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May 1, 2024
Ethan Mancillas –
Ethan Mancillas, Collections Intern at the Carnegie Museum of Natural History, Department of Anthropology - Spring 2024
When I...
May 1, 2024
Lauren Shuty –
Lauren Shuty, Museum Studies Intern at the Jonas Salk Legacy Collections - Spring 2024
When starting this internship at the...
May 1, 2024
Sydney McGahey –
Sydney McGahey, Museum Studies Intern at the Salk Collection - Spring 2024
Going into this internship, I wasn’t quite sure...
May 1, 2024
Hattie Lindey –
Hattie Lindey, Museum Studies Intern at the Tomayko Foundation - Spring 2024
As an intern with the Tomayko Foundation, I’ve...
May 1, 2024
Tom Kelly –
Tom Kelly, Museum Studies Intern at the Boys Scouts of America, Laurel Highlands Council - Spring 2024
Built in 1968, Flag...
May 1, 2024
Greer Greer –
Greer Greer, Museum Studies Intern at the Associated Artists of Pittsburgh - Spring 2024
As the sole Museum Studies intern at...
May 1, 2024
Lucy Eickelberg –
Lucy Eickelberg, Museum Studies Intern, Carnegie Museum of Natural History - Spring 2024
My Spring 2024 internship at the...
May 1, 2024
Scientific Documentation or Creative Exploration? Bridging the Gap Between Natural and Art Histories
Olivia Buehler –
Olivia Buehler, Museum Studies Intern, Carnegie Museum of Natural History - Spring 2024
Tucked away in an annex of the...
May 1, 2024
Sam Browne –
Sam Browne, Museum Studies Intern, University Art Gallery - Spring 2024
Upon receiving my acceptance for the intern position...
May 1, 2024
Jillian Andolina –
Jillian Andolina, Musuem Studies Intern, University of Pittsburgh Special Collections - Spring 2024
After landing my...
April 30, 2024
Grace Marston –
As a recipient of Pitt’s Archival Scholars Research Award (ASRA), I had the opportunity to spend the semester working with the...
April 5, 2024
Tiffany Sims –
Curating an exhibition is closely related to the art of dance in that choreography is fundamental to the creation of a body of...
January 12, 2024
Mercedes Pérez-Shillington –
“Your job is really cool but you're like really dusty,” a child says to me. They are right, working on the open dioramas for “...
January 10, 2024
Jon Krippe –
Jon Krippe, Museum Studies intern at the University Art Gallery, Fall 2023
What do an influential Caribbean novel, a...
January 9, 2024
Sarah El-Hefnawy –
Intern at the O’Brien Foundation for American Art - Fall 2023
As a Museum Studies student at Pitt, I only saw career options...
January 9, 2024
Molly Holz –
This fall I did my internship through the Nationality Rooms, located in the Cathedral of Learning on the University of Pittsburgh...
January 9, 2024
Emma Whittaker –
Interning with the Associated Artists of Pittsburgh (AAP) this semester has allowed me to learn more about local artists and...
January 9, 2024
Emma Carpenter –
Museum Studies (Editorial) Intern at Bunker Review - Fall 2023
As an editorial intern at Bunker Review, an influential online...
January 9, 2024
Ella Fosse –
Museum Studies Intern at Hillman Archives and Special Collections – Fall 2023
This fall semester, I was given the opportunity...
January 9, 2024
Bea Palonder –
Museum Studies Intern at the Senator John Heinz History Center – Fall 2023
I was very fortunate that my experience at the...
January 9, 2024
Ashley Choi –
Museum Studies intern at the University Art Gallery
Walking into the Frick Fine Arts building, I couldn’t help but be...
January 9, 2024
Allison Lamonica –
Education Intern at the Mattress Factory – Fall 2023
When I was younger, I wanted to be an art teacher because I enjoyed...
January 9, 2024
Abby Dzwik –
Museum Studies Intern at the Carnegie Museum of Natural History – Fall 2023
My experience at the Carnegie Museum of Natural...
September 28, 2023
Layne Shaffer –
Fine Foundation Summer Fellow at the Office of Public Art, 2023
Standing in green fields with the woods and wind surrounding...
September 28, 2023
Charlie Taylor –
My work with the Associated Artists of Pittsburgh this summer brought me into contact with living Pittsburgh artists, but also...
September 25, 2023
Audrey Desnain –
Most people associate Hartwood Acres with its mansion, amphitheater, and large network of wooded trails. Fewer people go to...
September 21, 2023
Kirk Savage –
At the end of August, I had the good fortune to see a remarkable exhibition of six temporary outdoor installations on the...
September 18, 2023
Kale Serrato Doyen –
St. Paul's Cathedral, London, image by author
I traveled to Europe for the first time this summer with the support of a...
September 18, 2023
Vuk Vuković –
Wen-Ying Tsai in his studio at the MIT Center for Advanced Visual Studies, 1968–1971. Photo: Center for Advanced Visual Studies...
September 14, 2023
Mati Castillo –
This past summer I was lucky enough to work at the Carnegie Museum of Natural History’s offsite collection facility, the Edward O...
May 9, 2023
Eindra Lin –
How does an organization contend with its rich history while continuing to be the foremost proponent of its contemporary and...
May 9, 2023
Audrey Desnain –
When I first discovered the sculptures at Hartwood Acres, I didn’t know anything about abstract expressionist sculptures from the...
May 9, 2023
Layne Shaffer –
Who is Jack Youngerman? Who is David Von Schlegell? These were the simple – yet important– questions posed at the beginning of my...
May 9, 2023
Maggie Shaheen –
As a museum studies and anthropology major, I never envisioned myself spending so much time in the School of Public Health this...
May 9, 2023
Lily Heistand –
Material culture is a foundational element in creating identity in communities, big and small. Living my whole life in Pittsburgh...
May 9, 2023
Nate Madden –
Gertrude Quastler led a life that I thought could only exist in stories. She nearly died in her twenties from tuberculosis,...
May 9, 2023
Lilly Forrest –
When I first arrived at the University Art Gallery, I was unsure of what my internship would consist of. I had never worked for a...
May 9, 2023
Elizabeth Dragus –
In our world today, it is easy to imagine a material like plastic will be around forever. Plastic waste is one of the top reasons...
May 9, 2023
Mati Castillo –
I first heard of the Latin American Cultural Center during my sophomore year at Pitt when I saw the sign that said, “Latin...
May 9, 2023
Chrislynn Brownlee –
During my academic career as a University of Pittsburgh undergrad, I have taken many art classes that have allowed me to analyze...