Ethel
Villafranca
School of Art & Art History
T: 352-2261768
E: ethelvillafranca@ufl.edu
Address:
College of Fine Arts
University of Florida
PO Box 115803
400 SW 13th Street, Fine Arts Building B
Gainesville, FL 32611-580
Research Interests:
Museum Education
Museum Visitor and Program Evaluation
Research Biography:
Ethel is a Fulbright Scholar from the Philippines pursuing her Master’s Degree in Museum Education. She has previously held positions at the Ayala Museum and Robinsons Children’s Library- both in the Philippines, and internships at the Harn Museum of Art, San Diego Museum of Art and most recently at the Smithsonian National Museum of American History. Although she is a museum educator by heart, she is also interested in technology, diversity and audience development.
Degrees:
University of the Philippines- Manila
Padre Faura, Ermita, Manila, Philippines
B.A. Philippine Arts major in Arts Management
Key Professional Appointments:
University of Florida
Grinter Gallery Curator
January 2010 to present
Florida Museum of Natural History
Gainesville, Florida
Intern- Center for Informal Science Education
August to December 2009
Smithsonian Museum of American History
Washington, DC
Intern- Lemelson Center’s Spark!Lab
June to August 2009
Samuel P. Harn Museum of Art
Gainesville, Florida
Intern- Education Department
January to April 2009
DHL Asia Pacific Regional Headquarters
North Bridge Road, Singapore
Internal Communications Coordinator for Asia Pacific
August 2007 to June 2008
University of the Philippines- Manila
Padre Faura St., Ermita, Manila, Philippines
Lecturer
November 2004 to March 2007
The Robinsons Children’s Library
Ortigas Center, Pasig City, Philippines
Project Development Officer
July 2004 to July 2007
Ayala Museum
Makati Avenue, Makati City, Philippines
Supervisor for Education and Visitor Services
July 1998 to July 2004
Presentations:
Session Leader - Beyond these Walls: Creative ways of reaching museum audiences
Florida Association of Museums Conference, Sarasota Florida
September 24, 2009
Keep it flowing: Fundraising in the Arts
Lopez Memorial Museum, Pasig City, Philippines
February 8, 2006
Getting Visitors and Keeping Them at the Museum Procedures and Practices Seminar
Hotel Intercontinental, Makati City, Philippines
November 13, 2003
Fundraising in the Arts
Institute for Cultural and Arts Management
National Commission for Culture and the Arts, Manila, Philippines
October 22, 2002
SelectedWorks:
Telling Stories in Art (on-line, Lopez Museum’s website: http://www.lopez-museum.org/education_resource/education_resource.html)
Retroactive
Accompanying catalog for Asian Cultural Council Fellows exhibition at the Cultural Council of the Philippines
September 2005
Creating Good Education Programs for Children
In “Touch Discover Explore!: The Story of Museo Pambata”. Philippines: Museo Pambata Foundation, Inc. 2004
Grants:
Fulbright Scholarship
Asian Cultural Council Fellowship
Grinter Gallery Scholarship
University of Florida Graduate Assistanship
Awards:
University of Florida Outstanding Academic Achievement Award
Florida Association of Museums (FAM) Professional Development Stipend
American Association of Museums (AAM) Diversity Fellowship Award
MetLife Foundation Fellowship
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