Amiable Professional with a Keen Eye for Detail

[adam_macpharlain]

Headline: Amiable Professional with a Keen Eye for Detail
Name: Adam MacPharlain
Email Address: adam_macpharlain@yahoo.com
Current Location: Richmond, KY, USA

Preferred Job Category: Registrar/Collections Manager

Personal Statement:
I am seeking a registration or curatorial position in an art or history museum.

Education:
MA in Museum Studies, 2007
University of Leicester, Leicester, England

BS in Apparel Design & Merchandising, 2005
Eastern Kentucky University, Richmond, KY

Professional Experience:
The Art Museum at the University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY
Assistant Registrar (January 2010 – December 2010); Retail Buyer, Maternity Cover (April 2010 – November 2010); Development Intern (January – March 2010); NEA Project Coordinator (April – December 2009); Volunteer (February – March 2009)

Updated MS Access collections database. Installed exhibitions, from contemporary painting and sculpture to antiquities. Managed purchasing and merchandising for museum gift shop. Maintained AuctionPay system for major annual fundraising event. Digitized museum’s photography and works-on-paper collections.

Royal Shakespeare Company, Stratford-upon-Avon, England
Intern, Collections Division (Summer 2007)

Performed collection management tasks within the costume collection, including writing expanded artefact descriptions, photographing, and condition reports. Catalogued over 5,000 items, ranging from photographs to various theatre finds. Sorted backlog of costume (approx. 300 items) into prioritized categories. Accessioned new costumes.

Thomas D. Clark Center for Kentucky History, Frankfort, KY
Intern, Collections Division (Summer 2005)

Chose four period apparel artefacts for exhibition in the museum rotation. Researched and prepared labels for each dress. Dated and analyzed condition of artefacts. Created hat mounts for museum storage. Transcribed letters ranging from 1791 to 1832.

Origami: Art of Science and Mathematics, Exhibition, University of Kentucky
Display Preparator (March 2009)

To Be a Belle, Exhibition, Liberty Hall, Frankfort, KY
Costume Preparator (August 2003)

Eastern Kentucky University Costume Collection, Richmond, KY
Collection Care and Management Independent Study (August – December 2004)

Applicable Skills:
Computer Skills: Windows XP/Vista/7, Microsoft Office (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Access, Outlook), Adobe (Acrobat,Photoshop, InDesign), Epson Scanning, AutoCAD, Facebook, Twitter

Other:
Professional organizations: American Association of Museums, since 2008 (Registrar’s Committee-AAM, since 2010); Costume Society of America, since 2008