Original Design, unpublished.

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The final iteration with copyright approval is available on the museum website:  

https://museum.cornell.edu/university-students

Distribution

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The Herbert F. Johnson Museum of Art prides itself in being first and foremost, an institution of education for all.

 

Therefore, it was extremely important that, even through the COVID-19 pandemic, the coloring book was accessible to audiences outside of Cornell University's main campus. 

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The PDF is available on their official website for print. 

Network 

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Within the Herbert F. Johnson Museum of Art is an incredible faculty who contributed to this project. Special thanks to the editorial manager Andrea R. Potochniak. Her unwavering enthusiasm and intellect transformed my understanding of editorial work. I only wish to have the opportunity to collaborate with her again. ​

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The Herbert F. Johnson Museum of Art, Coloring Book

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Edition No. 1. 2020

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Supported by the Summer 2020 Nancy Horton Bartels '48 Scholar for Education Internship and Moira Hintsa’s Wellness donations. 

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As the museum's Education Intern during the COVID-19 pandemic, I understood that this was the time to re-direct the museum's traditional roles towards student health. Cornell University's Fall 2020 re-opening policies depended upon the social distancing and commitment of its students. Though necessary, isolation combined with other anxieties stood to challenge mental health. To remedy both these experiences and extend the museum's reach, I believed a coloring book would be a worthwhile production. And with the resurgence of coloring books amongst young adults, the museum's collections, mature and complex, were appropriate for the circumstances.  In all, the book's popularity reached a broader audience both digitally and in print, thanks to the Student Wellness Fund under Annmarie Ventura's direction. 

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