720 North 5^th Street, Apt.

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Philadelphia, PA 19106
(662) 417-9331
[1]krf43e42@westpost.net
Education
University of the Arts, Philadelphia PA
M.A. Museum Communications (expected graduation December 2010)
University of Mississippi, Oxford, MS
B.A. Art History and Minor in History (2008)
Strider Academy, Charleston, MS
High School (2004)

Achievements and Affiliations

* Member of the National Honor Society of Collegiate Scholars
* Dean's List
* Valedictorian of graduating class 2004
* Chi Omega Sorority
Professional Experience
Intern, Alex's Lemonade Stand Foundation, Wynnewood, PA, October-
December 2010
f Creating an accessioning policy and process for collections
Intern, Chester County Historical Society, West Chester, PA, June -
August 2010
f Conducted curatorial research for and wrote artist's biographies for
the CCHS website
f Wrote labels for the upcoming Sesquicentennial Civil War Exhibit

f Trained and managed CCHS interns in art and artifact handling

f Catalogued and acquisitioned objects within the collection
f Wrote condition reports for future donors
Intern, Senior Artists Initiative, Philadelphia, PA, December - May
2010
f Organized artwork
f Created custom filing system to accession artwork
f Co-curated oral history with the artist,
[2]http://www.vimeo.com/12098612
Intern, The Athenaeum of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA, September -
December 2009
f Created a virtual exhibit in the program Past Perfect Virtual
Exhibit,
[3]http://www.philaathenaeum.org/ppexhibits/exhibit1/vexmain1.htm
f Did research and made selection for objects in virtual exhibit
Intern, The University of Mississippi Museum, Oxford, MS, August 2008-
May 2009
* Accessioned artwork
* Created incoming and outgoing loan agreements in the program Past
Perfect
* Created condition reports in the program Past Perfect
* Did research for and designed an exhibit
* Installed artwork for an exhibit
* Experience in the handling of fine art
* Wrote didactic panels
Intern, Peabody Place Museum, Memphis, TN, June - August 2006

* Created and instructed child crafts related to museum tours

* Wrote news releases about upcoming events
* Processed museum inventory in the program Past Perfect
* Helped compose monthly newsletters
* Researched topics on upcoming exhibitions
* Wrote didactic panels
* Maintained customer relations
Volunteer Experience
Charleston Arts and Recreation Effort
* Helped organize and teach a children's summer art camp
Art for Caring (A Baptist Memorial Health Care Foundation fundraising
event)
* Helped potential bidders understand the value of the art works
that they could buy
References

Robert Vosburgh Director of the Museum Communications Graduate Program

(215) 717-6640 [4]rvosburgh@uarts.edu
Ellen Endslow Curator of Chester County Historical Society (610)
692-4800 [5]eendslow@chestercohistorical.org
Carol Moore Artist and Associate Professor, Graduate Programs
(267) 250-3622 [6]cmoore@uarts.edu
Sandra Tatman Director of Athenaeum of Philadelphia
(215) 925-2688 [7]sltatman@athenaonline.org
 William Griffith Curator of Rowan Oak and Special Collections
(662) 832-4229 [8]wgriffit@olemiss.edu
Katie Roberson
References
1. mailto:krf43e42@westpost.net
2. http://www.vimeo.com/12098612
3. http://www.philaathenaeum.org/ppexhibits/exhibit1/vexmain1.htm
4. mailto:rvosburgh@uarts.edu
5. mailto:eendslow@chestercohistorical.org
6. mailto:cmoore@uarts.edu
7. mailto:sltatman@athenaonline.org
8. mailto:wgriffit@olemiss.edu