EXPERIENCE HIGHLIGHTS 

Curatorial experience and Exhibit design

• Preserved and Curated Vanity Fair lithographs & chromolithographs for Trawick & Associates, Washington, D.C.

• Curated Pippo Bottari’s American Debut at The Ambassador Peter F. Secchia Building, Washington, D.C.

• Curated a community art exhibit, Our Salon, for HS students; planned exhibit and soirée at The Shakespeare Theatre with special guest, Civil Rights Leader, Rev. Anthony Evans

• Curator, Exhibition: Red Line, Wilson Gallery, Washington D.C., juror Clifford Chieffo, Chairman of Georgetown University Art Department

• Designed Jewelry Exhibit for ICAP 2017

• Curated Canadian photography for Visa Gallery, St. Catharines, ON

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Arts in the Community – Knowledge Exchange

• Developed an art program for the Southeast Project

• Taught oil painting and mural design; taught art history

• Lectured with Rich Blaustein on Italian art and humanism at the Jewish Community Center of Washington, D.C.

• Used art exhibits, such as AGO exhibit of Gordon Parks’s photography and Tattoo exhibit at the ROM to highlight ways to understanding modern recognition theory for ENG418.

• Used Mosaic Ceiling in ROM’s Rotunda to highlight cultural production in Canadian Studies for ITAL2P98 and currently working with ROM Archivist for CND240.

• Presented “Preserving Mystical Illumination: Giovanni Boccaccio’s De Genealogia deorum gentilium for Early Modern Artists” for Works in Medieval Studies (WIMS) at University of Toronto (2000).

• Appeared on “Artist on Display” for Jones TV, Bowie, MD, US to discuss Da Vinci’s cross hatching and other artistic techniques (1999).

• Presented “Antonello da Messina’s St. Jerome in His Study” at the National Gallery of Art: London, England, March 1997.

• Edited book on recognition theory and published articles, including on the arts, such as “Antonello da Messina's Commemoration of the Lion of antiquity, pursuing the contemplative and active life: Saint Jerome in His Study.” Studi rinascimentali 1 (2003) and a visual: Il Bambino in The Silenus (1997).

• Former member of A. Salon and International Artist Support Group in Washington, DC

• Exhibit Chair of International Artist Support Group,  (1999-2000)

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Adult & Higher Education– Museum Partnerships

• Organizer & Moderator, Dress and Fashion in Baroque Spain, March 2025 event, BRMA

• ​Organized College Night with Education Department, 2025, BRMA

• Developed & Presented, The Saints and Mary in Splendor & Passion in light of Dante’s Paradiso, BRMA for FAU, Comparative Literature Department

• Delivered Spotlight Talk of Splendor & Passion: Baroque Spain and Its Empire, BRMA

• Delivered Spotlight Talk of The Italian Immigrant Experience Revealed for ITAL3P98 students, Brock University

• Organized “Dante and Hollywood” with Amilcare A. Iannucci for FIERI Toronto

• Organized Opera Night at the Botanical Gardens with the Office of United States Congressional Representative, Eliot L. Engel of New York, for Fieri Washington DC and National

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Learning & Engagement– Museum Partnerships

• Prepared tour strategy for K-12 programs, AP Literature, and University visits (Splendor and Passion, Glasstress, Education Morning) BRMA

• Prepared educational materials for Education Morning K-12, middle school Cultural Experience, and Summer Studio and managed programs, BRMA

• Attended Junior Achievement events to support career development in Boca Raton

• Created new volunteer position, Gallery Educators for engagement in the galleries with the Teaching Collection of African Art and Ancient Americas, BRMA

• Organized Education Morning, tour and art making in studio, BRMA

• Organized Summer Studio and Science Studio with Community partnerships, BRMA

• Prepared tour strategy and collection information of Splendor & Passion: Baroque Spain and Its Empire for Bloomberg Connect, BRM

• Organized religious tours of Splendor & Passion for parochial schools, BRMA

• Organized Monarch tour of Splendor & Passion for public schools, BRMA

• Supported FAU Medical School Partnership, BRMA

• Supported Interactive Room for Splendor & Passion and planning Mucha and Manga interactive with Curatorial and Education Department, BRMA

• Archive Research, Gallery Talks, and lectures of the first large-scale mosaic in Canada, ROM, University of Victoria, University of Guelph, Brock University, University College

• Led Postmodernism talk and engagement with Curator at the Gardiner Museum, University of Toronto

• Material & Culture lecturer and supervisor for training students in Museum Studies, University of Toronto

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Collection Research and Organization

• Collected liturgical evidence for 108 saints whose relics are located at the Abbey of Montecassino from 67 Latin manuscripts

• Researched exhibition and collection catalogues (such as Sotheby’s and Christie’s auction catalogues) to document artifacts and manuscripts of the Medieval and Early Modern periods for CMRS.

• Tracked information concerning works of art, objects, and manuscripts and tracked location and collectors’ information for the objects and manuscripts for CMRS

• Advise, research, and recommend on collection of archives in Canadian Studies for Italian Canadian Archives and Italian Canadian Narratives

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Management and Outreach

• Supervised production of communication and educational materials, marketing materials, programs and brochures.

• Trained and supervised 3-20 Associates, interns, and volunteers.

• Effectively raised funds and in-kind donations for an outreach – art program by leveraging my respected profile within the community.

• Arranged ABF local ceremonies with political and civic leaders.

• Organized ABF fundraisers in Washington, D.C., NYC, and Philadelphia, such as exhibit at Mendez SOHO to cultivate donors.

• Maintained a 4-million-dollar budget for non-profit; on budget committee for conference (grant budget for SSHRCC Aid to Research; Awarded $19, 275.00 in 2009 and awarded $15, 000 in 2007–2008)

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Professional Affiliations in the Arts

• American Institute for Conservation
• Association of Art Museum Curators
• Boca Raton Museum of Art

• Canadian Society of Medievalists
• Italian Canadian Archive Projects (ICAP)
• International Center of Medieval Art
• Renaissance Society of America
• Royal Ontario Museum

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