Museum Welcomes New Curator

very engaged in the process,” Moss says.

Prior to shelter in place, students at both sites requested the opportunity to have their own exhibition, Moss says. “We had plans to teach them about creating a body of work, selecting work, curating an exhibition, and writing artist bios and statements. The students were really excited to have the opportunity to do this work.” Now, Moss and the teaching artists have developed meaningful arts programing via video. “It has been a big shift and an interesting way to make creative space! We are also creating art kits for the youth that they can use anytime (as their programs permit).”

COURTESY VASTI MOSS

COURTESY VASHTI MOSS

Museum Welcomes New History Curator

THE ALBUQUERQUE MUSEUM HAS HIRED LESLIE KIM

as history curator. Kim officially began work on June 22

Kim comes from Albuquerque Academy, where she has been teaching World History since 2000. Kim says she has always had a love for museum work, and has worked as an art researcher, curatorial assistant, and collections associate. She has been on the Albuquerque Museum Foundation board of directors, served on several committees, and chaired ArtEdge, an effort to cultivate young donors and volunteers for an early iteration of the gala, Shaken, not Stirred.

For Kim, the appointment meets a lifelong goal to be professionally engaged in museum work. She started her career researching pieces owned by Jan and Frederick Mayer on loan at the Denver Museum of Art. She interned at the Denver Museum of Nature and Science as a collections assistant, and learned about preservation work on a Kachina restoration project. When she returned to Albuquerque in December 1999, she really wanted to get into Museum work full time, but then the job at Albuquerque Academy came along, and she has been there ever since.

Kim’s first order of business is to get to know the collection. “As an educator, I interact with history on a daily basis,” Kim says. “I strive to bring it alive every day in the classroom, but now I’m doing the same with objects. This is going to be super fun.”