Museum Studies

This page is under development and will present Jennifer’s museum work experience outside of art conservation. She has worked at the Seattle Art Museum, Daybreak Star Indian Cultural Center, and the Henry Art Gallery in Seattle.

In May 2023, Jennifer completed a certificate in Museum Studies from the Institute of American Indian Arts. In this online program she developed a nuanced understanding of this history, present and future directions of museum collections and curatorial work and arranged two paid internships at Seattle institutions.

Mountmaking

• 2023 workshop with Jamie Haskell at Mount Making Focus
  • Brass mount for paint striper
  • Brass and plastic mount for antique lock
  • Soft adjustable fabric mount for antique hat

Curatorial research

• Daybreak Star Indian Cultural Center
  • Collaborated with Gallery Curator Jose Montano on a complete revision of the extended labels for the permanent art collection.  
• Seattle Art Museum
  • Attribution research on a Japanese hanging scroll in the style of Hokusai.

Press release

• Daybreak Star Indian Cultural Center
  • Wrote press release for Nancy Clark’s 2023 solo exhibition at Daybreak Star Indian Cultural Center.

Education

• Seattle Art Museum
  • Shadowed Teen Arts Group (TAG) meeting
  • Created a supplemental Visual Thinking Strategies resource for TAG students

Repatriation research

Institute of American Indian Arts

• Two courses on repatriation.
  • Researched and wrote a case study of a completed repatriation of unassociated funerary objects.