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6th Class of the Andrew Westward. Mellon Undergraduate Curatorial Fellows Announced by Six Major U.S. Museums

(Los Angeles—November two, 2021) The Art Institute of Chicago, the High Museum of Fine art, the Los Angeles Canton Museum of Art (LACMA), the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston (MFAH), The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, and the Philadelphia Museum of Art are pleased to announce the 2021–22 form of fellows designated for The Andrew W. Mellon Undergraduate Curatorial Fellowship Plan. The fellowship returns subsequently a one-yr postponement due to the pandemic. Every bit a result, the programme, which normally takes place over two years, has been temporarily adjusted to host one-year fellowships that will accommodate more students in 2021–22. The fellowship provides specialized training to students across the United states from historically underrepresented groups in the curatorial field and supports the goal of promoting inclusive, pluralistic museums. The students began their fellowships this autumn. More data about the need for a diverse educational pipeline into the curatorial field is available in the 2018 Art Museum Staff Demographic Survey .

Fellows participate in The Andrew Due west. Mellon Undergraduate Curatorial Fellowship Program during their undergraduate career, with the goal of continuing their education through graduate work. The fellowship provides students with easily-on experience in a museum setting, assisting curators and staff on exhibitions, collections, and programs. Fellows are matched with a curatorial mentor at each museum who works to enrich the academic experience and to increase exposure to the museum context while broadening a young man's understanding of art and art history. Fellowships include regular engagement during the academic school twelvemonth followed past full-time engagement over the summer.

Since the program began in 2014, 54 fellows have completed The Mellon Undergraduate Curatorial Fellowship programme. Xviii of the alumni nourish or accept completed a number of graduate programs, including at the American University in Cairo, Carnegie Mellon Academy, Cornell Academy, The Courtauld Institute of Fine art, Harvard Academy, The Plant of Fine Arts, NYU, Lindenwood University, the Maryland Institute College of Art, School of the Fine art Institute Chicago (SAIC), SOAS University of London, Stanford University, Williams Higher, University of California, Los Angeles, University of Cambridge, University of Chicago, University of Pittsburgh, University of Southern California, and the University of Texas at Austin. Many of the individuals who have completed The Mellon Undergraduate Curatorial Fellowship programme are also working in the arts either in staff positions or in other fellowship opportunities.

Selected fellows for the 2021–22 program are as follows (full bios available further down):

• Art Institute of Chicago: Annika Bohanec , Loyola University Chicago; curatorial mentors: Elizabeth McGoey, Ann S. and Samuel M. Mencoff Associate Curator for Arts of the Americas. Elise Colón, Wheaton College; curatorial mentor: Sarah Kelly Oehler, Field-McCormick Chair and Curator for Arts of the Americas. Denise González, Academy of Illinois Chicago; curatorial mentor: Erica Warren, Associate Curator of Textiles. Taj Pollard, Milwaukee Institute of Art & Pattern; curatorial mentor: Robyn Farrell, Associate Curator of Modern and Contemporary art.

• High Museum of Art: Nailah Barnes , Spelman College; curatorial mentor:Katherine Jentleson, Merrie and Dan Boone Curator of Folk and Self-Taught Art. Sojourner Hunt, Emory Academy; curatorial mentor: Stephanie Heydt, Margaret and Terry Stent Curator of American Art. Nyaradzai Mahachi, Auburn Academy at Montgomery; curatorial mentor: Lauren Tate Baeza, Fred and Rita Richman Curator of African Art.

• Los Angeles County Museum of Art: Marisa Cruz Branco, Pitzer College; curatorial mentor: Bindu Gude, Associate Curator of South and Southeast Asian Art. Lilia Destin, University of Southern California; curatorial mentor: Clarissa Esguerra, Associate Curator of Costume and Textiles. Alexa Ramirez, Pomona College; curatorial mentors: Bobbye Tigerman, Curator; Rosie Mills, The Rosalinde and Arthur Gilbert Foundation Associate Curator; and Staci Steinberger, Acquaintance Curator, in the Decorative Arts & Design department. Kiko Thomas, Academy of California San Diego; curatorial mentors: Tim Benson, Curator, and Erin Sullivan Maynes, Banana Curator, in the Rifkind Middle for German language Expressionist Studies.

• The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston: Emily Goff , University of Houston; curatorial mentor: Alison de Lima Greene, Isabel Brown Wilson Curator, Department of Modern and Contemporary Fine art. Mia Guien , Rice University; curatorial mentor: Mari Carmen Ramírez, the Wortham Curator of Latin American Art and Manager of the International Centre for the Arts of the Americas. Jackie Huang, Rice University; curatorial mentors: Malcolm Daniel, Gus and Lyndall Wortham Curator of Photography, and Lisa Volpe, Acquaintance Curator of Photography. Tatyana Neal, Texas Southern University; curatorial mentor: Cindi Strauss, Sara and Pecker Morgan Curator, Department of Decorative Arts.

• The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Fine art: Jetzel Chavira, Academy of Missouri-Kansas City; curatorial mentor: April Watson, Senior Curator, Photography. Logan Crompton , Kansas Metropolis Fine art Institute; curatorial mentor: Stephanie Fox Knappe, Samuel Sosland Senior Curator, American Art. Miriamne Marlowe, Kansas Urban center Art Institute; curatorial mentors: Ling-en Lu, Curator of Chinese Art, and Kimberly Masteller, Jeanne McCray Beals Curator of South and Southeast Asian Art.

• Philadelphia Museum of Fine art: Morgan Lloyd, Camden County Customs College; curatorial mentor: Alexandra Kirtley, The Montgomery-Garvan Curator of American Decorative Arts.Alissa Roach, Temple University; curatorial mentors: Erica Boxing, The John Alchin and Hal Marryatt Associate Curator of Contemporary Art, and Alison Tufano, Collections Banana of Contemporary Fine art. Zakiyah Stewart, The University of the Arts; curatorial mentor: Jack Hinton, The Henry P. McIlhenny Curator of European Decorative Arts and Sculpture. Grace Tran, Cornell Academy; curatorial mentor: Peter Barberie, The Brodsky Curator of Photographs, Alfred Stieglitz Center.

"We are thrilled to welcome Annika, Elise, Denise, and Taj to the Fine art Institute of Chicago this academic year. Their interests and voices will aid advance the study of our renowned collection and we look forrard to the reciprocal commutation of knowledge and perspectives that has come up to define The Mellon Undergraduate Curatorial Fellowship plan here in Chicago. We remain grateful to the board, leadership, and staff of The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation for prioritizing the important work of supporting these emerging leaders," said James Rondeau, President and Eloise W. Martin Managing director at the Art Plant of Chicago.

"At a time when representation and equity in every profession are imperative, the museum field's commitment to diversifying itself is vital. If we don't, our institutions will never fully reverberate, nor be essential to, our communities," said Rand Suffolk, Nancy and Holcombe T. Green, Jr., Director of the High Museum of Art. "We're therefore thrilled to welcome the next form of Mellon Undergraduate Curatorial Fellows and to support their bright futures equally colleagues."

"We are fortunate to welcome our newest Mellon Undergraduate Curatorial Fellows, who can help united states of america see important areas of our collection in a new light," said Michael Govan, LACMA CEO and Wallis Annenberg Director. "This plan enables u.s. to continue expanding the voices and narratives nosotros share with the public, which is a cornerstone of our vision for a more beautiful futurity."

"Our museum is grateful for The Mellon Foundation's groundbreaking commitment to diversifying the museum field," said Gary Tinterow, Director and The Margaret Alkek Williams Chair of the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston. "For the past 7 years, 14 of these talented students have brought their atypical perspectives and rigorous commitment to a range of curatorial initiatives hither in Houston. We are honored to again host an incoming class of fellows from this distinguished program."

"These students stand for the wealth of multifariousness and multiplicity of stories that are embodied in the Nelson-Atkins collection, and nosotros are grateful for The Mellon Foundation's connected support of this important program," said Julián Zugazagoitia, Menefee D. and Mary Louise Blackwell CEO & Director of the Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art. "Nosotros are delighted to be a function of this educational process and wait forward to fostering this next generation of curatorial vision."

"In building our chapters to advance immature talent and diversify the ranks of museum professionals, this wonderful program is making a critically of import contribution to the field by giving much-needed opportunities to new voices with fresh perspectives. For this we are securely grateful to The Mellon Foundation. Furthermore, information technology offers not just rewarding learning experiences for our fellows, but also mentorship experiences for our staff, providing rich opportunities for them to share and larn together. This year's fellows will gain easily-on experience working with some of our most of import collections. Nosotros look forward to their contributions and to the adventures that lay ahead for them," said Timothy Rub, The George D. Widener Managing director and Chief Executive Officer, Philadelphia Museum of Art.

THE ANDREW W. MELLON UNDERGRADUATE CURATORIAL FELLOWS:

Fine art Institute of Chicago

Annika Bo hanec is a 4th-year pupil at Loyola University Chicago, where she is double-majoring in art history and psychology with a minor in ge nder studies. On campus she works in the university library and is vice president of the Art History Club. Prior to joining the museum as an undergraduate curatorial fellow, she participated in the 2020 JAM Event at the Art Institute of Chicago and was an after-school volunteer through Chicago Public Schools. Her research interests focus on feminist theory as information technology applies to late 19th-century and 20th-century American art. This yr she will piece of work on her senior thesis, which examines the life and arc of the "Tiffany Girls." Afterwards graduation, she hopes to travel and go on her study of art history at the graduate level, with a particular interest in researching female and underrepresented artists. Over the form of her fellowship, Annika volition piece of work closely with Elizabeth McGoey, Ann Due south. and Samuel Yard. Mencoff Associate Curator for Arts of the Americas.

Elise Colón is a 3rd-year student at Wheaton College from Waco, Texas. She is double-majoring in cultural anthropology and Spanish with a modest in studio art. She works every bit a lead curator for the Museum of Tiny Fine art (MoTA) and as an assistant in Wheaton College's Walford Galleries. She has too been a teaching and enquiry assistant in art history and currently works every bit an archival inquiry banana in anthropology. In addition, Elise serves as the graphic designer for Unidad, the Latinx student union. Her creative and academic projects explore landscape and place, religion, artistic practice, and Latinx identity. Her work has been accepted in a campus exhibition and two student-run journals, and she was named the winner of the Anthropology Department's 2021 Fahs Paper Prize. Elise is mentored by Sarah Kelly Oehler, Field-McCormick Chair and Curator for Arts of the Americas.

Denise González is a Chicago native and grew upward on the South Side. She is currently attending the University of Illinois at Chicago and is pursuing a bachelor's caste in cultural anthropology with a small in museum studies. Previously, Denise worked with the Field Museum on the Ancient Americas exhibition. Denise is passionate about learning more than about Latin identity in the United States and has assisted in an ethnographic report focused on Cuban American genealogies. She too is interested in Latin American textiles and folklore. Currently, Denise is volunteering at the Field Museum and profitable with the preservation of Indigenous cloth culture from Due north America. During her fellowship, Denise will work closely with Erica Warren, Acquaintance Curator of Textiles.

Taj Pollard is a multidisciplinary fine artist, emerging curator, and researcher based in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. He is currently a 4th-year student at the Milwaukee Institute of Art & Design pursuing a BFA in the New Studio Do: Fine Arts program. Taj's work portrays themes of dualistic identities and a psychology of his own and surrounding Black bodies. Taj's passions for community appointment, fine arts, and intersectional Black histories fuel his mission to cultivate spaces that encourage both emotional truth and cultural aesthetics. Taj's favorite artists include William Pope.Fifty, Kara Walker, and Glenn Ligon. Taj's fellowship places him in the department of Modern and Gimmicky art where he will be mentored by associate curator Robyn Farrell.

High Museum of Art

Nailah Barnes is a fourth-year student at Spelman College, where she double-majors in international studies and French with concentrations in cultural and curatorial studies. Before her Mellon Curatorial Undergraduate Fellowship, Nailah worked in St. Croix, USVI, recovering cultural materials of enslaved Africans on the sometime sugar plantation Manor Little Princess, where she shadowed a curator from the National Museum of African American History and Culture, conceptualizing an exhibition on the history of Afro-Crucian people. She is currently working with the architecture firm Cooper Carry and the National Trust for Historic Preservation on a cultural heritage project that will tell the history and significance of the Rockefeller Fine Arts Edifice at Spelman College. Additionally, she leads the non-profit organization The Brains with Dazzler Project, a literacy program that works to inspire academic excellence and holistic wellness in Black girls and young women. Nailah'due south curatorial mentor is Katherine Jentleson, Merrie and Dan Boone Curator of Folk and Self-Taught Art.

Sojourner Hunt is a 4th-twelvemonth pupil at Emory University from Chicago, Illinois. She is majoring in Heart Eastern and South Asian studies and minoring in art history. Sojourner has worked at the Michael C. Carlos Museum in the department of pedagogy and is currently conducting provenance research on the Carlos's Asian art collection for her undergraduate thesis. She is interested in object-based research, histories of collecting, and provenance research. After attending graduate school, she hopes to piece of work as an object historian in a museum. Sojourner is mentored past Stephanie Heydt, Margaret and Terry Stent Curator of American Fine art.

Nyaradzai Mahachi is a fourth-year student pursuing a BA in fine art history, a certificate in museum studies, and a minor in anthropology at Auburn University at Montgomery. She is originally from Harare, Zimbabwe, and has wide enquiry interests in the history of African fine art and the visual culture of the African diaspora. Across her coursework, Nyaradzai has held internships at the Montgomery Museum of Fine Arts and Philadelphia Museum of Art. Before long, she serves as an art history tutor at Auburn Academy at Montgomery's Learning Eye and is a peer-mentor for the art history survey courses. A painter, she also maintains an agile studio practice, and her piece of work has been exhibited in the 43rd and 44th Montgomery Art Guild Museum exhibitions and the 21 Dream Arts and Culture exhibitions in Montgomery, Alabama.​ Nyaradzai is mentored by Lauren Tate Baeza, Fred and Rita Richman Curator of African Art.

Los Angeles Canton Museum of Fine art

Marisa Cruz Branco is a 4th-year pupil at Pitzer College pursuing a BA in art history. At the Claremont Colleges, she is learning not only from her peers and professors, simply also the Tongva community, which hosts the residents of Los Angeles. She hopes to focus her art historical study on Indigenous art every bit well as representations of divinity and what they can tell us nearly ancient and mod perceptions of non-human animals, gender, and race. In her conversations and work with other artists and people interested in the fine art world, she hopes to center decolonial and zoocentric narratives. Bindu Gude, Acquaintance Curator of South and Southeast Asian Art, is Marisa'due south curatorial mentor.

Lilia Destin is a tertiary-twelvemonth student at the University of Southern California (USC) working toward her BA in art history. During her time at USC, Lilia has been working in the USC Libraries Digital Imaging Lab, handling archival materials and digitizing documents, images, moving picture reels, and other items for increased access. Previously, she interned at Mixografía, a gallery and print shop in South Los Angeles. Lilia is currently a co-lead of the pattern team for a student-run arts magazine, RoskiMag, which features USC creatives. Built-in and raised in Los Angeles, she has a special connection to the urban center, and strives to transform museums into community centers, providing opportunities for education and programming while showcasing art that reflects the communities they serve. Lilia's curatorial mentor is Clarissa Esguerra, Associate Curator of Costume and Textiles.

Alexa Ramirez is a showtime-generation student and Posse scholarship recipient at Pomona College. She is a third-twelvemonth pupil majoring in media studies and double-minoring in studio art and Chicanx/Latinx studies, attempting to analyze the dynamics between representation, oppression, and liberation through her academic and creative studies. Her life objective is to create beautiful things that make people feel and believe in beautiful things, whether it takes the shape of a written story, a painting, or a curated testify. Regardless of the medium, she strives to center decolonization, queerness, and anti-power. Every bit a curator, she hopes to exist able to bend the boundaries and hierarchies betwixt spectator and spectacle. Bobbye Tigerman, Curator; Rosie Mills, The Rosalinde and Arthur Gilbert Foundation Associate Curator; and Staci Steinberger, Acquaintance Curator, in the Decorative Arts & Blueprint department are Alexa's curatorial mentors.

Kiko Thomas is an artist from Houston, Texas. He has lived in Los Angeles for over 13 years and is currently a fourth-yr student at the University of California San Diego, majoring in studio art. He is an interdisciplinary artist interested in the history of the disappearance of civilizations through colonization, and the present-mean solar day challenges they have caused. Growing upward in Houston, Kiko was first inspired past the Houston-based artist John Biggers and he graduated from the High Schoolhouse for the Performing and Visual Arts Houston. Kiko is interested in continuing his art teaching to receive a primary'southward caste in studio art. With a background in curatorial piece of work, having managed Mestizo Gallery in Houston and COMA Alternative Infinite in Los Angeles, he remains interested in curating in a gallery, museum, or alternative space. Kiko's curatorial mentors are Tim Benson, Curator, and Erin Sullivan Maynes, Assistant Curator, in the Rifkind Middle for German Expressionist Studies.

Museum of Fine Arts, Houston

Emily Goff is a recent graduate of Lone Star College and a electric current undergraduate student at the University of Houston. A lifelong attendee of the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, Emily has long been interested in the inner workings of the museum industry and the curatorial field. Academically, they are interested in history, philosophy, political scientific discipline, anthropology, art history, and the intersections thereof. As a fellow, Emily seeks to pursue an interdisciplinary approach to agreement and contextualizing art, especially modernistic and contemporary art that is political in nature. Their curatorial mentor is Alison de Lima Greene, Isabel Brownish Wilson Curator, Department of Mod and Contemporary Art.

Mia Guien is a 4th-year educatee completing an fine art history and English double major along with a minor in museums and cultural heritage at Rice Academy. Equally a Mexican-American woman, Mia has been interested in seeing greater representation of Latino/a voices in both literary and visual cultures for the bulk of her college career. She is currently completing her senior thesis on colorism inside Latin American cultures. Miapreviously worked with the Rice Humanities Enquiry Center to compile and transcribe Hispanic newspapers apropos the 1918 Influenza in hopes of providing resources to sympathise the spread of information inside Spanish-speaking communities across the U.S. Mia also worked in Rice's Moody Center for the Arts, engaging with visitors and learning more about exhibition planning. As a boyfriend, Mia seeks to gain insight on curating and looks to broaden her understanding of Latin American Art and the Latino experience as presented through fine art. Her curatorial mentor is Mari Carmen Ramírez, the Wortham Curator of Latin American Art and Director of the International Center for the Arts of the Americas.

Jackie Huang is a second-year student at Rice University majoring in art history and neuroscience. Her interdisciplinary studies accept led her to discover a passion for curatorial work. In her fourth dimension at Rice, she has served on the executive cabinet of her residential higher. Jackie hopes to apply her fourth dimension as a fellow to further her goals of highlighting diverse perspectives in the museum world. She strives to develop a curatorial practise that spotlights art that dismantles preconceived notions of gender, race, and sexuality, with an emphasis on Asian American voices. Her curatorial mentors are Malcolm Daniel, Gus and Lyndall Wortham Curator of Photography, and Lisa Volpe, Associate Curator of Photography.

Tatyana Neal is a third-year student studying art history and art didactics at Texas Southern Academy. Born in Houston and raised in Chicago, Tatyana was given opportunities to exist involved in various programs such every bit the Interlochen Motion picture Academy and the Roosevelt Academy Entrepreneurship Academy. Attending Texas Southern University has provided her the opportunity to shadow and be mentored by museum director and curator Dr. Alvia Wardlaw. Tatyana is interested in bringing her perspective to the curatorial field while pursuing her passion for modern and contemporary art and art history. This year, she was an intern for Project Row Houses (PRH), shadowing curator Danielle Burns Wilson. Neal's curatorial mentor is Cindi Strauss, Sara and Bill Morgan Curator, Section of Decorative Arts.

The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art

Jetzel Chavira is a second-twelvemonth educatee at the Academy of Missouri-Kansas Urban center majoring in art history and minoring in Latinx & Latino studies. As a girl of Mexican immigrants, Jetzel's involvement in Latino/Chicano photography developed during her childhood. Growing up, notwithstanding, she never actually saw herself or her culture represented in art museums. Jetzel beginning discovered the power of curating in 2019 when she was selected to participate in the Photography Scholars program at The Nelson-Atkins. Besides learning well-nigh the history of photography, she had the opportunity to evaluate and curate her own photographic work. Jetzel wants to curate collections and relatable exhibitions that drag underrepresented artists and their communities. She also volunteers with KC Tenants, an organisation that fights for tenant rights. Jetzel's curatorial mentor is Apr Watson, Senior Curator, Photography.

Logan Crompton is a third-year student at the Kansas City Art Establish (KCAI). They are a Kansas Urban center native who has spent their life exploring and experiencing fine art through their customs. Their practice explores and constructs narratives through painting, printmaking, and collage. Aspects of pop civilisation and symbols are sprinkled throughout their work every bit a way to explore the effect one'southward environment or community has on oneself. Logan's interest in media and identity lends to their art history and painting double major at KCAI, allowing them to explore the effects of art historically important images and works on identity through the representation of people of color and of varying gender identities and sexualities. Dissection of images and what they mean are at the heart of Logan's creative practice and their career goals. Every bit a black member of the LGBT community, Logan realizes the importance of representation, particularly within museums. Their practice is to not but provide an accurate representation of themselves but also to provide that outlet and opportunity for other immature Black artists. Logan'due south curatorial mentor is Stephanie Fox Knappe, Samuel Sosland Senior Curator, American Art.

Miriamne Marlowe is a second-twelvemonth student at the Kansas City Art Institute and is majoring in painting and art history and minoring in social practise. In high schoolhouse in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, Miriamne was an avid member of the fine art community and became the head editor for the Washington Literary Press, an fine art and poetry magazine at the school. The process of selecting poetry and art for the mag beginning sparked Marlowe'southward involvement in curatorial work. At KCAI, she participated on a curatorial jury for the form of 2024's terminate-of-year exhibition. Miriamne currently works equally a gallery banana at the H&R Block Artspace and collaborates with Sapien, an creative person-run gallery and studio space. As both an creative person and pupil, she attempts to discover connection through compassionate means, using her artwork as an abstract catharsis for self-reflection and kindred contemplation. With an involvement in curation and museology, Miriamne strives to find further opportunities for collaboration and connection through the storied narratives of both historical and contemporary artworks. Miriamne's curatorial mentors are Ling-en Lu, Curator of Chinese Fine art, and Kimberly Masteller, Jeanne McCray Beals Curator of South and Southeast Asian Art.

Philadelphia Museum of Art

Morgan Lloyd is a second-twelvemonth student at Camden County Community College in Blackwood, New Bailiwick of jersey, studying film and liberal arts. Upon her transfer to Rutgers University, she plans to study art history and African studies. An untraditional student, she is a professional author, activist, and educator in Philadelphia. Her work advocates for expanding BIPOC narratives inside the contemporary museum space, questioning how institutions can better serve marginalized communities, locally and beyond. Morgan has spoken at several institutions and clubs, such every bit Michener Fine art Museum and The National Association of Colored Women's Club, supporting Latine, Afro-diasporic, and American-Indigenous causes. She is a ghost/content author for prominent local artists, with written works featured inLens Magazine. Shortly, she works at the African American Museum in Philadelphia, providing tours and professional training on the distinct histories of Afro-descended peoples from Philadelphia. Morgan has previously been an intern at the PMA, and she is excited to rejoin the institution as a Mellon Undergraduate Curatorial Boyfriend. Her curatorial mentor is Alexandra Kirtley, The Montgomery-Garvan Curator of American Decorative Arts.

Alissa Roach is a fourth-twelvemonth student at Temple University majoring in sculpture. She was born in Kingston, Jamaica, and migrated to the United States in 2010 when she was 8 years old. Growing upwards in the suburbs of Philadelphia, she adult a love for art making and art history, which led her to pursue an arts education in the city. This past summer, Alissa worked every bit an intern for Landscape Arts Philadelphia, painting alongside artists at various sites all over the city. Equally the president of the Artists of Color Collective at Temple University, she also organized and participated in a collaborative exhibition,Digital Entanglements, at the Tiger Strikes Asteroid gallery in Philadelphia. Alissa's goal every bit a Mellon Undergraduate Curatorial Fellow is to non only span the gap between curator and maker in her ain practise, but also to amplify the voices of marginalized artists within the institution. Alissa'southward curatorial mentors are Erica Battle, The John Alchin and Hal Marryatt Acquaintance Curator of Contemporary Art, and Alison Tufano, Collections Assistant in the Contemporary Art Section.

Zakiyah Stewart is originally from Bronx, New York, and now lives in Philadelphia. She is currently attention The University of the Arts, majoring in painting and minoring in art history. Growing up in New York allowed Zakiyah to experience the richness of diverse cultures. Zakiyah has a tremendous interest in gimmicky art and POC contemporary artists, and is fascinated by artists Takashi Murakami, Aya Takano, and Yoshitomo Nara. She takes her inspiration from these artists in her ain artistic endeavors. Zakiyah plans to continue her art history and museum studies in graduate school while engaging with Philadelphia'due south POC fine art collectives and artists. Zakiyah's curatorial mentor is Jack Hinton, The Henry P. McIlhenny Curator of European Decorative Arts and Sculpture.

Grace Tran is a 3rd-yr pupil at Cornell University double majoring in art history and the Higher Scholar Program, the latter of which entails an interdisciplinary, independent project. Her project is centered around the fields of public history, museum anthropology, cultural heritage, and ethics, and seeks to answer the questions of what role museums play in order and how museums can meliorate serve and represent the communities around them. Originally from Portland, Oregon, Grace is interested in contemporary art of the Asian and Center Eastern diasporas. She is currently the Asian Art curatorial intern at the Herbert F. Johnson Museum of Art and hopes to pursue a curatorial career in the future. Grace's curatorial mentor is Peter Barberie, The Brodsky Curator of Photographs, Alfred Stieglitz Center.

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High Museum of Art
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Los Angeles County Museum of Art (LACMA)
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Almost the Fine art Establish of Chicago

The Art Establish of Chicago is a world-renowned fine art museum housing 1 of the largest permanent collections in the United States. An encyclopedic museum, the Art Constitute collects, preserves, and displays works in every medium from all cultures and historical periods equally well as hosts special exhibitions. With a collection of approximately 300,000 works of art, the museum has specially strong holdings in Impressionist and Post-Impressionist painting, early 20th century European painting and sculpture, contemporary fine art, Japanese prints, and photography. The museum'due south 2009 improver, the Modernistic Fly, features the latest in light-green museum applied science and 264,000 square anxiety dedicated to modern and contemporary art, photography, architecture and design, and new learning and public engagement facilities. In improver to displaying its permanent drove, the Fine art Institute mounts approximately 35 special exhibitions per year and features lectures, gallery tours, and special performances on a daily footing.

Location and Contact: 111 Southward Michigan Avenue, Chicago, IL 60603 | 312 443-3600 | www.artic.edu

About the High Museum of Art

Located in the middle of Atlanta, the High Museum of Art connects with audiences from across the Southeast and around the world through its distinguished collection, dynamic schedule of special exhibitions and engaging community-focused programs. Housed inside facilities designed past Pritzker Prize-winning architects Richard Meier and Renzo Pianoforte, the Loftier features a collection of more than 18,000 works of fine art, including an extensive anthology of 19th- and 20th-century American fine and decorative arts; major holdings of photography and folk and self-taught work, peculiarly that of artists from the American S; burgeoning collections of mod and contemporary art, including paintings, sculpture, new media and design; a growing collection of African art, with piece of work dating from prehistory through the present; and significant holdings of European paintings and works on newspaper. The Loftier is dedicated to reflecting the diversity of its communities and offering a variety of exhibitions and educational programs that engage visitors with the world of art, the lives of artists and the artistic process.

Location and Contact: 1280 Peachtree Street, Due north.E., Atlanta, GA 30309 | 404 733-4400 | world wide web.high.org

About the Los Angeles County Museum of Fine art (LACMA)

Located on the Pacific Rim, LACMA is the largest art museum in the western United States, with a collection of almost 147,000 objects that illuminate vi,000 years of artistic expression across the globe. Committed to showcasing a multitude of fine art histories, LACMA exhibits and interprets works of fine art from new and unexpected points of view that are informed by the region's rich cultural heritage and diverse population. LACMA'due south spirit of experimentation is reflected in its work with artists, technologists, and thought leaders besides as in its regional, national, and global partnerships to share collections and programs, create pioneering initiatives, and appoint new audiences.

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About The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston (MFAH)

Founded in 1900, The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, is amid the 10 largest art museums in the United States. Located in the middle of Houston'south Museum District, the MFAH comprises two gallery buildings, a sculpture garden, theater, ii fine art schools and ii libraries, with two firm museums, for American and European decorative arts, nearby. The encyclopedic collection of the MFAH numbers some 65,000 works and spans the fine art of antiquity to the nowadays.

Location and Contact: 1001 Bissonnet, Houston, TX 77005 | 713 639-7300 | www.mfah.org

About The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art

The Nelson-Atkins in Kansas City is recognized nationally and internationally every bit ane of America's finest art museums. The Nelson-Atkins serves the community past providing admission and insight into its renowned drove of more than than 33,500 art objects and is best known for its Asian fine art, European and American paintings, photography, modern sculpture, and new American Indian and Egyptian galleries. Housing a major fine art research library and the Ford Learning Center, the Museum is a fundamental educational resource for the region. The establishment-wide transformation of the Nelson-Atkins has included the 165,000-square-human foot Bloch Edifice expansion and renovation of the original 1933 Nelson-Atkins Building. The Nelson-Atkins is committed to connecting people of all ages with meaningful art experiences. Through its partnerships with Kansas City community, civic, and cultural organizations and the national and international arts community, The Nelson-Atkins welcomes and engages the diverse population of Kansas City and the surrounding region with enriching exhibitions, cultural programs, and educational activities.

Location and Contact: 4525 Oak Street, Kansas Urban center, MO 64111 | 816 751-1278 | www.nelson-atkins.org

About the Philadelphia Museum of Art

The Philadelphia Museum of Fine art is Philadelphia's art museum. A place that welcomes everyone. A earth-renowned collection. A landmark edifice. We bring the arts to life, inspiring visitors—through scholarly written report and creative play—to discover the spirit of imagination that lies in everyone. Nosotros connect people with the arts in rich and varied ways, making the feel of the museum surprising, lively, and always memorable. We are committed to inviting visitors to encounter the world—and themselves—afresh through the dazzler and expressive power of the arts.

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