Elisa Migotto

museum curator and conservator

via C. Magnani Ricotti 19 +65 84517950
Novara (NO), Italy, 28100 +39 3288233573
marital status: single http://elisamigotto.blogspot.it/
date of birth: 29-05-1980 migottoart@gmail.com



Education


July-August 2014: i-to-i TEFL/TESOL 130 hours course and
certification.

2006-2008: Universit degli Studi di Torino, Italy - Fine arts,
Archeology, Cultural Heritage History (Storia del patrimonio
archeologico e storico-artististico) M.A./M.F.A. Completed my courses
with an average mark of 102/110 (3.7/4.0).

2003-2006: Universit A. Avogadro , Vercelli, Italy. B.F.A./B.A. , Cultural Heritage Studies and
Conservation (Studio e Gestione dei Beni Culturali). Graduation mark: 110/110.
Final thesis about local artwork dispersion, tutelage and recovery of cultural heritage during and after
Napoleonic wars, based on late XVIII through XX century original French and Italian archive documents.

1999-2003: Accademia di Belle Arti A.C.M.E (Fine Arts and Media Art University) , Painting
(Pittura), Novara, Italy M.F.A. Graduation mark: 110/110. Final thesis on the meaning of art, knowledge
and aesthetics in Western culture from Homer to the late XIX century.

1994-1999: Liceo Classico E. Galois , Verbania, Lake Maggiore (Italy). Arts and Humanities-focused high
school, 5-years course. Graduated with full marks.


Professional
Experience

2012-2014: Art and history guide for English visitors, customer service.
Tasks included guided tours for the Synagogue and Ghetto of the Jewish
Community of Vercelli (Italy), handling of books and antique textiles,
assistance to visitors during concerts and lessons.

2010-2011: Curator/editor and translator for the Fondazione del Museo del Tesoro del Duomo e
Archivio Capitolare ('Archive and Museum Foundation of the Duomo') , Vercelli, Italy.
Tasks included text composition and revision, proofreading, translation of the first museum multilingual
mini-catalogue 'Museum in the pocket. A museum for the young ('Il Museo in tasca. Un museo per i giovani)
as the final step of teaching and lecturing work on museum history and heritage awareness and conservation
with the Fondazione Archivio e Museo...' and Istituto Tecnico Cavour vocational highschool. The
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catalogue was published in December 2011.

2009-2011: Museum Operator at the 'Archive and Museum Foundation of the Duomo', Vercelli
(Italy).
Tasks included handling and framing of collection artefacts (reliquaries, parchment - scroll and codex -,
textiles) for conservation and display, volunteers training/supervision, exhibition panels text proofing, drawing
promotional illustrations, guided tours.
Ideation, implementation and management of educational activities for primary and secondary school classes
and families. Themes examples: medieval gardens and the natural world, use of colours and symbols based on
painting, frescoes, textiles and other collection artifacts; food habits and related ceramics, illuminating
manuscripts, paper and parchment-making, intro to goldsmithery and enamels/glass techniques.

2009-2011: Teacher/Lecturer
Archive and Museum of Tesoro del Duomo (Vercelli) and Istituto Superiore Tecnico Cavour (Vercelli),
Piedmont region education fundings and networked project.
Tasks included both traditional and interactive lessons and lectures about art history, restoration and museum
studies, basic marketing/advertising notions. Coordination of students' group work to raise their local heritage
awareness, project survey for the aforementioned Duomo museum visitors, propose content and contribute to
the glossary for the 'Museum in the pocket' catalogue.

Winter 2005- Fall 2007: Illustrator for museum exhibit panels and educational booklet
Official panels and illustration for an archaeological Middle Ages exhibit in the Museo Diocesano of Susa
(Turin area, Italy) focused on the merovingian and carolingian heritage and related international findings
(papers, carvings, recent archaeological discoveries). Illustrations for the Duomo museum and Jewish
community network educational activities advertising booklet Jump! Impara E Gioca (Jump! Learn And Play).

Fall 2004 - Spring 2005 Museum Internship
Archive and Museum of Tesoro del Duomo, Vercelli (Italy).
Tasks included searching materials for exhibits panels and handling/placing of artwork, filing documents,
collection rooms and surveillance.


Publications


2011: 'Il Museo in tasca. Un museo per i giovani' ('Museum in the pocket. A
museum for the young') multilingual catalogue about the collection highlights in
Museo del Tesoro del Duomo of Vercelli, aimed at teens.

2011: digital catalogue feature in La percezione del Vuoto (Perceiving the Void) art exhibit in Arona, Italy.

2007: background illustrations contribution to 'Jump! Impara e Gioca' (Jump! Learn and Play).advertising
booklet about Vercellis museums network educational activities.

2006: Illustrations and panels for Carlo Magno e le Alpi. Viaggio al centro del Medioevo exhibit at Museo
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Diocesano di Susa, Italy and catalogue by Italian publisher Skira.

2005-2006: illustrations for the Archivio e Museo del teoro del Duomo Et Verbum Caro exhibit and
catalogue.


Skills
and
interests

Software:
Microsoft Office, Adobe Photoshop.
Audacity (basic audio editing).

Languages:
Italian (native speaker), English (fluent), French (basic), Spanish (basic).


Hobbies and interests

Illuminated manuscripts, pottery (raku, Peranakan), gemstones, costume history, enamels and goldsmithery,
textile patterns and techniques (shibori and batik dye).
Historical and anthropological essays.



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