Houston area M.A. with collections, registrar and curatorial experience

[C Eckels]

Headline: Houston area M.A. with collections, registrar and curatorial experience
Name: Catherine Fitzgerald Eckels
Email Address: cathcfitz @ gmail.com
Current Location: Houston, TX

Preferred Job Category: Registrar/Collections Manager

Personal Statement:
With 7 years of collection management, museum registration and curatorial experience, I have relocated to my hometown of Houston where I look forward to utilizing my skills and education. I love detailed, challenging work and welcome full-time positions, short-term consulting or contract appointments. I have well-rounded experience to bring to the table including:

• working with a wide-range of objects including fine art, ethnographic, historic and archaeological collections
• processing acquisitions, loans and deaccessions
• conducting inventories of museum and private collections ranging from 300 - 8,000 objects
• knowledge of appropriate collection storage practices and procedures
• object cataloging and research
• object examination and condition reports
• couriering art and artifact shipments
• environmental and pest monitoring
• migration and clean-up of collections management databases
• writing collection management policies and procedures

Education:
University of Denver, Denver, CO
M.A. Anthropology with emphasis in Museum Studies, June 2005

Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN
B.A. Anthropology (cum laude), Art History minor, May 2002

Professional Experience:
REGISTRAR/COLLECTIONS MANAGEMENT EXPERIENCE

• Independent Registrar and Museum Consultant
Exhibits Rex, Inc., on-site registrar for traveling exhibition, August 2009 – present
Private Museum Collection, Ambler, PA, contract registrar/museum consultant, March 2009 – August 2010
Denver Federal Center Museum, contract registrar/museum consultant, September 2007 – March 2008

• University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology
Registrar Assistant, March 2009 – August 2010
Volunteer, Oceanian Section, October 2008 – March 2009

• Denver Art Museum
Collections / Registrar Assistant, September 2003 - February 2004, March 2006 – August 2008

• University of Denver / Indonesia Museum Exchange Program
Participant, July - September 2003

• Houston Museum of Natural Science
Anthropology Collections Intern, Summers 1999 & 2000

CURATORIAL/RESEARCH EXPERIENCE

• Anderson Gallery, University at Buffalo, SUNY
Research Specialist, July – September 2009

• Denver Art Museum
Native Arts Special Project Assistant, March 2004 - February 2006

• University of Denver Museum of Anthropology
Master's Exhibit Curator, January - March, June - August 2004

RELATED EXPERIENCE

• Context-Based Research Group
Ethnographic Research Consultant, August 2007

• Smithsonian Center for Folklife and Cultural Heritage
Intern, June - July 2003

• University of Denver Anthropology Department
Graduate Teaching Assistant, Winter & Fall quarters 2003

• University of Denver Anthropology Department
Museum Studies Assistant, August 2002 - June 2003

(Detailed resume and references available upon request)

Applicable Skills:
• ARGUS, PastPerfect, KeEmu and Collectify collection management databases
• Comprehensive knowledge of Microsoft Office Applications, Adobe Photoshop and Illustrator
• Digital photography and scanning equipment
• French reading proficiency

Other:
PROFESSIONAL ORGANIZATIONS
• Registrars Committee of the American Association of Museums
• Texas Association of Museums

HONORS AND AWARDS
• Graduate Dean’s Scholarship - University of Denver, 2002-2004
• Graduate Women’s Council Scholarship - University of Denver, Fall 2003
• Lambda Alpha – University of Denver, Anthropological Honors Society, 2002-2005
• Omicron Delta Kappa - Vanderbilt University, Leadership Honorary Society, 2001-2002
• Dean’s List - Vanderbilt University 1998-2002