Farnsworth Art Museum
Overview
Through my summer at the Farnsworth and, I worked on visuals for two exhibitions, Anne Buckwalter’s Manors and In Focus: Early American Art, under the supervision of their creative director, Rafael Baeza. Towards the end of my internship, I began working on a section panel for Along The Goose River: Andrew Wyeth’s Secret Subject which lead to a commission in the fall. The experience increased my understanding of brand strategy, marketing, and the print production process.
Timeline
June – November 2025
Scope
Print Design
Illustration
Social Media
Social Media
Exhibition Design
Photography
Role
Advancement Intern
Graphic Designer
Photographer
Manors
Going into this poster, I wanted my design and layout to complement Buckwalter’s aesthetic throughout her work. Looking for recurring themes, I settled on the detailing she put into the wallpapers of her interiors. With this and iconography in mind, I created four symbols that represented both the LGBTQ community as a whole and motifs in her work. The zine maintained the wallpaper interior but the cover shifted to a pink repetition of flowers and hearts and features an interactive section for visitors to connect their prior knowledge and what they learned from the poster to the exhibit in front of them.
These four symbols are a rainbow (pride flag), a conjoined male/female symbol (androgyne/transgender people), a brick (Stonewall Riots), and a peach (Marsha P. Johnson’s “Hot Peach” trope). As a final touch, museum labels with golden frames provide the names/backgrounds of each person, while archival tags offer the names of objects.
In Focus: Early American Art
The signage for this exhibition was approached collaboratively in which the creative director and I worked out a logo and layout for the entry sign and section labels. With an enlarged O paired with revolving green lines, it can be perceived as a wide open eye or a magnifying glass. The predominate idea through these designs were consistency and alignment so the information would be visible and easy to digest.
This was my first experience with exhibition design and creating my own high quality mockups. During the planning stage, I checked wall colors with a handheld Pantone sheet, measured out the space needed for vinyl/signage application, and utilized Photoshop to realistically distort and place the visuals on the wall.
Along the Goose River: Andrew Wyeth’s Secret Subject
Sparking into life during the final weeks of my internship, The Wyeth Center reached out to me after seeing my previous photography of Allen and Benner Islands. They wanted a section panel explaining the significance and uniqueness of the area alongside his work. It began with a heavier focus on what he painted and a gallery of images but evolved with the feedback and guidance of Rafael into a breakdown of the current environmental status of the Goose River, Mill Pond, and the waterfalls he painted by, and overview of each photographer’s work.
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