Harvard Art Museums Staff Spotlight Meet Camran Mani, Cunningham Fellow in Academic and Public Programs, and the guest of this week’s Harvard Art Museums Staff Spotlight! Though his diverse role has many hats, the two main projects he works on are the Ho Family Student Guide Program and the Graduate Student Teacher Program. For the Ho Family Student Guide Program, Camran works with undergraduate Harvard students from a variety of disciplines to create student-researched and presented tours of the museums’ collections. These tours "emphasize that a work of art only becomes a highlight relative to someone's perspective." Calling the students “the secret weapons of the museums,” Camran is especially proud of the creativity and resilience they demonstrated when transitioning to virtual tours. If you’re interested in becoming a student guide, keep an eye out here for updated application materials coming soon! For the Graduate Student Teacher Program, Camran works jointly with the Harvard Graduate School of Education, the Cambridge Rindge and Latin School, and the museums to provide training and support to “graduate students who can incorporate the museum space into lesson plans for high school students,” emphasizing that “there should be a two-way street between museums and the communities they’re a part of.” Camran’s role gives him a unique opportunity to “reflect on the museum and facilitate a conversation about it,” which he finds especially significantly given “how much rich art history is going on outside of just textbooks and scholarly articles.” Camran also has a special interest in focusing on “how hospitality functions in a museum,” noting that things like “the availability of gallery seating and the affordability of things in a museum shop” can significantly condition how comfortable people feel visiting the museums. - Camran was interviewed by Zavier Chavez '23 __________________________________________________ From our Friends....
Calling all students! Did you know that student memberships for the Association of Academic Museums and Galleries are FREE? Visit aamg-us.org/membership/join/ to sign up as a student member.
Graduating seniors and recent Harvard College graduates are encouraged to apply for a Postgraduate Fellowship in the Humanities at Dumbarton Oaks. Applications for fellowships in Public Programming and Outreach, Plant Humanities, and Cultural Philanthropy are due by May 15.
Need a study break? Why not check out some amazing online art-themed study breaks from the Sheldon Museum of Art. Our personal favorite is the virtual jigsaw puzzle of Edward Hopper's Room in New York! |