Helman Alejandro Sosa ‘16
Helman worked at The Broad as a Tour VSA with other UCI Art History Alum, where he developed and led tours in both English and Spanish of the permanent collection, as well as multiple temporary exhibitions. He is now studying Latin American art history in the
Williams Graduate Program in the History of Art in Collaboration with the Clark Art Institute .
He thanks UCI’s Art History faculty for helping him craft a path and provide guidance that led him to his job at the Broad and acceptance into Williams’ graduate program.
Nicole Block ‘17
Nicole is a curatorial assistant for the
Getty’s paintings department, where she interned as
Multicultural Undergraduate Intern summer 2017. Nicole also had the opportunity to participate in
Professor Patel's graduate seminar on iconoclasm at the Getty Center spring 2018. She is now working on a project to improve the painting collection’s online catalogue, which includes reviewing, organizing, and editing the information on file.
Nicole writes that this is “a great opportunity to learn about the Getty's collection and work with art that spans up to the 19th century.”
Jasmin Pannier ‘17
Jasmin accepted a position as a Gallery Director at
WorkWell OC, a work share start-up in Irvine, that recently opened its doors for business. Jasmin was hired to collaborate with artists and create a unique venue where art and ideas can flourish. She is currently working on finding street artists to paint murals on the building and artists to exhibit their art in the gallery space and is mentoring a FOAH intern. She looks forward to hosting FOAH and AHUA events!
Jasmin assisted street artist
James Thistlethwaite (one of the artists featured in
AHUA's “Transcending Limits” exhibition) in Laguna Beach in making a new mural in Laguna canyon as part of the Summer of Color initiative. “Aya” is made entirely with graphite and is the largest hand drawn mural in the U.S.
Jasmin writes ‘It
was an amazing experience to see how he pushed the limits of street art materiality.’ Jasmin’s academic career focused on the life of artworks after they were finished and found the ‘opportunity to be there while the mural was made and put up, completely changed her perspective about writing about art.’ Her experience led her to a teaching job at the
Laguna College of Art & Design.Adriana Romo ‘17
Adriana officially submitted her thesis September 2017 and is now working for the
Riverside Unified School District as a high school tutor and Spanish translator. Adriana determined that she wants to pursue a career in teaching after a stretch at the Bowers Museum.
Addie plans to substitute teach in the fall, apply for single-subject teaching credentials in Mathematics at local schools and, hopefully, begin her teaching career within the next two years. She recently traveled to Puerto Rico where she visited their
Museum of Art and fell in love with the modern pieces exhibited there; she highly recommends visiting this museum.
Li Yi ‘18
Li returned to China following her internship with UCI Museum registrar, Amy Lim, winter quarter. She interned during the summer at
The Art Newspaper China in Beijing where she was a curatorial assistant in the “Modern Art” department, focused on curating art exhibitions. Li was responsible for communicating with artists, assisting the curator with exhibitions, and various administrative duties. She worked on the “Art of Takumi” exhibition in Chengdu, China which consisted of traditional Chinese art including Suzhou embroidery, glass installation, sculptures, and new media art. Li writes her “study at UCI and past work experience helped me a lot in this internship in Beijing.”
She returned to the U.S in August to begin graduate studies at
Duke University’s East Asian Study master program. Her area of focus is East Asian Buddhist art history.
Philana Li
Philana '16, past AHUA board member, works at the Asian Art Museum in San Francisco as an admission attendant and at SFMoMA on the event staff for the visitor experience. She is currently applying to Art History MA programs.
