 |  | We're halfway through the spring semester! Whether you are feeling superhuman, ready for a challenge, or maybe a little bit flighty, we hope you will bring your super powers to our upcoming programs, where we are focusing on reimagining the role of the museum and how we approach our collections.
Plus, don’t miss the next installment of our Staff Spotlight series! Be sure to check out our website for even more ways to virtually engage in the days and weeks ahead! |
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 | art talk live Reframing Photographic Histories at the Harvard Art Museums Tuesday, March 9
12:30-1PM EDT Explore the history of photography collecting at Harvard and the work to include new perspectives, contexts of interpretation, and historical connections. |
 | lecture (Re)Define the Landscape: Howardena Pindell, Kara Walker, and Kerry James Marshall Wednesday, March 10
7-8PM EDT Reflect on boundary-pushing works in the collections and what it means to redefine the (art) landscape. |
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 | Virtual Student Guide Tour The Museums, Revisited Saturday, March 13
11-11:30AM EDT Confront the history of museum practice through a critical look at three works, with Kaitlin Hao ’21. |
 | Virtual Student Guide Tour Red, Yellow, and Blue Thursday, March 18
8-8:30PM EDT Investigate the action of red, yellow, and blue in three works of art, with Adam Sella '22. |
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| Harvard Art Museums Staff Spotlight  Meet Megan Schwenke, Senior Archivist and Records Manager for the Harvard Art Museums Archives and the guest of this week’s Harvard Art Museums Staff Spotlight! As head of the Archives Department, Megan oversees and directs activities including archival accessioning, cataloguing, research services, and outreach, as well as leading the museums’ institutional records management program. Of her responsibilities, she says, “It’s a little bit of a lot of things.” Megan describes the museum archives as an “institutional repository that collects and preserves the records of all three museums, including directors’ correspondence, exhibition records, and photography, as well as records documenting many other spaces, people, and events.” She emphasizes just how expansive the Archives’ materials, ranging from email to furniture, are, noting, “Archives aren’t just paper; they’re alive, not old and dusty.” In addition, she describes how its collections allow “the Archives to occupy a really special place to help the institution be thoughtful and critical about its own history to inform future decisions and relationships.” Her favorite part of the job is the “opportunity to work with colleagues across the museums, as well as assist researchers using the Archives.” Her favorite memory of being an archivist at the Museums took place at the 2014 reopening of the Museums, where she participated in a recreation of the 1927 Fogg Museum key ceremony and supplied the archival key that belonged to a former museum director to the lead architect. For those interested in pursuing a career as an archivist, Megan suggests “a master’s in library science with an archival concentration. An interest in history, as well as skills in organization of information and project management, and a collegiate spirit are also very useful and important.”
- Megan was interviewed by Zavier Chavez '23
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From our Friends....
The Center of Hellenic Studies in Greece is offering two paid virtual summer internships in collaboration with two museums in Athens. The Museum of Cycladic Art Intern will work remotely helping in the preparation of a temporary exhibition entitled “Kállos” and its accompanying catalogue, while the Basil & Elise Goulandris Foundation Museum Intern will work remotely for a modern art museum to work on one of two projects focused on teaching and audience engagement.
The Concord Museum, in partnership with the Robbins House, is currently accepting applications for a paid two-month curatorial summer internship. Learn more about the position and how to apply here.
Fans of Vincent van Gogh's Starry Night will soon be able to create their own version of the masterpiece with Legos. The set, submitted to Lego Ideas by a PhD student, uses 1,500 Lego pieces, including a mini figure of the painter himself.
Attention fashionistas! Uniqlo recently announced a collaboration with the Musée du Louvre, which includes a clothing line featuring the museum's most famous works.
Also joining the art-in-fashion trend, the Tate launched a sustainable collection of t-shirts and hoodies celebrating works in their collection. Could closets become the new art gallery?!
On Thursday, March 11, the Princeton University Art Museum invites artist Glenn Ligon and author Hilton Als to discuss the ways in which art can engage and rethink the most urgent issues of our time. Learn more and register here. |
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Image (Header): Laylah Ali, Untitled (Superman), 2000. Colored pencil and gouache on paper. Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Margaret Fisher Fund, 2012.233 © Laylah Ali. |
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