{"id":807,"date":"2014-11-05T22:24:03","date_gmt":"2014-11-06T03:24:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ardenkirkland.com\/work\/?page_id=807"},"modified":"2025-07-11T13:47:31","modified_gmt":"2025-07-11T17:47:31","slug":"project-management-and-curatorial","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.ardenkirkland.com\/work\/project-management-and-curatorial\/","title":{"rendered":"Project Management and Curatorial Portfolio"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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ArtOneida is a celebration of public artwork throughout Oneida County in New York State. As Digital Project Manager, I\u00a0have worked with Archivist-in-Residence Marc-Anthony Polizzi to\u00a0research public artwork all across the county for inclusion in an online archive and a commemorative \u2026 Continue reading → <\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t

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The Vassar College Costume Collection<\/a><\/h2>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t
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I have had a role in managing this research collection of historic clothing since 1991. Working with students and other faculty, I have maintained (and improved) the storage and documentation of this collection of 19th-20th century clothing, housed in the \u2026 Continue reading → <\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t

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For Better and For Worse<\/a><\/h2>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t
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“For Better and For Worse: Sixteen Decades of Wedding Wear at Vassar,” was held in the spring of\u00a02013. The\u00a0digital exhibition\u00a0includes photographs from the exhibition, three-dimensional\u00a0rotating views of featured objects (objectVRs), personal photographs and stories shared by Vassar\u00a0community members, a video \u2026 Continue reading → <\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t

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Artist in Residence Pilot Program<\/a><\/h2>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t
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      As Interdisciplinary Arts Curator, I planned and promoted events for an Artist in Residence pilot program for the visual and performing arts, at Vassar College. This included collaboration not only with the artists, but also with faculty and \u2026 Continue reading → <\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t

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Fashioning an Education<\/a><\/h2>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t
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“Fashioning an Education: 150 Years of Vassar Students and What They Wore,” was held in the spring of\u00a02011. To celebrate the college\u2019s 150th anniversary, the Vassar College Costume Collection shared student, faculty, and alumnae research about the complex role that \u2026 Continue reading → <\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t

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The Vassar College Costume Collection was\u00a0awarded an NEH Preservation Assistance Grant for Smaller Institutions in the spring of 2010,\u00a0 to host\u00a0 a Historic Costume Preservation Workshop. I was the Principal Investigator for this grant. I supervised labs for 14 student \u2026 Continue reading → <\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t

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Costume Design Experience<\/a><\/h2>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t
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I worked as a freelance Costume Designer from\u00a01989 to 2009. This included designing and constructing costumes for dance, theatre, and film. Managing my own business, I grew accustomed to working on multiple projects simultaneously. My later work focused on academic \u2026 Continue reading → <\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":""},"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/P5gdjP-d1","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ardenkirkland.com\/work\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/807"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ardenkirkland.com\/work\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ardenkirkland.com\/work\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ardenkirkland.com\/work\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ardenkirkland.com\/work\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=807"}],"version-history":[{"count":10,"href":"https:\/\/www.ardenkirkland.com\/work\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/807\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1236,"href":"https:\/\/www.ardenkirkland.com\/work\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/807\/revisions\/1236"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ardenkirkland.com\/work\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=807"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}