During my first day on the job, I quickly became immersed in the day-to-day activities of exhibitions staff at the museum. Working with the other interns and Education Curator Anthony Shostak, I gained an understanding of how to handle artworks in the museum\u2019s collection. This was a practice I had never engaged in before, but was one that I immediately recognized the utility of, as I delicately separated works on paper and inspected them carefully. In the following meetings, my fellow interns and I participated in workshops on how to conduct research about artists, and learned about critical interpretation skills by touring the museum\u2019s current exhibition, Wilderness: Light Sizzles Around Me<\/a><\/em>, by globally recognized artist Lesley Dill.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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All of this was in preparation for our main task throughout the semester: to craft catalog entries about artists in the Barbara Morris Goodbody Collection<\/em>. The collection is a body of photographic pieces recently donated to the Museum by Barabara Morris Goodbody, a longtime Maine resident and avid art collector. For the past month, I have been independently researching and writing statements about nine photographers within the Goodbody collection. The artist that I am perhaps most interested in is Lucien Clergue, a French-born photographer who is famous for his images that capture expressive lines of light striking the nude body.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
In the remainder of my internship at the museum, I hope to continue refining my research and writing skills, working with amazing pieces of art, and soaking up the priceless knowledge that the museum staff offers me.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"