DISPLAY COORDINATOR A one-night only "pop up" exhibit and event held during Redding's first Fashion Week on September 28, 2018. Local high end fashion collector Aleta Carpenter’s clothing was on display during a Q&A with Robin Fator. Prep included meetings, research, coordinating, and reviewing material. Assisted with clothing installation as well as managing safe public viewing of individual garments and off-the cuff discussions of history, techniques, construction, and materials. Included an on-camera interview on the history of fashion and its importance to culture.

CO-CURATOR along with Julia Cronin and Amanda Kramp. Joined staff curatorial team to develop, research, write, edit and install the exhibiton viewOctober 21, 2017-January 7, 2018. Utilized expertise in fashion and textile history community building and networking skills, brainstorming and time management skills.

From everyday things like your backpack or your bath towel to specialty items such as parachutes or fiberglass, textiles are everywhere. Explore the stuff we wear, sleep under, sit on, and use to insulate our homes. How can cloth stop a bullet? Can you tell synthetics from natural fibers? What’s the difference in how a Persian rug and a Navajo rug are made? Pound for pound, which is warmer wool or polyester fleece? Focusing on Turtle Bay’s rich collection of textiles, this touchy-feely exhibition goes back into pre-history takes a journey down the Silk Road examines the roots of the Industrial Revolution looks at the concept of fashion and takes a peek at the future of fabric.

CURATORIAL COORDINATOR Outreach, interviews and relationship building with key contacts (Historical Societies, farming and ranching industry leaders, and industry association groups) followed-up on leads for stories, and historical artifacts, researched digital and in-print resources to provide foundation information used to create label text, over-arching exhibition organization, and call-out elements. Required extremely efficient time management, strong organization skills, creative research strategies, and working collaboratively in a team environment.

Of Heather's work, curator Julia Cronin said "There would be NO SHOW without you!! Seriously. You are the best ferreter out of information and stories out there. I would have been crippled without your efforts though this whole process."