Public Humanities Practicum Guide 2009.pdf
Class of 2007
- Baseball Hall of Fame (Steele Internship Program), in the curatorial department
- Dia:Beacon, designing educational programs
- Gallatin Historical Society, developing collections policy and collections management
- Institute of Contemporary Art, Boston, designing educational programs
- Little Compton Historical Society, curating exhibition on the Portuguese of Little Compton
- Lowell National Historic Park, designing programs for the forthcoming Jack Kerouac exhibition
- Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, contemporary art department curatorial research
- Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, organizing and writing program guides for film programs
- National Museum of American History, Smithsonian Institution, working on the Bracero History Project and participating in the Latino Museum Studies Program
- Newport Restoration Foundation (Graduate Student Museum Internship Program), designing tours on Newport’s Revolutionary War history
- Rhode Island Council for the Humanities, developing a system to archive grant projects
- Rhode Island Historical Society, preparing 19th-century recipe book for publication
- RISD Museum (Andrew W. Mellon internship), working on the Nazi Era Provenance Project
- RISD Museum, Contemporary Art Department, researching provenance and writing catalog entries
- Smithsonian Asian Pacific American Program, working on a variety of projects
- Trustees of the Reservations, preparing plan for expanding use of historic park
Class of 2008
- Adirondack Museum, museum curating for exhibit on photographic history and education programs
- American History Workshop, assisting in curating exhibit on Lafayette at the New York Historical Society
- American Numismatics Society, researching images of African Americans on state currency
- Center for the Study of Political Graphics, research and curatorial work
- Creative Time, curating public art projects
- Cultural Organization of Lowell, organizing educational programs for the Kerouac exhibition
- Fuller Craft Museum, curatorial department
- International Folk Art Museum (LAS Internship Program), research and curatorial work
- Local Projects, photo research for exhibits at the National Building Museum and the Museum of the Chinese in America
- National Museum of American History, Smithsonian Institution, research on upcoming business history exhibition
- National Museum of American History, Smithsonian Institution, research on African American collections and exhibition history
- National Park Service, Boston Historical Park, curatorial work and business planning
- National Park Service, Jefferson National Expansion Memorial (Cultural Resources Diversity Internship Program), researching slavery and African American history in St. Louis
- National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution, research work for exhibition
- New Urban Arts, designing arts programs for high school students
- Newport Historical Society (Buchanan / Burnham Internship), designing a new tour of African American sites and curating exhibition on William Ellery
- Penobscot Marine Museum, curatorial, exhibition, and education work
- Rhode Island Historical Society/Museum of Work and Culture, researching, collecting and curating for an exhibition on 20th century immigration
- Tribute WTC Visitor Center, educational programs
Class of 2009
- Amistad Center for Art and Culture, Hartford, CT, exhibition on aging
- Baranov Museum and Alutiiq Museum, Kodiak Island, AK, preparing for AAM accreditation and working on exhibitions
- California Council for the Humanities, Los Angeles, CA, organizing program of oral histories
- Decatur House/National Trust for Historic Preservation, Washington, D.C., curriculum projects and exhibition
- Experience Music Project, Seattle, WA, teacher’s programs and curricula
- Forest Hills Cemetery Educational Trust, Boston, MA, public programming and volunteer coordination
- Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, MA, curatorial research
- Museo del Barrio, New York, NY; Smithsonian's Latino Museum Studies Program
- National Museum of African American History and Culture, Washington, D.C., preparing on tour of local archaeological and historical sites
- National Museum of American History, Washington, D.C., military history exhibition and collecting plan
- RISD Museum, Providence, RI, visitor research and exhibition evaluation
- Wanås Foundation, Knislinge, Sweden, memorials and art
- Wing Luke Museum, Seattle, WA, exhibition on Iraq War
Class of 2010
*Brave
- Brave New Films, production research
*Creative - Creative Arts Council Brown University, program development and research
*Greene - Greene Farm archaeological project, historical research and analysis
*Hull - Hull House Museum, exhibit research and interpretation, program development for urban farm
*Library - Library of Congress, Music Division, curatorial assistance
*Local - Local Projects, exhibit research for National Museum of American Jewish History
*Museum - Museum of the African Diaspora, exhibit installation and program development
*National - National Museum of American History, Division of Home and Community Life, historical research and collection cataloging
*National - National Museum of American History, Division of Work and Industry, exhibit research and collection development
*Putnam - Putnam (CT) Economic and Community Development Agency, historic preservation and site assessment
*Rhode - Rhode Island School of Design Museum, Education Department, outreach and program development
*Rhode - Rhode Island School of Design Museum, Textiles and Costume Department, research and curatorial assistance
*Smithsonian - Smithsonian Latino Museum Studies Program, communal mapping project at Anacostia Community
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*WaterFire, - WaterFire, program development
