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A Little Toilet in Tucson Revives my Life’s Purpose - Heaven Quiban

Written by Heaven Quiban, Manager of Public Engagement at the Seattle Art Museum’s Olympic Sculpture Park and 2024 Wanda Chin Scholarship Recipient

The Museum Doesn’t Love Me and I Think I’m Okay With That - Alexis Garcia

Written by Alexis Garcia, 2023-2025 Post-Graduate Museum Fellow in European and American Art at the Jordan Schnitzer Museum and WMA 2024 Wanda Chin Scholarship Recipient

My WMA Experience (In Miniature) – Dahlia Theriault

Written by Dahlia Theriault, Membership & Annual Fund Associate at the Oakland Museum of California and WMA 2024 Wanda Chin Scholarship Recipient

Balance & Connection in the Desert - Lindsie Bruns

Written by Lindsie Bruns, Director of Creative Experience at The Confluence Historic Site and Parkland and WMA 2024 Wanda Chin Scholarship Recipient

I Don't Have the Words - Aaron Eagles

Written by Aaron Eagles, Tarra Lazos Creative Consultant and WMA 2024 Wanda Chin Scholarship Recipient

Finding Balance at The WMA 2024 Conference - Emily Wunderlich

Written by Emily Wunderlich, Education Director at The Art Museum of Eastern Idaho and WMA 2024 Wanda Chin Scholarship Recipient

BALANCE: Creating Connections and Finding Community in Tucson - Russell Nauman

Written by Russell Nauman, Exhibitions Curator for the Angel Island Immigration Station Foundation (AIISF) and WMA 2024 Wanda Chin Scholarship Recipient.

Indigenizing the Museums - Star Crop Eared Wolf

Written by Star Crop Eared Wolf (Kainai Nation, Blackfoot Confederacy), The Confluence Historic Site & Parkland and WMA 2024 Wanda Chin Scholarship Recipient