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Category Archives: Behind the Scenes
The Future of Museums, According to Milwaukee Teens
This summer, fourteen teens from 12 Milwaukee-area high schools came together to impact the present and future of museums. Funded by the MPS Arts Internship Program through the Milwaukee Public Schools Recreation Department, these teens were paid museum studies interns … Continue reading
Posted in Behind the Scenes, Education
Tagged High School, High School Internships, Interns, Teens
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Making an Exhibition, Part 4: Storyboards, Design, and Installation
Picking paint colors. Stepping under ladders in closed off galleries. Artfully arranging teacups. All are things I’ve done in the past few weeks, and all are entirely fun perks to a curator’s job. Beyond the fun, what I aim to … Continue reading
Posted in Art, Behind the Scenes, Curatorial, Exhibitions
Tagged Behind the Scenes, curator, exhibition design, Grete Marks, loans, paint
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Milwaukee’s Greatest! … Circa 1892
Recently, I had the opportunity to open an interesting book in the Museum’s Library entitled Milwaukee’s Great Industries (1892). This 352-page tome features a history of Milwaukee, articles on its various industries, schools, churches, trades, a variety of advertisements, and … Continue reading
Making an Exhibition, Part 3: Approvals and Loans and Email and Paperwork
In the first two posts of this series, I’ve addressed the origins of the Milwaukee Art Museum’s Grete Marks: When Modern Was Degenerate exhibition (on view September 6, 2012 – January 1, 2013). The exhibition went from my admiration of a … Continue reading
Posted in Art, Behind the Scenes, Curatorial, Exhibitions
Tagged Behind the Scenes, curator, Exhibitions, Grete Marks
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Making an Exhibition, Part 2: Research (with Travel!)
As I moved through the stages of putting together the Milwaukee Art Museum’s Grete Marks: When Modern Was Degenerate exhibition (on view September 6, 2012 – January 1, 2013), I began by researching the designer through secondary literature and compiled a list … Continue reading
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Tagged Behind the Scenes, Exhibition, Grete Marks, Travel
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