Creative Design & Project Manager with over twenty-five years of experience working with artists from ideation to installation to help realize monumental projects that engage communities, define spaces and encourage dialogue.
Professional Experience
Public Art Services, Denver, Colorado 2000 - Present
Founder, and Creative Design & Project Manager for the creation, engineering, fabrication, and installation of large-scale sculptural artworks for artists from around the country. Notable projects include:
Matthew Mazzotta, VOTE!, 2024
Paula Castillo, Equis, 2024
Mamoru Sato, Mauka/Earth & Makai/Ocean, 2023
Matthew Mazzotta, Drop In, 2023
Donald Lipski, Bessie & Roxey, 2022
Matthew Mazzotta, HOME, 2022
Donald Lipski, Let Love Endure, 2021
Patrick Marold, Cirri, 2021
Larry Kirkland, Columbia River Watershed, 2019
Donald Lipski, SPOT, 2018
Larry Kirkland, Grant Street Pier, 2018
Kyungmi Shin, That Child of Fleeting Time, 2017
Catherine Widgery, Deterministic Chaos, 2017
Matthew Geller, One Puck Hollow, 2016
Larry Kirkland, The Passage, 2014
Donald Lipski, Ship of Pearl, 2013
Donald Lipski, Acorn Steam, 2011
Rosario Marquardt, Open Room, 2010
Donald Lipski, The Ziz, 2009
Lawrence Argent, I See What You Mean, 2005
Bernar Venet, Indeterminate Line, 2004
Jonathan Borofsky, The Dancers, 2003
Museum of Contemporary Art | Denver, Denver, Colorado 2006 - 2009
Deputy Director / Associate Curator / Director of Special Projects
Responsible for effective management of staff, programming, exhibition curation, and installations. Board of Trustees Liaison for special projects, management, and contract oversight. Provided project oversight for the $16 million construction project of MCA Denver’s first Gold LEED Certified permanent home.
Denver Office of Cultural Affairs: Denver 1996-2006
Public Art Program Director
Director and curator of the Public Art Program for the City and County of Denver, managing $30 million in Public Art Projects. Duties included program direction, budget management, project management, the conceptualization of project scope, selection process coordination, contract negotiation, project facilitation, project team coordination, contract compliance, and interdepartmental liaison duties.
Education
Bachelor of Fine Arts, photography and Media Arts: Pratt Institute 1990
University of Iowa, print department 1984-1987