Stories & News

The Class of '22 "reads" the Orozco Mural as a shared academic experience.

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The setting of this lushly painted scene appears to be a shallow room with a single window opposite the viewer. While the window suggests the landscape beyond, a large chair looms up in front of it, arresting a potential visual journey outside. With its top rail literally extending beyond the edge of the painting, the chair refocuses our attention on the objects occupying the interior space.

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Molly Papows became the Hood's exhibitions coordinator in June. Molly joins the museum with eight years of professional museum experience from the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, where she served in various roles including lecturer, executive assistant, and curatorial department coordinator. She was the point person on many cross-departmental initiatives, including exhibitions and acquisitions.

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Sybil became a docent in 1992, and from the beginning, her influence was significant. Her light touch, gentle prodding, and sense of humor made her an effective facilitator, and her subtle leadership from within the docent program made her an exceptional team member.

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Juliette: Can you tell me something about your current role at the Yale University Art Gallery, and your academic and museum journey to this point?

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The Hood's senior interns—Gina Campanelli, Class of 1954 Intern; Marie-Therese Cummings, Levinson Intern; Ashley Dotson, Conroy Intern; Tess McGuiness, Conroy Intern; and Kimberly Yu, Homma Family Intern—organized the first student-curated exhibition in the new Hood. They chose the theme of consent for their show, titled Consent: Complicating Agency in Photography.

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By now, you may know that the newly renovated and expanded Hood Museum of Art will open to the public on January 26, 2019, following more than two years of construction. With the expanded museum, our 65,000+ works will be better preserved, seen, and utilized by students, faculty, and all visitors. By restoring and updating the original 1985 building and adding new facilities, we'll increase our capacity for teaching, exhibitions, and dialogue.

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Extended Saturday morning drives have been one side effect of my frequent travel for the museum—usually heading to or from an airport following a Friday evening event. Listening to weekend radio shows has become an unanticipated joy in my life. Stations all over the country host shows with names like The Back Porch, Rewind, Old School, Jazz Brunch, Acoustic Breakfast, Jam and Toast, Roots Rock, Unplugged, Americana, World Music, and Funky Town.

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John Stomberg, Virginia Rice Kelsey 1961s Director
Hood Quarterly, summer 2018

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