As I mentioned in my annual New Year’s post, I’ve got signifcant changes happening in my life this year. Among the most exciting developments is that I’m returning to museum work full-time as the inaugural Curator of Art at the Barry Art Museum, a role I officially started on January 10th. Today, let’s take a… Continue reading Curator of Art: My New Role at the Barry Art Museum
Category: Museums
Major Change and Continuity: 2024 Preview
Last week I reflected on all the dissertation-related activity that happened in 2023. I have no plans of slowing down though. If anything, 2024 is shaping up to be as momentous as my 2018 decision to leave Roswell and come to William & Mary. It should be a year full of both significant change and… Continue reading Major Change and Continuity: 2024 Preview
Madame Alexander at 100: Now on View
It’s been a while since I’ve talked about the Barry Art Museum, but that doesn’t mean I haven’t been working on projects for them. Earlier this week, we opened a new doll exhibition, Fashioning Innovation: Madame Alexander at 100. Let’s check it out! About Madame Alexander Born in New York, Beatrice Alexander (1895-1990) was the… Continue reading Madame Alexander at 100: Now on View
Now on View: The Great Exhibition
On January 27, the Barry Art Museum opened its latest temporary exhibition in the Doll Gallery, The Great Exhibition: Bébés at the Barry. Spotlighting dolls from the permanent collection, I started working on this show as soon as Rhonda Holy Bear: Artist and Story-Keeper opened. For the past few months, when I haven’t been working… Continue reading Now on View: The Great Exhibition
Museums & Crisis: October Update
In my last update about my Museums & Crisis course, I talked about our initial foundations unit and the adjustments I’d started making in response to student interests and needs. Now that we’ve had a few weeks to get into the course’s primary contents, let’s take a look at what we’ve been doing. We first… Continue reading Museums & Crisis: October Update
Museums & Crisis: September Update
A few weeks ago I told you about the course I’m teaching this fall, Museums & Crisis. Let’s take a look at what we’ve been doing. The first weeks of class were primarily an opportunity to lay down foundations regarding museums, their history, and how they operate. One of the reasons why I stuck to… Continue reading Museums & Crisis: September Update
On View II: Rhonda Holy Bear, Artist and Story-Keeper
Last week I talked about the Doll Gallery reinstallation at the Barry Art Museum, which included the formation of a new temporary space for rotating shows. Today, we’ll look at the inaugural exhibition for that space, Rhonda Holy Bear: Artist and Story-Keeper. This show came together at the same time as the Doll Gallery, our… Continue reading On View II: Rhonda Holy Bear, Artist and Story-Keeper
On View I: Doll Gallery Reinstallation
I few months ago I had mentioned that I was working on a couple of projects with the Barry Art Museum after wrapping up Motion/Emotion. Last week we officially opened those projects to the public. For the next couple of weeks then, I’ll take you through what we’ve been working on together. Today, we’ll look… Continue reading On View I: Doll Gallery Reinstallation
Automatacon, 2022
If you’ve been reading recent posts and getting the impression that I’ve been traveling more than usual lately, you’re absolutely right. Last month, Brandon and I flew over to Scotland so that I could complete my assistantship as the JDP Fellow. Less than two weeks after that, we traveled to Bentonville so that I could… Continue reading Automatacon, 2022
Crystal Bridges Museum
Over the years, I’ve been working my way through a list of museums I’d like to visit. Some of these institutions, like the Louvre or the Met, are world-famous. Others, like the Museum of Osteology in Oklahoma City, or the Mutter Museum in Philadelphia (this latter one hasn’t happened yet but it will someday) are… Continue reading Crystal Bridges Museum