Jackie Killian 

jackiekillian (at) hotmail (dot) com
jkillian (at) winterthur (dot) org

EDUCATION

2014   M.A. Winterthur Program in American Material Culture, Lois F. McNeil Fellow, University of Delaware 
               Thesis: United by Water: Cabinetmaking Traditions in the Delaware River Valley, 1670-1740

2006   M.A. History of Decorative Arts & Design, Bard Graduate Center, Bard College 
               Thesis: The Artifactual Life of Mr. & Mrs. Jay Gould, 1863-1892

2002  B.A. Art History; Architectural History minor,  Pennsylvania State University 
              University of Manchester, UK (1999)

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Major Gifts Officer, Foundation Relations & Planned Giving, Winterthur Museum, Garden & Library (June 2015-present)

Sewell C. Biggs Curatorial Fellow, Winterthur Museum, Garden & Library, Winterthur, DE (June 2014-May 2015)

Curatorial Assistant & acting Collections Manager, Drawings & Prints Dept., 
​Cooper-Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum, New York, NY (2007-2012)

Restoration Project Manager & Historian, Joseph Pell Lombardi & Associates, Architects, New York and Irvington, NY (2005-2007) 

NEH Curatorial Intern, Lyndhurst National Trust Historic Site, Tarrytown, NY (2004-2005)  

Metropolitan Museum of Art, Undergraduate Summer Intern (The Cloisters), New York, NY (2001)

LECTURES 

"In the Newest Fashions, and of the Best Materials:   New York's Furniture Trade in Natchez,”
Natchez Antiques Forum, Natchez, MS (forthcoming November 2016) -- invited lecturer.

"Crafting a New Colony: Carpentry and Joinery in the Delaware River Valley,"
NSCDA, New Jersey Chapter (January 2015) -- invited lecturer. 

"New York Cabinetmakers and Commercial Merchants in Natchez,"
Decorative Arts Trust Fall Symposium, Natchez, MS  (October 2014) -- invited lecturer.

"Why Things Matter," Winterthur Institute, Winterthur Museum (September 2014, 2015) -- invited lecturer.
                                                  Osher Institute, University of Delaware (May 2015) -- invited lecturer.

"The Classical Taste in American, 1800-1840," and "Competing Interests: Revivalism in the Antebellum Gulf South," 
Classical Institute of the South Summer Field Study Orientation Program, New Orleans, LA (June 2014) -- invited lecturer.

“Finding Philadelphia Furniture and Its Patrons in the Gulf South,” with A. Nicholas Powers
Philadelphia Furniture Forum , Winterthur Museum, Winterthur, DE (March 2014)

“Report on the New Acquisitions to the Collection,”
Fitchburg Art Museum, Fitchburg, MA (2010) 

“The Stained Glass Designs of Alice Cordelia Morse (1863-1961),"
​American Glass Guild Conference, Buffalo, NY (2009)          

WORKSHOPS

"New York Furniture Exhibition Tour," in conjunction with Joshua Lane and Mark Anderson, Winterthur Museum Furniture Forum (March 2015)

"Philadelphia Furniture Gallery Walk," in conjunction with Brock Jobe & Stephanie Auffret, Winterthur Museum Furniture Forum (March 2014)

PUBLICATIONS

United by Water: Cabinetmaking in the  Delaware River Valley, 1670-1740. M. A. Thesis (University of Delaware, 2015).

"Craft and Commerce in the Early Delaware River Valley," in Delaware Antiques Show Exhibition Catalogue (November 2014).

"New Jersey Made Furniture: Fact or Fiction?" in Decorative Arts Trust Newsletter (Fall 2014).

“Elements of a Staircase: Woodworking Tools and Construction,” in Winterthur Library News (Summer 2013): 5.

“Selected Artist Biographies,” in Gail S. Davidson & Floramae McCarron-Cates, House Proud: Nineteenth-Century Watercolor Interiors from the Thaw Collection (New York: Smithsonian Institution, 2009).

EXHIBITIONS

Co-curator. Elements of a Staircase: Woodworking Tools and Construction, Winterthur Museum Library (May 13, 2013-July 28, 2013)

HONORS

Dewey Lee Curtis Symposium Scholar, Decorative Arts Trust, 2014
Coco Kim Travel & Research Fellowship, Winterthur Program in American Material Culture, 2014
Dewey Lee Curtis Summer Research Travel Grant, Decorative Arts Trust, 2013
Classical Institute of the South Field Study Fellow, 2013
Colonial Williamsburg Antiques Forum Scholarship, 2013
Lois F. McNeil Fellow, Winterthur Program in American Material Culture, 2012-14
Victorian Society in America Summer School London Scholarship, 2011
Eleanor Norcross Curatorial Fellowship in Decorative Arts, Fitchburg Art Museum, 2010
Awards Juror, 68th Annual Member Exhibition, Audubon Artist Society, 2010
Victorian Society in America Summer School Newport Scholarship, 2006
Prendergast Travel Research Grant, Bard Graduate Center, 2004
Academic Fellowships, Bard Graduate Center, 2003-05

PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES

Board of Directors, Victorian Society of America, New York Chapter (2008-11):
                Awards Committee and Membership Committee Chair (2009-11)

Emerging Scholars Symposium, University of Delaware, Hospitality Chair (2014)

COMPUTER SKILLS

MS/Mac platforms, The Museum System (TMS), KeEMU database software, FileMaker Pro, Bento 4.0, Adobe Photoshop CS, Adobe Acrobat Professional, Dreamweaver, Weebly, Omeka web-based content management, Neatline, Raiser’s Edge, MS Office suite (PowerPoint, Excel), social media platforms (Twitter, Facebook, FourSquare), Basecamp project planning platform

RELATED SKILLS

Cataloguing furniture and works on paper; processing loans, accessions/de-accessions; composing valuations; editing; exhibition planning & installation (works on paper and other media); grant-writing and reporting; donor cultivation; digital photography; composing online exhibits; identifying wood species; proper care and handling of organic, inorganics, metals, glass, ceramics and wood

LANGUAGES

Elementary reading and speaking proficiency:
          Italian
          German
          Spanish 

MEMBERSHIPS     

Decorative Arts Trust, New York Silver Society, Victorian Society of America (New York Chapter), Victorian Society of American Summer Schools Alumni, Salem County Historical Society (Salem, NJ), Furniture History Society, Regional Furniture Society, Society of Early Americanists