Category: Curating

Earlier this week, the Barry Art Museum opened one of its biggest and smallest exhibitions to date. How did we manage to do both at the same time, you ask? By focusing on dollhouses, that’s how! Let’s take a look at our newest exhibition, Dollhaus: Reimagining the Domestic Space. About the Exhibition Dollhouses and miniature… Continue reading Dollhaus: A New Exhibition Now on View

Last week I talked about some of my current projects at the Barry Art Museum. For that post, I focused on collections research in preparation for an upcoming publication about the Museum, and upcoming exhibitions. This week, we’ll look at projects relating to our upcoming expansion as well as ongoing initiatives and objectives. Museum Work,… Continue reading Museum Work: Current and Long-Term Projects II

I haven’t said much about my curatorial work on this blog since announcing my new position back in January. Beyond that introductory post and an overview of our current maritime show, I really haven’t said much at all. That doesn’t mean I don’t have anything going on though. On the contrary, I’ve got several projects… Continue reading Museum Work: Current and Long-Term Projects I

Last month’s dissertation update might have suggested that I haven’t been doing much lately while waiting for the defense. That couldn’t be further from the truth. Over at the Barry Art Museum we’ve just celebrated the opening of our latest exhibition, Message in a Bottle. Let’s take a look! About Message in a Bottle Message… Continue reading Message in a Bottle: Now on View

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

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

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

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

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