Season 2: Within and Beyond Our Gallery Walls | Episode 4—Listen in as podcast host Hannah Avalos chats with the Pomona College team who brought about CrossBorderPhotography: Images of the US and Mexico from the Permanent Collection: students Madeleine Mount-Cors, Maelvi Nuñez, and Grace Sartin, and Professor Rosalía Romero. They all discuss the underlying goals and urgency of this exhibition in addition to reflecting on the curatorial process. Original music provided by Jake Turner. Transcript https://bit.ly/3pBwi46

Season 2: Within and Beyond Our Gallery Walls | Episode 3—To accompany the exhibition CrossBorder Photography: Images of the US and Mexico from the Permanent Collection, student co-curator Madeleine Mount-Cors sits down with photographer Susan Harbage Page to discuss the evolution of the artist’s practice as it relates to her personal experience and to her commitment to humanizing the narratives of cross-border migrants. Original music provided by Jake Turner, Class of 2021. Transcript https://bit.ly/374DCyV

Content Warning: this episode makes reference to sexual violence.

Season 2: Within and Beyond Our Gallery Walls | Episode 2—Join host Hannah Avalos as she talks to current Pomona College student Sam Chan and former Pomona art history professor Frances K. Pohl about the Italian artist and visual poet Mirella Bentivoglio. Chan and Pohl describe their different encounters with the artist: Chan recently discovered her work through independent research, while Pohl had a long-standing personal relationship with the artist. The two reveal how Bentivolgio, featured in the exhibition In Our Care, created works that capture lived experience and critique issues like capitalism and feminism, all with wit and subtle humor. Original music composed by Jake Turner. Transcript https://bit.ly/3ts32jG

Season 2: Within and Beyond Our Gallery Walls | Episode 1—Discover how the Benton Museum of Art evolved into the institution it is today. In this episode, listeners will first hear from former museum director Kathleen Stewart Howe to learn about the museum’s previous incarnation and the planning of the new Benton Museum of Art. Then the museum’s current director, Victoria Sancho Lobis, reflects on her first year at the Benton and her vision for the future. Original music composed by Jake Turner. Transcript: https://bit.ly/3prlRAT

Season 2: Within and Beyond Our Gallery Walls | Trailer—Join the team at the Benton Museum of Art at Pomona College for the second season of Inside the Benton, where we’ll be exploring what’s on the walls of the museum. New episodes will be posted every Thursday for seven weeks, from January 28 to March 11. Transcript: https://bit.ly/39o3ozw

Season 1: Ready, Set, Wait | Episode 4—The final episode in a three-part series, "The Scream" reveals the works in the Benton's collection that museum staff and interns find particularly relevant at this time, whether they were created recently or 200 years ago. In this episode listeners will hear how these works of art speak to individual experiences of 2020, from the isolation brought about by the pandemic to a renewed sense of urgency related to social justice and systemic racism. Discussed in this episode are works on paper by Norwegian artist Edvard Munch and the Guerrilla Girls collective as well as a photograph by Henri Cartier-Bresson and James Turrell’s Skyspace Dividing the Light. Image checklist: https://pomona.box.com/s/rno0huxf14s4zuh7v70xirlykls005vv Transcript: https://pomona.box.com/s/wrk3xlq4amibb9mzhnx5tgb11noot5dv

Season 1: Ready, Set, Wait | Episode 3—Part two of a three-part series, this episode takes a close look at how the Benton Museum changed its methods for engaging with students, faculty, and potential visitors due to health policy restrictions during the COVID-19 pandemic. Listeners will hear the museum’s interns and fellows—Sam Chan, Mei Ge, Noor Tamari, and Kali Tindell-Griffin, all members of the Pomona College graduating class of 2022—discuss their experiences both as students and as museum professionals in training. The episode also features communication and engagement manager Justine Bae Bias and director Victoria Sancho Lobis reflecting on how they can and should adjust their strategies for collaboration and effective community engagement. Transcript: https://pomona.box.com/s/nlx0gt5sm5zbtd1i2hk29913gbdbndf8

Season 1: Ready, Set, Wait | Episode 2—Part one of a three-part series, this episode reveals how the day-to-day operations of the museum have been impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic. Listeners will hear several members of the Benton’s staff reflect on how museum work immediately changed with the onset of the pandemic. Interviewed in this episode are Director Victoria Sancho Lobis; Academic Curator Claire Nettleton; Associate Director/Registrar Steve Comba; Assistant Registrar Victoria Hernandez; Senior Curator Rebecca McGrew; Communication and Engagement Coordinator Justine Bae Bias; and Collections and Exhibitions Assistant Gillian Holzer. Transcript: https://pomona.box.com/s/7iwcfybxobu5ehrin8c5h6ytz6mwzfem

Season 1: Ready, Set, Wait | Episode 1—Learn about the people who make everything possible at the Benton Museum of Art at Pomona College! You will hear from the museum’s director, Victoria Sancho Lobis; Academic Coordinator, Claire Nettleton; Associate Director/Registrar Steve Comba; Assistant Registrar Victoria Hernandez; Senior Curator Rebecca McGrew; and Communication and Engagement Coordinator Justine Bae Bias. Their stories reveal how they originally gravitated to museum work and how they came to be part of the museum’s team. As they prepare to begin operating in their new purpose-built museum space, we will learn what they hope to achieve in the short term and in the years ahead.

Transcript: https://pomona.box.com/s/bci0p4i25ala7pzrot4t3l0ftvsbxnsj.

Season 1: Ready, Set, Wait | Trailer—Hosted and created by the Benton Museum of Art at Pomona College, we invite you to meet the staff, explore our exhibitions and collections, and learn more about what happens behind the scenes. Produced by Hannah Avalos PO ' 21 together with museum director, Victoria Sancho Lobis Ph.D. 

Transcript: https://pomona.box.com/s/nemzixvlnf8kkht6d3wmcqmvf04x9lx0