This post is part of our Internship Spotlight series. For this installment, Museology Communications and Marketing Assistant Marcela Velandia (’25) spoke with Ash Gingery (’25) about their internship experience at the Museum of Pop Culture. What organization did you intern with and what you do in your internship? I was lucky to have the opportunity to intern in the collections department of the Museum of Pop Culture (MoPOP). My project centered on a sub-collection of materials related to the history…
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Internship spotlight – Emily Shields
This post is part of our Internship Spotlight series. For this installment, Museology Communications and Marketing Assistant Marcela Velandia (’25) spoke with Emily Shields (’25) about her internship experience at the National Nordic Museum. What organization did you intern with and what did you do in your internship? I interned with the National Nordic Museum (NNM) in their Collections department. My role was to assist with collection operations, primarily cataloging some accessions. This meant creating digital catalog records by numbering…
Internship Spotlight – Amanda Rodgers
This post is part of our Internship Spotlight series. For this installment, Amanda Rodgers (’25) writes about her internship experience at the Pacific Bonsai Museum. From January to June of 2024, I was a Community Engagement Intern for the Pacific Bonsai Museum (PBM) in Federal Way, Washington. I was drawn to this internship for two main reasons: first of all, I’m particularly interested in what it looks like to display cultural practices—such as the cultivation and care of bonsai…
MOHAI Curator’s Fellowship – Polly Yorioka
For this installment, Museology Communications and Marketing Assistant Marcela Velandia (’25) spoke with Polly Yorioka (’24) about her position as MOHAI’s third annual Curator’s Fellow. 1. Tell me more about yourself. My name is Polly Yorioka and I grew up in the Seattle area. My dad’s side of the family are Japanese American and have lived here since the 1900s. My background is in classics. I studied classical Greece and ancient Rome, but then I got more interested in…
Internship Spotlight – Michelle Villagomez
This post is part of our Internship Spotlight series. For this installment, Museology Communications and Marketing Assistant Marcela Velandia (’25) spoke with Michelle Villagomez (’25) about her internship experience at the Fishbowl Gallery. What organization did you intern with, and what did you do in your internship? Why did you decide to intern there? My internship was at the Fishbowl, an art gallery which provides space for QTBIPOC artists (Queer, Transgender, Black, Indigenous and People of Color). This gallery…
Internship Spotlight – Taylor Schoenfeld
This post is part of our Internship Spotlight series. For this installment, Taylor Schoenfeld (’24) reflects on his experience working with Zachary Stocks (’14), Executive Director of Oregon Black Pioneers, to re-house their collection. Recently I completed an internship with the Oregon Black Pioneers. I worked with Executive Director Zachary Stocks on a full museum collection move and inventory project. Going into the internship my learning goals were to set new professional collections standards, ensure OBP property and data are…
Internship Spotlight – Ella Rubenstein
This post is part of our Internship Spotlight series, which consists of short interviews with students about their internship experiences. The interview reflects on what the student has learned from the experience and any advice they’d give to individuals looking for internships. Our next spotlight is with Ella Rubenstein, a second-year UW Museology Student. What organization are you interning with? Can you tell me what you are doing for your internship? I’m interning at the Burke Museum of Natural…
Internship Spotlight – Grace Liatti
This post is part of our Internship Spotlight series, which consists of short interviews with students about their internship experiences. The interview reflects on what the student has learned from the experience and any advice they’d give to individuals looking for internships. Our next spotlight is with Grace Liatti, a first-year UW Museology Student. What organization are you interning with? Can you tell me what you are doing for your internship? I’m currently in the throes of a 6-month…
Course Highlight: Museums, Health, and Wellbeing Seminar
For this Winter Quarter 2023 Course Highlight, we were excited to speak with students participating in Jessica Luke‘s new seminar: Museums, Health, and Wellbeing. This seminar explores the role that museums can play in public health, in particular in fostering positive social and emotional well-being. This course is structured as a 5-part seminar, addressing wellbeing theory, practice, research, measures, and contexts. We sat down mid-way through the quarter with Cristal Seda Santiago, Hannah Sutton, and Sarah Smith to discuss their…
Alumni Spotlight: Danielle Sakowski (2020)
This post is part of our Alumni Spotlight series. For this installment, we spoke with Danielle Sakowski (Class of 2020) about her path through Museology and where it has taken her since. What originally drew you the Museology program? Like a lot of museum people, I had some foundational experiences with museums early on where I would visit museums, often through school programs. I had this incredible sense of awe at humanity, and felt an inspiration to learn in…