| Michele Frederick | 2019 | Ph.D. | https://www.arthistory.udel.edu/Images Profile Alumnus/Graduate Alumni/frederick-michele-2020.jpg | Associate Curator of European Art, North Carolina Museum of Art | <p>For almost a year, I have served as one of two
Associate Curators of European Art at the North Carolina Museum of Art (NCMA)
in Raleigh. The NCMA is a unique institution among American museums, as it is
mostly funded and operated by the state government. I have always had a passion
for and interest in museum work, and the opportunities provided by the
University of Delaware's Curatorial Track Ph.D. (CTPhD) program in Art History--including
internships, fellowships and the development of an object-based dissertation--were
all essential to my success in stepping into a curatorial role. At the NCMA, my colleague and I are
responsible for the museum’s European art collection of more than 500
paintings, sculptures and furnishings produced in Europe before 1900. The
responsibilities of a curator are incredibly varied, which is one of the things
that most interested me in museum work; there is never a day where I do exactly
the same thing as the day before. Already in my brief time at the NCMA, I have
redesigned a permanent collection gallery, given tours and lectures, responded
to numerous public inquiries related to our collection and works in private
collections, completed interviews for social media, evaluated loan requests and
conservation priorities, organized an exhibition from our collection, drafted
multiple scholarly articles and added a work to the permanent collection. All
of this and more fall under the scope of the curator’s responsibilities.<br></p><p>At the NCMA, my colleague and I are
responsible for the museum's European art collection of more than 500
paintings, sculptures and furnishings produced in Europe before 1900. The
responsibilities of a curator are incredibly varied, which is one of the things
that most interested me in museum work; there is never a day where I do exactly
the same thing as the day before. Already in my brief time at the NCMA, I have
redesigned a permanent collection gallery, given tours and lectures, responded
to numerous public inquiries related to our collection and works in private
collections, completed interviews for social media, evaluated loan requests and
conservation priorities, organized an exhibition from our collection, drafted
multiple scholarly articles and added a work to the permanent collection. All
of this and more fall under the scope of the curator's responsibilities. </p><p>My diverse coursework at the University of
Delaware--supported most directly by multiple faculty members who specialize in
the Early Modern period--and the fellowships and travel that I completed during
my six years in the CTPhD program have allowed me to develop an international
network and have pushed my understanding of what is possible both within
academia and outside of it. Just as our understanding and acceptance of the
standard "European canon"Â of art history is being, rightly, reevaluated,
museums across the country, including the NCMA, are in the midst of a sea
change. I am grateful to have entered the field at this moment when museums are
working to expand who and what is represented in our great institutions, whom
art reaches, and what it can mean for us in the modern age. Â </p> | https://www.arthistory.udel.edu/Images Profile Alumnus/Forms/DispForm.aspx?ID=8 | |
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