Ariana Kaye

BA Art History McGill University

MA Art History The George Washington University

current: Glenstone Museum

former: Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, The Phillips Collection, Smithsonian Arts and Industries Building

Glenstone Museum, Potomac, Maryland Present
Curatorial Assistant
•Management of museum wide rights and reproductions; liasing with worldwide museums, artist rights organizations, galleries, artist studios, estates and press to ensure proper ethical standards.
•Managing Split Rocker, Glenstone’s topiary sculpture including planning, creating trainings, and finalizing flower choices.
•Hosting industry VIPs including artists, gallerists, and museum professionals.
•Administrative duties and filing for the art collection.
•Proofreading and editing of curatorial and communications departments written output, including curatorial statements, press releases and social media copy.
•Preparation and presentation of staff training on new exhibitions and artworks.
•Preparation of 300+ to scale models of artworks in collection.
•Collection review and research: documentation, titles, dates; image audit of entire art collection and development of digitization strategy ahead of website redesign.
•Meeting preparation and agenda setting for visiting artists and senior museum professionals.
June 2022-May 2023
●offered professional development, department placements, and educational opportunities for young museum professionals. Conducted in depth research about all artworks in the collection, with an emphasis on art on view by artists including Robert Gober, Glenn Ligon and Roni Horn. Guided visitors and talked with them about a world-renowned private collection of post-WWII contemporary art.
Smithsonian Arts and Industries Building, Smithsonian Institution, Washington D.C.
Guide November 2021- May 2022
•Led tours and held informal conversations as part of inaugural FUTURES exhibition related to technology, art, and popular culture.
The Phillips Collection, Washington D.C.
2020-2021 Sherman Fairchild Education + Interpretation Fellow October 2020-August 2021
●Conducted yearlong project under theme of collection interpretation that included curatorial research, education department projects and institution-wide development projects.
Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, Smithsonian Institution, Washington D.C., USA, Summer 2019
●Curatorial Intern: Helped with research for two major museum exhibitions, One With Eternity: Yayoi Kusama in the Hirshhorn Collection and Feel the sun in your mouth, the Hirshhorn’s 2019 recent acquisitions show. Helped with writing wall text and found artist quotes.
●Gallery Guide: Conducted formal tours for museum visitors and informal conversations in Hirshhorn gallery spaces. Conducted research on objects in the vast Hirshhorn collection.
●Children’s Programming Volunteer: Helped with facilitation of programming for young children from infants to firstgraders, preparation of craft materials, researched best practices for children, and preparation of updated presentations fornew exhibits.
●Collections Management Volunteer: Filed and inputted image requests for publications. Conducted intake of publications and ensured that images matched the original request. Filed and labeled all image slides of the entire Hirshhorn collection, consisting of around 12,000 unique objects.
●Events Volunteer: Helped with administrative tasks at annual Hirshhorn ball, including setup, welcoming of guests/VIPs, decorating of tables. Helped to make the event run smoothly.
Emerging Professionals Program

BA Art History McGill University

MA Art History The George Washington University