Karen Howard

Experience

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  Transport Canada

  Jan 1998 - Jan 2002

  I provided strategic and critical internal and external communications services for the department and senior officials.

  • Senior Communications Officer

    Jan 1999 - Jan 2002

  • Senior Operational Support Assistance

    Jan 1998 - Jan 1999
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  Winthrop University

  Jul 2006 - Jul 2007

  Director, Office of Community Arts

  I led communications, public relations, and event coordination for the College of Visual and Performing Arts.

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  Winthrop University

  Jan 2017 - Jan 2022

  I created an innovative vision and provided strategic leadership for professional and student exhibitions in line with the university’s policies and strategic objectives. I led numerous multidisciplinary university and community partnerships to design educational programming and promote arts, culture, and history. I developed and taught courses in Fine Arts Professional Practices, Curatorial Studies, Museum and Gallery Practices, History of Graphic Design & Illustration, Art History Survey (Prehistory to Gothic), The Art and Architecture of Greece Study Abroad, History of Interior Design, 2-D Surface Design and Art Appreciation. I led the on-campus arts administration undergraduate certificate and graduate degree programs and designed and implemented a new online graduate program in collaboration with a corporate education partner.

  • Director, Winthrop University Galleries

    Jan 2004 - Jan 2022

  • Instructor

    Jan 2002 - Jan 2022

  • Interim Director, Arts Administration Programs

    Jan 2017 - Sept 2018
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  Banff Centre for Arts and Creativity

  Feb 2024 - now

  Manager, Exhibitions & Collections