By Chloe Teall This week’s theme was one that I have really been looking forward to: community curation. We initiated class by trying to come up with our own working definition of community curation. In order to achieve a more complete understanding of how this practice can be done successfully, we looked to this week’s …
Read MoreBy Noah Nobbe As a second-year public history master’s degree student, I have had many classes discussing museums and public history institutions and their role in public-facing, informal education. But before now, I had not had many chances to put any of that teaching to work, explore museum studies theory, or consider how to …
Read MoreBY ELISE DAUGHERTY Nashville, Tennessee is iconic for its country music, nightlife, and food, and in early May, it was also host to the American Industrial Hygiene (AIH) Conference and Expo. As a museum studies student, I was asked many times why I was attending a conference for industrial hygienists and what IH had to …
Read MoreBy Bryn Foreman I was nervous when I sat down in class for the second week of Curatorial Practices. I had, of my own volition, signed up to do a spotlight presentation on Deborah Bright’s 2001 article, “Shopping the Leftovers: Warhol’s Collecting Strategies in Raid the Icebox I.” Better to just get it out of …
Read MoreBy Jennifer Mott From the thrilled look on my professor’s face at the beginning of our Museum Education class session, I could tell she had big news. However, I could not have guessed the amount of personal excitement that her news would bring me. Our discussion this week focused on some foundational questions that underlie …
Read MoreBy Allison Ford My first brush with academia in over 20 years found me seated in Curatorial practices. We began this week with “what is a curator” and an introduction to the Museum of Broken Relationships. We learned that often a curator is considered a specialist who cares for something, a person who fills in …
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Exciting news: this year IUPUI Museum Studies is partnering with the Museum of Broken Relationships and members of our local communities to create The Museum of Broken Relationships Indianapolis, an interdisciplinary project featuring an exhibition and related public programs that will open at the Herron Galleries at IUPUI and at sites around Indianapolis in early …
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The IU School of Liberal Arts Office of Career Development is excited to announce the launch of a new website designed to increase and improve student access to career development resources and opportunities. Career development is an essential part of your education, especially at the beginning of an academic year. Career advisors can help you …
Read MoreBy Sarah Whaley The person at the neighboring sink kept throwing suspicious side eyes until they could no longer contain their question. “I’m sorry, what in the world is that?!” they asked incredulously. Emily Wilkes, curator of the Cultural Arts Gallery, and I were balancing a large glass jar under the faucet. As it filled, …
Read MoreBy Jackie Cain My week at the Eiteljorg started like any other, with a coffee, a bagel, and a mountain of emails to sort through. However, my day quickly fell into a fit of chaos when a co-worker approached me with the words that every collection worker dreads hearing, ‘I think we might have a …
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