St. Peter emphasized that so many exhibitions in museums are curatorially driven. “Here, we work together to make sure that all of our exhibition text is visitor friendly, not too academic, and portrays the human side of the artist. I love my work. When I look at the art to be exhibited, with all the different teams in our museum involved in preparing a new show, they help me to see it in various ways, and that activates my imagination, inspires me to think further.” She added that, once the exhibition is open to the public, one of her great pleasures is leading tours and listening to how the visitors interpret the art.
St. Peter, who today is married and busy redecorating their recently bought mid-century house in Denver, started out at the University of Oklahoma, majoring in photography and art history. She went on to Southern Methodist University to get a master’s degree in art history. It was while she was an intern at Amon Carter Museum of American Art in Fort Worth, Texas, that St. Peter realized that she wanted to work with museums. DAM will announce, in the coming months its 2016 schedule, those shows in which St. Peter will once again translate to the viewer her art interpretations. The Miró exhibition closes June 28.
Edith Lynn Beer is our ground reporter in Denver. She has written for the New York Times, News Day and numerous consumer magazines.
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