Dear readers,
Welcome to the new and improved blog of the DEN at the Muscarelle Museum of Art! After some much needed re-vamping, the blog's got a whole new look and a whole new feel. But don't fret, the old site has been archived, and a link is available in our About Me section if you're curious.
To our devoted readers, thanks for sticking with us. It's been a great time of transition and change for the museum, all pointing this dynamic institution in the up and forward directions. To our new readers, we hope you become regulars and are entertained and/or informed by what we have to say. And, in case you weren't totally sure, DEN stands for Development, Education, and New Media. Now you know!
On this blog, you can expect weekly behind-the-scenes updates from Muscarelle interns and students in our ARTH330: Curating, Collecting, and Connoisseurship class, detailing our personal ambitions, project progress, art-based initiatives, and our forays into the art world. It promises to be an exciting journey, peppered with stories of both successes and setbacks, challenges and triumphs. Most importantly, these blog poses will indicate the huge honor and great inspiration that we all feel working and studying at "pound for pound, the best university art museum in the nation."
This is an especially amazing time for the Muscarelle, with two major exhibitions here for the spring. "Michelangelo: Sacred and Profane Masterpiece Drawings from the Casa Buonarroti" features 25 drawings by the master, most never or rarely seen in the United States, being hailed as the most significant exhibition by the artist in the United States in over 30 years. Additionally, "Mattia Preti: A Brush with Passion" celebrates the 400th birthday of the last great follower of Caravaggio, and helped seal the Muscarelle's attainment of Cultural Partner status for 2013: The Year of Italian Culture in the United States. The Italian Ambassador himself even wrote introductory letters for our two exhibition catalogs--pretty cool if you ask me!
I could go on and on, but you'll hear from me again soon. In the mean time, we here at the DEN will continue our busy day-to-day shuffle, living and loving the work that keeps us around the best art in the world.
See you soon!
Courtney Raterman
Social Media Manager at the Muscarelle Museum of Art
Advancement and Curatorial Intern
