Hood Quarterly, spring 2025
The museum welcomed the second cohort of Hood Museum Board of Advisors Mutual Learning Fellows in August 2024. This board- funded fellowship is designed for aspiring museum workers who do not have the graduate degrees and extensive job experience or network typically required for museum fellowships. Instead, following an apprenticeship model, the fellowship emphasizes on-the-job learning, extensive shadowing, close mentorship, and mutual growth. In taking this approach, the museum is attempting to lower barriers to entry and create a more welcoming, equitable, and inclusive environment.
EVONNE FUSELIER, Mutual Learning Fellow: Curatorial and Exhibitions
Fuselier graduated from Pomona College in 2024 with a BA in art history and Africana studies through which she developed her practice of intertwining art historical interpretation with ethnic studies theory. Her research has focused on art as a tool for grassroots political power, intergenerational Black feminist creativity, and the intersections of artmaking and community care. She has previously held intern positions
in museum spaces including the Art Bridges Foundation and the Art Institute of Chicago.
"This fellowship's emphasis on mentorship and learning on the job confirmed that it was created to support the fellows and embrace the often- messy learning process."
MAYA RAZVI, Mutual Learning Fellow: Cultural Heritage Technology and Innovation
Razvi graduated from Bennington College in 2024 with a BA in literature, visual arts, and animation, exploring each medium primarily through its evolving historical and cultural relationship to Western domination. Her creative work combines interdisciplinary storytelling, moving image, and translation to highlight subaltern modes of existence within traditional paradigms of power. Razvi was part of the organizing team for the Karachi Biennale 2022 and has held positions
at documentary film houses in Karachi, Pakistan, as well as non-profit art and literary organizations in the United States.
"Even after I completed my undergrad degree in visual arts and literature, museums remained daunting and esoteric institutions that I approached with trepidation. I felt that working closely with a mentor would provide a level of immersion and proximity that I could not gain otherwise, at least without an advanced degree."
ISABELLE SCOTTLIND, Mutual Learning Fellow: Communications
Prior to starting at the Hood Museum, Scottlind worked as a communications intern at the National Museum of the American Indian in Washington, DC, where she used storytelling techniques to create content for the museum's social media channels. Originally from Salem, Oregon, Scottlind holds a BA in English and history from Whitworth University in Spokane, Washington.
"While any new job will have a learning curve, the Mutual Learning Fellowship allows me to explore many different aspects of my discipline and gain additional experience in the ones I'm most excited about. Since I started in August 2024, I've had the opportunity to work on a wide variety of projects, from creating social media content to drafting press releases to finding the perfect trucker hat for the Cara Romero exhibition!"