MEET MADELINE HELLAND
/New Assistant Museum Manager
In March, just one week before we had to close due to Covid-19, we were delighted to welcome the newest member to the Printing Museum Team, Madeline Helland, our new Assistant Museum Manager.
Madeline graduated from Scripps College in 2018 with a double major in Art Conservation and Studio Art. Her thesis work heavily focused on bookbinding and the history of books. She’s especially interested in Non-Western and International Binding Styles. For her art conservation thesis she researched a pair of Hindu manuscripts in the Scripps College collection to determine a provenance based on their illustration style and binding design. A few key experiences inspired her to pursue this interest in book history professionally, including taking Kitty Maryatt’s course on book arts and letterpress, where she learned how to print and bind books by hand. The following year she completed an internship in the conservation lab at the Huntington Library, Art Collections and Botanical Gardens, treating books and works on paper.
She joins us from her previous position as a Gallery Assistant at Louis Stern Fine Arts, a West Hollywood gallery that represents historic artists such as Karl Benjamin and Alfredo Ramos Martinez. She’s also had internships at the Ruth Chandler Williamson Gallery, The Pomona College Museum of Art, and the arts education group ARTstArt.
Madeline first heard about The International Printing Museum while taking a Polymer Platemaking Class at Otis College of Art and Design. She first visited The International Printing Museum for our 2019 Los Angeles Printers Fair where she fortuitously met Museum Director Mark Barbour and was immediately taken with the Museum.
In addition to helping run the day to day activities and behind the scenes work at The Printing Museum Madeline will be chiefly engaged with developing a new and expanded Book Arts Institute with a larger variety and occurrence of hands-on classes and workshops. Next time you visit the Museum be sure to meet Madeline and welcome her to The Printing Museum!
Get To Know Madeline
Hobbies: Creating Miniatures, Zinefests, Stamp Collecting
Favorite Book: “People of the Book” by Geraldine Brooks
Her Inspirations: Julie Chen of Flying Fish Press & Book Artist Karen Hanmer
Fun Fact: She used to be a College Radio DJ
