BEHIND THE SCENES SPOTLIGHT

20 YEARS

MY ROLE AT THE MUSEUM, AT A GLANCE: I do the scheduling for all Gallery Attendants, Supervisors, and Parking Booth Attendants. I also do the payroll for Gallery Attendants, Supervisors, and Contract Staff. I approve invoices that need to be sent to Accounting, and I keep a daily tracker of all the Bond work happening in and around the Museum. I attend all meetings that deal with staffing galleries, which has me in constant contact with curators and registrars. I believe this about sums up my duties as a Scheduling Manager here at the DMA, but I’m pretty sure I left off something!

CURRENTLY OBSESSED WITH: My morning walks through the galleries every morning to see if anything has changed or new works of art have been put up, and going to the gym in the evenings. I also binge watch a lot of TV series.

MY FAVORITE ASPECT OF MY JOB: Being surrounded by art and having such a close-knit group of coworkers who I have known for over 10 years, and also getting to meet people from all over the world that visit.

WHEN I AM NOT WORKING AT THE DMA, YOU WILL FIND ME DOING: At the gym working out, spending time with my grandkids, and at home binge watching my favorite shows (let’s not forget shoe shopping as well!).

MY ROLE AT THE MUSEUM, AT A GLANCE: I applied for a job as a Gallery Attendant at the DMA in 2002, but as luck would have it, a position involving publications had just opened up under Tamara Wootton Forsyth. I became her assistant. In 2004 my job changed to become just Publications Assistant, since my background was in publishing, and my heart has always been in editing and working on books. I then became Publications Coordinator and was promoted to Publications Manager in 2010. I’ve continued in that role ever since.

CURRENTLY OBSESSED WITH: I write stories, novellas, and poetry and also make art. Having studied Russian language and literature, I really love the poetry of Osip Mandelstam, Anna Akhmatova, and Aleksandr Blok, and prose writers like Isaac Babel and Boris Pilnyak.

MY FAVORITE ASPECT OF MY JOB: Constantly learning new things! Getting to read essays by knowledgeable curators and academics is a joy for me. I sometimes can’t believe that I’m getting paid to work with language and words.

WHEN I AM NOT WORKING AT THE DMA, YOU WILL FIND ME DOING: Scribbling away in my diary, reading, working on my writing, looking after my cat, and spending time with my significant other, Allison.

20 YEARS

Eric Zeidler Publications Manager

MY FORMER ROLE AT THE MUSEUM, AT A GLANCE: I began as The Barbara Thomas Lemmon Curator of European Art and eventually added additional responsibilities as Head of the Department of Painting and Sculpture. My focus was primarily major exhibitions, including Painting the Universe: František Kupka, Pioneer in Abstraction, The Artist and the Camera: Degas to Picasso, Henry Moore, Henri Matisse: Sculptor, Van Gogh's Sheaves of Wheat, Dialogues: Duchamp, Cornell, Johns, Rauschenberg, as well as the mammoth 100th anniversary exhibition and publication.

CURRENTLY OBSESSED WITH: This big transition after 15 years of service at the helm at the Phillips Collection to become Director Emerita.

Dorothy Kosinski

Head

MY FAVORITE ASPECT OF MY JOB: So many wonderful times with Margaret McDermott, from meetings, lunches, and dinners to celebrations at the farm. Those are precious memories.

WHEN I AM NOT WORKING AT THE DMA, YOU WILL FIND ME DOING: I wish I could visit the DMA more often! Right now I am lecturing and writing and working with a number of foundations and serving on the National Council of the NEH . . . AND trying to make the time to take long walks around beautiful Washington, DC

Wootton Forsyth

Denise Gonzalez

Patricia Hamra

Loui Hernandez