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Work/Volunteer Experience

Intern, The Metropolitan Museum of Art
September 2023 - April 2024
I oversaw and assisted the new 81st Street Studio, a STEAM learning and exploration space created for children 3-11. I designed and executed a study of the 81st Street’s staff to understand the emerging operating challenges, and my research essentialized the needed logistic, conceptual and pedagogical support which directly informed my supervisor’s training agenda for staff members.
Personal Assistant and Archivist, Private Client
November 2022 - August 2023
Digitized, organized and prepared 1000+ personal and professional documents, photographs, artwork and correspondence.
Proactively managed day-to-day household tasks, appointments and general schedule keeping. 
Museum Educator, Hammer Museum
August 2020 - September 2023
I conducted research on museum exhibition materials and led tours and lessons for K-12 and adult audiences.
Research Coordinator, Arisaka Lab UCLA
June 2020 - June 2022
The Arisaka Lab at UCLA conducts interdisciplinary research currently investigating neuroscience through the lens of particle physics. I coordinated and taught 30+ undergraduate researchers, resulting in the execution and analysis of various experiments under Professor Katsushi Arisaka. 

Awards

UCLA Department of Art Undergraduate Project Award (2022)
UCLA Department of Art Scholarship: Hoyt Scholarship (2020)
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UCLA Department of Art Scholarship: Edward J. Alice Mae Smith Scholarship (2019)
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UCLA Arts Fine Arts Trust Award Nominee (2019)
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UCLA Regents Scholarship
(2018-Present)
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Sister Cities International Artists Showcase (2018)
Intern at StillRoom, Design and Creative Studio
Summer of 2019
I assisted in day to day design work and worked alongside Still Room’s Creative Director in conceptualizing projects.
Gallery Ambassador, Hammer Museum
June 2019 - December 2019
Welcomed visitors to the museum and communicated museum policies and expectations.
Director of Education (2021-2022), Committee Co-Director (2020-2021), Director of Design (2019-2020), Student Committee for the Arts UCLA
2019 - 2022
SCA works to bring accessible arts engagement to the UCLA student body.
Volunteer at Craft Contemporary
January 2017 and Summer 2018
I assisted artist Tm Gratkowski install his work for Chapters: Book Arts in Southern California (2017) and helped the museum with day to day operations

Publications

Bustanoby, I. et al. (2022). Visual Perception of 3D Space and Shape in Time - Part II: 3D Space Perception with Holographic Depth. https://doi.org/10.1101/2022.02.28.482181 

Bustanoby, I. (2022). SPHERES, CIRCLES AND RECURRING DREAMS ABOUT THE APOCALYPSE. Graphite Journal, 13, 48-50.

Exhibitions

UCLA Department of Art Senior Show Exhibition, New Wight Gallery at UCLA
June 2022
UCLA Department of Art Undergraduate Juried Exhibition, New Wight Gallery at UCLA
February 2020
UCLA Department of Art Undergraduate Scholarship Award Exhibition, New Wight Gallery at UCLA
November - December 2019

Education

University of California Los Angeles, Los Angeles

Bachelor of Arts in Art

Bachelor of Arts in Physics

September 2018 - Jun 2023

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