Amelie Frank

Founder, Southern California Outreach Council Curator Member, Board of Trustees @Beyond Baroque Literary Arts Foundation

Venice, CA, US

Created the Curators Council, Emeritus Honors, and the Southern California Outreach Council.• Expanded ties with regional writers, educators, students, private sector, media, artists, donors, and government reps.• Generated grant proposals, publicity materials, and press releases.• Created database for literary archive and grew the archival collection to represent the Southern California region.• Conducted Wednesday Night Poetry Workshop, the longest-running free poetry workshop in Southern California.• Helped negotiate a 25-year renewal of Beyond Baroque\'s building lease at the Old Venice City Hall.• Served as Board Secretary, maintaining minutes as required of a 501(c)(3) non-profit corporation.• Established scheduling procedures, then cleared and slated a two-year backlog of reading requests.