Practicing What We Preach

March 9, 2020 by Paula Birnbaum

by Paula Birnbaum Yolanda López, The Nanny, from Women’s Work is Never Done series, mixed media installation, 1994. Photo courtesy of the University of San Francisco This article originally appeared in the March/April 2020 issue of Museum magazine, a benefit of AAM membership. Across the United States, a wave of feminist exhibitions and programs are responding to the current political climate and gender and racial inequities and violence. Drawing from the #MeToo movement, LGBTQ+ advocacy, Black and Brown Lives Matter, and Decolonize This […]

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Inclusivity on Display at USF’s Thacher Gallery

January 13, 2020 by usfmuseumstudiesblog

 by Max Blue  In the new exhibition Emboldened, Embodied, the Thacher Gallery takes a stand against underrepresentation in the arts — and takes a stand for inclusion everywhere. Artist Kim Anno’s portrait, entitled “Charlie Clark.” Lenore Chinn’s “Before the Wedding”   Exploring Identity Each fall, museum studies graduate students produce a show at the Thacher Gallery, located in the Gleeson Library. This year, student curators, along with Professor Paula Birnbaum, invited seven California-based artists who explore identity and feminism. The exhibition features […]

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An Inspiring Guest Speaker: Leslie Bedford

October 28, 2019 by usfmuseumstudiesblog

By Laure Rigaud-Soares (Graduate Museum Studies Assistant) I now understand the power of stories: this is our most fundamental need for making sense of the world and for communicating with each other. — Leslie Bedford On Thursday, September 19, 2019, Dr. Leslie Bedford came from New York to the University of San Francisco to share her knowledge on the museum field that she acquired over her 35+ year career as an educator, curator and author. Dr. Bedford is a member […]

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