Human Resources Management
Resume:
MICHAEL P. CRANE
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SUMMARY OF QUALIFICATIONS
Creative, organized and results-oriented administrator with 20 years diverse
experience in public and private sectors. Expertise includes:
Leadership
Vision and mission development for start-up enterprises as well as
established organizations.
Demonstrated success in fundraising, program development, and strategic
planning.
Management
Expert ability in directing the creative shop and projects.
Skillful in developing marketing strategies that increase attendance and
program visibility.
Finance and accounting functions.
Human Resources and team development.
Facilities, collections, other assets.
Adult and teen education programs.
Technical abilities
Writing, public speaking, teaching, accounting, 2-D and exhibition design,
digital photography, marketing and evaluation research and analysis.
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
DIRECTOR, SCHNEIDER MUSEUM OF ART 2008-
SOUTHERN OREGON UNIVERSITY Ashland, OR
Chief officer, university art museum, oversees all operations.
Teaching and academic program development; outreach and partnerships on campus
and in community. Fundraising, program and collection development.
DIRECTOR, ART CENTER GALLERY 2005-2008
UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL MISSOURI Warrensburg, MO
Responsible for leading all operations of university art gallery.
Strategic planning, program development, fundraising and implementation of Museum
Assessment Program (AAM) institutional recommendations.
College representative to campus American Democracy Project committee.
CO-OWNER / OPERATIONS MANAGER 1995-2005
S.A.Y. TERRAZZO Designs, LLC Longmont,CO
Marketing and sales, including copy writing, design and production of
print materials, booth design and production; presentations at conventions, trade shows
and technical seminars.
Provided communications, contract and/or technical support to architects, designers,
and contractors.
Participated in production of more than 150 commercial terrazzo floors.
Managed day-to-day manufacturing operations.
Project management of job-site installations.
Directed HR, finance, accounting and strategic planning processes.
Prepared payroll, insurance and tax reports.
Annual revenues grew from $80k to over $1,000,000.
Award-winning floor projects:
Bob Bullock Texas State History Museum, Austin Omnimax Theater, Dallas
Museum of African American History, Detroit Mohegan Sun Casino, CT
Anheuser-Busch, Inc., St. Louis Lucent Technologies, NJ
Texas Instruments, Dallas Dallas Convention Center
University of Wisconsin, Madison University of Notre Dame
Accomplishments:
Achieved significant growth and 15% market share.
Industry national award-winning Job of the Year (Bob Bullock, 2001;Omnimax, 1996).
Member of the National Terrazzo and Mosaic Association.
DIRECTOR, CU ART GALLERIES 1986-1995
CURATOR, COLORADO COLLECTION Boulder, CO
UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO at BOULDER
Directed all operations of university visual art museum including administration, fund
raising, curator functions, marketing and public relations.
Produced a dozen catalogues, 3 national tours, and more than 100 exhibitions.
Developed more than 50 outreach and related education programs.
Developed, trained and supervised staff of 8-10.
Developed and managed annual program budget of $100k.
Taught museum management in Department of Fine Arts for 10 semesters.
Managed 4,000 item Colorado Collection of artworks including preservation,
conservation, acquisitions, use and outreach.
Served as university-wide liaison to program directors, foundation, faculty, students,
deans, chancellors, presidents and alumni.
Accomplishments:
Co-directed capital campaign for rescue of the Colorado Collection, successfully raising
$180K for conservation of artworks, and renovation of collection storage facility.
Raised over $1.8 million in cash, bequests and gifts of art.
Created and directed outreach program CU This Summer, winner of NUCEA Exemplary
Program award and described by the Smithsonian as a model for conducting rural
outreach.
Managed unique exchange program with the University of Mexico, funded by the
Rockefeller Foundation.
MUSEUM AND GALLERY DIRECTOR 1983-1986
ARVADA CENTER FOR THE ARTS AND HUMANITIES Arvada, CO
Directed all functions of municipally-owned history museum, and, contemporary visual
art galleries.
Managed history collection of 3,000+ items.
Responsible for departmental programming, administration, finances, fundraising,
marketing and community relations.
Produced 90 exhibitions and directed show designs in 10,000 square foot space.
Successfully managed $250k budget and staff of 5, plus 20 volunteers.
Liaison to History Society, Board of Directors, City Management.
Accomplishments:
200% increase in attendance, many positive responses from visitors, press and media.
ACAH received 1985 Colorado Governor s Award for Excellence in the Arts due to
excitement and interest generated by the Museum/Gallery program.
In 1985, The Denver Post names the Arvada Center galleries the place to go in
Colorado for contemporary art.
COLLEGE LECTURER, GALLERY DIRECTOR 1979-1983
SAN JOSE STATE UNIVERSITY San Jose, CA
Directed all functions of public and student art galleries, and taught in Fine Art Dept.
Research, writing and editing of book Correspondence Art.
Co-directed Visiting Artist Program for two years.
Coordinated 15 area exhibitions in conjunction with NCECA national ceramic conference.
Taught full-time; courses included Gallery and Museum Operations, Performance and
Movement, 20th Century Art History, and, Contemporary Aesthetics.
Accomplishments:
Correspondence Art described as the definitive reference on mail art around the
world.
EDUCATION / TRAINING
Graduate Certificate University of Missouri St. Louis 2004
Nonprofit Management & Leadership
Master of Fine Arts School of the Art Institute of Chicago 1976
Design and Communication
Bachelor of Fine Arts School of the Art Institute of Chicago 1974
Design and Communication
Associate in Applied Science St. Louis Community College 1969
Continuing education courses:
Negotiation and Persuasion Grantsmanship and Proposal Writing Financial Reports
New Media Online Human Relations Spanish
COMMUNITY SERVICE
BOARD MEMBER:
Musica para los Ninos, St. Louis, MO, 2004 - 2006
Viva Vox Organization, and the IMAGINE program, St. Louis, 2003 - 2005
Experimental Gallery, Seattle, 1996-1998 (Recipient of US President s Coming Up
Taller award)
Neodata Endowment for the Arts & Humanities, Boulder, 1992-1994
University of Colorado Outreach Council, Boulder, 1990-1993
RADIO HOST: NEW TITLE, art news, commentary, interviews; Capital Public Radio
KXPR, Sacramento, CA.
FOUNDING MEMBER: N.A.M.E. GALLERY, Chicago, IL. Organization and operation of
Chicago s premier alternative space, a multicultural center for visual art, film, music and
performances.
MICHAEL P. CRANE addendum to resume
PUBLICATIONS
Editor
Raise Your Voice! American Democracy Project, CD and website, UCM, 2006
Correspondence Art, Contemporary Arts Press, San Francisco, CA, 1984.
Heir Apparent: Translating the Secrets of Venetian Glass, Bellevue Art Museum, 1997.
Prisoner s of Conscience, Arvada Center for the Arts & Humanities, CO, 1986.
Cenizas #6, Romax Literature-Art, San Francisco, CA, 1980.
Contents: Objects, Piles & Boxes, California State University, Sacramento, 1979.
Running Dog One and Done, Running Dog Press, Chicago, 1975.
Author
A Brief History of Ray Johnson and Mike Crane, Lightworks #22, The Ray Johnson
issue, Birmingham, MI, 2000
Arte Mexicano: A Beacon in the Age of AIDS, in Arte Mexicano: Imagenes en el Siglo
del SIDA, catalogue, CU Art Galleries, University of Colorado at Boulder, 1994.
Like Night and Day, in Noche de Muertos: Chicano Journey into a Michoacan Night,
catalogue, CU Art Galleries, 1993.
IMPART-CU Art Galleries Collaborations, in IMPART: Journal of OPENMIND, Vol. 1,
Center for the Study of Race and Ethnicity in America, University of Colorado at Boulder,
1993.
American Renegades: Kenneth Patchen, d.a. levy, D.R. Wagner, in catalogue of same
name, CU Art Galleries, 1993.
Reflections, in Chicano/Latino Art: Images in the Age of AIDS, catalogue, CU Art
Galleries, 1992. Also reprinted in SIDA Ahora, New York, NY, 1992.
Collaborations, in Visiting Artist Program, 20th Anniversary Show, catalogue, CU Art
Galleries, 1992.
Fluxpostings: Fluxus and the Mail Art Phenomena, Lund Art Press, Fluxus issue, Vol. 2,
No. 1, University of Lund, Sweden, 1991.
A Definition of Correspondence Art, Origins of Correspondence Art, Spread of
Correspondence Art, and, Exhibitions and Publications of Correspondence Art, in
the anthology Correspondence Art, Contemporary Arts Press, San Francisco, CA, 1984.
A Brief History and Definition of Mail Art, in Artwords and Bookworks, catalogue, Los
Angeles Institute of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles, CA, 1978.
Contributor
DIAL Magazine, Fall issue, on-line magazine of New School University, New York, 2002.
Networked Art, Craig Saper, University of Minnesota Press, 2001.
Dimensions of the Americas: Art and Social Change in Latin America and the United
States, Shifra M. Goldman, University of Chicago Press, 1994.
Arrested Rivers: paintings by Chuck Forsman, University Press of Colorado, Boulder,
1994.
A Conversation with Mike Crane, Ronnie Cohen, FLUE, the magazine of Franklin
Furnace, New York, NY, 1984.
Phototherapy in Mental Health, David Krauss & Jerry Fryear editors, Charles Thomas
publisher, Springfield, IL, 1984.
Critical 9th Assembling, Richard Kostelanetz editor, Assembling Press, New York, 1980.
Anti-Object Art, Tri-Quarterly 32, John Perreault editor, Northwestern University Press,
Evanston, IL, 1975.
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