As the new curator of American art at Brigham Young University’s Museum of Art, Kenneth Hartvigsen wants to help visitors have a positive and impactful experience, specifically those who are new to art museums.
With the museum located on BYU's campus, Hartvigsen says that it draws in a lot of first-timers to the museum.
"We have people who come here to visit us who maybe have never been in an art museum before,” said Hartvigsen, who was hired in May. “The opportunity we have to impress on those … newcomers to the museum experience and press upon them the vital role that art has played in human history and human culture — that’s a responsibility that I take very seriously.