Jen Mergel
Museum Curator
Playlists
All Videos (26)
- What I Do
- Adding to the Collection
- Great Part
- Challenges
- Difference Between Fine Art and Contemporary Art
- Education
- After Graduate School
- Favorites
- Favorite Works of Art
- Favorite Sculptors
- Goals
- Hometown Museum
- Linde Family Wing
- Seven New Galleries
- Helpful Teachers
- Art Lesson Plan
- Heroes
- Skills From Childhood
- Skills to Develop
- Family Support
- Staying Motivated
- Why a Curator
- Visual Storytelling
- Overcoming Obstacles
- Did it Anyway
- Advice
Bio
Watch Jen Mergel, Beal Family Senior Curator of Contemporary Art at the Museum of Fine Arts Boston, discuss her work of connecting audiences to contemporary culture. She helps us understand the importance of visual storytelling in the design and execution of museum exhibitions along with ways an audience can access the works of contemporary artists. She shares the excitement and inspiration she gets from working every day with some of the world's greatest living artists. She earned her Bachelor’s Degree in Visual and Environmental Studies from Harvard University and her Master’s Degree in Curatorial Studies from Bard College.
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