Fourtune House- Season 3

Event Coordinator & Curator | May 2025 – August 2025

Fourtune House is a Chicago-based gallery and creative space dedicated to supporting artists and creating opportunities for community engagement through contemporary art and programming.

As an Event Coordinator and Curator, I worked at the intersection of art, community, and event production, helping bring exhibitions and public programming to life throughout the gallery’s Season 3 programming.

My role involved both the behind-the-scenes work required to maintain a professional gallery environment and the collaborative work of creating meaningful experiences for artists, guests, partners, and the broader community.

My Role Included:

Planning and executing community-centered programming and gallery events connected to the Season 3 exhibition.
Coordinating with community partners, artists, and stakeholders to support successful programming and engagement.
Serving as an on-site liaison during both private and public events, supporting clients, guests, and partners while helping ensure smooth event execution.
Assisting with event logistics, preparation, guest experience, and day-of coordination.
Supporting the preparation and presentation of gallery exhibitions and events.
Maintaining the gallery before and after exhibitions, ensuring artwork and spaces were properly prepared and professionally presented.
Managing daily gallery operations, including opening and closing procedures, security protocols, and maintaining an organized and welcoming environment.
Supporting the overall care and presentation of artwork within the gallery space.

Mosaic of Empowerment

Curator & Project Organizer | 2025

Mosaic of Empowerment: A Tribute to Fairfield University’s Black Student Union was an exhibition celebrating, preserving, and sharing the history of Black student organizing and experiences at Fairfield University.

As the curator of the exhibition and President of the Black Student Union, I developed the project in collaboration with library staff and campus partners. What began as an idea to document the history of the Black Student Union grew into a broader exploration of Black student life, activism, achievement, and community at Fairfield.

The exhibition brought together photographs, archival documents, artifacts, and personal stories to create a visual record of the people and moments that helped shape the University’s history.

Throughout the curatorial process, I worked closely with library staff to research archival materials, identify significant moments, organize historical content, and develop themes that would guide the exhibition.

The project explored moments including the 1969 takeover of Xavier Hall by Black students advocating for racial equality, the University’s early Black faculty history, student activism, and the founding and development of the Black Student Union.

My Role Included:

Serving as the lead curator for the exhibition
Conceptualizing the original vision and purpose of the project
Researching the history of Black students and student organizing at Fairfield University
Working with archival materials, photographs, documents, and historical records
Collaborating with library staff to organize and interpret historical content
Developing themes and the overall narrative of the exhibition
Selecting and organizing artifacts and materials for display
Connecting the history of the Black Student Union to broader moments in Fairfield’s Black history
Collaborating with campus partners throughout the exhibition development process
Helping preserve photographs, documents, and materials for future inclusion in the University Archives
Organizing an accompanying panel discussion featuring past and present members of the Black Student Union
Coordinating both the in-person and livestreamed event

Ink and Time: European Prints from the Wetmore Collection

Curatorial Assistant | Fairfield University Art Museum

Ink and Time: European Prints from the Wetmore Collection was a student co-curated exhibition at the Fairfield University Art Museum featuring woodcuts, engravings, and etchings dating from the late fifteenth through the eighteenth centuries. The exhibition explored more than three centuries of artistic innovation through works from the Wetmore Collection at Connecticut College.

As a Curatorial Assistant, I worked alongside a team of undergraduate students and the exhibition curator to help research, interpret, and prepare the exhibition for public presentation. The experience gave me the opportunity to work closely with historical artworks while learning about the many layers of research, collaboration, and decision-making involved in building an exhibition.

My Role Included:

Collaborating with a team of undergraduate curatorial assistants throughout the exhibition development process.
Researching the history, context, artists, and significance of selected works.
Analyzing individual pieces and contributing to conversations surrounding their condition, preservation, and restoration needs.
Writing and developing interpretive labels to make the artwork and its history accessible to museum visitors.
Contributing to discussions surrounding the exhibition’s overall format, structure, and presentation.
Participating in the development of the exhibition’s curatorial vision and title.
Studying the historical development of European printmaking, including woodcuts, engravings, and etchings.
Helping transform extensive historical and academic research into an exhibition experience that could engage a public audience.

The exhibition was the Fairfield University Art Museum’s second exhibition to be co-curated with Fairfield University students, and I was part of the undergraduate curatorial assistant team recognized by the museum.