It All Started with ARTH 100

This talk, the fifth in an annual series, brings an alumna of the Art Department to campus to meet with art history club students and speak about her professional and personal trajectory after Wellesley. Please bring your questions! A reception will follow in the Jewett Sculpture Court.

Christina Yu Yu ’02 is the Matsutaro Shoriki Chair of the Art of Asia Department at the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston. Prior to her position at the MFA, she served as director of the University of Southern California Pacific Asia Museum, where she revolutionized the museum’s image, programs, and exhibitions. She will speak about her professional journey in museum work and the role Wellesley has played in it, as well as discuss some of the new challenges facing museums today.

For more information, please contact: Diane Schrenzel ’20, Art History Club president, dschrenz@wellesley.edu.

Image Caption: Christina Yu Yu