Spelman College and AUC (Atlanta University Center) Art History + Curatorial Studies Collective Internships

G.A.S. Foundation is pleased to be partnering with Spelman College, and the Atlanta University Center Art History + Curatorial Studies Collective (AUC Collective) to facilitate internships for three of its student members. Future curators, art historians, museum professionals and artists are nurtured in this collective. Housed within the Department of Art & Visual Culture at Spelman College, this programme aims to shape the future of the art world and position the Atlanta University Center as the leading incubator of African American professionals in these fields by cultivating students who will seek knowledge, discover purpose and make change.

Amaya Loubeau

United States | June 2024

Amaya Loubeau is a rising Junior Art History major and a Documentary Filmmaking and Theater and Performance double minor attending Spelman College. She is an Ethel Gillbi Waddell Honors Program Scholar and an Alpha Lambda Delta Honors Society member. Engaged in civic leadership, she serves as a Bonner Scholar, committed to public service within her community.

Amaya is an aspiring visual artist, creating and curating an exhibit of her works that focuses on Black Female Empowerment and bringing awareness to issues within the Black community. She has previously interned with the Children’s Defense Fund at the historic Alex Haley Farm. Here, she collaborated with lead appraisers to evaluate a significant collection of African art housed within the Estate of acclaimed African American writer Alex Haley, known for his seminal work, Roots.

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Neil Grasty

United States | Jun 2024

Neil Grasty is a 2024 Magna Cum Laude and Phi Beta Kappa graduate of Morehouse College. At Morehouse he majored in Art History with a minor in French. From 2022-2024, he served as an UNCF/Mellon Mays Undergraduate Fellow. His UNCF/Mellon Mays research and senior thesis titled Living with Empire: Africa and Art Deco traces the connections between French Art Deco and Africa. In addition to this fellowship, since 2022-2024 he has served as a curatorial intern within the High Museum of Art’s Decorative Arts and Design Department.

He has held previous internship positions at the Metropolitan Museum of Art (2023), Getty Research Institute (2021), and Association of Research Institutes in Art History (2020).

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Robyn Simpson

United States | Jun 2024

Hailing from Las Vegas, Nevada, Robyn Simpson is a third-year student at Spelman College, pursuing an undergraduate degree in Art History with a minor in Curatorial studies. She is an Education Fellow at the Museum of African Diaspora and a recipient of the Alice L. Walton Foundation Art History Scholarship.

At Spelman, Robyn is a member of the AUC Art History + Curatorial Studies Collective, where she has had the opportunity to visit cities such as New York, Chicago, San Francisco, and Venice, Italy, to meet with industry professionals, attend conferences, and immerse herself within the different art ecosystems. A lover of Black Art, Robyn is incredibly excited to continue her journey with the G.A.S. Foundation as a summer intern.

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