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      Mirmac16

      • Develops and organizes programs for all audiences.
      •  As Chief of Education,  I have pioneered several innovative programs such as Artful Playdates for Early Childhood, Drawing Salons and Maker-space workshops to an arts integration program titled STEAMworks for title 1 schools.
      • As a university campus museum we cater to all university students working closely with faculty to align course material with exhibitions on view.
      • Oversee a team of four educators , several interns and docents.
      • Organizes programs for individuals with disabilities
      • Develops resources and materials for Miami Dade County Public School teachers
      • Organizes professional development for teachers with artist on view including studio visits.
      • The best part of my job is working with the community, all ages and all backgrounds and learning something new every day.



       Chief Curator of Education, Frost Art Museum at Florida International University, Miami, Florida

      MA Johns Hopkins University, Museum Studies

      BA, Florida International University, Art History, Fine Arts

      ADA coordinator for programs and institution 

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      Women's History As Seen Through Art

      <p>This collection is an exploration of the changing roles of women in the US and the world as seen through artworks in the  Frost Art Museum in Miami Florida. </p> <p>It aims to understand the different roles women have inhabited in US history by contextualizing and analyzing different artworks in the Frost Art Museum’s collections. </p> <p>It will display the different roles women have inhabited in U.S history through an analysis of a diverse collection of the Frost Museum and Smithsonian artworks. It hopes to understand the ways in which depictions of women and their roles have changed with time, culture, and specific artists. </p> <p>The collection makes clear that while there is a general arch of progress in terms of female agency and opportunity, social class (in the form of racial and financial inequality) impact the stages at which progress took place for different groups of women. </p> <p>By using art to examine history and historical change, this collection aims to be a useful combination of art history, including artistic analysis, and history, including contextualization and narrative. </p> <p>Keywords: History, Women, photography, visual art, gender roles, Haiti </p>
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      19th and 20th Century Voting Rights in the United States

      <p>This Learning Lab collection was created by Holly Kuhn, a student in the summer 2021 Smithsonian Affiliate Digital Learning and Engagement Internship, in partnership with the Emerson Collective and the Patricia and Phillip Frost Art Museum, a Smithsonian Affiliate. #SAintern #RaceAndSocialJustice #WomensHistory</p>
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      Teaching with Haitian Art and Heritage with Frost Collection

      <p>Understanding Haitian Culture though Art <br /></p> <p>This lesson will support teaching Haitian traditions and culture through the Frost Art Museum collections. It will also provide a look into cultural identity, Haitianite supported by research conducted by two FIU faculty members .  The PowerPoint will expand on Haitian history and the notes will add talking points. The  Miami Dade County Public School lessons support various investigations from the past to the present. <br /></p><p>Connections to the Polish Black Virgin demonstrate the spread of culture and religious beliefs that traveled as countries were conquered. <br /></p>
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