Rebecca Shreckengast
Exhibition Designer — Santa Fe, NM
About
Over eight years, I've developed sixteen exhibitions from concept through installation. Along the way, my parallel projects ranged from blue-sky designs to concrete case-layouts. Now I'm working to achieve my thesis in Museum Studies from Harvard University.
Some of my skills in exhibition design are:
project planning, construction management, sales renderings, concept-schematic-detailed design phases, Vectorworks, material selection-purchase, hiring and managing contractors
- Experience:
- 8 years
- Education:
- Carnegie Mellon
Harvard University Extension School - Affiliations:
- AAM Member
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Rebecca Shreckengast
Rebecca@msdgraphics.com
94 CR 84, Santa Fe, NM 87506
505.690.1519
Objective:
To obtain design contracts.
Education:
MLA in Museum Studies, Harvard University Extension School, Expected Spring 2011
BA in Industrial Design with Honors, Minor in Fine Arts, Carnegie Mellon University, 1999
History of Employment:
• New Mexico Department of Cultural Affairs- Four Museums and Six Monuments – Santa Fe, NM
Exhibit Designer, Fabrication & Installation Manager, September 2006 - Current
• Krent/Paffett/Carney Design, Inc. Museum Exhibit Design Consultancy- Boston, MA Exhibit Designer and Fabrication Manager, August 2002 - February 2006
• WB Inc. Exhibit Fabrication Shop- Hyde Park, MA
Designer, Detailer and Fabrication Estimator, October 2000 - August 2002
Computer Skills:
CAD (Vectorworks 12, Vellum), Adobe Products (In-Design, Illustrator, Photoshop, Acrobat) Microsoft Office Suite (Word, Excel, Powerpoint), Keynote, Fast Track Scheduling, PC and Mac Computer
Project Experience:
• 2008 New Mexico Museum of Art, Art on the Edge, Exhibition Designer, Fabrication Manager and Installation Supervisor
• 2008 Bosque Redondo Memorial Museum, Core Exhibition, Project Lead, Exhibition Designer for Concept Design
• 2008 Museum of Indian Arts and Culture, Comics Indigene, Lead Exhibition Designer, Fabrication Manager and Installation Supervisor
• 2007 Museum of International Folk Art, Power Dressing, Lead Exhibition Designer, Fabrication Manager and Installation Supervisor
• 2007 Museum of Indian Arts and Culture, A New Deal for Tse Tsan, Pablita Velarde at Bandelier, Lead Exhibition Designer, Fabrication Manager and Installation Supervisor
• 2007 Palace of the Governors, Jack Kerouac: The Writer’s Life, Exhibition Designer
• 2007 Palace of the Governors, El Favor De Los Santos, Lead Exhibition Designer, Fabrication Manager and Installation Supervisor
• 2007 New Mexico Museum of Art, Ancient Bronzes of the Asian Grasslands, Exhibition Designer
• 2007 Museum of Indian Arts and Culture, Native Couture, Lead Exhibition Designer, Fabrication Manager and Installation Supervisor
• 2006 Florida Land and Sea Trust’s Crane Point Nature Reserve, Master Plan, Lead Exhibit Designer
• 2005 The New York Historical Society, Slavery in New York
Lead Exhibition Designer, Fabrication Manager and Installation Supervisor
• 2005 The State Museum of Pennsylvania, Master Plan
Exhibit Designer
• 2004 The National Constitution Center, Lincoln, the Constitution and the Civil War , Lead Exhibit Designer and Fabrication Manager
• 2003 The Bermuda Underwater Exploration Institute, Underwater Treasures, Exhibit Designer and Fabrication Manager
• 2002 The Virginia Air and Space Center, History of Aviation
CAD Detailer and Fabrication Manager
• 2001 New Bedford Whaling Museum, Portraits of a Port
Lead Exhibition Designer and Fabrication Manager
Exhibit Design Skills:
• Expert in CAD modeling, rendering, computer drafting and exhibit detailing
• Able to visualize exhibit elevations and floorplans through sketches and computer drawings
• Experienced with white model construction and exhibit prototyping
• Specialist in exhibit construction techniques, materials and the processes of fabrication and installation
• Supervised fabrication and installation of many Museum Exhibitions
Graphic Design Skills:
• Expert in print- production
• Practiced in graphic layouts, typesetting and book production
• Proficient in the preparation of computer presentations
Management Skills:
• Budgeted range of Museum exhibitions from $11,000 to $1,200,000 for fabrication, tracked and enforced these budgets
• Scheduled and supervised many Museum exhibition projects that range from three months to six years of project development
• Coordinated the design, bid process, fabrication and installation of several Museum exhibitions
