PLACE:

Jackson, MS

BIO:

Christina McField is the former inaugural Andrew W. Mellon Post-Baccalaureate Curatorial Fellow, for  the Mississippi Museum of Art. Prior to this appointment, she worked in a variety of positions at the  Museum, including Director of Philanthropy and Membership, Curatorial Assistant, and Manager of  Visitor Services. McField obtained her BFA in sculpture from Mississippi State University in 2016 and  interned for Walt Disney World in Orlando Florida in 2013 and as an alumnus in 2015. In addition to  museum work, she is a multidisciplinary artist, cultural producer, and curator. Christina works to  cultivate a variety of experiences to her local communities by remaining an active contributor to the  “creative scene” in Jackson, Mississippi. Christina loves packing her camera to travel the world and to  capture hidden treasures on back roads of Mississippi.

PROJECT:

Where Time Stands Still aims to document historic structures, their stories, and social impact. There is  beauty to decayed sites and my focus is to bring a eulogy for the lost ways of life and capture the  visceral experience of entering a parallel universe of silence, rust, and peeling paint.