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Teaching and researching with the collections: A virtual lunchtime learning series

These projects are funded through an Andrew W. Mellon Foundation grant to the UMFA and Marriott Library.
Jessica Breiman - art and archives metadata librarian, J. Willard Marriott Library

University of Utah researchers working with art and archives from the Utah Museum of Fine Arts (UMFA) and the J. Willard Marriott Library Special Collections will offer a series of virtual lightning talks sharing insight into their projects. These projects are funded through an Andrew W. Mellon Foundation grant to the UMFA and Marriott Library.

The talks will be streamed on Marriott Library Facebook Live at noon on September 1, October 6, and November 3. Details and participants are as follows:

Wednesday, September 1, 12pm

  • Andy Hoffmann
  • Al Denyer
  • Emily Larsen
  • Emily Tipps
  • Samyak Shertok

Wednesday, October 6, 12pm

  • Ana Carolina Antunes
  • Adrian Bell & Jake Fitisemanu
  • Elisabet Curbelo González
  • Julia Huddleston
  • Cody FitzGerald, Rebecca Hardenbrook, Kiki Karahalios, China Mauck
  • Lisa Swanstrom

Wednesday, November 3, 12pm

  • Michael Abrahamson
  • Steven Chodoriwsky
  • Joshua Graham
  • Sarah Hollenberg
  • Crystal Rudds & Elisabet Curbelo González
  • Jaclyn Wright

For more information on the UMFA and Marriott Library collections engagement grants, please visit https://umfa.utah.edu/collections-engagement-grant/2021 and https://umfa.utah.edu/mellon-FICE-grants-FY20.

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