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Perry, Kady
All things street art—deal, patron, advocate, document, educate & create.
Education
University of New Orleans
Master’s in Arts Administration
August 2016 – May 2018 • New Orleans
-Specialize: curation/management of public/urban & street art
-Public art policy & advocacy
-research in street art: curation & collection
-Copyrights, licensing & contractual agreements
-Graduate Assistantship, GPA 4.0 & Distinguished Service Award
Binghamton University
Bachelor’s Mathematical Sciences
August 2008 – May 2012 • Binghamton, NY
Focus: Applied and Abstract Math: Calculus 1, Calculus 2, Vector Calculus, Linear Algebra, Formal Mathematical Reasoning and Writing, Analysis of Ordinary Differential Equations, Complex Analysis, Abstract Algebra, Probability and Statistics
Binghamton University
BA in Studio Art
Aug 2008 – Dec 2012 • Binghamton, NY
Focus: Public art, murals, street art, conceptual art installation, gallery curation
Vestal High School
International Baccalaureate Candidate
September 2005 – June 2007 • Vestal, NY
Advanced program of study that positioned students to start undergraduate careers with sophomore standing
Focus: Mathematics and Art, taking 2-year HL courses, Theory of Knowledge and culminated into Thesis/Research Project on Space and Place Making; focusing on public art and built environments
Experience
Public Art Administrator
Galway International Arts Festival
May 15, 2017 – Aug 3, 2018 • Ireland
Curate/manage street art and public art installations for the 2018 program
Art Consultant
Angela King Gallery
July 2015 – Present • USA
Manage fine art acquisitions and placements in private and public spaces for clients around the world
Artist in Residence
Bunnell Street Art Center
May 2016 – July2016 • Homer, Alaska
Design and manage the birth of a hyper local mural program called Peony on Pioneer: A stretch of private and public sites where street art installations helped to celebrate the peony industry and show on the outside the beauty that is inside residents of Homer, AK. Including lecture/discussion and workshops pertaining to street art programming for artists and administrators
Keynote Speaker
Global Mural Conference
– • New York
Keynote speaker at the Global Mural Conference Sept 2016
Focus: past work in advocacy, public art policy reform and developing relationships to form an ecosystem that is conducive to meaningful careers for street artists
Mayoral Advisor
City of Binghamton
February 2016 – Present • Binghamton, NY
To create and oversee a public art program to enrich the visual and aesthetic environment of public spaces within the City of Binghamton. To develop criteria and guidelines for the selection, acquisition, exhibition and display of new works of art, either temporary (on loan) or permanent. To advise the Mayor and Common Council about the selection of acquisitions and donations of public art.
Creative Director
JungleScience Art Gallery and Laboratories
2011 – 2014 • BInghamton, NY
-Selected for highly competitive one-year studio residency July 2010-July
2011
-Promoted to Gallery Manger to coordinate all programming and exhibitions
-Promoted to Creative Director in May 2012
Tri-Founder
Department of Public Art
May 2012 –
The Dept. of Public Art is a committed group of artists and activists who are creating public art to promote and encourage civic engagement, economic development and talent of local artists
-Awarded Grant for Mural Arts Workshop from the Chenango County Arts Council
-Planned, organized and implemented July Fest at the River Trail and Mural Festival 2014, 2015, a celebration of creativity through live music and street art
-Partnered with the City of Binghamton to organize Off the Wall Concert Series, a free concert series for residents
-passed resolution RL-13-193 implementing a public art commission in the City of Binghamton Mayor’s Office
Grant Panelist
Brooklyn Arts Council
– • Brooklyn, NY
Served on funding deliberation panel
Served on CAF Visual Arts/Curatorial panel
Served on LAS Visual Arts panel
Volunteered for Dumbo Arts Festival 2014
Teaching Muralist, Lead
Creative Art Works, NYC Dept of Education
– • Renaissance School of the Arts
Street Art Educator and Advocate
Adjunct Art Professor
State University of New York
–
designed and taught ART 230, an upper-level course on street art including topics such as commissioning, planning, funding/grant writing, private/public partnerships, contract negotiation and working with municipal governments
Commissioner, Downtown Development
City of Binghamton
– • City Hall Binghamton, NY
-Served a one year appointment to advise and contribute to efforts to improve the
downtown Binghamton Arts & Business district
-Partnered with Economic Development Council to institute programming
Skills
Grant Writing Talent Management Non-Profit Development Teaching Curriculum Development Project Management
Awards
2018
Dean’s List, University of New Orleans (4.0 for the entire duration of graduate school)
2015
Department of Planning Funding Award, Broome County (for support of MuralFest 2015)
2014
United Cultural Fund Award, Broome County Arts Council
2014
American Planning Association (APA) Micro Grant, Southern Tier Chapter APA
2013
Twenty in their Twenties, Southern Tier Opportunity Coalition