UA Student Sommer Hallquist Wins Competitive Museum Internship

2017 Apr 20

Rising senior Sommer Hallquist of Enumclaw, WA,, a double major in art history and anthropology with a minor in French, has been offered one of eight highly competitive summer internships at the Metropolitan Museum of Art Cloisters Museum in New York.

"I am beyond excited for this incredible experience," she said. "I will have the opportunity to conduct my own research project and public presentation incorporating materials from the museum's collections and in conjunction with the museum professionals at the Cloisters."

"This is such great news for her professional development and future in museum studies and art history," said Dr. Jennifer M. Feltman, assistant professor of medieval art and architecture. "She will be also a wonderful ambassador for our department, college and UA."

Hallquist also has received an Honorable Mention for her poster research project at UA's Undergraduate Research and Creative Activity Conference in April. Titled "Images of Antichrist within Bible moralisee Codex Vindo bonensis 2554, Vienna, Osterreichischen Nationalbibliothek," the poster outlining her research on apocalyptic imagery in a 13th-century illuminated Bible was also recognized in March at the Undergraduate Poster Session at the 22nd Annual Graduate Student Symposium in Art History, where she won third place for the Harrison Award for Excellence in Research.

Details: https://art.ua.edu/loupe/ua-student-wins-competitive-museum-internship/