Freelance Communicator
Vancouver, Canada Area
Freelance Communicator
Vancouver, Canada Area
Exhibition, event, and program planning and marketing for arts and cultural organizations. Direct sales of major works of art to individual collectors, museums, and corporations.
arts education, art purchasing and sales, market development, media relations, writing and graphic design, Sepik art, First Nations art (especially Northwest Coast art), Aboriginal art, Oceanic art
(Fine Art industry)
May 2009 — Present (3 months)
I work on getting the arts (artwork, artists, arts events, arts scholarship, and arts institutions, including galleries, museums, and libraries) funded and talked about by people of all ages, interests, and walks of life. To do this, I use a combination of:
• graphic design
• exhibition design
• feature writing
• event coordination
• fundraising
• research
• campaign management
• technology training
• arm twisting
...and more
(Fine Art industry)
August 2001 — Present (8 years)
Promote aboriginal artists from Canada and Oceania in the global contemporary art market.
aboriginal arts and cultures, arts education, youth engagement, fair trade and representation, cross-cultural connections, tradition and innovation, the contemporary fine art market