Curatorial Studies
New Orleans African American Museum of Art, Culture and History (NOAAM) 2013-2014
New Orleans, Louisiana
Interim Executive Director
Served as Executive Director of the Museum, located in the historic faubourg of Tremé in New Orleans. Established in 1991, the Museum’s mission involves the preservation and interpretation of African American cultural heritage in New Orleans, with a particular emphasis on the Tremé community. My responsibilities included Development and fundraising in collaboration with the Museum Board (including management of a Capital Campaign, with development of a successful March 2014 Gala), curatorial programming, collections management, strategic planning (marked by active Museum Accreditation efforts) and other initiatives.
New Orleans African American Museum of Art, Culture and History (NOAAM) 2008
New Orleans, Louisiana
Guest Curator
Served as Guest Curator of the exhibition entitled A Celebration of Faith: Henriette Delille and the Sisters of the Holy Family, an examination of the 1842 establishment in New Orleans of the second oldest Catholic religious order for women of color in the United States and charted their ongoing charitable endeavors.
The Sterling and Francine Clark Art Institute 2005-2007
Williamstown, Massachusetts
Assistant Director for Mellon Initiatives
As part of the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation-funded initiatives of the Research and Academic Program (RAP) Department at the Clark Institute, served principal role in developing two projects: a workshop entitled Contemporary African Art: History, Theory and Practice, and a conference entitled Art History and Diaspora: Genealogies, Theories and Practices. Also organized, with the Director and Associate Director of RAP and other Departmental staff, the Clark’s residential fellowship program and academic events (conferences, workshops, symposia, invitational colloquia and lectures).
Amistad Research Center 1999-2001
Tulane University, New Orleans, LA
Director and Curator of the Department of Visual Arts
Served as departmental Director and Curator of the prominent collection of 19th and 20th century African American and traditional African art held by the Center, the nation’s largest independent archives specializing in the history of African Americans and other ethnic groups. As Curator, responsibilities included the development of exhibitions and accompanying publications and public programs, overseeing acquisitions and facilitating loan and reproduction requests. Exhibition Curator of Selections from the Aaron Douglas Collection, A Hidden Treasure: The Art of Frank Wyley, Martin Payton: Twenty Years of Sculpture and Treasures from The Amistad Research Center (presented at The Ogden Museum of Southern Art; co-curated with Ogden Museum Curator David Houston).
National Gallery of Art 2003
Washington, DC
2003 Summer Intern, Department of American and British Paintings
As Curatorial Intern in the Department of American and British Paintings, part of the Gallery’s 2003 Summer Internship program for graduate students, conducted research for a major, upcoming traveling exhibition on 19th century English landscape painter J.M.W. Turner.
The New Orleans Museum of Art 2003
New Orleans, LA
Guest Curator
Served as principal guest curator for Raised to the Trade: Creole Building Arts of New Orleans, an exhibition documenting the contributions of building arts craftspersons to the built environment of New Orleans, on view November 10, 2002-January, 2003.
Museum of The City of New York 1998
New York, NY
Gordon Parks Programs Coordinator
Developed and coordinated a series of public programs (film series, panel discussions and gallery talks) relating to the major traveling retrospective entitled Half Past Autumn: The Art of Gordon Parks, an examination of the renowned American photojournalist, filmmaker, novelist, poet and musician, organized by The Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, DC.
Museum of The City of New York 1998
New York, NY
Consultant, Department of Photographs & Prints
Managed loans and acquisitions processing, documentation and cataloging of the Museum’s internationally noted holdings of New York City photographs, prints, drawings and related materials and assisted with the curatorial research and coordination of upcoming photographic exhibitions.
The Carribean Cultural Center 1993-1997
New York, NY
Curator and Director of Special Projects
Exhibition Curator of Transforming the Crown: African, Asian and Caribbean Artists in Britain, 1966-1996 (held at the Center, The Bronx Museum of the Arts and the Studio Museum in Harlem); Struggle and Serenity: The Visionary Art of Elizabeth Catlett; Transcending Silence: The Life and Poetic Legacy of Audre Lorde; The Worldview of Katherine Dunham; When I Am Not Here/Estoy Alla: Photographs by Maria Magdalena Campos–Pons; Africa’s Legacy: Photographs in Brazil and Peru by Lorry Salcedo-Mitrani; and CUBOP! The Life and Music of Maestro Mario Bauza. Served as principal fundraiser for each of the above exhibitions and accompanying public programs and publications. As Project Director for the multi-venue international exhibition Transforming the Crown, supervised a project staff of eight over a three-year period. Coordinated video documentation of all Center lectures, concerts, conferences, panel discussions and receptions. Devised and implemented a system for cataloging the Center’s extensive research library of materials (book, journals, videos, audio materials) related to the manifestations of African-based traditions throughout the world.
Bronx Museum of the Arts 1996-1997 
Bronx, NY
Guest Curator
Developed and coordinated the exhibition
Petrona Morrison and Veronica Ryan: Sculptural Works.
St. Lawrence University Art Gallery 1996
Canton, NY
Guest Curator
Coordinated the overall development of the exhibition CARNIVAL! A Global Celebration, focused on the African-derived aesthetic expressions of Carnival in Brazil, New Orleans, Brooklyn and the Notting Hill Carnival in London.
Museum of The City of New York 1993-94
New York, NY
Guest Curator
Coordinated the overall development of the exhibition Pride=Power, an examination of the New York City Gay Pride March, and its accompanying public programming, assisting in the development of funding for the project’s implementation, managing the planning and production of related brochures and other printed materials, and garnering community resources and support.
Studio Museum in Harlem 1993
New York, NY
Assistant to Director
Assisted Museum’s Director with coordination of departmental activities, events planning, Board-related activities and other administrative assistance.
Museum of the City of New York 1992
New York, NY
National Endowment for the Arts Curatorial Intern
Assisted in the research, cataloguing, reinterpretation and curatorial care of the Museum’s major collection of New York City-related portraiture and scene painting. Also served on selected exhibition project teams and worked with other Museum Curators as necessary.
Studio Museum in Harlem 1991-92
New York, NY
Assistant to Senior Registrar
Studio Museum in Harlem 1991
New York, NY
NEA/ New York Council on the Arts Curatorial Intern
Bronx Museum of the Arts 1991
New York, NY
Curatorial Assistant
The Institute of Fine Arts, New York University 1989-90
New York, NY
Slide Collection Assistant
- The Drawing center
New York, NY
Helena Rubinstein Intern
- The jersey City Museum
Jersey City, NJ
Public Relations Assistant
Schomburg Center for Research In Black Culture 1990
New York, NY
Arts & Artifacts Intern
- Artforum International Magazine
New York, NY
Editorial Intern
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