HBI Student Docent Program
HBI initiated a Student Docent Program this past year to help with Deeply Rooted: Faith in Reproductive Justice, a 21 artist show, and Lives Eliminated, Dreams Illuminated with artists Lauren Bergman and Ella Milch-Sheriff. HBI’s eight student docents helped HBI curators imagine a feedback space, created resource and docent guides, and helped with exhibition outreach and gallery tours. XiHu Arfa, Brandeis ‘24, said the job was a perfect fit to merge her interests in Women’s and Gender studies, Studio Art, museum studies. “It was new to me to work with the curators and the HBI staff, and to give tours and talk about the art. It was an invaluable experience,” said Arfa, who assisted with tours, framing art and hanging wall text. Mara Lebovitz, Brandeis ‘24, said “We’ve learned to interact with a much larger community, and to see how art can create paths forward in a time that feels divided.” Meet the 2023 student docents.