FEATURED DOCENT
Sue Momeyer–a second-generation docent
A second-generation Miami University Art Museum Docent, Sue Momeyer grew up visiting museums, attending concerts and taking music lessons. Her affinity for the arts runs deep. Her mother, Marjorie Rhinesmith was a docent in the 1980s, a quilt maker and was active in Ox Act Productions. Her grandmother was also a watercolor painter. Momeyer enjoyed her full year of Art History during undergrad when she studied at the University of Edinburgh in Scotland. Momeyer retired in 2006 from her position as the CEO of the Regional Planned Parenthood and worked out of Cincinnati. Before her tenure with Planned Parenthood, she taught high school English. Her husband, Rick taught philosophy at Miami University. They have two daughters and five grandchildren. Momeyer enjoys walking and hiking as well as reading and yoga in addition to her volunteer role at the art museum. Her love of the arts is expansive and she has never stopped learning as she and Rick enjoy the arts during their travels. For example, they traveled to Southeast Asia where she expanded her knowledge of Buddhist art and monuments, something she previously knew little about. In their travels to Alaska and New Zealand she became more acquainted with indigenous art.
connection through her husband Rick who participated in Freedom Summer. One of her favorite exhibitions was Telling A People’s Story. She still gets excited when she comes across artist names in news stories whose work
she learned of during the exhibition.
Sue enjoys interacting with great people and continued learning as a docent. She encourages anyone interested in the arts and who would like to meet people to join the docent program at Miami.
When asked to choose a favorite work in the Art Museum’s collection she chose Philip Morsberger’s powerful painting, Missing no. 1 because of a personal
Volume 9, Issue 1 | Fall 2020
Philip Morsberger (American, b. 1933); Missing (no. 1), 1964; Mixed media and oil on canvas; The Butler Institute of American Art, Youngstown, Ohio
ART MUSEUM
Contact Cynthia Collins, Curator of Education, at collinc5@miamioh.edu, for additional information about the museum’s docent program.
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