Summer Internship Overview

Albert Bierstadt's Looking Down Yosemite Valley, 1865 (image from BMA website)

Starting June 1, 2011 I will be interning for Graham Boettcher at the Birmingham Museum of Art (BMA). As the William Cary Hulsey Curator, Graham is an extremely talented and enthusiastic curator who shares my passion for American Art. We are both outgoing and love to talk about the superior and splendid traditions of our Alma Maters (Graham went to Yale and I went to the University of Virginia - we agree to disagree). I first met Graham three years ago when I was his summer intern and it was an incredible experience. During my first internship I learned a great deal about the inner workings of an art museum in addition to drafting label copy for the American Art Collection. I will summarize my prior experience in another entry. I know it is safe to say we both look forward to working together again. 

Graham and I have worked to customize my internship so that I will expand on my existing skills while also facing different challenges and obtaining new experiences. I am so grateful to Graham because when I approached him about the possibility of another internship, he instantly knew that I wanted to build on what I already knew and selected several assignments that he felt would both challenge me and showcase my talents.

Among various projects we have planned, one of my responsibilities will include putting together small exhibitions of works on paper. I am extremely excited to have the opportunity to handle artworks and relish the challenge of conceiving, preparing, and executing the monthly exhibits of American artworks on paper. I will keep you posted as these develop!

I invite you to take the time to check out the Birmingham Museum of Art website and Graham's biography. Be sure while you are there to take the time to look at the upcoming events as I will be attending and writing about a lot of them on here.