Art Museum Seniors

May 2, 2008

	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.
	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.
	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.
	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!
	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.
	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!
	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.
	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.
	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.
	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.
	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.