by Leandra Velez | Sep 15, 2015 | 2015, archive
The MUSE program received vital support from IMLS for expansion this year of the program’s reach- to further awareness and accessibility of museum careers to high school students in part through increased internship opportunities. Now that their paid internships...
by Leandra Velez | Sep 8, 2015 | 2015, archive
The Artist Project is an online series in which artists are given an opportunity to respond to the encyclopedic collection of the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City. Beginning March 2015, for one year, they will invite 100 artists—local, national, and...
by Leandra Velez | Aug 27, 2015 | 2015, archive
Katherine Quinn, wife of renowned actor and artist Anthony Quinn (1915-2001), welcomed MUSE students into her home to view his life’s work and collections of art. While his film career is well known, Mr. Quinn was twice an Oscar winner, he had a life long...
by Leandra Velez | Jun 18, 2015 | 2015, archive
Newport Art Museum is proud to release a video documentary about our pioneering MUSE program. MUSE intern Mikael Wurman, a graduating senior from the East bay Met School class of 2015, created this short film. Mikael worked for several months on the film, taking raw...
by Leandra Velez | Jun 10, 2015 | 2015, archive
Two articles in the New York Times highlight the extent to which major museums are featuring local artists more as they look to reflect their region and attract local audiences. Baltimore, the city of much grave news this spring, has a major museum that has a history...
by Leandra Velez | Jun 4, 2015 | 2015, archive
The MUSE students from Rogers High School traveled to Providence recently to visit the Rhode Island Charter Museum in the State House. The charter is a landmark 1663 document in which King Charles II granted RI colonists the right to the religious practice of their...
