and general operations of this full professional photographic lab.

Specialized training in digital (Durst Lambda 76, Noritsu and FujiFrontier mini-labs) and ink-jet printing (Canon iPF8000, hpZ3100ps, and Epson 9800) as well as paper profiling and quality control.

Trained in dip-and-dunk film processors (JOBO TecnoLab E-6 and Kreonite Proline C-41).

Assisted full-time management in implementing new procedures and policies to better assist our customers the students, faculty, and staff of Rochester Institute
Dates
November 2005 - May 2008
Education
State University of New York College at Brockport
Dates
2010 - Present
Rochester Institute of Technology
Dates
2005 - 2008
State University of New York at New Paltz
Dates
2004 - 2005
Visual Studies Workshop
Dates
? - Present