PROFESSIONAL decorative arts specialist

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Headline: PROFESSIONAL decorative arts specialist
Name: Ware Petznick
Email Address: staforlife@yahoo.com
Current Location: St Andrews, Scotland and Shaker Heights, OH

Preferred Job Category: Curator

Personal Statement:
I seek a curatorial or director position where I might apply what I know and develop strong ties with the community

Education:
MLitt with honours 2009 GLASGOW UNIVERSITY Decorative Arts and Design History "The Whistlers' Silver Collection and their Distinctive Collector's Mark: with an illustrated catalogue". Supervisor Professor Margaret MacDonald.

PhD 2000 ST ANDREWS UNIVERSITY Scottish Furniture History "The Wright Incorporation of Perth 1700-1840". Viva Committee: Dr. Elizabeth Cummings, Annette Carruthers, David B. Jones.

BA 1993 WELLESLEY COLLEGE Art History

Professional Experience:
2009 POLLOK HOUSE Design and Education Assistant. Researched and created a new guide to the Silver Corridor, comprising of European Sculpture and Decorative Arts. Also created Education trails and new signage according to NATIONAL TRUST FOR SCOTLAND Brand Guidelines.

2005-2008 McFADDIN-WARD HOUSE, Beaumont, TX. CURATOR OF COLLECTIONS. [An American Association of Museum's accredited historic house museum]. Responsible for department of five, conservation, exhibitions, publications, public lectures, library and archives, budgets, interns and staff member in charge of third floor restoration project. Television and radio appearances. Survived Hurricane Rita with minimal damage to collection. Completed third floor furnishing and restoration under budget and on time. Organised major conference "Who Else Lived Here?" Wrote manuscript on The Robert Mitchell Furniture Catalogue No. 75.

2004 BOSTON CENTER FOR ADULT EDUCATION, Boston, MA. Special Events and Membership Coordinator. Assisted Director of Development with fundraising. Organised stewardship events, maintained membership database and processed memberships.

2003-2004 THE WHITNEY MUSEUM OF AMERICAN ART, New York, NY. Registrar – contract. Preparation of condition reports for: "Architecture by Numbers" 24 Mar-9 July 2004 and "Elie Nadelman: Sculptor of Modern Life" 3 Apr-20 July 2003.


2001-2003 THE NATIONAL TRUST FOR SCOTLAND NORTH AMERICA FOUNDATION, Boston, MA. Development Assistant for the Director of Development. Fund raising and events.

2002 HISTORIC NEW ENGLAND/Society for the Preservation of New England Antiquities, Boston, MA. Archives Intern. Organized and catalogued stereoviews of the White Mountains.

2000-2001 FRIST CENTER FOR THE VISUAL ARTS, Nashville, TN. "An Enduring Legacy" Consultant. Researched and authored catalog entries of furniture for the grand-opening.

1981~2001 HISTORIC ROCK CASTLE, Hendersonville, TN. Assoc. Curator & Junior Docent. Federal historic house museum 1790-1830. Extensive and broad training in all aspects of museum administration, collections care and fundraising. Created accessions database.

Summer 1994 SCOTLAND'S SECRET BUNKER, Troywood, Fife, Scotland. Docent.

Summer 1993 COLONIAL WILLIAMSBURG FOUNDATION, Williamsburg, VA. Collections Intern. Coordinated research and documentation of 18th Century Scots in Williamsburg. Assisted with archives, accessions, collections care with Betty Leviner.

1992-1993 MUSEUM OF FINE ARTS Boston, MA. Collections Intern. Prepared objects for exhibition with Jonathan Fairbanks. Catalogued the decorative art slide collection.

Summer 1992 VICTORIA AND ALBERT MUSEUM, London, UK. Collections Intern. Furniture and Woodwork Department with Frances Collard and Tessa Murdoch.

1987-1989 BELLE MEADE PLANTATION, Nashville, TN. Docent.

Applicable Skills:
Adobe Photoshop, Digital Photography, EzPhoto, FC Search, GroupWise, HP Scanners, HTML, Marc, MS Access, MS Excel, MS Money, MS Office, MS Outlook, MS Publisher, MS Word, MS Works, MultiMimsy, Pagemaker, PastPerfect, Peachtree, PowerPoint, Raiser's Edge, Record Now, Snap, Sony Extreme, Windows XP & Vista o/s, and WordPerfect. Webmaster. French & Spanish - introductory. Furniture & leather conservation.

Other:
Life member National Art Collections Fund, Regional Furniture Society, Furniture History Society.