We have two PACE interns joining our team this semester.

Dannii Quick will be working with Lydia to catalogue a collection of artworks by Florence Atkins. Florence was the first student to be awarded the newly instituted Diploma of Fine Arts by examination (1930) and in 1936 she was appointed to staff, becoming one of the school’s longest serving staff members (1936–69). In 2012 the family of Florence Atkins donated a collection to the Macmillan Brown Library.

Matthew Croft will be working with Erin to research John Macmillan Brown’s photographs of China. This project is similar to the work that Meredith Sim did last year on JMB’s photographs of Japan.

We find that hosting interns is very rewarding, and gives them great experience to take forward into their future careers, whether they be vocational or academic.