MUSEUM SPOTLIGHT! SPRING 2018 INTERNS Stephanie Fields - Collections Intern This past semester, Stephanie Fields served as artifact collections intern. During her four months at the museum, Stephanie cataloged, numbered, and photographed more than 150 artifacts. In addition, she helped research the provenance of several artifacts, completed a project to better house a small geological collection, and inventoried as well as improved the storage of box of gloves from the museum’s textile collection. Of all the artifacts she cataloged, Stephanie’s favorite was a Contaflex 35 mm Beta Camera recently donated by the Lorig Family. The artifact was interesting to catalog because it required significant research in order to date and properly catalog it. Stephanie graduates with a Masters of Arts in History from the University of Colorado, Colorado Springs in May 2018. This summer she will be working as a Lead Park Ranger at Red Rocks Canyon Open Space. Katherine Latona - Education Intern Colombian-born Katherine Latona is a senior year Art History Student at UCCS. Some of her academic interests include museum work and issue of cultural identity. She is both a Reisher and Karen Possehl Women’s Endowment scholar, and she serves as the art history representative for the Visual and Performing Arts Chair’s Student Council. Katherine worked on a variety of educational programs at the museum. She explained, “As the education intern at the CSPM I mainly supported school programs, but I also had the opportunity to participate in other programs such as Children’s History Hour, Festival of Lights Family Fun Day and the Silent Film Soiree. Although I mainly worked with children –who are my favorite, by the way- I was glad to have the chance to do my own version of the “Journey to Pikes Peak” adult tour series.” Upon graduation in December 2018, Katherine hopes to gain more experience in the field and attend graduate school. She added, “Overall, my time at Pioneers Museum has been marked by a lot of learning and personal growth. It’s been fabulous!” MUSELETTER MAY 2018 | PG 6
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