Congratulations to CCS Museum Studies Alum Terra Smith, M.A. (B.S. History Honors, Museum Studies minor 2018)! In January 2023, Terra became the Associate Registrar at the Musical Instrument Museum in Phoenix, Arizona. Prior to this position, Terra worked at MIM in guest services for several years as well as served as a curatorial intern for the exhibit “Echoes of Loss” at the Coconino Center for the Arts in Flagstaff. After graduating with honors from NAU, Terra completed a Master… Read more
Museum Studies
Alumni News: Dr. Emily Lawhead recently appointed Associate Curator at the Utah Museum of Fine Arts
Congratulations to CCS alum Emily Lawhead (Art History and Asian Studies, minors in Japanese and Museum Studies, class of 2016)! In 2022, she received her Ph.D. in the History of Art and Architecture with a certificate in New Media & Culture from the University of Oregon and became the Editorial Manager for Peer Review at DAJH, a platform for digital art history… Read more
Student News: Congratulations to CCS alum Sophie Church (Art History emphasis, 2017) on her new positions at the Center for Creative Photography and the Arizona State Library!
Congratulations to CCS alum Sophie Church (Art History emphasis with minors in Museum Studies, Studio Art, and Chemistry, 2017)! She joined both the Arizona State Library and the Center for Creative Photography as a conservation assistant and conservation technician in 2021. Sophie completed a M.A. in Art History in May 2019 at the University of Arizona. Her thesis research focused on the investigation of a sixteenth-century print by Ugo da Carpi from the University of Arizona Museum of… Read more
Student News: Congratulations to CCS alum Abigail Paternina (Art History emphasis, 2021) on her new position at the Montclair Art Museum!
Congratulations to CCS alum Abigail Paternina (Art History emphasis, 2021) on her new position at the Montclair Art Museum in New Jersey! Abigail is working closely with local New York and New Jersey artists as the Special Events Associate with the museum in preparation for an upcoming art auction in December. She will also be working with the curatorial department on programming.
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