ANN MARIE GLASSCOCK ann_glasscock@yahoo.com 317.997.8267 EDUCATION PhD, 2018 (anticipated) MA, 2012 MLitt, 2006 BA, 2004 University of Wisconsin, Madison, Art History, focus on American and European Decorative Arts and Design Temple University, Philadelphia, Art History Thesis: The Sixty-ninth Street Branch of the Philadelphia Museum of Art: A Response to Museum Theory and Design Christie s Education, London, History of Art and Connoisseurship, focus on Art and Architecture from Antiquity to the Middle Ages and Renaissance Indiana University, Bloomington, History of Art WORK EXPERIENCE 2015- Chipstone Foundation, Milwaukee, Research Assistant Assisted with various projects surrounding the installation of Mrs. M.---- s Cabinet, a nineteenth-century interior at the Milwaukee Art Museum (mrsmscabinet.org/); also working on the rights and reproductions for Object Lessons: How Nineteenth-Century Americans Learned to Make Sense of the Material World and The Oxford Handbook of History and Material Culture 2014- Chazen Museum of Art, Madison, Curatorial Project Assistant Working with the Director on the forthcoming Handbook of the Collection responsibilities include writing didactic texts on decorative arts, sculpture, and paintings; managing fellow graduate students writing for the publication; organizing the catalogue s layout; and coordinating with the curatorial and editorial staff Also curating an exhibition titled, The Tile Club: Camaraderie and American Plein- Air Painting 2014-2017 Chazen Museum of Art, Madison, Registrar s Assistant Catalogued collections of Rookwood pottery, French Art Nouveau glass, and Judaica silver; helped finalize hundreds of curatorial records for decorative works of art; and reorganized the museum s holdings of English ceramics within storage 2016 University of Wisconsin Foundation, Madison, Art Catalog Project Associate Catalogued and photographed two art collections and researched venues in Chicago and Milwaukee in preparation for the sale of the above works 1
2015 Philadelphia Museum of Art, Center for American Art Silver Fellow Wrote biographies for the text American Silver in the Philadelphia Museum of Art with a specific focus on nineteenth- and twentieth-century silversmiths 2014 University of Wisconsin-Madison, Public History Project Assistant Designed a text panel for an educational traveling artifact display to promote the launch of Wisconsin 101: Our History in Objects, a collaborative public history project, and sought out partner institutions around the state (wi101.org/) Also contributed to the project s website with an essay titled The West Bend Penguin Hot and Cold Server: Defining Postwar American Culture 2013-2014 University of Wisconsin-Madison, Chipstone Foundation Project Assistant Collected and transcribed data from an eighteenth-century Virginia ledger for an interactive display in the Smithsonian exhibition American Enterprise (americanenterprise.si.edu/) 2013-2014 Wisconsin Historical Society, Madison, Museum Assistant Reviewed curatorial records with regard to content and grammar so that recently accessioned objects could be published online 2012-2013 Freeman s Auctioneers and Appraisers, Philadelphia, Specialist, Silver & Objets de Vertu and English & Continental Decorative Arts In charge of the bi-annual production of the silver catalogue, including all research, writing, proofing of the descriptions and layout, as well as the coordination of photography and arrangement of the gallery for exhibition Also worked in the English & Continental Decorative Arts department writing catalogue descriptions, managing property, and conducting appraisals 2012 The Center for Art in Wood, Philadelphia, Exhibition/Office Assistant Supported the Director of Collections in the organization of exhibitions which involved corresponding with artists, writing and proofing press releases for publication, and assisting with installation Also provided support to the marketing and development departments by managing the membership database and helping with fundraising events 2011-2012 Philadelphia Museum of Art, Volunteer, European Decorative Arts and Sculpture after 1700 Researched objects in the silver collection, updated and prepared the records for online publication, and updated and created object files 2011 Philadelphia Museum of Art, Museum Studies Intern, European Decorative Arts and Sculpture before 1700 Researched the museum s tapestry collection and updated the records in order to publish the documentation online 2
2006-2010 Ripley Auctions, Indianapolis, Fine and Decorative Arts Specialist Researched and wrote catalogue descriptions for nineteenth- and twentiethcentury American, European, and Asian decorative arts, paintings, and works on paper Instrumental in the display of items before each sale and responsible for executing phone bids during the auction 2005-2006 Christie s, South Kensington, London, Viewing Assistant Worked during sale previews and assisted clients by answering questions about the auction process, the objects, contacting a specialist, etc. 2004-2005 Hoosier Salon Fine Arts Gallery, Indianapolis, Gallery Assistant/Intern Active in coordinating events surrounding the annual exhibition such as organizing volunteer shifts, selling art, and arranging out-going tours Helped to design the gallery for several show openings and conducted research for an educational outreach program 2005 Eiteljorg Museum of American Indians and Western Art, Indianapolis, Office Assistant, Public Programs and Visitor Services Performed administrative tasks, recorded daily attendance data and incoming funds, coordinated marketing data, and prepared and updated monthly reports about events in Indianapolis and tours within the Museum 2003 Indianapolis Museum of Art, Curatorial Intern, Textiles & Fashion Arts HONORS AND AWARDS Worked on a deaccession project which led me to gain experience in the handling of art, photography, the storing of textiles, and archival research 2017-2018 Center for Craft, Creativity, and Design Grant 2017 Tuition Assistance, Indianapolis Art Center 2016 Marie Zimmermann Summer Research Grant, Decorative Arts Trust 2016 University of Wisconsin Research Travel Award 2014 Royal Oak Foundation Scholarship, Attingham Summer School 2013 Arts & Humanities Professionals Fellowship, Newport Symposium 2012 Newport Symposium Scholar 2011 Dresden International Academy for the Arts Scholarship 2011 Decorative Arts Trust Summer Research Grant 2005 Student Helpership Award, Christie s Education PUBLICATIONS 2018 The Tile Club: Camaraderie and American Plein-Air Painting, exh. cat., Chazen Museum of Art (forthcoming) 2017 Handbook of the Collection (select entries), Chazen Museum of Art (forthcoming) 3
2015 The British Museum citole: Blurring boundaries between the visual and the aural and the fine and decorative arts, in The British Museum Citole, New Perspectives, London: British Museum Press (2015) 2015 James Jackson Jarves: Collecting Venetian Glass for America. Revista de História de Arte Série W 3 (February 2015): 45-57 2015 The West Bend Penguin Hot and Cold Server: Defining Postwar American Culture, Wisconsin 101: Our History in Objects (February 2015), wi101.org/objects/west-bend-penguin-hot-and-cold-server/ 2013 Treasures from the Archives: Re-discovering the Sixty-ninth Street Branch of the Philadelphia Museum of Art, Museum Archivist 23 (Winter 2013): 16-18 2013 Historic Design & Utility: Silver from the British Isles, International View (Spring 2013): 35 2012 The Treasury Chamber of Augustus the Strong and his Vision of a Baroque Gesamtkunstwerk, The Decorative Arts Trust Newsletter (Spring 2012): 8-9 CONFERENCE PAPERS 2010 The British Museum Citole: Iconography and the Horror Vacui, The British Museum Citole: New Perspectives Symposium, London, November 4-5 EXHIBITIONS 2018 The Tile Club: Camaraderie and American Plein-Air Painting, Chazen Museum of Art (forthcoming) 2012-2013 Robin Wood s Cores Recycled, The Center for Art in Wood, November 2- February 2 2012 Complementary Curiosities: Three Collectors of Antiquities in 19 th -Century Philadelphia, University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology, April 18-December 16 2004-2005 80th and 81st Annual Exhibitions, Hoosier Salon Gallery, July 19-September 19 and August 1-September 5 ADDITIONAL EDUCATION 2017 Indianapolis Art Center, Jewelry and Metalsmithing 2014 Attingham Summer School, England, July 4-21 4
2011 Staatliche Kunstsammlungen, Dresden, Kings and Collectors: The Royal Collections of Dresden, Study Program, August 13-20 2009 The Courtauld Institute of Art, London, Amsterdam, The Hague, and Rotterdam: Netherlandish Art of the Golden Age, Study Tour, August 28-30 2007 Indianapolis Museum of Contemporary Art, Come Together: The Mingling of Design, Art, and Pop Culture, Lecture Series, September 12-December 12 2002 College Year in Athens, Classical Studies Abroad in Greece LANGUAGES COMPUTER SKILLS Reading knowledge of French and German The Museum System (TMS), PastPerfect, Embark, Argus, RPM and RFC databases, FileMaker Pro, Photoshop, Microsoft Office, etc. 5