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When Abbie Hart \u201925 received the Steinbrecher Fellowship and the Sara Bickman Music and Arts Summer Internship Award, she didn’t spend the summer observing. She spent it working \u2014 cataloging nearly 40 pieces of Islamic and Asian art, conducting provenance research on antiquities with uncertain origins, and investigating the Western influence on Japanese Shin-hanga printmaking for an upcoming exhibition.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The provenance work had particular weight. Hart reviewed 296 acquisition files to help compile a spreadsheet for the Association of Art Museum Directors database \u2014 a resource used by 35 U.S. museums to maintain ethical collecting standards. One discovery stood out: an oil jar with almost no existing scholarship, which Hart identified as likely Egyptian and of the Mamluk Sultanate through close analysis of its glaze and surface. \u201cPart of my family is from Algeria,\u201d she writes. \u201cMaking an impact on the display of North African art has greatly strengthened my sense of purpose in my work.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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