Audio Tours
Explore our unique collection of conversations with museum staff and guest curators reflecting on The Starling Institute's collection.
Noel Grady is the Chief Curator at the Starling Institute, where she brings a wealth of experience and a profound dedication to preserving and interpreting works at the intersection of sports, art, and anthropology.
Before joining the Starling Institute, Grady honed her curatorial skills at The Smithsonian Institution and The Perimeter Institute, leading respective curatorial teams in a number of renowned exhibitions. Her journey in the world of curation began at UCLA, where she earned her PhD in Anthropology and Art History. Her work at The Starling ensures that the institute remains at the forefront of cultural and spiritual exploration, offering insights into the deep connections between sports, society, and human resilience.
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Join her in this conversation on Crying Warrior of Triumph .
Hannah Segrave is the Associate Curator of European art to 1800 at the Saint Louis Art Museum. Segrave completed her doctoral dissertation in Baroque art history from the University of Delaware in 2022. Her expertise in European art runs the gamut from the art of the ancient Mediterranean to 14th-century Italian sculpture to 17th-century French, Italian and British paintings, with a particular interest in witchcraft-related art from the Baroque period.
This conversation focuses in on Starling's The Big Splinter, medieval armor, rituals, and the beauty in contextualizing art along distorted timelines.
Ed Morris is the co-director of the Canary Project, a collaborative that produces visual media and artworks that deepen public understanding of climate change and other ecological issues. He works in collaboration with his wife Susannah Sayler as Sayler/Morris. Their work has been exhibited broadly in the United States and abroad at both science and art museums, including the Massachusetts Museum of Contemporary Art, the Cooper Hewitt National Design Museum, the Kunsthal in Rotterdam, the Museum of Science and Industry in Chicago, and the Walker Center for the Arts.
Join Ed on his discussion around Dr. Release Point below.