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A Visit with a Museum Curator



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                                                                                                 What is one thing Ellen Keiter does in a workday?

                                                                                                 She creates schedules and locates artists’ works.

                                                                                                 / She buys or borrows artwork. / She figures out how
                Q         What is your day like? the gallery will appear and also makes a brochure


                                                                                                 that describes the exhibit.

                A         Most of my time is spent preparing for exhibits, so I




                          create schedules and locate artists’ works. Then I either


                                                                                            to understand or solve something by thinking; to find out
                                                                                         v.
                                                                                                               figure out
                          buy or borrow the artwork. I figure out how the gallery

                                                                                                                                                      describes
                          will appear and also make a brochure that describes the

                                                                                                         to give details about what someone or something is like
                                                                                                       v.
                          exhibit. I spend about two years working on a single



                          exhibit.











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