Index of Articles and Essays

A polaroid animation of Sage Caballero with a WAM gallery visible in the background and abstract colorful shapes WAM Student Staff Profile: Sage Caballero

Sage Caballero (he/they) is a senior majoring in psychology, with minors in art history, and gender, women & sexuality studies. Sage is particularly interested in how all these subjects intersect within museums. They hope to work to create a more accessible museum space in the future. They are a researcher and musician and love experiencing new things and cultures. In their free time, you can find Sage biking through the cities, playing guitar, or climbing a rock wall.
Five people around a table discussing the exhibition design of B.J.O. Nordfeldt: American Internationalist exhibition Behind the Scenes at WAM: Talking Exhibition Design with Reggie Spanier

Have you ever imagined what it would be like to be able to touch the art at a museum? Conservators and preparators get to do just this as they delicately move, care for, and arrange the pieces in the museum’s collection. The WAM Collective spoke to Reggie Spanier, Preparator at WAM, about what it’s like to work with curators to design and build exhibitions. Designing an exhibition involves a lot of voices and hands coming together to make tough choices about where and how things should be displayed.
Brian Kelley pictured with a group of students Q & A with Young Builders and Designers Founder Brian Kelley

WAM’s Frank Gehry-designed building is the perfect backdrop for architecture and design programs. Expanding on existing architecture and design programs, like WAM’s Teen Architecture Summer workshop, the Weisman has partnered with designer Brian Kelley, founder of the Young Builders and Designers program, for youth design workshops over the past year and will continue to offer workshops this winter and spring. Recently, Jamee Yung, WAM’s director of education, sat down with Brian to discuss his career development, life influences, and what motivates him. 
People sitting under tents outside Lake Street Truth Collective Public Conversation [Transcript]

Hear from Lake Street Truth Collective Truth & Repair facilitators Quito Ziegler, Jennings Mergenthal, and Kya Concepcion about their work engaging the Lake Street community during summer 2021 on the former Roberts Shoes lot on Lake St. & Chicago Ave. Moderated by WAM's curator for creative collaboration, Boris Oicherman. This event was recorded on December 1, 2021.
A poster design featuring a human profile in silhouette staring down, with a spotlit beam coming out of the eye. The eye gazes on a small fetus, within the belly of a pregnant woman, also in silhouette. Text reads: If you see something ... say something. Report all pregnancies to the proper authorities. Artists Respond to Texas Senate Bill 8: An Introduction to the Series by Boris Oicherman

AN ACT relating to abortion, including abortions after detection of an unborn child's heartbeat; authorizing a private civil right of action.
(Texas Senate Bill S. B. 8, September 1, 2021)