The past few weeks have been a combination of logistical planning and ongoing conceptual research. On the logistics side, I’ve put together a preliminary checklist, which we’ll finalize over the next few weeks. I’ve also started contacting lending institutions so that we can secure the pieces we want. Last month, artist Joseph Morris, whose work… Continue reading Exhibition Work, August Update
Category: Reflection
Florida Adventures
As I’ve mentioned in previous posts, Brandon and I have recently been on vacation. After the pandemic postponed our 2020 travel plans, we ventured down to Florida earlier this month to spend time with his family. Today, I’ll share with you some highlights from our trip. Brandon’s family lives in northern Florida, so we divided… Continue reading Florida Adventures
Grad School Stresses: Accomplishment Pressure
I’ve spent a lot of time on this blog talking about how the years I spent working as a curator have made me a more confident graduate student. While I may feel more comfortable with my strengths and limitations, that doesn’t mean I don’t experience insecurities altogether. Today then, I’d like to talk about what… Continue reading Grad School Stresses: Accomplishment Pressure
Dissertation Work, May Update
The most exciting news about my dissertation right now is that I successfully completed my prospectus colloquium on April 12, and that my project, tentatively titled “Reassessing Art Outreach Exhibitions,” has been approved. This means that the faculty members who read my prospectus agreed that I should move forward with the project. This also means… Continue reading Dissertation Work, May Update
Changing Old Habits
Today’s post is one I wrote about a year ago, shortly before the pandemic started affecting my daily life in a substantial way, but it remains relevant. Better yet, I haven’t lapsed back into the old habits I describe here, so if anything I feel even more proud of it now than I did when… Continue reading Changing Old Habits
Exhibition Work, February Update
Last month I talked about my ongoing readings about the Uncanny Valley and other broad themes relating to robots. Today I’ll share what I’ve been up to since January 1st, and more specifically my explorations into the more nuanced aspects of human-robot interactions. Most likely it’s my art historical background speaking, but I’ve been considering… Continue reading Exhibition Work, February Update
Exhibition Work, January Update
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
Dissertation Work, January Update
As promised in last week’s post, here’s my first update on my dissertation work for 2021. Since we’re covering what I’ve been up to since finishing comps, today’s post will be a bit longer. At this point, I’ve been doing more thinking than finished writing. While I do have a growing repository of free-write sessions… Continue reading Dissertation Work, January Update
2021: A Preview of my Reorganized Blog
With 2020 finally behind us, I’ve been thinking about how to be more efficient with my work. While I’ve always been pretty good about finishing the things that I start, I also want to get better at what I do, including thinking about different project ideas. Taking inspiration from my dissertation journal, for instance, I’ve… Continue reading 2021: A Preview of my Reorganized Blog
Reflecting on 2020
In my first post of 2020, I talked about all the things I hoped to accomplish, both in my academic work and in my life outside of scholarly efforts. As I wrote that list, I told myself to be reasonable in terms of ambitions, that whatever I wrote needed to be things I could accomplish… Continue reading Reflecting on 2020