Posts under ‘Lucie's Journey’

My time in the museum this week was spent working on the photographs I took of the vessels in Photoshop, finalizing the inventory sheets, making labels for the vessels in the Mezzanine, and attending a planning meeting for a fundraiser for the museum. It was a very productive week :)! This week I would like to […]

Last semester I was working on individual inventory sheets for the pottery in the museum. These sheets have as much documented information about the vessel as possible. Some of the information is the description of the vessel:   a descriptive title, object type, medium description, dimensions, and condition. I would like to share some of the […]

I am excited and privileged that my journey as an intern will continue this spring semester. This semester I will be writing in my blog about different topics I am researching; as well as keeping you up to date on things that I am doing in the museum. I hope you have enjoyed reading about […]

These past few weeks have been pretty busy at the museum. I have been photographing the pottery and filling out individual data sheets for each vessel. Some of the data that I am recording is the medium, condition, size, distinguishing marks, and potters signature or inscription if any.  I have enjoyed being able to see […]

          Matthew Barbour,  Regional Manager of Historic Sites New Mexico, spent a day at the museum sharing his expertise on the pottery collection at the museum. I was able to acquire additional information for the artifact data sheets. Little by little the blanks are starting to get filled in. It’s a wonderful to see […]

My husband and I took a road trip over Fall Break to visit the Center of Southwest Studies at Fort Lewis College in Durango and the Southern Ute Cultural Center and Museum in Ignacio. We had the opportunity to meet some wonderful people, who extended a warm welcome to us. The first stop of the […]

Though my week was short at the museum I was busy working on the individual artifact sheets. I am taking the information that Patrick Cruz shared with me during his visit to the museum and reviewing the artifact information that each folder contains. The goal is to try and gather as much information on each […]

An in-service was held this week to show staff of the museum how to set up the webpage for the Salazar Rio Grande del Norte Center. I selected “Lucie’s Journey” as the name for my blog, I am excited that people visiting the site will be able to read about my journey as an intern. […]

As part of my internship I am able to visit two museums or research centers, to further my research, to see their museum collections, and to visit with the curator. One of the sites that I have selected is the Center of Southwest Studies at Fort Lewis College in Durango. My request for a visit was […]

This week I researched these names of Tomasita Montoya, Reyectia Trujillo, Lela and Van Gutierrez, Petra Tafoya, and Dora Gato to confirm if these individuals were potters. I am delighted to share the following information on the potters whose pottery we are fortunate to have at the museum: Tomasita Montoya (1899-1978) was a San Juan […]