July 25, 2024

Dear Alumni,

Hello from London! I’m currently spending two weeks in the UK for research, and I’ve had a wonderful time visiting museums and libraries. Earlier this week, I saw some fashion plates at the Victoria and Albert Museum that I first learned about during my time at BGC. I also enjoyed going to a pub to watch the Euro finals (until England’s disappointing loss), and I’ve been grateful for a break from the New York humidity.

As you would have seen two weeks ago, I’m sharing mini profiles of alumni in this newsletter. If you’d like to be featured in a future note, write to me at alumni@bgc.bard.edu! I’d love to learn more about what you’re up to.

For more specific updates, you can fill out the online form.

All best,
Julia Carabatsos (MA ’22)
alumni@bgc.bard.edu

Alumni Spotlight

Kristine Gupta (MA ’03), picture above, has recently opened a fabric store in New York’s Flatiron District called Loom & Stars. The shop specializes in handwoven textiles from India. Congratulations, Kristine!

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The New-York Historical Society seeks an assistant curator of decorative arts and material culture. The assistant curator oversees portions of the museum’s decorative arts and material culture collections and advances New-York Historical’s mission through exhibitions, presentations, teaching, and donor cultivation. Curatorial duties include researching, exhibiting, and writing about works in the collections; recommending acquisitions according to the goals of the collections development plan; proposing and curating original exhibitions; serving as the primary curatorial liaison to New-York Historical’s DiMenna Children’s History Museum; and maintaining positive and fruitful relations with colleagues in the museum and academic communities and with New-York Historical trustees and other supporters. The assistant curator of decorative arts and material culture must be conversant with American decorative arts and material culture from all periods and is expected to bring fresh and creative ideas to the field and to the interpretation and development of the museum’s holdings.

The National Museum of Asian Art is hiring an intern to work with the museum’s docent program. The internship lasts from September to December 2024 with possible extension into Spring 2025. Please contact Paul Ruther: Manager, Docent Programs rutherp@si.edu if interested. Deadline to apply is tomorrow, July 26!

The Barnes Foundation seeks a short-term researcher to work on three topics: the dealers that Barnes purchased the collection from in the 1930s and early 1940s and the provenance of the objects; American iron and steelwork; and additional collection areas including European and American copper, brass, pewter, locks, keys, weapons, ecclesiastic objects, and a range of other materials. Contracts would last from August to October 2024. Those interested should email Alison Boyd, director of research and interpretation, at aboyd@barnesfoundation.org.

The British Museum is hiring a curator of European Modern Collection 1800 to present. The curator will curate, research, document, display and augment the museum’s collection of European material culture dating from 1800 to the present in support of the museum operating plan and all relevant museum strategies. This includes research, making the collection accessible in the galleries, through exhibitions and media, as well as collaborating on the eventual re-display enabled through the masterplan. The jobholder is expected to be a recognized authority about a particular aspect of modern material culture represented in the collection and to manage and develop areas of it that are beyond their current areas of expertise. This is a senior post with opportunity to develop the modern section through funded research projects and the use of hypothecated financial support. Applications are due on August 2, 2024.

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BGC Events

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Translinear Light: Alice Coltrane’s Creative Legacy

New-York Historical Society
Thursday, July 25
6:30 pm

Join the Center for Women’s History and the John & Alice Coltrane Home for an evening of conversation and music as we celebrate the legacy of legendary musician and spiritual leader Alice Coltrane. Part of the “Year of Alice” celebration, this panel conversation will bring together musician and composer Michelle Coltrane, Grammy-nominated harpist Brandee Younger, and historian Rhae Lynn Barnes to discuss how Alice Coltrane’s enduring impact goes beyond music.

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