Hello, I’m Aidan. I’m just exiting my mid-late twenties and am returning to school to pursue a BFA in studio art at Brooklyn College. So far I am enjoying both. Most of my background has been in television/news production, the bulk of which I did at a public media station in Juneau, Alaska. After about six years doing that I decided I no longer cared much about news or making money (see above major choice)—I knew this because, in those days, I spent most of my time producing Gavel to Gavel Alaska, which is pretty much C-Span but on the state level. Also, it’s basically as hard-line-news as it gets, and yet rare was the committee meeting that stirred my passion. A career change was in order.
And here I am! After moving to Brooklyn sight unseen via a four month road trip with my partner and arriving two weeks before quarantine began, I matriculated at the Fiorello Henry La Guardia Community College in 2020. I heard about an internship at the American Folk Art Museum from an admired painting instructor. The museum was closed for most of my tenure in the city, but I had visited once just after it reopened and very much liked it. I was ecstatic to accept a position this year, and am even more so to learn about museum theory, the mysteries of folk art, and artistic pedagogy—all of which I am very passionate about.
When not attending school or interning at AFAM or working at Jane’s Carousel in Dumbo (no, we don’t do the brass ring thing and haven’t for like 50 years), I enjoy walking around the city looking for new foods to try, cooking the foods of my childhood, and meeting new people and; discussing food with them. I am also an avid reader—mostly science fiction and poetry and a few food books here and there. I own one cat and have many friends.
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