Welcome To America neé Scottsdale Museum of Contemporary Art

Hello, Blogger world! I am Connor Descheemaker, and I am a junior in the College of Public Programs, majoring in Urban and Metropolitan Studies with a minor in Urban Planning. Currently, I am involved in a plethora of projects: I am an Honors College RCSL, Gallery Assistant (and sometimes curator) at Modified Arts, Project Manager and Curator of "Exit to Left," a documentation project relating to historic buildings along the light rail line in partnership with Sustainable Communities Collaborative, and Director of Community Initiatives for the Downtown Devil online student publication. For the purposes of this blog, though, my primary work is at Scottsdale Museum of Contemporary Art (SMoCA), where I serve as a curatorial intern. I began the internship over the summer, and was asked to continue working. Now, I will be refocusing my work installation in the galleries in order to broaden my skillset. For this semester's work, I hope to accomplish/learn a few things: 1. Better understand how to build a cohesive show of art work 2. Gain practical skills to complement my creative ones in working at the intersection of art and urbanism (my true twin passions). 3. Build relationships into which I might one day build a career. Aside from this all-consuming "work" thing, I fancy myself a man of many tastes. I enjoy staying out late, exploring my surroundings, going to shows of all sorts, and reading about topics from race to gender to music to art to politics to alternatives to capitalism (no joke). On top of that, I occasionally find time to sleep...but only sometimes. And now, without further ado, I leave you with a photo of me at age 16, enjoying SMoCA's 10th Anniversary weekend with my cousin, in an image that appeared on AZCentral.