Lecture: Bringing Museums to Life Through Storytelling: What an 18th-Century Woman Artist Taught Me About Reaching a New Generation
In Person
Dr. Jordana Pomeroy, Director and CEO of the Currier Museum of Art presents: How do we make art and museums matter to a new generation? When I began writing for young adults about the 18th-century painter Élisabeth Vigée Le Brun, I realized that the tools of storytelling are as critical in the gallery as they are on the page. This talk explores how translating art history for young readers reshaped my thinking as a museum leader: from seeing objects as static artifacts to presenting them as living stories that connect people across time. Through Vigée Le Brun’s career and voice, we can learn how storytelling revives relevance, broadens engagement, and kindles curiosity, making museums not gatekeepers of knowledge but places for conversation.