Laura Aasland Resume
(626)340-8735
Education
MA in Museum Studies at San Francisco State University
Assisted with museum exhibitions including collections, curation, installation, visitor experience design and juror for the Global Museum at SFSU, Angel Island Immigration Station, SFSU Fine Arts gallery, Associated Students Art Gallery and apexart.
Lead curator for Step into Central Asia exhibit at AS Art Gallery
President of Museum Studies Student Association which include planning events to generate student interest in museums and museum studies
BA in Anthropology magna cum laude, Biola University, Torrey Honors Institute
American Anthropological Association student presenter
President of the student-led Anthropology Guild
Biola University Awards : Excellence in research, Excellence in anthropology, Dean’s List
Work experience
Outreach Coordinator, Associated Students Art Gallery, San Francisco State University (2022 - present)
Discover and communicate with possible exhibiting artists
Work with the gallery team in the execution of exhibitions, programs, and activities.
Serve as the Community Engagement Coordinator and Collaborations Specialist
Brainstorm exhibit themes or related event concepts for future exhibits
Supervision gallery intern
Manage communications regarding collaborative events
Manage social media outreach through tagging and reposting collaborative partners’ content
Discover and communicate with possible AS and university organizations to partner with on future events
Conceptualize, organize and carry out the bi-annual SFSU Art Crawl with partnering art spaces on campus
Coordinate and communicate with incoming visiting groups to give an introduction to the AS Art Gallery
Prepare introductory materials for visiting groups to familiarize them with the AS Art Gallery mission and current exhibit(s)
Intern, Cartoon Art Museum (June - December 2022)
Created interactive activity for the Treasury of Animation exhibit
Researched artists and works for exhibits
Assisted with preparation of exhibits
Created and implemented social media promotions
Wrote and distributed press releases and advertisements
Counselor for Cartoon Art Camp
Worked on newsletter
Staffed events
Assistant Editor and Writer for Culture Honey, an online social justice magazine (2015 - present)
Coordinate and organize events
Format and design editions
Copy-edit all articles
Communicate with contributors
Social media coordinator
Help boost SEO on all articles and media
Strategize on magazine development
Have written over 100 articles for Culture Honey
Assistant Publisher at Hope Publishing House (2016 - 2017)
Developed and carried out marketing plans
Advised on new product development
Developed new systems for finance and product organization
Communicated with distributors and customers
Assisted in coordinating events
Designed and wrote newsletters
Handled fulfillment and stock
ELD Teacher and Substitute Teacher Judson International School (2015 - 2020)
Taught all grades TK-12
Did lesson planning, grading and teaching for English 9, English 10, World Literature, English Grammar, English Language Development Science
Provided English Language Development instruction to students in grades 6-8
Private Tutor (2015 - present)
Tutor students elementary through high school age
Assist in reading and writing assignments, presentations and test preparation
Experience in preparing student for TOEFL exam, ICEE, PSAT and SAT
References
Summerlea Kashar, Executive Director, Cartoon Art Museum
office@cartoonart.org
Shanice Robinson, Director of Culture and Social Justice Programs
Associated Students, San Francisco State University
shanice@sfsu.edu
shanice@asi.sfsu.edu
(415) 338-1112
Georgia Sanders, Editor, Culture Honey
gsanders@culturehoney.com
(626) 221-7881
Prof. Kevin Chen, San Francisco State University
kevinbchen@gmail.com
kevinbchen@sfsu.edu
(415) 596-8756
Prof. Edward Luby, San Francisco State University
Professor, Director of Museum Studies, Director and Chief Curator, Global Museum
emluby@sfsu.edu
(415) 338-3163