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Museums across the country have been forced to cut valuable staff, but producing compelling content is more important than ever.

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Here’s the latest from SGJ Consulting:

 

Curation, Writing & Exhibition Development

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, and editing to project management, let me help you reach your audience on an intellectual and emotional level.

 
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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.

 
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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.

 

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.

 
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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.

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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.

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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

 

The Monacelli Press

The New York Preservation Archive Project (NYPAP)

James Sanders & Associates

Center for Active Design

Woods Bagot

East Harlem Holiday Tree Committee

CUNY School of Labor and Urban Studies

Sandy Hook Foundation

Petersen Automotive Museum

Pentagram

Steeplechase Films

National Women’s History Museum

Rizzoli

Abbeville Press

Jeannine Falino

Local Projects

John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts

Thomas Jefferson’s Monticello

Independence Seaport Museum

Drew University

Yale Peabody Museum of Natural History

Cotton Museum at the Memphis Cotton Exchange

Jacqueline P. Hudson

Steven H. Jaffe

Gensler Digital Experience Design

Jackie Robinson Museum

Museum of the City of New York

ESI Design

 

Let’s talk about how to be successful in these challenging times.

Get in touch for a free consultation.