Report From the Field: Joseph

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Thanks to the new Hall Grant to support a floating museum internship, Joseph Shaikewitz ’15 has spent the summer in the curatorial department and the Center for the Study of Modern Art at the Philipps Collection in Washington, D.C. He reports: “I’ve been presented with incredible opportunities… [from doing] research on contemporary artists … [to developing] academic and public programs… I am in the process of putting together an exhibition on portraiture that draws from the works held by a local collector and has thus involved extensive research of the art in his collection, conceptualizing an exhibition theme, and even visiting with the collector to view his impressive holdings of photography and sculpture. I’ve loved every minute of my internship—it’s invaluable to have the opportunity to truly recognize and reaffirm that this is what I want to do with my life.”