Assistant Project

Meghan Hiscock

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EXPERIENCE

Smithsonian Center for Folklife and Cultural Heritage Washington, DC 4/8/13-7/26/13

Assistant to the Technical Director 40-80 hours per week, $18.22/hr.

• Arranged schedules of contractors and employees, coordinated with administration and finance departments to

enable the tech department to set up all of the physical aspects of the 2013 Smithsonian Folklife Festival

• Communicated with vendors and arranged major purchases for the festival

• Provided administrative support to the entire technical crew

St Coletta of Greater Washington Washington, DC 3/4/13-4/5/13

Paraprofessional, 40 hours per week, $12.50/hr.

• Assisted an child with autism at a school for students with developmental disabilities in all aspects of his day-

to-day life at school, including class activities, interaction with other students, free time, transitional

periods, and meal times

Dialogue Direct, Keystone Fundraising Washington, DC 1/11/13-2/25/13

Dialoguer 37 hours per week, $9/hr. + commission

• Fundraised for Children's International Charity

• Initiated educational dialogues with Washingtonians in the entire DC, Maryland, and Virginia area,

and recruited sponsors of children for the charity

Smithsonian Center for Folklife and Cultural Heritage Washington, DC 5/11/12-7/20/12

Supply Coordinator 40-80 hours per week, $18.22/hr.

• Met with curators, financial directors, and festival directors to determine which items were needed to

put on the annual Folklife Festival

• Managed current inventory and made purchases of the necessary craft items for demonstrators and

other essential items for production of the event while maintaining a budget for the three festival

programs, evening concerts and additional needs

• Accounted for each purchase, organized excel expenditure spreadsheets and led status report meetings

• Supervised a supply assistant and supply intern in the processes needed to put on the festival

Smithsonian Center for Folklife and Cultural Heritage Washington, DC 6/15/11-8/24/11

Katzenberger Art History Intern 40 hours per week, $5,000 stipend over 10 weeks

• Assisted with preparations for the Smithsonian Folklife Festival Program: The Peace Corps by

announcing musical acts on the festival stage, facilitated cooking demonstrations and cultural

discussions with Peace Corps volunteers and host country nationals, engaged visitors in activities and

conversations during the festival

• Researched, compiled materials, and wrote an online exhibition entitled, “Malian Bogolan”

• Worked with a team to write grants and develop and write proposals for future Festival programs

Ministry with Community Kalamazoo, MI 1/2/11-6/5/11

Workshop Facilitator 1 hour per week, volunteer

• Facilitated a variety of art workshops at a day shelter while working with a range of learning styles

and behaviors

Girls on the Run Kalamazoo, MI 3/12/11-5/26/11

Coach 4 hours per week, volunteer

• Trained third and fourth grade girls to run a 5K race while following a curriculum which instilled lessons in

empowerment and healthy living

National Building Museum, Washington, DC 6/14/10-9/9/10

Curatorial Intern 35 hours per week, unpaid

• Compiled a selection of amateur photographs for a multimedia presentation for the exhibition,

Designing Tomorrow: America's World's Fairs of the 1930s

• Authored article, The Kodak Experience, for the museum's website about Kodak and its influence on

amateur photography

• Worked with and gained proficiency in Microsoft Office Applications, Filemaker Pro, Adobe

Photoshop and Flickr photo management/sharing application

EDUCATION

Kalamazoo College, Kalamazoo, MI Bachelor of Arts cum laude 2011

• Major in Studio Art and Art History

• Minor in Music

• Concentration in Classical Civilization

• Four year Kalamazoo Honors Scholarship

• Deans List Winter 2008 and Spring 2010

GLOBAL ENGAGEMENT

Eötvös Loránd University, Budapest, Hungary 8/20/09-02/7/10

International Student

• Participated in the immersive Budapest Semester in Cognitive Science Study Abroad Program with

other European students

• Performed field work in researching and writing an ICRP (Integrative Cultural Research Project), The

Csángós of Moldavia, about the folk music and dance traditions of ethnic Hungarians living in

Romania

I.C.A. (Instituto Central America), Quetzaltenango, Guatemala 1/28/09-3/15/09

Spanish Language Student

• Studied Spanish in daily one-on-one classes, taught English to middle schoolers and lived with a host

family

• Certified at Advanced Level 1 at the end of the course of study

ACTIVITIES

• Long Trail Section Hike, Massachussets to mid-Vermont 8/1/13-8/19/13

• ESL Lab Instructor with Language ETC, Washington, DC 1/21/13-Present

• Appalachian Trail Through-hike, Georgia to Maine 3/1/12-4/20/12 and 8/2/12-12/9/12

• Chicago Marathon finisher 10/10/10

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