An article by Daisy Alioto in the November 8, 2018 issue of The Wall Street Journal (
“They Get Paid to Touch the Art” )
focuses on the eight people who are participating in the Broad museum’s first nine month long Diversity Apprenticeship Program for Art Handlers. Most of the participants are people of color and many are women—a very different profile from the general museum art handler population which is 85% white and 75% male. After a short time, the apprentices will be able to apply for jobs at the Board and other museums. How much more complicated it is to bring people from diverse backgrounds into conservation—a field in which apprenticeship training is no longer acceptable and which requires years of college and graduate education. #diversity #conservation in the news