Gallery Staff

Gallery Director

- director and curator of The New Gallery and University Art Collections

This position is currently vacant and will be filled soon.

Gallery Assistants

Mai Mai Newberry '25 - gallery assistant. 2023 & 2024 Hazel Smith Summer Research Fellow / CECA performance scholarship recipient

BA Art History

Lily Goodowens '26 - gallery assistant. CECA performance scholarship recipient

BFA Studio Art

Jordan Fulsom '25 - gallery assistant. Jewel Birdsong Curatorial Scholarship recipient

BFA Graphic Design

Abbi Farthing '25 - gallery social media manager. CECA Performance Scholarship recipient

BFA Graphic Design

Former Gallery Assistants

Sara Roach '24 - gallery assistant. 2021, 2023 Jewel Birdsong Curatorial Scholarship recipient / Online Collections Database manager / collection education/media creator

BFA Animation + VFX

Zoe Farren '24 - Social Media Intern - The New Gallery / College of Arts and Letters

BS Professional Communications

Katie Boyer '23 - chief gallery assistant / social media manager. CECA Performance Scholarship Recipient / 2021 Hazel Smith Summer Research Fellow / 2020, 2022 Jewel Birdsong Curatorial Scholarship recipient / 2022 Summer Gallery Assistant, Chautauqua Visual Arts Galleries

BFA Graphic Design

Rheanne Bouchard '23 - gallery assistant. CECA performance scholarship recipient / 2022 Hazel Smith Summer Research Fellow / 2023 Summer Gallery Assistant, Chautauqua Visual Arts Galleries

BFA Studio Art

Jamie Erwin '22 - gallery assistant / Art History Intern

BA Art History

When not working directly with The New Gallery on exhibition installation, the gallery assistants work primarily with the University Art Collection This work includes the cataloging, photographing, handling, restoring, researching, exhibiting and care of the 3500+ piece art collection of Austin Peay State University. The online database was created and implimented by Sara Roach '24.

Gallery Assistants are scholarship recipients that are interested in applying their work hours to learn valuable museum-management skills in an active, hands-on environment. If you are interested in becoming a gallery assistant, please contact Michael Dickins, dickinsm@apsu.edu or in person at AD 235e.