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Laila Buligina '08
Position: Curatorial assistant
Major: International relations
Minor: Art history
Hometown: Riga, Latvia
Favorite piece at the museum: Masaniello by Alexandre-Marie
Colin. I enjoy paintings that combine a well-defined psychological portrait
of an individual with a landscape and an historical narrative. |
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Jacqueline Finnegan '08
Position: Collections management assistant
Major: Studio art
Minor: Complex organizations
Hometown: Orlando, Florida
Favorite piece at the museum: The newly acquired Jasper Johns prints Zero
through Nine. Johns created something like an optical illusion where
the numbers pop out in front of each other and move back and forth in space.
I can't wait until Wendy Watson designs a show to display them. |
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Tanya Fonseca '08
Position: Collections management assistant
Major: Architectural studies
Minor: History
Hometown: Geneva, Switzerland
Favorite piece at the museum: The galvanized steel and aluminum
Donald Judd piece in the Futter Gallery. |
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Caroline Gillaspie '08
Position: Receptionist
Majors: Art history and history
Hometown: Athens, New York
Favorite piece at the museum: I love Hetch Hetchy Canyon.
I am partial to the Hudson River School of art because I'm doing an independent
study on Thomas Cole. I also love the ancient Greek, Roman, and Egyptian
room. Classical art is my all-time favorite! |
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Kelly Ann Lum '08
Position: Receptionist
Majors: Art history and French
Hometown: Burlingame, California
Favorite piece at the museum: I like the Hokusai woodblock print
of a great wave with Mount Fuji in the background. It's a really famous
image and currently featured in the Side by Side docent's choice
show. |
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Leora Morinis '08
Position: Receptionist
Major: Critical social thought
Hometown: Vancouver, Canada
Favorite piece at the museum: Either Frank Stella's The Street,
or the dower chest that belonged to Editha Kellogg. Kellogg was College
founder Mary Lyon's great-great-grandmother--that rules! |
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Katie Omberg '08
Position: Collections management assistant
Major: Religion
Minor: Art history
Hometown: Rockville, Maryland
Favorite piece at the museum: We have a portfolio of some Max Beckmann
prints. He's one of my all-time favorites, a German painter who worked
from the 1910s to about the 1960s. |
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Elizabeth J. Petcu '08
Position: Curatorial assistant
Major: Art history
Minor: Philosophy
Hometown: Longmeadow, Massachusetts
Favorite piece at the museum: A dish made at Iznik, Turkey, under
the Ottomans around 1585. I was involved in its acquisition during my sophomore
year as part of a final project for an Arts of Islam course. Ottoman trade
reached as far as China in the East and Italy in the West, so this object
represents a truly international visual dialogue. |
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Kathryn Plass '08
Position: Curatorial assistant, Skinner Museum
Majors: History and biology
Hometown: Mountain View, California
Favorite piece at the museum: Hetch Hetchy Canyon by Bierstadt
because of the light and because I come from an area served by water from
the reservoir. |
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Emily Renfrew '08
Position: Education outreach fellow
Major: History
Minor: Educational studies
Hometown: Poulsbo, Washington
Favorite piece at the museum: Annie Lavelle by Robert Henri. It is a portrait
of a little girl in a pink dress, but there is something in her giant blue
eyes that just draws you in and makes you wonder what she's really thinking. |
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Grace Zeigler '08
Position: Receptionist
Majors: Sociology and English
Hometown: Oak Park, Illinois
Favorite piece at the museum: The bust of Faith. It's pretty and regal--and
she seems a perfect example of a strong woman. My only regret is that she
doesn't have a sister in a dark marble because they then would capture
the multiple colors of our diverse MHC community. |
