Patricia Patterson, Here and There, Back and Forth

This post is by guest blogger Danilelle the Awesome.  Danielle is one of our wonderful Museum Security Guards and also volunteers her time to help with other things around the Museum.

Patricia Patterson, Here and There, Back and Forth

As walls move, paint dries, and the sounds of hammers, drills and soft rock fill the air, we at the museum reflect on the exhibition we are building together. While Here and There, Back and Forth by Patricia Patterson materializes before us, our staff considers what Here and There means to them. To Patterson, the exhibition contemplates the relationship between California (Here) and the Aran Islands (There) as they relate to her own life experiences. To each of us, Here and There holds a different and unique meaning, depending on our own life experiences. Below are the Here and There’s of some of the members of our museum staff.

Mary Johnson, Registrar

            Here: On the Welsh Border

            There: Florence

David Hinchman, Security Officer

            Here: California

            There: The Moon

Beth Kwapis, Museum Coordinator

            Here: California

            There: Denver

Tara Smith, Curator

            Here: San Diego

            There: In my studio

Aja Wood, Preparator

            Here: San Diego

            There: Traveling the World

Jessica Frelund, Preparator

            Here: MN, NM, CA

            There: Oslo and Holland

Joe Paixao, Security Officer

            Here: California

            There: Fire Island

Sean Ward, Preparator

            Here: Socal

            There: Norcal

Carissa Baird, Museum Clerk

            Here: Front Desk

            There: In San Francisco or in the middle of somewhere I have never been with a backpack

Alex Towey, Security Officer

            Here: California

            There: In a Thirteenth Century Finnish Castle

Erika Koga, Preparator

            Here: Meadow Green

There: Neon Orange

-Danielle