AVA DENNIS
Baltimore,MD
Summary
Impact-driven Program Manager committed to expanding the use of art to empower individuals and foster community. Demonstrated experience in program development and evaluation, partnership building, research, and program design.
Overview
5
5
years of professional experience
Work History
Program Manager
Justice Arts Coalition
Takoma Park, MD
02.2023 - 03.2024
- Oversaw and executed arts programming for national non-profit working with currently and formerly incarcerated artists, evaluated and developed programs to increase impact, quality, and reach
- Created and managed program budgets, hired, trained, and supervised a Programs Team, and facilitated Program and cross-team weekly meetings
- Promoted and staffed volunteer events and cultivated exhibition and program-related partnerships
- Collected data and engaged in research for grant opportunities, aided in grant preparation to secure general operating as well as program/project specific funding
Communications and Exhibition Intern
Glen Echo Park Partnership for Art and Culture
Glen Echo
06.2021 - 08.2021
- Managed communications with exhibiting artists, generated marketing and event ideas, and built lasting relationships with sustaining donors
- Collaborated with resident and exhibiting artists to recruit new artists to the exhibition, foster new relationships and opportunities
- Independently and collaboratively executed an annual community arts show including planning, curation, and installation
- Created tracking and logging systems for artwork and artist information, social media materials, and monitored exhibition attendance and operations
Art & Communications Intern
Justice Arts Coalition
Washington, D.C., US
08.2020 - 08.2021
- Planned, promoted, and facilitated volunteer events to engage community members in arts programming to foster connect and feedback for incarcerated artists
- Managed physical and online communications with artists, building opportunities for connection, resources, and evaluating program feedback
- Grew virtual and in-person art viewing and letter writing event, ArtLinks, to collaborate with schools, faith groups, and other partners such as TedEX
Archival Intern
American University
Washington, DC
09.2018 - 05.2020
- Conducted oral histories with and site visits to collaborating organizations/individuals to bolster project support and participation
- Transcribed and scanned photographs, documents, letters, manuscripts, and other materials on. DC's Community for Creative Non-Violence (CCNC) into digital formats for exhibition content
- Curated travelling exhibition for AU Humanities Truck program "Resistance and Revolution: The Struggle to End Homelessness in the Nation's Capital"
Education
Bachelor of Arts: Art History -
American University
05.2022
Skills
- Project and Program Management
- Team Leadership
- Exhibition Design & Curation
- Program Evaluation
- Partnership Development
- Research: Archival, Database, Interview
- Spanish (conversational)
- Excel, Canva, Zoom, Google Sheets
Timeline
Program Manager
Justice Arts Coalition
02.2023 - 03.2024
Communications and Exhibition Intern
Glen Echo Park Partnership for Art and Culture
06.2021 - 08.2021
Art & Communications Intern
Justice Arts Coalition
08.2020 - 08.2021
Archival Intern
American University
09.2018 - 05.2020
Bachelor of Arts: Art History -
American University
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