Callan Steinmann (MA in Art Education, 2013) has been appointed Curator of Education at The Georgia Museum of Art at the University of Georgia. Steinmann has been associate curator of education at the museum since 2013, during which time she has developed award-winning new programs and brought existing ones to new heights and new audiences.
William U. Eiland, the museum’s director, said, “Callan Steinmann has already proved herself an invaluable asset to the museum. Now, as curator, with new responsibilities for our educational programs, I am excited by the expertise, knowledge and creativity she will likewise bring to her new position.”
Of the many new programs that Steinmann originated, The Studio Workshop is a highlight for adult audiences, focusing on studio practice in response to works of art in the museum's collection. The Georgia Museum hires local teaching artists to lead classes, each class featuring a different medium or technique. Over the course of the series, artists have taught courses in drawing, printmaking, watercolor and gouache, abstraction and, in the future, fiber arts.
While pursuing her master’s degree at The University of Texas at Austin, she served as graduate assistant to the manager of public programs at the Blanton Museum of Art and as a graduate teaching assistant in the Department of Art and Art History. During her graduate studies in Art Education, Steinmann had the chance to intern with her future employer, working in the education department in 2012.
"I truly feel that my experience at The University of Texas at Austin and interning at the Blanton Museum of Art set me up so well for my career," writes Steinmann.