Marketing and Communications Manager
Minnesota Center for Book Arts
April 2007 - present

In-house print and web design, promotional and technical writing, media relations and publicity, event planning, project/traffic management.

Professional development:
National Arts Marketing Project Conference
Camp Wellstone (Advocacy track)
AIGA National Design Conference

Tour Guide
Walker Art Center
May 2003 - present

Design, coordinate and lead gallery experiences for K-12 school field trips, college / adult groups and corporate events at the Walker Art Center and Minneapolis Sculpture Garden.

Special projects:

Peer evaluation team

Art Today + Tomorrow: pilot collaboration among tour guides, classroom teachers, teaching artists and museum administrators to design and model new methods of integrating contemporary art experiences into classroom curriculum

Writing Through Art: interdisciplinary school/museum partnerships incorporating writing activities into the gallery experience to engage and improve students' visual literacy and interpretive skills.

Graphic Designer / Project Manager
STEIN Trending Branding Design
May 2001 - May 2007

Design and fabrication management for signage, wayfinding and fixture systems; naming and identity; copywriting and editing; web development and maintenance; event and trade show planning; high-touch coordination with architects, contractors and vendors; construction supervision, trade show installation and photo shoot direction. Clients include ShopNBC, Minnesota Timberwolves, Brunswick Billiards & Bowling, Isleta Casino (NM) and Catfish Bend Casino (IA).

Curation

2010
Curator: Geographies, Banfill-Locke Center for the Arts Fridley MN
“surprising and provocative observations of how we experience where we are on this planet Earth” (Minnesota Public Radio)

2009
Juror: Multiples Mall, Walker Art Center Minneapolis MN

2008
Juror: Art and Design Annual, Iowa State University Ames IA

Juror: Powderhorn Art Fair Minneapolis MN

2005-07
Exhibitions committee: Stevens Square Center for the Arts Minneapolis MN

Selected Exhibitions

2012
Art on the Plains XI, Plains Art Center Fargo ND (J)
Flesh and the Desert, Workhaus Collective Minneapolis MN (J)
Belles Lettres, Altered Esthetics Minneapolis MN (J)

2011
Sense of Place, Minnetonka Center for the Arts Minnetonka MN (J)
Salon 300, Hopkins Center for the Arts Hopkins MN (U)
$99, Soap Factory Minneapolis MN (I)
MN Made, Walker Art Center Minneapolis MN (I)
Geographies, Banfill-Locke Center for the Arts Fridley MN (F)
Parts of a Whole, Minnesota Center for Book Arts Minneapolis MN (I)

2010
Altered Pages, Altered Esthetics Minneapolis MN (I)
Members’ Show, Banfill-Locke Center for the Arts Fridley MN (Category Award)
Abecedaries, Abecedarian Gallery Denver CO (J)
Bird X Bird Minneapolis MN (I)
Foot in the Door 4, Minneapolis Institute of Arts Minneapolis MN (U)

2009
GLBTA Perspectives, Larson Art Gallery, University of Minnesota St. Paul MN (J)
The Sun Also Rises, Rochester Art Center Rochester MN (U)
None Of The Above, Minnesota Center for Book Arts Minneapolis MN (U)
Anatomy, Stevens Square Center for the Arts Minneapolis MN (J)

2008
(Re)Visions of the American Dream, Susan Hensel Gallery Minneapolis MN (J)
55408, Intermedia Arts Minneapolis MN (J)
Altered Books, Minneapolis Central Library Minneapolis MN (I)

2006
Art 101, MNartists.org / Rochester Art Center online forum (F)
The Art of Sin, Altered Esthetics Minneapolis MN (J)
Secret Handshake, Stevens Square Center for the Arts Minneapolis MN (U)

2005
Solo exhibition, Acadia Cafe Minneapolis MN
Per-Version 2, Artrujillo Gallery Minneapolis MN (J)
Conjunctively, Stevens Square Center for the Arts Minneapolis MN (U)

2004
Twin Cities GLBT Pride Festival Art Show Minneapolis MN (J)
Art of Democracy, Minneapolis Institute of Arts Minneapolis MN (U)

2001
re-focus, ISU College of Design Ames IA (F)

2000
FOCUS Arts, ISU Student Union Board Ames IA (F)
Art and Design Annual, ISU College of Design Ames IA (J)
Art at the Knoll, Iowa State University Ames IA (J)

1999
Studies in Creativity, ISU Student Union Board Ames IA (J)
SKETCH creative arts journal, Iowa State University (J)
Art and Design Annual, ISU College of Design Ames IA (J)
Art at the Knoll, Iowa State University Ames IA (J)

1998
Art and Design Annual, ISU College of Design Ames IA (J)
Art at the Knoll, Iowa State University Ames IA (J)

(F) Featured
(I) Invited
(J) Juried Open Call
(U) Unjuried Open Call

Academic Presentations

Queer Eye, Queer Wallet: The Evolution of "Homo-Promo" Advertising

2007
University of Minnesota Minneapolis, MN

2004
Iowa State University Ames, IA

Homo-Promo Advertising: Targeting Mainstream Products to Queer Consumers

2002
University of South Dakota Vermillion, SD

2001
University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign Urbana, IL

2000
St. Cloud State University St. Cloud, MN

1999
DePaul University Chicago, IL
University of Wisconsin, Madison Madison, WI

Seven Deadly Sins: Theo-cartography of Contemporary Rome

2001
Iowa State University Ames, IA

Undergraduate research assistant (1998)
The Impact of an LGBT Safe Zone Project on Campus Climate
Dr. Nancy Evans, Iowa State University Ames, IA
Published in Journal of College Student Development, 2002.

Stage Productions

Slow Jobs
2009
Nimbus Theatre Minneapolis MN
Minnesota Fringe Festival Minneapolis MN (Encore winner)

Boys Don't Make Passes at Girls Who Wear Glasses
2008
Gremlin Theater St Paul MN
Minnesota Fringe Festival Minneapolis MN

Take a Left at the Giant Cow: A Beginner's Guide to North Dakota
2007
Hopkins Center for the Arts Hopkins MN
Actors Theater of Minnesota St Paul MN
Minnesota Fringe Festival Minneapolis MN (Encore winner)

Two Queers and a Chubby
2006
Minnesota Fringe Festival Minneapolis MN

The Pope Stole My Pretzel [And Other Brushes With Celebrity]
2005
Minnesota Fringe Festival Minneapolis MN

Featured Appearances

2011
Minnesota Book Awards
Banfill-Locke Center for the Arts
Minnesota Fringe Festival
Rockstar Storytellers

2010
Walker Art Center "Ecole du Klein"
Walker Art Center / MNartists.org "Open Field"
CONvergence
Literary Death Match
Nerd Party
Cheap Theatre
KFAI Radio
Comedy for Choice
Fringe Central Late-Night
Rockstar Storytellers

2009
Spirit In The House
CBC Radio Canada
MTN TV
KFAI Radio
Comedy for Choice
Rockstar Storytellers

2008
Minnesota Public Radio
Northstar Storytelling League "Tellabration"
Twin Cities GLBT Pride Revue
Minnesota Fringe "Five Fifths"
Des Moines GLBT Pride Fest
Dakota OutRight Pride Fest
Comedy for Choice
KFAI Radio
Rockstar Storytellers

2007
Minnesota Public Radio
Northstar Storytelling League "Tellabration"
FOX 9 TV
SPNN
KFAI Radio
Midwest BLGTA College Conference
Rockstar Storytellers

2006
Minnesota Fringe Festival
Northstar Storytelling League

2005
Minnesota Fringe Festival
Northstar Storytelling League

2004
Minnesota Fringe Festival

2003
University of Minnesota Schochet Center
S.A.S.E. The Write Place
Minnesota Fringe Festival
Perspiring Genius

2001
Fray Day 5

Art and Design Honors

2010
Residency: Banfill-Locke Center for the Arts Fridley MN

2001
ISU College of Design Janice Peterson Anderson Award in Design

2001
CASE Region VI Award for Excellence in Design

2001
ISU Honors Program visual arts grant

2000
ISU FOCUS Arts Committee visual arts grant

Professional / Academic Honors

2010
National Arts Marketing Project Conference scholarship

2000
Margaret Davidson University Museums Internship

1997
National Council of Teachers of English Achievement Award in Writing

1997
National Merit Scholar

1997
Presidential Scholar

Publications

2010
Walker Art Center Guidelines
"Fear and Painting in Las Vegas: Public Art at City Center"

2007
Contributing writer,
2Modern design blog
"In Situ: Contemporary Furniture at the Walker"
"AIA-MN Honor Awards"
"William & Mary by Context Furniture"

2006
McSweeney's Internet Tendency

2006
Contributing writer,
2Modern design blog
"Modern Minneapolis & St. Paul"