Kudos to… After 10 years at the Saint Louis Art Museum, Lisa Cakmak (MSP04) began a new position as Chair and Curator of the Arts of the Ancient Mediterranean and Byzantium at the Art Institute of Chicago in summer 2020. In this new position,...
Kudos to… Ayana Curran-Howes (MSP20) on securing the Simmons Internship at The Henry Ford this summer. Ayana will be working on “Envisioning the Opening Market and Seasonal Markets” for a new installation in Greenfield Village, slated to open in April 2022.
The 2021 Virtual MMA Conference will be held October 6 & 7. The conference will have three sets of concurrent sessions, all focusing on the future of Michigan’s museums. Within that idea of looking forward to the future, each set of sessions will focus on Michigan...
Kudos to… former museum studies minor student Hannah Tanner has been promoted to Visitor Services Assistant at the Smithsonian Museum of African American History and Culture.
Kudos to… Mark Ramirez (MSP19) has recently accepted a position as Assistant Registrar at the Toledo Museum of Art.
Ella Sharp left an amazing legacy in 1912 when she willed her farm and land to the City of Jackson to create a park and museum. In 1965 it became the Ella Sharp Museum. Renovations from the Jackson Junior Welfare League converted Ella’s house...
