Cherryhurst House Fellowship at the MFAH
Winter 2022 Fellows Meggan Gould (left) and Catherine Zuromskis

Behind the scenes with the CH Fellows!

Spring 2022

Pablo Lerma and Cat Zuromskis, were the Cherryhurst House Fellows in Spring 2022. For one week they studied the Barbara Levine and Paige Ramey Collection of Photography at the Museum of Fine Arts in Houston. Here they are in the Anne Wilkes Tucker Photography Study Center talking about their experience and and a few of their favorites from the collection.



Cat and Pablo with CH Co-Directors, Paige Ramey and Barbara Levine. 

Winter 2022

  
Cat Zuromskis
Meggan Gould and Cat Zuromskis, were the Cherryhurst House Fellows in Winter 2022. For one week they studied the Barbara Levine and Paige Ramey Collection of Photography at the Museum of Fine Arts in Houston. Curators Malcolm Daniel, Lisa Volpe and Archivist, Jason Dibley gave them full access to the collection in the Anne Wilkes Tucker Photography Center.
After long days in the Study Center, Meggan and Cat relax at Cherryhurst House.
Cherryhurst House
After long days in the Study Center, Meggan and Cat relax at Cherryhurst House.
MFAH curator Lisa Volpe posing with one of Meggan’s favorites in the collection!
MFAH curator Lisa Volpe posing with one of Meggan’s favorites in the collection!

 

To conclude their week of study Meggan and Cat gave an informal presentation about their experience with the collection and some of the objects that inspired them. Below are vintage photo id badges and Jason shows artist Keliy Anderson- Staley and Director of the Houston Center for Photography, Dorota Biczel, pages from antique photograph albums.

MFAH curator Lisa Volpe posing with one of Meggan’s favorites in the collection!
Counterclockwise left to right: Paige Ramey, Catherine Zuromskis, Barbara Levine, Meggan Gould, Anne Wilkes Tucker and Lisa Volpe.

 

Fall 2021

Jennifer Greenburg and cultural historian, Charles Phoenix
In Fall 2021, photographer, Jennifer Greenburg and cultural historian, Charles Phoenix arrived at Cherryhurst House to start their Fellowship.
Cherryhurst House
Next they set up in the study center to start looking at images and Jennifer shows us some of her favorites.
Jennifer’s talk focused on images of women and beauty standards in the collection (left) and how they related to her photographs (right).
Jennifer’s talk focused on images of women and beauty standards in the collection (left) and how they related to her photographs (right).
The Fellows chose several photos to display in the study center as part of their presentation.
The Fellows chose several photos to display in the study center as part of their presentation.
Jennnifer in conversation with Darryl and Malcolm at Cherryhurst House (the Art of Music exhibition is in the background)
Jennnifer in conversation with Darryl and Malcolm at Cherryhurst House (the Art of Music exhibition is in the background)
Left to right: Curators Lisa Volpe and Malcolm Daniel, Jennifer Greenburg, Paige Ramey and Barbara Levine
Left to right: Curators Lisa Volpe and Malcolm Daniel, Jennifer Greenburg, Paige Ramey and Barbara Levine