b'student engagement:remote internship programWhen the global pandemicshut down museumsa video series with musicians and singers from across around the country and the world, cancellations ofthe Five Colleges paired with works in the collection; summer internship programs soon followed. Realizingand a digital intervention for the museums upcoming that Museums Concentration students faced a seriousinstallation of African art. Joining the curatorial interns problem seeking required museum-based expe- were the Brown Kennedy Research Fellow in Artriences, SCMA staff swiftly conceptualized remoteHistory (a newly graduated Museums Concentrator), opportunities for them. Supported by Smith Collegeswho worked on cataloging the Asian art collection, program,Praxis: The Liberal Arts at Work, a total ofand two graduate student interns from the University 12 internsnine Museums Concentration studentsof Massachusetts, Amherst, who researched objects and three graduate studentswere placed in curato- from the American and contemporary art collections rial, education, marketing and communications, andand wrote interpretive materials.museum administration departments to engage inFour education interns focused on audience various aspects of professional practice at SCMA experiences. The school and family program interns (see page 8990 for a listing of interns). developed new Discovery Cards and scavenger hunts Three curatorial interns focused their energiesfor families, created resources supporting the Student on developing digital initiatives relating to exhibitionsMuseum Educator program and helped assess and and collections, generating a podcast series featuringreimagine the museum volunteer program. The in-the voices and perspectives of students and faculty;terpretive planning intern inventoried and organized'