In November I talked about a new exhibition I’m working on with the Barry Art Museum that looks at robots and automata. Today I’ll review what I’ve been up to since that initial post. I made my first on-site visit to the Barry Art Museum (socially distanced and fully-masked) in early December. I went there… Continue reading Exhibition Work, January Update
Category: Museums
Motion and Emotion: A New Opportunity with the Barry Art Museum
There’s an old saying when it comes to the job market that it’s not what you know that matters, but who you know. I imagine that’s as applicable to curating as it is to any other field, and it was certainly a factor in my new, part-time new curating position at the Barry Art Museum.… Continue reading Motion and Emotion: A New Opportunity with the Barry Art Museum
Taos Center for the Arts Talk
A few weeks ago I shared some of my recent experiences with virtual conferencing. Today, I’ll talk about another virtual event that I just participated in last week, a conversation about the Community Art Center Project in New Mexico. This event was hosted on Zoom by the Taos Center for the Arts. What was especially… Continue reading Taos Center for the Arts Talk
Museum Exhibition Design: Histories and Futures
COVID-19 has changed the way we do a lot of things, or at least think about how we do things, from working remotely to providing education. Academic conferences are no exception. While some organizations like the American Studies Association or the Space Between Society have opted to postpone their gatherings until next year, others have… Continue reading Museum Exhibition Design: Histories and Futures
Thinking (and Reading) About Museums
Last week we explored the art of the New Deal era, from Holger Cahill’s exhibition writings to more recent works exploring the political dimensions of 1930s art. Today, we’ll be considering a topic that has played a seminal role in my professional and personal life: museums. Most broadly, the texts I’ve been working through are… Continue reading Thinking (and Reading) About Museums
Thinking About Public Histories
One of my first museum jobs was a summer fellowship at the Old York Historical Society in York, Maine. I held this position during the summer of 2009, between the first and second years of my Master’s program at Williams College. I remember it as a pleasant summer overall. I made some great friends, and… Continue reading Thinking About Public Histories
#MuseumFromHome: Art Engagement and Covid-19
Life in the age of Corona has changed the way we do a lot of things, including how we consume art and other museum artifacts. I may not be working in museums right now, but I’m still concerned for their long-term well being. More immediately, I’m interested in how museums have been using the closures… Continue reading #MuseumFromHome: Art Engagement and Covid-19
Thinking About Art Shipping
A few weeks ago I was reading about the history of shipping containers and their influence on society. The book, appropriately enough, was titled The Container Principle, by Alexander Klose. His central argument is that the concept of containerization, of putting things into a standard-sized box designed explicitly for moving stuff to other places, has… Continue reading Thinking About Art Shipping
Guided Creativity: A (Sort of) History
Since the beginning of the year, I’ve been making an effort to be more consistent with my artistic practice. After seeing that I could make something every day with last year’s abstraction challenge, I’ve tried to draw or paint something new several times a week. I often work on these projects in the evening, as… Continue reading Guided Creativity: A (Sort of) History
Edward Hopper and the American Hotel
I may not be actively curating shows at the moment, but I still visit art exhibitions, both for the often enjoyable content and to keep up with current installation and scholarly trends. One particularly fine exhibition I recently attended was Edward Hopper and the American Hotel, on view at the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts… Continue reading Edward Hopper and the American Hotel