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Meet Candie Waterloo,
Curator of Education
The Chazen’s new curator of education is Candie meetings, planning outings, doing things that
Waterloo who joined the staff in February following the aren’t always business, also keeping it fun.
retirement of Anne Lambert. Candie has a BA in fiber Because routines get old, and you get boring, so
arts and women’s studies from Saint Mary’s College in shaking that routine up every now and again
Notre Dame, Indiana, and an MFA in sculpture from doesn’t hurt.”
The Ohio State University. Candie previously worked at
the Kalamazoo Institute of Arts and the South Bend
Museum of Art. As curator of education, Candie is
responsible for the vital docent program and the busy
Although much of Candie’s time is devoted to the
docent and tour schedule, she is very fond of the
youngest museum goers. “I’m very partial to
children. My favorite are kindergarteners, there’s
tour schedule, along with lectures and other education just something about kids in that age group that’s
events. really great.” And in fact, Candie spent Fridays in
At the heart of the Chazen’s education department is June working with kids and representing the
the docent corps—ninety members strong, and the face Chazen at Kids Create on State, a city-sponsored
of the museum to most visitors—and that’s where
Candie started. “When I first got here I let them sign up
for individual appointments with me, so I had a couple
of pretty intense weeks of just back to back
program for children in The Grove at the head of
State Street. In the fall, she will continue
exploring opportunities with area schools.
“The Madison schools are working to incorporate
appointments with the docents where they told me arts integration throughout the district in four key
about themselves, I asked them questions and really got areas: math, science, social studies, and language
to learn about them,” says Candie. “I think the only arts,” says Candie. “I think knowing that
way I can get to know them better is by increasing my information gives us a good opportunity to create
contact with them. Having more frequent docent programs with the schools, not for them, and to