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Allison Pultz
213-386-8783
pultz@usc.edu

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EDUCATION

University of Southern California, Dept. of Slavic Languages and Literatures
Fall 2003-Present. College Merit Award Scholarship. PhD program

• Research Assistant to Dean of Academic Programs, Sarah Pratt, and Richard Meyer, Chair, Art History Dept., for Initiative in Literary Visual and Material Culture
  
• Focus on 20th century visual art and culture.

New York University, School of Continuing and Professional Studies, NYC, NY.
Summer 1999. Certificate in Arts Administration (Visual arts management: marketing, fundraising, arts and the law, financial management)

Columbia College, Columbia University, NYC, NY
1996, cum laude, Russian Honor Prize
BA Russian Literature

St. Petersburg State University, St. Petersburg, Russia
1993-1994. Study abroad. Completed courses in Ancient Russian icons and architecture, Historiography of Soviet Art, 20th Century European Art; and researched independent project on contemporary art in St. Petersburg.

University of Pittsburgh, Intensive Summer Language Program
1994. Partial Scholarship to intensive three-month Polish language program

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PROFESSIONAL HISTORY

Pittsburgh Glass Center, 5472 Penn Avenue, Pittsburgh PA 15206
October 2001-June 2003
Manager of Programs and P/R

• Responsible for management and planning of visiting artist residencies, classes, special events, outreach activities, and high school programs, budget writing and tracking, marketing, publications and p/r.

APT Pittsburgh (Art+Performance+Technology) 601 Wood Street, Pittsburgh, PA 15222
June 2000 – September 2001
Executive Director

• Responsible for all aspects of local ad-hoc arts organization formed to generate exhibitions and events in collaboration with the 19th International Sculpture Conference themed Art+Performance+Technology, June 6-10, 2001.
  
• Curated panel on 20th Century Russian Art, “From Revolutionary Fervor to Necrorealism” and produced video performance, “Talking Space” with St. Petersburg collective, Kabinet.

The Metropolitan Museum, 1000 5th Avenue, NYC, NY, 10028
December 1999
Consultant

• Worked with conservator from Hermitage Museum during meetings and events at Metropolitan Museum in connection with planning for fall 2000 exhibition “The Golden Deer of Eurasia.”

CEC International Partners, 12 West 31st Street, NYC, NY 10001
November 1996 - November 1999
Manager, St. Petersburg 2003

• Developed and managed residency programs and exchanges between Russian and American non-profit arts organizations including Hermitage Museum, Russian Museum, Museum of Theatre and Music, National Library of Russia, State Museum of the History of St. Petersburg and US counterparts.
  
• Organized and toured two exhibitions of contemporary art to three Russian cities in partnership with National Centers for Contemporary Art (Moscow, St. Petersburg, Nizhny Novgorod);
  
• Coordinated aspects of bi-lingual performance of Meyerhold’s 1926 production of “Revizor” with graduate students of Yale University School of Drama, State Petersburg State Academy of Theatrical Arts and Gertrude Stein Repertory Theatre, NYC.

Relevant Work Experience Prior to 1996

• Russian Consultant and Interpreter for Berlitz International and Ross Bianco Architects, NYC, NY, 1995
  
• Intern at Mattress Factory, contemporary art museum, Pittsburgh, PA. 1995
  
• Intern at The State Hermitage Museum, St. Petersburg, Russia, 1994
  
• Intern at Barbara Guggenheim Associates art consulting firm, NYC, NY, 1993
  

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ACADEMIC AWARDS

• USC College Merit Award, 2003
  
• Research Assistantship to USC Dean of Academic Programs, Sarah Pratt and Prof. Richard Meyer, Chair Dept. of Art History, for Initiative for Literary, Visual and Material Culture, 2003
  
• Russian Honor Prize, Columbia University, Dept. of Slavic Lang. and Lit., 1996
  
• Cum Laude Graduate, Columbia University, 1996
  
• Dean’s scholar, Columbia University, 1991-1996

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PROFESSIONAL ASSOCIATIONS

• Graduate Leadership Development Initiative, Leadership Pittsburgh Inc.2003
  Penn Avenue Arts Initiative Image Committee Member, 2002-3

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VOLUNTEER WORK

• Western Pennsylvania Field Institute, 2002-3
  
• Girl Scouts of South Western Pennsylvania, 2003

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ACTIVITIES

• Martial Arts (Black Belt- Kung fu; Blue Strip- Tae kwon do), cycling, mountain biking, motorcycling (trail and street.)