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Meet Her in the Art Museum.

Read below to learn about Bailey’s time in two different Art Museums in Raleigh, North Carolina.

Captivated by Canvas.

Art and Bailey have always been deeply intertwined. Whether she was knee-deep researching art history, engrossed at galleries and museums by new and very, very old works, or she is stationed at her easel, Bailey upholds the statement that life imitates art. For her, it is a form of self expression, a means to connect with others, a collaborative way to story tell, and a piece of history of someone’s life and culture that survives even to today. She is truly captivated by the canvas, or whichever media was used that day, and took her professional efforts to the world and business of art.

Curating & Researching

In her first role at the North Carolina Museum of Art (NCMA), Bailey accepted the opportunity to be a Curatorial Intern for the Curator of Dutch and Flemish Art. In this role, she worked diligently to research and organize all relevant records for the NCMA’s Dutch and Flemish Collections. This included investigating historic Sotheby’s and other art auctions around the world, historical documents mentioning the artist and their painting, and even more modern dissertations about the work. These were often in French, Dutch, and German. While Bailey could interpret most of the French text, she did rely heavily on translating apps to help determine if they were indeed speaking about the painting at hand.

*Fun fact, this photo provides a clear example of the Transatlantic Trade routes between the British Colony of Virginia and European Nations. You can see this from the turkey captured in the artwork: turkeys are native to North America and given that this was painted in 1622, the trade routes were already flowing steadily from the New World.

Work That Makes a Difference.

One of Bailey’s proudest accomplishments to date comes from her time with The Contemporary Art Museum (CAM) of Raleigh. Here, Bailey networked with the present Museum Director intern during her junior year. At a time when Land Acknowledgement statements were not widely used, the CAM Team tasked Bailey with creating one herself. She was to research the history of the exact plot of land where CAM resides, review historical maps and documents of Raleigh’s construction, and develop in-depth research into the previous and current Native American tribes of the area. Bailey took on the challenge and opportunity immersing herself in first-hand accounts and secondary resources to curate her case which she would present to local North Carolina Native American Tribes. After successfully working with the Tribal Administrator for the Tuscarora Tribe of North Carolina, as well as other historians, the CAM Team developed the statement pictured on the left to commemorate, honor, and uphold the importance and influence that museums hold as cultural institutions.

Find Her on the Frontlines.

After finishing her internship with the NCMA, Bailey networked and accepted a role on the Visitor Experience Team. Being one of the first faces art lovers would see and working alongside other frontline staff, Bailey fit in quickly with her fellow art lovers to promote the museum’s collection, educate the public with her deeper knowledge of the Dutch and Flemish pieces, and establish loyalty to the free museum within the local community. She marketed current free and paid exhibitions, conversed with museum-goers about temporary loans on display from museums around the world (including favored NCMA collection pieces on loan to other locations), and successfully adopted new constituents into the museum’s membership program to engage in the museum's collections and various programs. In her time working in the Museum Store, she connected with local vendors and supported the procurement process for retail using creative liberty to engage customers with product displays.

She also loves Monet and took her daily “art walk” around the museum to visit her favorite Monet The Seine at Giverny, Morning Mists on display among other French works of art.

  • "Everything starts from a dot."

    Wassily Kandinsky

  • "At the end of the day, we can endure so much more than we think we can."

    Frida Kahlo

  • "Art is a form of fulfillment."

    James R Eads