Venetian Bridge by Karlene Ouellette, Monoprint, 2015
ARTS MANAGER
PERSONAL PROFILE
I am passionate, personable, and always up for a creative challenge. I have been inspired by Canada’s diverse cultural, recreation, heritage, and tourism industries, and I would like to spend the rest of my life supporting and maintaining these programs.
PERSONAL SKILLS
Photographer | Printmaker | Crafter
PROFESSIONAL SUMMARY
Curator | Gallery Collections Assistant | Heritage Programmer | Marketing Coordinator | Bookkeeping Assistant | Event Coordinator
COMPUTER SKILLS
Adobe Photoshop | Museum Databases: CatalogIt, OMEKA, Past Perfect, Sumac CRM Software | Google: Docs, Drive, Sheets, Forms | Mac OS Monterey & Windows 10 | Marketing | MailChimp | Microsoft Office: Word, Access, Excel, OneNote, PowerPoint | Social Media | Website Design: Joomla, Squarespace, Weebly, WIX, WordPress | Quickbooks
QUALIFICATIONS
EDUCATION
Post Graduate Diploma with Honours, 2019
Arts Management | Centennial College | Toronto, ON
Bachelor of Arts with Honours, 2019
History | York University | Toronto, ON
International Exchange, 2016 – 17
University of Copenhagen | Denmark
EXTRACURRICULAR
Lunch and Learn: Archival description (Canada), 2025
The Society of American Archivists | ARCS | Webinar
Breaking Traditions: Ethics & Collecting Social Practices, 2019
OAAG/GOG | Blackwood Gallery | Mississauga, ON
Condition Reporting Workshop, 2013
OAAG/GOG | The Bata Shoe Museum | Toronto, ON
Conservation of Installation Art, 2012
Museum London | London, ON
WORK EXPERIENCE
CURRENT EMPLOYMENT
Local History Education & Programming Associate, July 2025 –
Niagara Falls Public Library | Niagara Falls, ON
Bookkeeping Assistant, July 2022 –
Propeller Art Gallery | Remote | Toronto, ON
Marketing & Communications Coordinator, Jan 2022 –
Propeller Art Gallery | Remote | Toronto, ON
PREVIOUS EMPLOYMENT
Tiny Museum Coordinator, 2023
Niagara-on-the-Lake Museum | NOTL, ON | Contract
Service Desk Assistant, 2019 – 21
Royal Conservatory of Music | Toronto, ON
Gallery Administrative Assistant, 2019
Propeller Art Gallery | Toronto, ON | Internship
Gallery Assistant, 2018 – 19
PROOF Studio Gallery | Toronto, ON
Collections Assistant, 2017
Leamington Arts Centre | Leamington, ON | Young Canada Works (YCW)
Gallery Assistant: Curatorial, Collections, & Visitor Services, 2012 – 15
Woodstock Art Gallery | Woodstock, ON | Co-op, Contract, & YCW
Volunteering Experience
Costume Collection Cataloguing, 2025 –
Niagara-on-the-Lake Museum | NOTL, ON
CURATORIAL
Inspired by the Past: Artist Study Program & Exhibition, February 2026
Program & Exhibition Organizer | Niagara Falls Public Library | Niagara Falls, ON
YOUphoria, June & July 2023
Co-Juror | Propeller Art Gallery | Toronto, ON
Our Dreams, September 2020
Curator | Remote Gallery | Toronto, ON
Scenic Route: Emerging Perspectives, July 2019 & January 2020
Emerging Artist Judge & Curator | TOAF & Propeller Art Gallery | Toronto, ON
Visual Elements 57, 2015
Curatorial Assistant | Woodstock Art Gallery | Woodstock, ON
FREELANCE WORK
Executive Assistant, 2025 –
Ontario Expressive Arts Therapy Association (OEATA) | Remote
Website Design, 2022 –
Sharondembo.com | Squarespace
Business Card Design, 2021
Kaitlyn Ouellette, RMT | St. Catharines, ON
Business Card Design, 2021
Bramble Dice | London, ON
EVENTS & PROJECTS
Communication Project, 2019
Mailing List Assistant | OAAG/GOG | Toronto, ON
Arts Ahead Symposium: Cultural Kaleidoscope, 2018 – 2019
Operations | Centennial College & ArtScape Sandbox | Toronto, ON
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