Gena S. Schwam gschwam@hotmail.com (Prospective Employers Only, Please!)
WORK EXPERIENCE	Interim Curator of Art - Northwest Museum of Arts & Culture, Spokane, WA. (10/00 - present). Plan and implement major fund-raising events for Art Aquisition Fund and museum revenue, research and design future museum exhibitions, meet with local artists and patrons to plan for acquisition of future works, maintain Art Department and aid Director of Programs in writing of publications and museum documents, oversee museum's Art Collections and ensure their relevance to museum's collecting mission. Field Support Specialist - Commonwealth Financial Network, Waltham, MA. (4/99 - 3/00). Provided technical support and troubleshooting to external and internal users, conducted training workshops in MS Outlook and use of the internet, created documentation on use of company products. Support Staff - Information Services, Baystate Health Systems, Springfield, MA. (1/99 - 4/99). Supported SMS project conversion team in all manner of clerical, computer, and office duties. Assistant to the Director - The Paleontological Research Institution, Ithaca, NY. (7/98 - 10/98). Coordinated all museum volunteers, edited and produced quarterly newsletters, assisted in exhibit design and construction, organized meetings and assisted director with various support duties. Intern - Smith College Information Systems, Northampton, MA (1995-1998). Provided front-line technical support to Smith College computer users, created helpful user documentation, utilized a variety of computer programs. Administrative Assistant - Stratis KPR, New York, NY (5/97-8/97). Provided administrative support to large public relations firm, created and revised meeting schedules and other documents, made travel arrangements, created PowerPoint presentations and MS Excel spreadsheets. Art Editor/Co-Editor - The Siren, literary magazine of Smith College (1996-1998). Designed page layouts, organized and assisted in selection of art and writing submissions, coordinated and facilitated campus-wide spoken word and poetry readings.
EDUCATION	Smith College, Northampton, MA. (1994-1998). BA - Art History. Fiorello H. LaGuardia H.S. of Music and Art and Performing Arts, New York, NY. (1990-1994). Studio Art Major, Arista National Honor Society, Co-Editor: The Lively Arts literary magazine, extensive studio art foundation courses.
SKILLS/INTERESTS	Computers: MS Windows 95/98/NT, MS Word 6.0/97, MS Excel 5.1/6.0/97, Macintosh OS 6.0+, WordPerfect 6.0, Claris Works 3.0, Adobe PageMaker 6.0, Adobe Photoshop, Adobe Illustrator, Bryce 3D, Poser, scanning, HTML, image manipulation, computer graphics. Art: Studio and Fine Arts: ink drawing, pencil drawing, clay sculpture, photography (b&w), 2 and 3D design, oil, watercolor, and acrylic painting. Writing: All forms and styles of poetry, spoken word. Excellent editing and writing skills. Other Hobbies: swimming, running, weight lifting, physical fitness.

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