BARBARA CAMPISI 113 Huron Street, Brooklyn, NY 11211 (917) 880-5772 [email protected] www.manageyourart.com ______________________________________________________________________________________ EDUCATION: MA, Painting, Adelphi University, Garden City, NY BS, Fine Art, Skidmore College, Saratoga, NY EXPERIENCE: Independent Consultant/ Contract Registrar: Current Recent projects include • Complete inventory, database, and re-housing paintings of an artist in Westchester, NY • Registrar role in Installations/ deinstallations at The New Museum, The Rubin Museum, Bard College, and Galierie Lelong, there focusing on special artist projects • Full condition reporting on a prominent private collector’s purchases • Complete inventory, including database of a private collector’s home in Connecticut • Complete inventory, database, re-housing and employee training of a prominent artist in Brooklyn • Performing Employee training sessions in Art Handling, Packing and Condition Reporting for a major art moving and storage firm • Accessioning and Deaccessioning for large private collectors • Two large private collections moves up and down the East Coast The Jacques and Natasha Gelman Foundation, NY, NY November 2012-present, contractually Grants Director Develop database, website, and tools to mobilize and streamline efficiency of all Foundation activities, process grant applications, visit applicant studios and exhibitions. The Arthur M. Sackler Collections Trust, New York, NY. August 1993-May 2012 Director of Collections August 1995 – June 2011Responsible for all aspects of managing the collection, database, and staff including: • Coordinate and supervise safe packing and shipping of all incoming and outgoing art work, nationally and internationally • Set loan policies, create loan forms • Design and manage database; standardize and supervise data entry • Track accessioning and de-accessioning of objects • Monitor condition of objects, assess necessity and cost effectiveness of conservation, consult conservators and evaluate recommendations, supervise conservation • Arrange Fine Arts Collection Insurance • Plan budget and manage expense account • Research, design and implement conservationally sound storage methods • Organize and facilitate appraisal of collection, including database integration • Interface with auction houses, accountants, gallery personnel • Create and Distribute database reports for legal documentation; interface with law firm • Institute and implement payroll, benefit plans, and personnel policies • Hire and train personnel • Recent projects include: • Interfacing with Christie’s auction house to facilitate sale of objects • Working with artists and local photo labs and galleries to produce, frame and ship contemporary photographs • Moving collection to new location: all aspects of designing new space, organizing staff, database, files, and having objects packed, moved, unpacked and re-housed • Digitally photographing all objects and incorporating photos into database • Develop and implement de-accessioning strategies BARBARA CAMPISI 113 Huron Street, Brooklyn, NY 11211 (917) 880-5772 [email protected] www.manageyourart.com _____________________________________________________________________________________ The Estate of Arthur M. Sackler Assistant Collections Manager and Art Handler 1993- 1995 • Coordinated and supervised packing, unpacking, and condition checking of incoming and outgoing shipments of art work • Researched object provenance, bibliography, appraisal history and updated database • Inventoried collection • Researched and corrected Estate documentation • Monitored facility climate and conditions • Facilitated research of visiting scholars Adelphi University, Garden City, NY 2004-Present Adjunct Sculpture Professor Fine Arts Express, LIC, NY 1990-1994 Art Handler • Performed registrarial duties for large projects • Designed and implemented custom packing and crating methods for diverse forms of art work • Provided on-site condition checking, packing, crating, and installation of art work • Chosen to be part of the team to move the contents of the Jewish Museum, New York • Acted as on-site liaison between transit coordinators and clients Transit Coordinator • Arranged for the packing, transit, and installation of a wide variety of works of art nationally and internationally • Coordinated traveling exhibitions for museums • Developed and expanded client base, including private collectors, galleries and museums Dispatcher • Scheduled all transits, packing and installation jobs in the greater New York area • Tracked seven local trucks and twenty drivers daily PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS: Member, American Association of Museum, ArtTable, ARCS RELATED SKILLS: Computer database, word processing, spreadsheet skills including Access, Word, Adobe suite, including Photoshop, Excel, FileMaker Pro, TMS, Collector Systems, ArtSystems, Past Perfect, Wordpress, IWeb, art handling, packing, condition reporting, all registration skills. CONTRACTUAL CLIENTS: The Rubin Museum. The New Museum, The Drawing Center, The Bronx Museum of Art, Olnick Spanu Collection, The Arthur M Sackler Collections, private collectors and artists .