Greetings! Thank you for checking my website, and for reading my blog. This online journal is all abut my ongoing adventures as a graduate student at the College of William and Mary. For readers who are already familiar with my work, this is a continuation of my old blog, The Fanciful Lobster. For new readers, welcome!
For newcomers, let me tell you a little about myself. I’m a PhD student in the College’s American Studies Program. I have a Master’s in art history from Williams College, and did my undergraduate work at Lake Forest College. I moved to Williamsburg from New Mexico about a week ago, so I’m still settling in here.
Before going back to school for my doctorate, I spent five years as the Curator of Collections and Exhibitions at the Roswell Museum and Art Center in New Mexico. I’ve also held curatorial positions at Shelburne Museum, the Dallas Museum of Art, and the National Museum of Wildlife Art. I’ve been able to work on more than forty exhibitions, including the retrospective, Magical and Real: Henriette Wyeth and Peter Hurd.
So what will I talk about on this blog? I imagine a lot of it will be about my academic work, since that’s what I’ll be spending most of my time doing. I’ll also talk about any interesting sketches I do, or trips I happen to take. Basically I’ll talk about what’s happening in my life.
There are also a few other cast members in this adventure I’ll introduce you to. The first is my partner Brandon. We met while we were both working at the Roswell Museum. A student of history, he’s currently involved with Colonial Williamsburg.
Then there are our two cats, Gustave and Iris. They really are the ones who run the household, Brandon and I just pay the bills and feed them.
Thank you for joining me on this adventure, and I look forward to sharing this new chapter of my life with you.