Art, Empathy, and Social Justice: Stitching Communities and the AIDS Memorial Quilt
By Vanessa Teo MA ‘22 Last Thursday, on World AIDS Day, the Museum Studies MA program celebrated the opening of Stitching Communities and the AIDS Memorial Quilt, a collaborative curatorial endeavor by Museum Studies students in the Curatorial Studies Practicum, Professor Catherine Lusheck, and Thacher Gallery. In preparing for the exhibition, students learned about the history of curating, were exposed to theories that inform contemporary curatorial practice, and researched information around the AIDS Memorial Quilt. They collaborated in small teams […]
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