Gayle Strege
Curator
Education
- B.A. Fashion Design, Mount Mary College, Milwaukee WI
- M.A. Museum Studies: Historic Costume, Fashion Institute of Technology, New York NY
Experience
The Ohio State University
- Curator, Historic Costume & Textiles Collection, 1996-present Manage all aspects of 8,000 artifact collection, including administration, fundraising, exhibition prep, collections management, grant writing, and supervision of graduate and undergraduate workers.
The American Textile History Museum, Lowell
- MA Consultant, 1996 Develop prototype mounts for permanent exhibition of historic men’s and women’s garments ranging in date from 1760-1905.
The Chicago Historical Society
- Assistant to the Curator, 1994-5 Process donations, expedite research requests, supervise graduate fellow, interns and volunteers
- Curatorial Assistant, 1991-4 Collections management, textile conservation, exhibition research and installation
Helene Von Rosenstiel, Inc.
- Conservation Technician, 1991
University of Massachusetts-Amherst
- Costume Shop Manager, Dept of Theatre 1986-8
Freelance
- Costume design/Patternmaker, 4/85 – 7/86
Milwaukee Repertory Theater
- Costume Technician/Patternmaker, 8/82 – 4/85