8 CONNECTING PEOPLE TO ART VOICES, VIEWPOINTS AND VISION: A CURATORIAL ROUNDTABLE CONNECTING PEOPLE TO ART: VOICES, VIEWPOINTS AND VISION “CURATOR” COMES FROM THE LATIN CURARE, meaning “to take care,” and that is a responsibility that our curatorial team has embraced in all that we do, from collection management and planning to interpretation and programming. Linda Muehlig’s retirement following more than 40 years of service presented us with the daunting challenges of sustaining and building upon the impeccable standards of her tenure, and aligning the skills and structure of an expanded curatorial staff with the strategic vision for the museum. Transition and transformation character- ized this year as we searched for and welcomed new colleagues and began to see their work manifest in our galleries. It saw the realization of the first large-scale exhibitions by Yao Wu, Jane Chace Carroll ’53 Curator of Asian Art, the promotion of Henriette Kets de Vries to Cunningham Center manager and assistant curator of prints, drawings and photographs, and the arrival of three new members of the curatorial team, Shanice Bailey ’17, Brown Post-Baccalaureate Curatorial Fellow; Danielle Carrabino, curator of painting and sculpture; and Emma Chubb, Charlotte Feng Ford ’83 Curator of Contemporary Art. Together with our newly named associate director of curatorial affairs and senior curator of prints, drawings and photographs, Aprile Gallant, the team sat down to share their experiences. Tell us a little more about this time of change within the department, and what it means to SCMA moving forward. Aprile Gallant: Thanks to the generosity of Jane Chace Carroll ’53 and Charlotte Feng Ford ’83, our curatorial ABOVE: Members of SCMA’s curatorial team (left to right), Danielle Carrabino, Aprile Gallant, Emma Chubb, Yao Wu, Shanice Bailey and Henriette Kets de Vries