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Here’s the latest from SGJ Consulting
Curation, Writing, Exhibition Development & Interpretive Planning
I have developed and managed more than 30 museum exhibitions—from hallway installations to New York at Its Core, an award-winning and critically acclaimed permanent exhibition occupying three galleries at the Museum of the City of New York. From research, curating, writing, interpretive planning, and editing to project management, let me help you reach your audience on an intellectual and emotional level.
Publications
I have managed more than 13 exhibition catalogs and related publications from concept through publication. From pitching projects to co-publishers, writing and editing, rights and reproductions, and project management, let me help you put together a product that will tell the story of your exhibition or collection and be a hit in your museum shop.
Digital Content
Now more than ever, museums rely on the web to reach their audience. I’m skilled at writing, editing, and producing digital content for the web — from in-depth illustrated stories, to bite-size social media engagement.
Workshops
I offer flexible workshops to help curators, registrars, designers, and project managers work better as a team to achieve short-term or long-term goals.
Exhibition Toolkit
Schedules, budgets, objects lists, and more. This day-long workshop focuses on the nuts and bolts of seeing your exhibition project through, from beginning to end.
Publications 101
Learn the basics of different publishing models and how to manage your book project, from start to finish, in this 1/2 day workshop.
Team Building
This 1/2 day workshop builds a strong project team by identifying key stakeholders, addressing stress-points, creating good workflow, and developing ownership.
Additional Workshops available to suit your needs.
What People Are Saying
“You were unfailingly pleasant, and equally unfailingly knowledgeable.”
— Elizabeth J.
“You are the kind of colleague I am always happy to see walk into a meeting or the galleries… a total professional who can keep it cool when required.”
— Sam M.
“You are just so amazing to work with and an endlessly generous teacher.”
— Grace B.
Selected Clients
Abbeville Press
Canal Society of New Jersey
Cotton Museum at the Memphis Cotton Exchange
Center for Active Design
CUNY School of Labor and Urban Studies
East Harlem Holiday Tree Committee
ESI Design
Gensler Digital Experience Design
Independence Seaport Museum
Jackie Robinson Museum
James Sanders & Associates
Jeannine Falino
John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts
Local Projects
The Monacelli Press
Museum of the City of New York
National Women’s History Museum
New Haven Museum
The New York Preservation Archive Project (NYPAP)
New York Public Library
New York Transit Museum
Pentagram
Petersen Automotive Museum
Rizzoli
Sandy Hook Foundation
Steeplechase Films
Steven H. Jaffe
Thomas Jefferson’s Monticello
Woods Bagot
Yale Peabody Museum of Natural History
