Alexander Nixon

Edited event photographs quickly using Lightroom and Photo Mechanic, then uploaded images for website use and client distribution. Completed fact checking (who/what/when/where) and supervised photographers at major celebrity and high-end clientele events to ensure professionalism and punctual delivery.

Taught two online undergraduate Art History classes focused on formal analysis and historical context, using weekly writing assignments and structured learning goals. Designed PowerPoint lecture materials, detailed lecture notes, and review materials while incorporating active learning and thesis-writing practice.

Taught two back-to-back writing-intensive Art History/Art classes to 45–50 undergraduates, focusing on formal analysis, media and process, historical context, and critical theory. Developed weekly writing assignments, PowerPoint lectures, and detailed lecture notes, including hybrid delivery using Zoom and microphones during the 2020 pandemic.

Coordinated public programming by curating bimonthly Cuban art exhibits and planning events including fundraisers, lecture series, film showings, and Cuba trips. Managed communications and digital dissemination through press releases/blogs, translation, video documentation and archives, social media, and website updates.

Served in Guatemala in the Agricultural Marketing program, supporting community organization, grant writing, micro-loan financing, training, and curriculum development. Promoted coffee produced by cooperative growers using video/photo/web marketing, maintained organic and Rainforest Alliance compliance, and supervised a USAID SPA grant for a tree nursery to address deforestation and strengthen foo

Managed Greenmarket operations including customer email list maintenance, press outreach, and web marketing. Created and evaluated surveys, coordinated tours and photography, promoted local markets through public outreach, collected payments from farmers, and handled market safety and physical organization.

Worked as a feature photographer, writer, and photo editor-at-large, coordinating weekly event photo coverage and photo shoots across Manhattan, the Hamptons, and Los Angeles. Wrote and shot stories, coordinated editorial planning with other editors, researched photo services and stock photo companies, and supported major assignments including accompanying Star Jones on a Kenya safari for a cover

Lectured 1.5–3 hour sessions in Art History for undergraduate and continuing education students, leading Q&A focused on how students interpret paintings. Facilitated discussions on composition, color, perspective, and how these elements function together in students’ visual explanations.

Taught two online undergraduate Art History classes on artistic cross-pollination and the art of the Cuban Revolution, emphasizing formal analysis, historical context, and identity. Created weekly writing assignments and comprehensive lecture PowerPoints with active learning exercises to build thesis-based arguments using formal evidence.

Assigned, edited, and wrote weekly stories covering the Brooklyn arts scene by supervising two reporters per week and managing story assignments and layout. Authored one to two stories weekly and ensured the final published product met editorial standards.

Activities and societies: Thesis published by ArtSlant; worked as tutor, editor, and stage manager while enrolled.

Earned an M.A. in Art History with a Contemporary Art/Latin America concentration. Wrote a master’s thesis challenging scholarship about Robert Rauschenberg’s 1988 artistic “interchange” in Cuba.

Activities and societies: Tinker Fellow for research/travel trips to Cuba.

Earned an M.A. in Latin American Art and Performance Studies. Was a Tinker Fellow for multiple research and travel trips to Cuba.

Activities and societies: Nate Oliveira Award recipient; Treat Fellow; Undergraduate Research Grant recipient (1998–1999) for honor’s thesis research in Havana.

Earned a B.A. with Honors in Latin American Studies and Fine Arts. Received the Nate Oliveira Award, Treat Fellowship, and undergraduate research grants with research in Havana, Cuba.