Behind the Scenes
Ian Finch, Associate Editor, Publications | September 13, 2012
What is your official title, and what are some of your general responsibilities? My official title is Web & Digital Media Manager. That basically means I have my hands in all things interactive, from website & micro-site development and growing the museum’s online community to facilitating technology-based in-gallery visitor experiences. I’m only in my second week on the job and…
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Maxine Gordon, jazz archivist, researcher, and writer | September 11, 2012
Charles “Teenie” Harris, 1908–1998, Billy Eckstine orchestra performing on stage, seen from above, including Sarah Vaughan, Billy Eckstine, Lucky Thompson, Charlie Parker, Bob “Junior” Williams, Leo Parker, Charlie Rouse, Dizzy Gillespie, Marion “Boonie” Hazel, Howard McGhee, Howard Scott, Jerry Valentine, Taswell Baird, Linton Garner, Art Blakey, and Connie Wainwright, in Aragon Ballroom, August 1944 When I was in Paris in October, 2009, I went to…
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Ian Finch, Associate Editor, Publications | August 20, 2012
What is your official title, and what are some of your general responsibilities? I’m the Marketing Assistant for both CMA and CMNH. This essentially means that I take care of all of the fun stuff like budgeting, working out contracts and advertising deals with advertisers, social media (I am the Facebook and Twitter voice of Dippy the Dinosaur), and helping out…
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Raymund Ryan, Curator of Architecture, Heinz Architectural Center | August 15, 2012
White Cube, Green Maze: New Art Landscapes opens here in the Heinz Architectural Center on September 21. Right now, crates are en route from places as diverse as Brazil, Mexico, Germany, and Japan with models and drawings for exhibition in our galleries. We’re also looking forward to receiving the first copies of the catalogue, published in collaboration with the University…
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Madelyn Roehrig, Education Specialist | August 14, 2012
Artist Madelyn Roehrig at Andy Warhol’s gravesite I always thought I’d like my own tombstone to be blank. No epitaph and no name. Well, actually, I’d like it to say “figment.” —Andy Warhol Last week on August 6, over 60 people stopped by Andy Warhol’s gravesite at St. John the Baptist Byzantine Catholic Cemetery in Bethel Park, PA to celebrate the artist’s 84th…
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Ian Finch, Associate Editor, Publications | August 8, 2012
What is your official title, and what are some of your general responsibilities? My official title is Development Assistant. I support the Director of Development in all fundraising activities. On a typical day, I might be processing and acknowledging gifts, working on grant proposals and reports, attending meetings with potential sponsors, scheduling board committee meetings, or assisting with the planning…
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Ian Finch, Associate Editor, Publications | July 16, 2012
Preparators Matt Cummings and Rob Capaldi hanging the first paintings in the newly renovated galleries. Rosemary Sprig. Castleton Mist. Stuart Gold. Pomegranate. Tarrytown Green. Mysterious. Venezuelan Sea. Smoke Embers. Yes, the new paint colors for the Scaife Galleries renovation do sound like racehorses. Which makes sense because we’re nearing the final stretch. Since this past spring, staff members from a…
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Ian Finch, Associate Editor, Publications | July 13, 2012
What is your official title, and what are some of your general responsibilities? My official title is Senior Research Associate for the Time-Based Media Collection, which is a roundabout way of saying that I’m an archivist working with the museum’s film and video holdings. The collection is in need of organization, and it will be my responsibility to research and catalog each work,…
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Ian Finch, Associate Editor, Publications | July 2, 2012
Last weekend, Katie Reilly (Head of Publications) and I attended the National Museum Publishing Seminar in Chicago, and I am happy to say our brains are still percolating. On the first night, print and digital media guru (and keynote speaker) Dan Sinker tried to calm everyone’s fears about the brave new world of digital publishing by advising us to just create…
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Linda Benedict-Jones, Curator of Photography & Amanda Zehnder, Associate Curator of Fine Arts | June 21, 2012
Linda Benedict-Jones, Amanda Zehnder & Akemi May We are asked all the time how long it took to put together Impressionism in a New Light. When we tell people that it took more than two years, they always wonder why. Well, there are lots of reasons for that. To begin, we had to simply sit down and discuss whether it made any…
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