Project Manager Management

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K athy Tal l e y - Jone s

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Independent Project Management & Content Development Exhibit, Online,

& Print (1997-present). Project manager, writer, researcher, and editor for

exhibitions, publications, and websites, including curricula and activities for

learners of all ages. Produce websites and publications for cultural, scientific, and

educational organizations (see attached project list). Manage teams of

programmers, artists, and designers, coordinating with in-house staff and

scholars, developing and adhering to budgets and schedules.

Manager of Publications, Getty Education Institute (1990 1997)

Managed budgeting, development, production, distribution, and marketing of all

Getty Education Institute publications and products, including books, videotapes,

reports, newsletters, and conference proceedings. Advocated for and managed

development in 1994 of the prototype of ArtsEdNet, the Getty Trust's education

web site, and the Multicultural Art Print Series I-IV. Managed staff and intern

program.

Museum Editor, Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County (1984

1990). Edited Terra, the museum s bimonthly members magazine. Developed

articles for this award-winning magazine with in-house curatorial staff and

curators associated with traveling exhibitions. Coordinated the magazine's

production, printing, and distribution.

Education

M.A., Communications Management, Annenberg School for Communications,

University of Southern California. Awarded all-tuition-paid research grant.

B.A., summa cum laude with Special Honors in English, University of Texas,

Austin.

Primary and secondary education in Japan, Washington, D.C., Iran, and

Texas.

Current in Microsoft Office, FileMaker Pro, Adobe CS, & Web 2.0

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Selected Projects

Kathy Talley-Jones

Exhibit Planning, Writing, & Research

Women & Spirit: Catholic Sisters in America, traveling exhibit,

curatorial services & educational materials, (www.womenandspirit.org).

For Seruto & Co.

Joshua Tree National Park, California. Interpretive planning for

proposed Oasis of Mara Visitor Center, working to LEED Platinum. For

Krister Olmon Design and Roesling, Nakamura, Terada Architects.

Mammoth Cave National Park Visitor Center, Kentucky. For Krister

Olmon Design, contracted to the National Park service.

Edgar Allan Poe House National Historic Site, Philadelphia. For

Krister Olmon Design.

Barataria National Preserve Visitor Center, Jean Lafitte National

Park, New Orleans. For Krister Olmon Design.

Badlands National Park Visitor Center, South Dakota. For Krister

Olmon Design.

Script Writer, Fierce Beauty: The White River Badlands.

Badlands National Park, National Park Service.

Stones River National Battlefield, Murfreesboro, TN. For HenleyCo

Design.

Web Development and Project Management

Producer & Writer, The Art & Technology Program, 1967-1971, Los

Angeles County Museum of Art.

http://collectionsonline.lacma.org/mweb/archives/artandtechnology/at_

home.asp

Introduction:

http://collectionsonline.lacma.org/mwebcgi/mweb.exe?request=epage;i

d=501865;type=803

Project Manager, Implementation of New Website, Los Angeles

County Museum of Art. www.lacma.org.

Producer & Writer, Visions of Enlightenment: Understanding

Buddhist Art, Pacific Asia Museum, Pasadena, CA. American

Association of Museums award winner, Yahoo site of the Day, featured

in Christian Science Monitor.

www.pacificasiamuseum.org/buddhism/index.htm

Also for the Pacific Asia Museum:

Chinese Ceramics:

http://www.pacificasiamuseum.org/chineseceramics/index.htm

Nature of the Beast: Japanese Paintings & Prints:

http://www.pacificasiamuseum.org/japanesepaintings/index.stm

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Rank & Style: Power Dressing in Imperial China:

http://www.pacificasiamuseum.org/rankandstyle/index.stm

Producer & Writer, Antelope Valley Indian Museum, Lancaster, CA.

www.avim.parks.ca.gov/. Included management of online database

implementation and production of Time Trails: Peoples of the

Antelope Valley and Southern California:

http://avim.parks.ca.gov/flashmap.shtml

Producer & Writer, Land of Golden Dreams, Huntington Library,

Botanical Gardens, and Art Galleries

Writer, Powerful Images: Portrayals of Native Americans, Autry

Museum of Western Heritage, Los Angeles.

http://www.museumswest.org/guide/index.htm.

Developer & Writer, Space Art through the Ages online curriculum,

J. Paul Getty Trust.

http://www.artsednet.getty.edu/ArtsEdNet/Resources/Space/index.html

Producer & Writer, Multicultural Art Print Series, J. Paul Getty

Trust.

http://www.artsednet.getty.edu/ArtsEdNet/Resources/Maps/Sites/index

.html

Publications & Editorial

Co-Author, The Road Ahead: The Southern California Auto Club

1900 2000. Published by the Automobile Club (AAA) of Southern

California. One million copies in print!

Managing Editor, California Historical Society. Developed and edited

essays for the CHS journal California History.

Copy-edited The Development of Los Angeles City Government:

An Institutional History 1850-2000 (Southern California Historical

Society, 2007).

Wrote and supervised design and production of family guide to the

Huntington Library exhibits, the Explore! guide to the grounds, and

the Scott Gallery guide.

Copy-editing for the Arctic Studies Center, National Museum of Natural

History, Smithsonian Institute and Perpetua Press: Genghis Khan and

the Mongol Empire, Vikings: The North Atlantic Saga, Ainu: Spirit of a

Northern People

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