{"id":5910,"date":"2016-09-27T15:46:56","date_gmt":"2016-09-27T15:46:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hartdoctors.com\/?p=5910"},"modified":"2016-09-27T15:46:56","modified_gmt":"2016-09-27T15:46:56","slug":"hart-welcomes-shelby-merritt-as-assistant-visual-resources-curator","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/my.vanderbilt.edu\/arthistoryblog\/2016\/09\/hart-welcomes-shelby-merritt-as-assistant-visual-resources-curator\/","title":{"rendered":"HART Welcomes Shelby Merritt as Assistant Visual Resources Curator"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/hartdoctors.com\/2016\/09\/27\/hart-welcomes-shelby-merritt-as-assistant-visual-resources-curator\/shelbymerritt\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-5912\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/my.vanderbilt.edu\/arthistoryblog\/2016\/09\/shelbymerritt.jpg?w=205\" alt=\"shelbymerritt\" width=\"205\" height=\"300\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-5912\" \/><\/a>Not everyone realizes this, but Florida is as much rural cattle pastures and dusty orange groves as it is sunny beaches and crowded theme parks. Coming from a proud working-class family of \u201ctrue Floridians\u201d (not transplants), my artistic tendencies and academic aspirations were initially met with puzzlement. It has taken the course of a bachelor\u2019s degree in Art History, a master\u2019s degree in Library Science, and several museum internships, but I think my family have finally come to appreciate my commitment to the arts. Or at least they\u2019re resigned to it.  <\/p>\n<p>As I was deciding what course I wanted my career to take, I often imagined myself locked away in a quiet back room in a museum, surrounded by art. I still love doing that kind of work, but it was during a library assistantship through my graduate program at UNC-Chapel Hill that I finally discovered a previously unknown people skill: collaborating with students and faculty. Whether it was tracking down an obscure bit of information, or discovering a new and dynamic way of presenting a project, I relished helping patrons accomplish their scholarly goals. I am excited to work here with faculty doing research on topics that I\u2019m passionate about and to encourage students to better incorporate visual resources into every aspect of their lives. <\/p>\n<p>I love a vibrant Southern town and I have been fortunate to live in several across the Southeast. Nashville\u2019s laid-back, yet metropolitan vibe already feels like home. I\u2019m looking forward to exploring hiking trails with my black lab mix, Elliott, and taking a grand tour of the finest breweries and coffee shops Nashville has to offer. Insider tips welcome.&#8212;<em>Shelby Merritt <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Not everyone realizes this, but Florida is as much rural cattle pastures and dusty orange groves as it is sunny beaches and crowded theme parks. Coming from a proud working-class family of \u201ctrue Floridians\u201d (not transplants), my artistic tendencies and academic aspirations were initially met with puzzlement. It has taken the course of a bachelor\u2019s&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7000,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[16,23],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5910","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-hart","category-vrc"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/my.vanderbilt.edu\/arthistoryblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5910","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/my.vanderbilt.edu\/arthistoryblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/my.vanderbilt.edu\/arthistoryblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/my.vanderbilt.edu\/arthistoryblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/7000"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/my.vanderbilt.edu\/arthistoryblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5910"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/my.vanderbilt.edu\/arthistoryblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5910\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/my.vanderbilt.edu\/arthistoryblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5910"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/my.vanderbilt.edu\/arthistoryblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5910"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/my.vanderbilt.edu\/arthistoryblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5910"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}