Seven graduating senior student employees sit on the stairs at the Stanley Museum of Art.

Reflections from our Graduating Gallery Hosts, Spring 2025

Saturday, May 17, 2025
Spring 2025 marks the graduation of six of our gallery hosts--that's half of the year's team! Additionally, half of this year's graduates have been with the museum since it reopened in August of 2022. Read this post to hear a bit more about these students, their experiences at the Stanley, and where they're headed next.
Gallery Host and Campus Engagement Coordinator Annelies Knight poses in her graduation gown in front of Jackson Pollock's Mural.

A Reflection from Campus Engagement Coordinator 2024/25: Annelies Knight

Friday, May 16, 2025
Annelies Knight was our Campus Engagement Coordinator for academic year 2024/25. In this blog post, she reflects on the time she spent in the role and the events she planned, the resources and engagement tools she developed, and how her experience helped prepare her for what's next.
Museum Programs Intern Abbie McLaren, dressed in her graduation attire, poses with a Stan the Cat activity booklet, which she created in the spring of 2025, in the Stanley Museum of Art lobby.

A Reflection from Museum Programs Intern 2022-25: Abbie McLaren

Thursday, May 15, 2025
Abbie McLaren has been Museum Programs Intern at the Stanley since 2022. In this blog post, she reflects on her past three years in the role and how her experience at the Stanley shaped her time at Iowa. As part of the graduating class of 2025, Abbie will be leaving this role at the end of the spring 2025 semester.
A photo of Josie, posing in front of the Jiha Moon mural in the Stanley lobby.

Learning & Engagement Intern Spring 2025: Josie Duccini

Monday, February 24, 2025
Click here to learn more about Josie Duccini and the work she will do as Learning & Engagement Intern at the Stanley Museum of Art during the Spring 2025 semester.
A photo of Katharine with a grey background.

Graduate Assistant of Collections & Exhibitions: Katharine Cummings

Tuesday, February 11, 2025
Click here to learn more about Katharine Cummings, the Stanley Museum of Art's Graduate Assistant of Collections & Exhibitions.
A smiling woman with blonde hair.

Museum Studies Intern Spring 2025: Amelia Enskat

Monday, January 27, 2025
Click here to learn more about Amelia Enskat and the work she will do as Museum Studies Intern within the Learning & Engagement department at the Stanley Museum of Art during the Spring 2025 semester.
A photo of Luke Krchak superimposed onto a green background, with the words "Student Spotlight." Luke is wearing a brown beanie and a blue t shirt and is smiling.

Museum Studies Intern Fall 2024: Luke Krchak

Friday, September 27, 2024
Click here to learn more about Luke Krchak and the work he will do as Museum Studies Intern within the Learning & Engagement department at the Stanley Museum of Art during the Fall 2024 semester.
A photo of Bella Epstein, standing in front of the Keith Haring mural, "A Book Full of Fun," in the Stanley Museum of Art galleries, teaching in front of a group of children and their parents.

A Reflection from Summer Learning & Engagement Intern Bella Epstein

Monday, September 2, 2024
Click here to learn more about the various projects Bella Epstein, an art education and printmaking student at UNI, worked on during her summer as an intern for the Stanley's Learning & Engagement department.
A photo of Stanley student employee, Shaun Mallonga, working on Jiha Moon's mural, 'One An Other,' in the Stanley Museum of Art lobby.

A Reflection on Working with Jiha Moon

Thursday, August 29, 2024
Shaun Mallonga, an MFA student at the University of Iowa and Gallery Host at the Stanley Museum of Art, reflects on the experience of working with artist Jiha Moon on her recent mural project, "One An Other," in the Stanley Museum of Art's lobby.