Under the FAC

….Hey, it’s been a while. But we are back for one, final, blog post. We graduate on Sunday, and we just wanted to share some of our favorite memories at the Fine Arts Center and reminisce before we go onto our post-Colorado College lives. We are so grateful for the time we have spent here and for all that we have learned. We hope that you have learned something too! Michael Howell, the former director of the FAC internship program with Amber Mustafic and Suzy Lewis.  Internship Highlights New Mexico : We had an incredible week in New Mexico in August, staying in Albuquerque and Santa Fe. We met museum professionals from the Albuquerque Museum, Indian Pueblo Cultural Center, New Mexico History Museum, Palace of the Governors, Palace Press, Museum of Indian Arts and Culture, and Wheelwright. We stayed at a super fun and cozy bed and breakfasts, like the Downtown Historic Bed and Breakfast in Albuquerque, which is famous for being the location where the plan for the ...

Life is best in threes. Three intrepid museum professionals. Three museums visited. Three hours of traffic on the way home. Three out of three stars given to a wonderful day surrounded by wonderfully insightful museum professionals that took massive chunks of time out of their days to meet with us and show us a unique peak into their everyday jobs. Taken at the Kirkland Museum Stop one out of three was the Kirkland Museum of Decorative and Fine Arts. Conveniently all of our stops were so close that not only did we not have to move the car, we didn't even have to leave the block. Taken at the Kirkland Museum. Registrar Becca Goodrum on left This is thanks to the Kirkland museums recent move. The museum only recently (as of March) reopened their doors and we were lucky to be able to experience the museum in this time of transition. The people who made our experience possible were Chris Herron, the deputy curator, and Becca Goodrum, the registrar. We went in before the o...