School of Museum Studies

Higher Education:

2005-08

PhD, School of Museum Studies, University of Leicester
Title of thesis: Researching podcasting in museums: Can new broadcasting models of publications make art more accessible?

2003/04

M.A. in Museum Studies, School of Museum Studies, University of Leicester
Title of thesis: Digital art as driver for change in museum practice.

1998/99

M.A. in Art History and Theory, Goldsmiths College, University of London

1996-98

B.A. (Hons.) in Fine and Decorative Arts, Sotheby’s Institute of Art, affiliated to the University of Manchester

1995/96

Diploma in Fine and Decorative Arts, Royal Society of Arts and Christie’s Education, London

since 2007

Galerie Thaddaeus Ropac Salzburg, Director of the department for prints and editions

Since 2004

Freelance writer for the Art magazine Parnass, Ed. By Charlotte Kreuzmayr, published in Vienna, Austria

2004

Museum für Moderne Kunst Frankfurt, Germany
Freelance collaborator. Project: Catalogue Raisonné Elaine Sturtevant

2003

Freelance: Initiated, researched and project managed the Catalogue Raisonné of Elaine Sturtevant

2002

Vitra Design Museum, Berlin, Germany. Assistant curator

2000-01

Galerie Thaddaeus Ropac, Paris, France. Press Officer and Project manager of the gallery’s web site

1994-98

Galerie Kurt Kalb, Vienna, Austria. 1994-95 P.A. to Director. 1995-98 Freelance collaborator

1993-94

Galerie Würthle, Vienna, Austria. Administrative Assistant

2007

Why Should Museums Podcast? How does podcasting fit into other museum communication and what are the success factors? e-learning group for museums, archives and libraries, Tate Britan (9.10.2007)

Das Museum als Rundfunkstation? MAI Tagung (10.-11.5.2007), ZKM Center for Art and Media

The museum as broadcasting station? Marketing using new technologies Museums and Heritage Show, Earls Court Conference Centre, London (9.5.2007)

A methodological model for analyzing museum podcasts Beyond Distance Research Alliance, Learning Futures Conference, University of Leicester (9.1.2007)

2006

Museums and podcasting – What are the challenges? UK Museums on the Web Conference

2008

‘Skulpturen, Editionen und Multiples. Wie unterscheiden sich einzelne Auflagen?’ in Parnass 2 (Mai 2008), 48-52

2007

‘Ein Modell zur Analyse der Auswirkungen von Podcasting auf die Beziehung zwischen Museum und Besuchern’ in Vom Betrachter zum Gestalter. Neue Medien in Museen – Strategien, Beispiele und Perspektiven für die Bildung. Ed. by Michael Mangold, Peter Weibel, Julie Woletz (Baden-Baden: Nomos Verlagsgesellschaft, 2007) 103-115

2006

Parry, Ross and Lena Maculan, Piloting the use of ‘Learning Objects’ and ‘Instructional Designers’ in the development of Web-assisted learning. An evaluation report. Fund for new teaching initiatives, University of Leicester

‘Museumswebsites und intellektuelle Zugänglichkeit’ in Kulturmanagement Newsletter nr.84
(September 2006), 14-17

‘Podcasting – Neue Formen der digitalen Museumskommunikation’ Kulturmanagement Newsletter nr.84 (August 2006), 29-31

‘Podcasting and museums – Shock and Awe or New Opportunities?’ 24 Hour Museum

2005

‘Does digital art threaten the primacy of the original artefact?’ in Museums computer group Newsletter October 05, 6-7

Lena Maculan Ed., Elaine Sturtevant. Catalogue Raisonné. (Frankfurt / Main: Museum für Moderne Kunst and Ostfildern Ruit: Hatje Cantz Verlag, 2005)

2003

‘Antony Gormley. Inside Australia’ in Artnet Magazine

2001

‘Blurring the Boundaries’ in Alex Katz. The Eighties, ed. Nikolaus Ruzicka (Salzburg and Paris: Edition Galerie Thaddaeus Ropac, 2001) unpaginated