Cannon Crawford-Wilson, a sculpture and ceramics student at UNC Greensboro, took Art History 490: Museums and Exhibition Spaces and helped curate the exhibition “Embodied: Finding Meaning in the Human Form” at the Weatherspoon Art Museum. Under the guidance of Dr. Emily Stamey, she and her classmates selected artworks, wrote labels, and designed the gallery layout for the Spring 2025 season, working with museum staff like preparator Susan Taaffe. The show features pieces such as Toyin Ojih Odutola's “What’s in a Mistake?” (2014) and Do Ho Suh's “Bowl with Hands.”
This student-curated exhibition matters because it provides rare, hands-on museum experience for undergraduates, blending academic learning with professional practice. It also coincides with the Weatherspoon's largest gift in history—approximately 270 works by Greensboro artist Carol Cole Levin and funding for the new Cole Levin Center for Art and Human Understanding—underscoring the museum's commitment to community engagement and human connection through art.