AT THE ALLEN / SPRING 2024 / 15 WE COULDN’T DO IT WITHOUT YOU! Do you ever wonder who’s behind that friendly face at the front desk on the weekends?Well, that is our MuseumGuild. This group of devoted volunteers has been an important part of the Allen since 2007. Here, museumdirector Andria Derstine gives an exhibition preview tour of Anna Von Mertens’s works to members of the Guild. Are you local and interested in getting involved? Contact us at membership@amam.oberlin.edu to learn more. COMMUNITY EVENTS FEATURED BILINGUAL AND STUDENT-LEDACTIVITIES In September, the Allen After Hours inaugurated the academic year with a lively open house, featuring student talks on co-curated exhibitions such as What’s in a Spell? Love, Magic, Healing, and Punishment in the Early Modern HispanicWorld and Class, Colonialism, and (Over) consumption. The event included Gallery Guides giving tours, while outdoors there was a vibrant atmosphere with food, drinks, lawn games, hula hooping, and an out-of-thisworld dance party with Julia Christiansen’s Antenna Tree sound pieces from the Anthropocene Aesthetics exhibition. Community Day in October continued the energy with people of all ages creating empowering amulets, brewing personalized tea blends fromCleveland Tea Revival, and enjoying bilingual art talks by Hispanic Studies students fromAssociate Professor Ana María Díaz Burgos’s courses, who co-curated What’s in a Spell?. Featuring translations and on-site interpreters ensured a fully bilingual program for Spanish-speaking audiences. The impressive turnout for both events motivates us to continue connecting students and communities through creative programs.
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