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East Gate/West Gate by Sasson Soffer

East Gate/West Gate by Sasson Soffer (1973) at University Library, IUPUI campus. Sculpture on loan from the Indianapolis Museum of Art.

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Recent Program News:
It is our pleasure to announce that two new faculty will be joining the IUPUI Museum Studies Program in August 2012.

Dr. Holly Cusack-McVeigh is joining the Museum Studies faculty in a tenure track position as Public Scholar of Collections and Community Curation. She holds a Ph.D. in Cultural Anthropology from the University of Alaska Fairbanks (2004) and an M.A. Degree in Cultural and Medical Anthropology from Michigan State University (1993). Dr. Cusack-McVeigh is currently curator and collections manager of the Pratt Museum in Homer, Alaska and has taught at the University of Alaska Anchorage-Kenai Peninsula. She brings a breadth of experience and expertise in collections management, community curation, and Native American studies.

Laura Holzman has accepted the tenure-track Public Scholar of Curatorial Practices and Visual Art joint position with Herron and Museum Studies at IUPUI. She comes to us from Swarthmore College in Swarthmore, Pennsylvania where she is currently a Visiting Instructor of Art History teaching courses in modern, contemporary, and public art. Her Ph.D. in Visual Studies from the University of California, Irvine, is expected in June of 2012. Her work aims to blur the boundaries between the academy and the public through the study of museums, civic spaces, art objects, and the conversations that experts and everyday people have about them.