Interns

For decades, the Hood Museum's internship program has given many Dartmouth students from a variety of majors experience in the field. This year, the museum had seven full-time interns working in three different roles: curatorial, programming, and campus engagement. Along with their Space for Dialogue projects, all interns completed role-specific work for their supervisors. Intern Victoria McCraven'19 reflected that she was especially pleased to "be able to redefine how the museum is seen, bringing the museum to a place where black people live and socialize, ultimately creating an education space that people can feel comfortable in."

There was a diverse group of intern projects this year. Armando Pulido '19, the Class of 1954 Intern, assisted Jessica Hong, associate curator of global contemporary art, in the conceptualization of the exhibition New Landscapes: Contemporary Responses to Globalization, including research and editing didactics. Armando also worked on several exhibition-planning teams with Juliette Bianco, deputy director, and Amelia Kahl, associate curator of academic programming, creating curatorial reports, communicating with object lenders, and participating in the preliminary exhibition layouts.

Victoria McCraven'19, the Homma Family Intern, primarily assisted Bonnie MacAdam, Jonathan Little Cohen Curator of American Art, in researching and cataloguing works in the collection. Her research on the museum's Romare Bearden screenprint In the Garden led to the theme of her powerful Space for Dialogue project, which she titled Black Artists on the Cross. Victoria also organized a highly successful multidimensional program titled Malcolm, Memories, and Murals: Our Legacy to Lead, which introduced fellow students to the Florian Jenkins Temple Murals in the Shabazz Center.

Dillen Peace '19 and Hailee Brown '20, the two Native American art interns funded by the Hood Museum's Diversifying Art Museum Leadership Initiative (DAMLI) grant, spent much of the year co-curating Unbroken, a ceramics show drawn from the Hood Museum's collection that will be on view during the spring and summer of 2020. This ambitious curatorial project was conducted in lieu of individual Space for Dialogue projects. Dillen and Hailee also filmed an interview with artist Diego Romero about his work for use in their show and for the museum's records.

Annabelle Bardenheier '19 and Charlotte Grussing '19, both Conroy Interns in student programming, offered programs to raise student awareness of and interest in the museum. They presented two programs for students each term, including hands-on art-making events paired with tours of the galleries—one in collaboration with a campus improv group that used humor and improvisation as tools for interacting with the museum's collections—and a spring bash for seniors. The final event drew students from many different social groups, in part because the night featured nine speaking and musical performances by class members.

Jules Wheaton '19, the Levinson Intern working in campus engagement, helped organize, promote, and execute student events and programs including the Student Opening Party and the Museum Club. She also assisted with new campus outreach initiatives, including the Winter Carnival Warm Up event and student-related social media efforts. In the spring of 2019, Jules partnered with Isadora Italia, campus engagement coordinator, to record the first-ever video for Dartmouth Admissions promoting the Hood to current and prospective students.