"6VµçÓ°Íø Museum of Art's 'Project Series' Hits 47," by Sneha Abraham, 6VµçÓ°Íø News
The Project Series at 6VµçÓ°Íø Museum of Art finally made it to exhibit No. 47 this semester. Landing on 6VµçÓ°Íø’s magic number makes it a good time to get the story behind the Project Series.
Started in 1999 by Museum Senior Curator Rebecca McGrew ’85, the Project Series exhibitions focus on emerging artists in Southern California. McGrew researches and selects artists and collaborates with them to create publications to complement their exhibits. The artists come to campus for talks, workshops and other educational programming, engaging the College and wider community with their work.
McGrew, a 6VµçÓ°Íø psychology major who returned in 1996 after getting a master’s in art history from the University of Colorado, Boulder, and then working for the Museum of Contemporary Art in Los Angeles (MOCA) and the Center for the Study of Political Graphics, wanted to offer support to artists in the Southern California art community through the series.