Claire E Jones
Multi-faceted, efficient, and reliable emerging arts administration professional with multiple years’ experience in educational, office, and retail environments. Diversified skill set covering administrative support, client/customer relations, written and oral communication, conflict management, public speaking and presentations, and international and diversity experience. Excellent interpersonal and organizational skills as well as compassionate, practical, approachable, and hardworking.
Intern Experience
Audience Development & Festival Management Intern, Actors Theatre of Louisville, KY (Aug 2012 – Apr 2013)
· Assisted Audience Development and Special Events Manager in promoting the theatre’s 2012-2013 season as well as planning and managing the annual, world-class Humana Festival of New American Plays
Administrative Assistant, MRA Advertising Services, Cincinnati, OH (Jun – Aug 2010)
· Assisted entire staff with clerical/administrative duties as well as gained experience using LineWatch
Rights and Reproductions Intern, Seattle Art Museum, Seattle, WA (Jun – Aug 2012)
· Assisted in obtaining Non-Exclusive Licenses and gained valuable experience using TMS
· Attended Art Law class at the University of Washington
Library Research Intern, John and Mable Ringling Museum of Art, Sarasota, FL (Jan 2009)
· Focused on gathering information on two upcoming exhibits (“Norman Rockwell” and “Picturing Eden”) for the docents of the museum
Work Experience
Press Relations Administrative Assistant, New York Frieze Art Fair, New York City, NY (May 2012)
· Assisted London-based PR staff and PR firm Black Frame in allocation and distribution of press materials
Dorm Patroller, New College of Florida, Sarasota, FL (Oct 2011 – Apr 2012)
· Assisted campus police in patrolling on weekend nights; conflict management and dispute resolution
Gallery Administrative Assistant, Mary Ran Gallery, Cincinnati, OH (May – Aug 2011)
· Assisted owner with on-site and online sales, research, clerical/administration duties, and website management
Humanities Assistant, New College of Florida, Sarasota, FL (Sep – Dec 2009)
· Assisted Art History Professor, Cris Hassold, in clerical and academic duties
Teacher’s Assistant, Art Academy of Cincinnati Summer Camp, Cincinnati, OH (Jun/Jul 2005 – 2009)
· Assisted in children’s art classes, all ages, all media
Raffle Lady, Annual Ruffed Grouse Society Banquet, Loveland, OH (Mar 2005 – 2008)
· Worked with raffles and auctions, handled large amounts of money, and enhanced my interpersonal and sale skills
Administrative and Customer Service Assistant, Musical Arts Center, Cincinnati, OH (May 2007 – Apr 2008)
· Provided general retail and clerical assistance, including customers, stocking, register, inventory, phones, cleaning, filing, typing, and copying
Customer Service Associate, MiCA contemporary crafts, Cincinnati, OH (Oct 2006 – Aug 2007)
· Provided general retail assistance, including stocking, inventory, cleaning, and wrapping
Volunteer Experience
Customer Service Associate, Ten Thousand Villages, Cincinnati, OH (Aug 2005 – May 2008)
· Provided general retail assistance, including stocking, register, inventory, cleaning, and wrapping
Group Leader, Adopt-A-Family Holiday Program, Cincinnati, OH (Nov/Dec 2005 – 2007)
· Helped organize, handle money, shop, and wrap
Lectures, Publications, and Projects
August 2012 – present: Writing a research paper examining the current literature on audience development for arts organizations and how the Actors Theatre of Louisville and, specifically, LouWEville expands community engagement
February 2013: Created and produced a performance of LouWEville, an independent project with the Apprentice/Intern Company at Actors Theatre of Louisville, based on interviews of Louisvillians about how they are creative in their everyday lives
April 2012: Baccalaureate Defense of Undergraduate Thesis at New College of Florida: “Contemporary Post-postmodernism: Transfiguring the Imperfect Human Body”
March 2012: Published Essay in Discussions Undergraduate Research Journal: “The Macdonald Sisters: How They Created Equality Between Men and Women”
September 2011: Published Essay in Student Pulse Academic Journal, 3.09: “The Macdonald Sisters: How They Created Equality Between Men and Women”
March 2011: John and Mable Ringling Museum of Art Student Lecture Series: Sharing the Scholarship: Frances and Margaret Macdonald
Education
New College of Florida; Sarasota, Florida: Undergraduate (2008-2012)
· BA in Art History
· October 2011, LSAT score of 164 (90th percentile)
University of Cincinnati; Cincinnati, Ohio: Non-Matriculated (Summers 2009/2010)
· GPA: 4.0
· Dean’s List
Sotheby’s Institute of Art; London, United Kingdom: Art & Business Semester Program (Spring 2010)
· Baroque Art, Contemporary Art, and Art Law/Business Courses
· Essays: “Gianlorenzo Bernini” & “The Evolution of French Silver: Rococo to Neoclassicism”
· Visual Analysis, Visual Exam, Seminar Presentation, and Group Business Proposal Final
Walnut Hills High School; Cincinnati, Ohio: 7-12 (2001-2008)
· Cumulative/Weighted GPA: 3.6/4.6
· Diploma with Honors
References (Contact Information Available on Request)
Stephanie Spalding, Audience Development and Special Events Manager, Actors Theatre of Louisville
Jan Wheeler, Retired Director of Writing Resource Center, New College of Florida
Lowell Bassett, Former Rights and Reproduction Administrator, Seattle Art Museum
Troy Brown, Director of Community Education, Art Academy of Cincinnati
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