KENNEDY MUSEUM OF ART at Ohio University
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KMA Picks, a new student curatorial initiative at KMA, grew out of the search for meaningful ways to continue our mission as a teaching museum in 2020-2021, a year where everything was reimagined into a virtual experience. Engaging with the museum’s collections began as an online search through what could be accessed on the website and proceeded to combing through more than 1600 pages of thumbnail images and object records before being able to visit the museum’s collection vault in person. We are proud to present the first two KMA Picks. “Representation of Women in Art: Selections from the Kennedy Museum of Art” was curated by Madeline Kramer (2020-2021 Outreach Programs Assistant/Senior, Political Science) and Tristen Luken (2020-2022 Academic Programs Assistant/ Sophomore, Studio Art). “Transitional Shapes, Traditional Functions” was curated by Carrie Summerford (2019-2022 Spanish and Educational Programs Assistant/Senior, Spanish and Studio Art).
There’s a theory that in early human evolution, it wasn’t the spear that came first, but the vessel (Le Guin). How can you store or carry hunted meat without a sling or a bag? Even before that, how can you carry water, berries, or children? Regardless of timing, throughout human history we have always needed to contain things. One of the most common ways, to this day, to carry or contain our food and possessions is through ceramics.
We began this project as a new way to work with various pieces in the KMA collection. We combed through thousands of pages of art
KENNEDY MUSEUM OF ART at Ohio University 
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