Reporter

“My role sits within the education and public programs department. I actually think I’m very lucky to be in a position where I get to put my educator cap on, and also get to curate exhibitions. I think a big trend in museums going forward will be to have a more collaborative process of exhibition-making. An educator might typically have little input in the curatorial process, but they are very visitor-oriented and used to thinking about how audiences will receive information. Typically, a curator's skill set is more object-based, each wears a different hat. Curators are the "expert" on the subject matter at hand. We are already starting to see the trend for exhibition-making to go in a much more collaborative direction. " - Melissa Marra-Alvarez