Most Important Skills for a Director and Chief Curator at UC Santa Cruz Arts and Sciences
As Director and Chief Curator of the Institute of the Arts and Sciences, Rachel oversees all operations, including exhibitions, programs, and events tackling "critical issues of our times" like incarceration and climate change. This involves "deciding what programs we're gonna be doing," collaborating on exhibition development, and managing staff responsible for logistics and installations.
Executive/Leadership, Project Management, Communication, Teamwork, Overseeing Operations
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Rachel Nelson
Director and Chief Curator
Institute of the Arts and Sciences, UC Santa Cruz
Stetson University, 2010
PHD, UCSC Visual Studies
Classics, Spanish Literature
Arts, Entertainment & Media, Education
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Pell Grant Recipient, Took Out Loans, Worked 20+ Hours in School, Transfer Student
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1. Oversees all operations of the Institute of the Arts and Sciences, including exhibitions, programs, events, and education.
2. Decides on the programs and exhibitions the Institute will undertake.
3. Works with others to create programming and ensure its smooth operation, addressing critical issues like incarceration and climate change through interdisciplinary approaches
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What are your main responsibilities within your current role?
As the director and chief curator of the Institute of the Arts and Sciences, which is an arts organization, we have exhibitions, programs, events, education, and programming. All sorts of things happen in this facility, and they are all very interdisciplinary.
These activities are involved in the critical issues of our times, such as incarceration and climate change. My job is to oversee the whole thing. I have staff who handle installations and exhibitions, and they also manage the logistics for events.
In my role, I decide what programs we will be doing. I think about the exhibitions that we are doing and work with others to create programming. Then I oversee all of the operations.
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