MA Alumna Joins Block Museum
We were delighted to receive an email from Lauren Watkins MA '12 sharing the news that she had left her position at the Museum of Contemporary Art in Chicago to take up a new position as Engagement Manager at the Block Museum at Northwestern University. We are posting here the Museum's blog release of Lauren's appointment: In September 2016 the Block Museum was thrilled to welcome Lauren Cochard Watkins into the role of Engagement Manager. Lauren brings over 10 years of expe
MA Alumna's Thesis Published by Teachers College Press.
It's extremely rare for an MA thesis to be transformed into a commercial publication, but that's just what has happened to MA'13 Rachel Branham's thesis No Magic Bullets: A Graphic Novel Thesis. Through a great deal of persistence on Rachel's part, her thesis concept was accepted for publication this Fall by Teachers College Press under the title of "What's So Great About Art, Anyway?" : A Teacher's Odyssey. Her book appears within William Ayers' The Teaching for Social Just
TLAD MA Alumna Joins the Barnes Foundation
We are delighted to report that Barbara Wong, MA '95 has accepted the position as Director of Community Engagement at The Barnes Foundation. Barbara will be joining the Foundation after 16-years serving as the highly successful Executive Director of Providence CityArts for Youth, a nationally recognized community‐based arts center with a mission to provide quality arts education free‐of‐charge, to at‐risk urban youth ages 8‐14. CityArts serves over 1,200 youth in daytime arti
