Tag Archives: museum internship
Meet Gillian, the New Summer Intern!
Posted on June 21, 2023
Hello! My name is Gillian Ferguson, and I am excited to start the cross-departmental internship at the Leigh Yawkey Woodson Art Museum this summer! I moved to Wisconsin from northeast Ohio after graduating from Oberlin College in May.
Internship Surprises
Posted on September 24, 2014
As I flip through carbon copies of old, typewritten letters, I am in awe. Why are these letters – among hundreds – part of the Leigh Yawkey Woodson Art Museum’s collection? The correspondence between artist Don Richard Eckelberry and his many friends and colleagues accompanies thousands of the artist’s watercolors and sketches, thanks to the bequest of the late artist’s wife. One of my first internship projects is to help preserve these letters written throughout the early years of World War II until 2001. I’m pleasantly surprised to be working with such important, historical items in addition to artwork.
Museum Intern Needs Toe Shoes
Posted on June 19, 2013
My name is Olivia Heitz and I am a summer intern at the Woodson Art Museum. I’ll be a sophomore at Luther College this fall and I plan to major in both fine arts and psychology. As someone who loves the arts but isn’t certain what career I would like... Read More