Athena Diego
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Athena Diego

Postgraduate studentLondon, United Kingdom
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Athena Diego
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Athena Diego

Postgraduate studentLondon, United Kingdom
About me
Collaborative emerging arts professional with experience in administration (curatorial, communications, collections management and registration) and digital production (media content, press and publicity)
Work history
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    Hauser & Wirth logo
    Communications InternshipHauser & Wirth
     - Los Angeles, United StatesInternship
    Reported to the Communications Manager but called upon for general gallery assistance as necessary. Assigned a range of tasks pertaining to gallery and exhibition publicity such as producing media content, contributing to media campaigning, maintaining press and media databases and assisting with press requests.
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    Registration and Collections Management, Exhibitions InternshipLos Angeles County Museum of Art
     - Los Angeles, United StatesInternship
    Internship with a non-profit, government-owned art institution providing aid to Exhibition registrars in the Registration & Collections Management department. As an Exhibitions registration intern, I assisted in filing and preparing legal documents (forms, letters, receipts, courier folders and contracts) and executed daily projects as posted in Asana. These daily projects included database management of travelling exhibition loan records (agreements and contracts) through The Museum System (TMS) database and Google Suite (Docs and Sheets) in addition to hands-on registrar duties of overseeing installation and de-installation (documenting unpacking and packing of crates, creating condition reports, art and gallery inventory, coordination with curatorial and conservation departments, artists, assistants, art preparators and couriers).
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Skills
  • Communications
  • Media Design
  • Project Management
  • Graphic Design
  • Marketing Communications
  • Public Relations
  • Editing Copy
  • Customer Service
  • Archiving
  • Digital Communications
Education
    London College of Communication, UAL logo
    London College of Communication, UAL logo
    MA Media, Communications and Critical PracticeLondon College of Communication, UAL
    London, United Kingdom
    Master's program in LCC's Media School fusing media theory with creative and professional practice. The course promotes critical thinking about the role of media in the digital age, exploring problems and challenges through engagement with key theories of media, culture and communication alongside a range of creative media practices.
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    BA Art HistoryCalifornia State University, Long Beach
     - Long Beach, United States
    Art History classes specific to diverse courses (traditional art media such as ceramics, textiles, and prints and drawings – provided art historical methodologies the curriculum includes courses in historiography, art theory, art criticism, art and anthropology, and museology. Supporting the program are courses in: studio art practices, Western Civilization, writing and research, French, and German. The Art History program reflects the faculty’s intention to provide undergraduate and graduate students with the necessary research skills and information to easily transfer to those universities that offer a doctoral degree, and to prepare students to enter the professional fields of teaching, museum work, art gallery management, art consultancy, arts management, and art writing.
Awards
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    Dean's ListCalifornia State University, Long Beach
    Students earning fewer than 12 graded course units per semester will be placed on the Dean's List in the spring semester of the academic year in which they accumulate 12 or more graded course units with an academic year GPA equal to or greater than 3.500 but less than 3.750.