Amanda Vodicka was the Spring 2020 John Sanders Internship recipient provided by the San Juan Basin Archaeological Society. Please read more about her here:

Amanda Vodicka is an anthropology major at Fort Lewis College who is graduating in Spring 2020. She is a Dean's List student and has received the John Ives and Gabe Doegler anthropology scholarship awards. She was a work-study librarian at the Delaney Library at the Center of Southwest Studies her freshman year, and this past spring she received funding from the San Juan Basin Archaeological Society for an archaeology based internship with the Center's museum collections. Throughout the semester she worked with staff and other interns on inventorying the collections and began cataloging the Brougher Site objects from accession 2007:035. The remainder of the internship is being completed online with additional training and group discussions. In the future, Amanda plans on moving to the Pacific Northwest and enrolling in a graduate program for leadership and sustainability with plans of coordinating educational programs at a museum.

Like many of you who are staying at home during this pandemic, I am catching up on home projects that never seem to get done. This week I went through my collection of textiles to make sure there were no signs of pest (mostly moth) damage. If you have Navajo or other handwoven wool textiles in your collection this is something you want to do on a regular basis.

A Message from the Director: 4-6-2020

It is warming up outside and Spring is in the air. As we continue to stay at home teleworking, educating our children, and caring for our loved ones I hope you are able to spend a little time outside enjoying the warmth of the sun.

A Message from the Director: March 30, 2020

The last couple of weeks have been challenging for all of us, individually and collectively. In many ways, being apart has highlighted how important it is to come together.

A Message from the Director: March 24, 2020

The arts and the humanities unite and heal us and during stressful times; museums and libraries serve as safe places of refuge.