Winde Gehringer, Exhibits Coordinator and Michelle Stempien, Education and Community Programs Manager will discuss the stories and creativity behind the art featured in the Storied Objects exhibition, including a fantastic example of a crazy quilt circa 1904, earthenware figurines from Teodora Blanco Nunez, an artist from Oaxaca Mexico who blended traditional aspects of her culture with an imaginative twist, and a bee skep, made to look like Saint Ambrose, the Patron Saint of Beekeeping.
Monday, March 20, 2023
6:00 – 7:30 p.m.
Holland Museum
In-Person at the Herrick District Library, 300 S. River, Holland
Adult Program
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Speaker Biographies
Winde Gehringer
Bio coming soon.
Michelle Stempien
Michelle Stempien joined the Holland Museum in January 2021 as Education and Community Programs Manager. A museum education professional with over twenty-five years of experience, Michelle has previously worked as Director of Museum Education and Curator of Education at the Kalamazoo Institute of Arts, Kalamazoo, MI and as part of the development team at the University of Michigan Museum of Art, Ann Arbor, MI. She was awarded the 2020 Gayle Hoogstraten Arts Leadership Award for Education from the Arts Council of Greater Kalamazoo. Michelle holds an MA in Art History and Museum Studies from Case Western Reserve University and a BA in Art History from Carleton College.
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