Curatorial InSight
Research, Development, and Curatorial services for non-profits and collectors

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CONTRACT SERVICES
Contact us for assistance with short-term problems, technical assistance or longer term task-based projects. Please call for consultation terms or references. All work completed on a contract basis. Confidentiality assured. Inquiries welcome from private collectors as well.

EXHIBITION DEVELOPMENT
Exhibition concept and development
Curating, adjudication, and scholarly writing
Design & installation
Exhibition brokering & touring
Information on current exhibitions

TOURING EXHIBITIONS
Arcadian Monuments
Century of Contribution
Movers & Makers
ReFORMations
Hammer & Hand
Iron Master
Available catalogs
exhibit
COLLECTORS SERVICES
Cataloging for insurance purposes
Collection research & development
Curating & scholarly writing
Gift planning to public collections

COLLECTIONS SEMINARS
Collection registration & documentation
Collection Records: Knowing What You've Got, Asheville Arts & Crafts conference
Collections Management for Museums, Panama Canal Museum
Museum Administration, Panama Museum of Contemporary Art
More on scheduling seminars

FUNDING MANAGEMENT
Institute of Museum Services assessment grant
Smithsonian Institution research fellowship
State of Virginia allocation to non-state agency
Virginia Commission technical assistance
Virginia Commission special project grants
Virginia Foundation for the Humanities grants
More on grant-based projects
NON-PROFIT SERVICES
Grant & technical writing
Facilities analysis and assessment
Site-planning & historic preservation
Collections management & development
MAP and AAM accreditation applications
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teachingTEACHING EXPERIENCE
Center for Interdisciplinary Studies,
Virginia Tech
"Museum Collections," University of Panama
"Museum Administration," National Museum
of Art and University of Panama
Museum Studies teaching (13 years)
Museum Studies curriculum development
Staff Development seminars

MUSEUM EXPERIENCE
Research Fellow, National Museum
of American Art and Smithsonian Institution
Director, state-funded cultural tourism project
linking museums and cultural sites
Assessment of government museums for
Institute of National Culture (Panama)
Former position with Virginia Museum of Fine Arts
Design staff, Science Museum of Virginia
Former director and curator of collections,
Radford University Museum

CONTACT US @ Curatorial InSight 540-382-3946 fariello@vt.edu
Research, Development, and Curatorial services for non-profits and collectors