All posts by Maya Valladares

Maya Valladares

Maya Valladares, Gallery/Studio Coordinator, joined the Museum in 2008. She has worked as a studio teacher, a museum educator, a community organizer, and a freelance artist. She holds a BFA from the Rhode Island School of Design and an MA from Hunter College. Her work has been exhibited nationally and internationally, and she is thankful that she works in a museum where new ideas and inspiration never run dry.

Mickalene Thomas (American, born 1971). A Little Taste Outside of Love, 2007

What is hands-on art history?

This fall, for the first time since the program began, Gallery/Studio is going to offer a class in art history… sort of. We refer to…

Read More
Friday, September 21st, 2012
Education
Keith Haring Journal

Doodling as Communication

One of my favorite discoveries since Keith Haring: 1978-1982 opened is how much Haring thought. Journals dating back as far as his middle school years…

Read More
Thursday, April 12th, 2012
, ,
Education
Comment

What’s Behind the Green Doors?

On the first floor of the Museum, if you look to your left while waiting for the double elevators, you will notice two wide green…

Read More
Tuesday, January 10th, 2012
Education
Drop-in Drawing Workshops

It’s important to draw in the Museum

Sculptors and painters draw constantly. Architects, botanists, designers, and many a traveling student have been known to constantly have a sketchbook in hand. But what…

Read More
Tuesday, November 15th, 2011
Education, Event

Inside the Staff Show

On May 4, the Brooklyn Museum’s staff show opened to a group of staff, family and friends. Though the show is not open to the…

Read More
Wednesday, May 18th, 2011
Education, Serendipity
Load More