Department of European Art
Department Staff
Rachel McGarry
Elizabeth MacMillan Chair of European Art and Curator of European Paintings and Works on Paper
Ghenete Zelleke
James Ford Bell Curator of Decorative Arts & Sculpture
Tom Rassieur
John E. Andrus III Curator
of Prints and Drawings
Nicole LaBouff
Associate Curator of Textiles
Marla J. Kinney
Curatorial Fellow
Ian Karp
Project Assistant
Kristin Lenaburg
Study Room and Collections Manager
For department inquiries, please email Rachel McGarry at rmcgarry@artsmia.org.
Phone: 612.870.3113
Resources
The Herschel V. Jones Print Study Room
The Herschel V. Jones Print Study Room offers individuals and groups the opportunity to examine up close the exceptional collection of the Department of Prints and Drawings. Click here to learn more and make an appointment.
Critical History: Provenance at Mia
Establishing the history of ownership for objects in Mia’s collection helps ensure that the museum may legally and ethically own them.
Conservation Projects
As an art museum, proper stewardship of our collection includes the restoration and conservation of paintings, frames, and all objects we hold for our community. Conservation projects happen through a variety of ways, and Mia has the good fortune of sharing our building with the Midwest Art Conservation Center whose professionals partner with us on many endeavors.
https://www.preserveart.org
Living Rooms
In this multi-year initiative, Mia is reinvigorating its period rooms for today’s visitors, placing the past in dialogue with the present, while simultaneously broadening the conversation to include other histories—of marginalized people, of the senses, and even of time itself.
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Art Champions
The restoration and conservation of artworks in Mia’s collection are ever-present concerns. Art Champions is a program that connects art lovers with artworks that require conservation to be displayed to the public.