Sophie Davidson (MA 1999) is working with
Australian Aboriginal landowners to ensure a secure future for an
internationally renowned rock art gallery. Many scholars consider the rock art
found in Arnhem Land to be some of the oldest examples of rock painting in the
world, dating over 50,000 years ago. At this time researchers have discovered
thousands of sites within the five million acre region of this remote area of
Australia.
In January Anne Eschapasse (MA
2000) was named the new director of exhibitions and scholarly publications at
the Musée National des Beaux-Arts du Québec. As such, she oversees the
programming, designing, and touring of exhibitions, along with the production
of museum publications. In 2015 the museum will open a new pavilion designed by
OMA-Rem Koolhaas which will double the current exhibition and program space.
Katherine Danalakis (MA
2004) continues to work as collections manager at the Jewish Museum. She is now
also an adjunct instructor at New York University, teaching museum registration
and collections management. On a personal note, Katherine was recently married
in New York.
Daniella Ohad Smith (PhD
2006) is directing a new program called: “Collecting Design: History,
Collections, Highlights” at the New York School of Interior Design. This course,
sponsored by the magazine Modern and Phillips de Pury &
Company, is the first comprehensive educational program devoted to the study of
collecting modern and contemporary design. Daniella has also started writing a
column titled, “Collector’s Choice” in Modern, in which she engages
with collectors of modern and contemporary design.
Amanda Morgan (MA 2007)
earned a Master of Architecture degree from the University of Oregon in June
2012. Earlier this year, she was awarded the Betty Peting Traveling Fellowship,
which took her to Malmö, Sweden, where she spent three weeks investigating
social housing built during the Million Program of the 1960s and 1970s. She is
currently living with her partner Karen Munro in Portland, Oregon.
Earlier this month, Amy Sande-Friedman (MA
2006, PhD 2012) became the director of the Von Lintel Gallery in New York
City’s Chelsea neighborhood.
Einav Zamir (MA 2012)
recently became the head manager of the New York branch of ArtWatch
International, an organization that serves as an advocate for the conservation
and stewardship of historically significant works of art and cultural
monuments. ArtWatch International accomplishes their mission through publishing
articles on their website and organizing conferences on related topics.
Over the summer, Christian
A. Larsen (MA 2011, PhD Candidate), was one of ten fellows awarded a
research practicum as part of the Smithsonian Institution’s Latino Museum
Studies Program. As part of his research, he surveyed the National Trust for
Historic Preservation’s collection of 60,000 objects spread across twenty-seven
historic sites for important examples of Latino history and culture. Among his
discoveries at the Cooper Molera Adobe in Monterey, California was a forgotten
silver-embroidered leather saddle displayed at the Mexican Pavilion at the 1889
Paris Universal Exposition.
Anna Kaplan (MA 2011)
is currently teaching design history courses at Daemen College in Amherst, NY
and recently celebrated the second anniversary of her vintage clothing business.
On a personal note, in May 2012 she married Stephen Malczewski and the couple
resides in Buffalo, NY.
