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Gallery Director

Headshot for Jaroslava Prihodova.
Jaroslava Prihodova
Director and Curator of The New Gallery and University Art Collections

Gallery Assistants

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Lily Goodowens '26
Gallery Assistant — BFA Studio Art — CECA Performance Scholarship Recipient
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Naomi Hundt '26
Gallery Assistant — BA Art History — 2025 Hazel Smith Summer Research Fellow; CECA Performance Scholarship Recipient
Emily Maczko
Gallery Assistant

Former Gallery Assistants

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Mai Mai Newberry '25
Gallery Assistant — BA Art History — 2023 & 2024 Hazel Smith Summer Research Fellow; CECA performance scholarship recipient
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Jordan Fulsom '25
Gallery Assistant — BFA Graphic Design — Jewel Birdsong Curatorial Scholarship Recipient
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Abbi Farthing '25
Gallery Social Media Manager — BFA Graphic Design — CECA Performance Scholarship Recipient
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Sara Roach '24
Gallery Assistant — BFA Animation + VFX — 2021, 2023 Jewel Birdsong Curatorial Scholarship Recipient; Online Collections Database Manager; Collection Education/Media Creator
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Zoe Farren '24
Social Media Intern, The New Gallery & College of Arts and Letters — BS Professional Communications
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Katie Boyer '23
Chief Gallery Assistant, Social Media Manager — BFA Graphic Design — CECA Performance Scholarship Recipient; 2021 Hazel Smith Summer Research Fellow; 2020, 2022 Jewel Birdsong Curatorial Scholarship Recipient; 2022 Summer Gallery Assistant, Chautauqua Visual Arts Galleries
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Rheanne Bouchard '23
Gallery Assistant — BFA Studio Art — CECA performance scholarship recipient; 2022 Hazel Smith Summer Research Fellow; 2023 Summer Gallery Assistant, Chautauqua Visual Arts Galleries
Jamie Erwin '22
Gallery Assistant, Art History Intern — BA Art History

When not working directly with The New Gallery on exhibition installation, the gallery assistants work primarily with the This work includes the cataloging, photographing, handling, restoring, researching, exhibiting and care of the 3500+ piece art collection of Austin Peay State University. The online database was created and implimented by Sara Roach '24.

Gallery Assistants are scholarship recipients that are interested in applying their work hours to learn valuable museum-management skills in an active, hands-on environment. If you are interested in becoming a gallery assistant, please contact The New Gallery at gallery@apsu.edu