Frost Art Museum Summer 2009 Interns
Cristina Albeirus, Education Department
Psychology Major at University of Miami
What you like most about working at the Frost Art Museum: “Working with the fun and enthusiastic children and art, and teaching the children different painting techniques.”
What do you hope to gain from this experience? “I plan in the future to work with children and so I hope to gain experience that will help better understand children and the way they truly benefit from art.”
Nicole Espaillat, Registration and Collections Department
Art History Major at Florida International University
What you like most about working at the Frost Art Museum: “Definitely the hands on experience, the fun events and the awesome frosties!”
What do you hope to gain from this experience? “When I graduate I know I will be confident enough to succeed in any art history career.”
Alexander Garcia, Registration and Collections Department
Art Major at Florida International University
What you like most about working at the Frost Art Museum: “I love handling priceless art pieces that may have never been seen by the public.”
What do you hope to gain out of this experience? “I hope to learn more about different art movements.”
Alison Garcia, Registration and Collections Department
Exhibition Design, Interior Architecture at UC Davis
What you like most about working at the Frost Art Museum: “The atmosphere, the staff, the galleries, and the Wednesday After Hours Program.”
What do you hope to gain from this experience? “I would love to work in the museum field as a curator. Working here is teaching me about the Miami Art community and I can only hope to soak it all in.”
Laura E. Lopez-Blazquez, Registration and Collections Department
Art History at Fordham University
What you like most about working at the Frost Art Museum: “The hands on experience of actually working directly with objects. I also enjoy the overall atmosphere.”
What do you hope to gain from this experience? “How a museum works from the inside and specifically what department or part of the museum I want to be part of.”
Linda K. Martin, Education Department
Marketing and Art History Minor at Florida International University
What you like most about working at the Frost Art Museum: “Getting to work in all different departments within the museum.”
What do you hope to gain from this experience? “Gain knowledge for graduate school.”
Raymond Edward Mathews, Marketing and Communications Department
MA in International Administration at University of Miami
What you like most about working at the Frost Art Museum: “Getting a first look at all the art that is going to be exhibited”
What do you hope to gain from this experience? “The knowledge and experience from working at a renowned art museum such as The Frost.”
Mary Beth Morris, Education Department
Studio Art at Florida State University
What do you like most about working at the Frost? “Meeting new people, giving tours, and getting people excited about the artwork they have on view here.”
What do you hope to gain from this experience? “I hope to gain more experience in museum education and learn teaching techniques from my peers here at the museum.”
Gabriella Portela, Marketing and Communications Department
Art History Major at Florida State University
What you like most about working at the Frost Art Museum: “I love giving tours and teaching visitors about the paintings we have on display. I also like working with different magazines and other art publications.”
What do you hope to gain from this experience? “I hope to gain experience working in art museum to prepare myself for my future career after I graduate.”
Susana Rodriguez, Education Department
Art History and English Literature Major at Florida International University
What you like most about working at the Frost Art Museum: “I love watching out summer campers develop as artists. I also love touring groups and teaching them new things about art that they never thought to think of before.”
What do you hope to gain from this experience? “I hope that I take some teaching and curating experience from my time at the Frost. I also hope I can give the museum back as much as it’s given me so far.”
Rafael G Romero, Registration and Collections Department
Art History/ Psychology Major at Princeton University
What you like most about working at the Frost Art Museum: “I really like doing ‘hands on’ manual work that gets me out of my mind. It makes me feel like an artist.”
What do you hope to gain from this experience? “I would like to focus on hands-on projects like art handling, transportation, inventorying, and installing. At the same time, I’d like some brief exposure to every facet of museology, including curatorial work, finance, maintenance, conservation, exhibition, etc.”
Stephanie Marie Santos, Registration and Collections Department
Fibers and Material Study at The Cleveland Institute of Art
What you like most about working at the Frost Art Museum: “I enjoy handling art pieces that usually are not supposed to be touched.”
What do you hope to gain out of this experience: “To learn how to handle art pieces properly and make connections with the people who work at the museum.”
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