Maybe, Actually, Museums are for me.

The Montclair Art Museum welcomed, Arianna Jobst, as it's first ever Writer-in-Residence this Spring. Arianna Jobst is a New Jersey native and emerging writer working primarily in creative nonfiction — short stories, essays, and novel writing that explore family, queerness, and identity. She graduated from the Literary Prose program at the Univeristy of Virginia. Her piece My Turn, voicing the fru...

The Montclair Art Museum welcomed, Arianna Jobst, as it's first ever Writer-in-Residence this Spring. Arianna Jobst is a New Jersey native and emerging writer working primarily in creative nonfiction — short stories, essays, and novel writing that explore family, queerness, and identity. She graduated from the Literary Prose program at the Univeristy of Virginia. Her piece My Turn, voicing the fru...

This week on "Maybe, Actually, Museums are for me.," Alex walks the audience through his conversation with renowned visual artist, Ben F. Jones. Although not intended for the podcast, the conversation they had was so informative and speical it felt right to find a way to share the full breath of Ben's wisdom and artistic philosophy in this long-form way.  Ben F. Jones is an artist, activist, and e...

The Montclair Art Museum welcomed, Arianna Jobst, as it's first ever Writer-in-Residence this Spring. Arianna Jobst is a New Jersey native and emerging writer working primarily in creative nonfiction — short stories, essays, and novel writing that explore family, queerness, and identity. She graduated from the Literary Prose program at the Univeristy of Virginia. Her piece My Turn, voicing the fru...

This week on, "Maybe, Actually, Museums are for me.," Alex, Creative Media Producer at the Montclair Art Museum sat down with Ming-Jing, the Museum's Marketing Intern to dicuss their recent adventures abroad and how the art museum's they visited across Europe compare to their American counterparts. They discuss key experiential differences in wait times, collecting practices, attention to detail,...

The Montclair Art Museum welcomed, Arianna Jobst, as it's first ever Writer-in-Residence this Spring. Arianna Jobst is a New Jersey native and emerging writer working primarily in creative nonfiction — short stories, essays, and novel writing that explore family, queerness, and identity. She graduated from the Literary Prose program at the Univeristy of Virginia. Her piece My Turn , voicing the fr...

This week on  Maybe, Actually, Museums are for me,  host, Alex traveled to Chicago to sit down with the world renowned contemporary artist Nick Cave for wide ranging conversation. Recorded at Nick's studio, Facility , in Old Irving Park, the conversation offered an intimate look into Cave’s expansive practice, from his iconic Soundsuits to his more recent explorations in bronze and performance. Ca...

The Montclair Art Museum welcomed, Arianna Jobst, as it's first ever Writer-in-Residence this Spring. Arianna Jobst is a New Jersey native and emerging writer working primarily in creative nonfiction — short stories, essays, and novel writing that explore family, queerness, and identity. She graduated from the Literary Prose program at the Univeristy of Virginia. Her piece My Turn , voicing the fr...

This week Alex, Creative Media Producer at the Montclair Art Museum, sat down with Audrey Roclore, MAM's Curatorial Assistant to discuss the purpose and importance of public art and civic beautification. Learn more about MAM— https://www.montclairartmuseum.org

This week on Maybe, Actually, Museum are for me , Alex sits down with renowned harpist, bandleader, and jazz performer, Brandee Younger. Brandee is a harpist, composer and bandleader whose music connects spiritual jazz and classical training to the rhythmic soulfulness of R&B and hip-hop. In this episode the two discuss the intersection between fine art and jazz music, if playing a show inside...

This week, Alex Pavljuk, Creative Media Producer at the Montclair Art Museum (MAM), is back! In this solo, bonus episode Alex let's listeners behind the scenes to know where we've been the past couple of months. Going forward, expect a new episode every two weeks with supplemental content here and there. Learn more about MAM by visiting, https://www.montclairartmuseum.org

This week, Alex Pavljuk, Digital Content Strategist at the Montclair Art Museum (MAM), chats again with his colleague Melissa Casale. In this episode, they answer some more burning questions asked by our listeners. They talk about accessibility in the arts, how we come up with show topics, trends or movements in contemporary art that excite us and more!

This week, join Alex Pavljuk, Digital Content Strategist at the Montclair Art Museum (MAM), as he chats with Andrea Ferreira, Volunteer and Intern Coordinator at MAM. In this episode, they discuss the importance of volunteers within the arts, why people should give back to their community, and how to get involved in MAM's volunteer program. Recorded on 01/01/2025

In this week's episode revisit, host Alex Pavljuk, the Digital Content Strategist at the Montclair Art Museum (MAM), sits down with his colleague, boss, and resident film buff, Asif Iqbal, the Director of Marketing at MAM, about what place film, as an art form, belong in Museums? This episode was recorded on 11/13/24

This week, Alex Pavljuk, Digital Content Strategist at the Montclair Art Museum (MAM), chats again with his colleague Melissa Casale, Digital Marketing Manager at MAM. In this episode, they discuss some recent developments in the art market.

This week, Alex Pavljuk, Digital Content Strategist at the Montclair Art Museum (MAM), chats again with his colleague Melissa Casale, Digital Marketing Manager at MAM about her recent trip abroad. Having just returned from England, they talk about the seeing some Leonardo Da Vinci work, the array of Museum's Melissa visited, and a brief chat on the Dada art movement.  Recorded on 11/13/2025

Alex and Melissa need another week to finish the newest episode, so we are revisiting an older one where he sat down with Audrey Roclore, MAM's Curatorial Assistant to discuss the purpose and importance of wall labels in museum galleries, how they tell a more full story about the art and artists on view, and why the insight that a youthful perspective matters. Episode originally recorded on 05/11/...

Movember is a month-long campaign each November that raises awareness for men’s health issues, including prostate and testicular cancer, as well as mental health. In support of the initiative, Alex Pavljuk, Digital Content Strategist and host of "Maybe, Actually, Museums Are for Me," sat down with Audrey Roclore, MAM’s Curatorial Assistant, to discuss toxic masculinity, mental health, patriarchal...

This week, Alex Pavljuk, Digital Content Strategist at the Montclair Art Museum (MAM), chats again with his colleague Melissa Casale, Digital Marketing Manager at MAM about his recent trip abroad. Having just returned from France, they talk about the Lourve robbery, differences in French vs American museums, the Sargent and Paris show, and Melissa's upcoming trip to London.  Recorded on 10/28/2025

Alex is away on vaction so we are reairing episode 14 of the show where Alex sat down with Audrey Roclore, MAM's Curatorial Assistant to discover what it’s like to work behind the scenes on an art museum's curatorial staff and learn more about the ranging roles and responsibilities that surround any given museum's curatorial department.

This week, Alex Pavljuk, Digital Content Strategist at the Montclair Art Museum (MAM), chats again with his colleague Melissa Casale, Digital Marketing Manager at MAM. In this episode, they answer some more burning questions asked by our listeners. They chat about hidden-gems in the Museum, the balance of showcasing historical works and supporting working artists, and dispelling musuem misconcepti...

This special episode of "Maybe Actually Museums are for me," features four guests who join host Alex in answering the quinitsential question of the entire show, "Why are museums for you?"  "Maybe, Actually, Museums are for me," is a podcast focused on inviting listeners who may have never been exposed to or had an interest in the arts to learn more about the culture of museums from somebody who, e...

Join Alex Pavljuk, Digital Content Strategist at the Montclair Art Museum (MAM), as he chats with Andy Kahnke, a MAM docent, about the many ways to experience museums, what a docent does, and why tours make a great starting point for newcomers to museums. This episode was originally recorded on 10/16/2024

This week, Alex Pavljuk, Digital Content Strategist at the Montclair Art Museum (MAM), chats again with his colleague Melissa Casale, Digital Marketing Manager at MAM. In this episode, they discuss recent headlines in the art world including a rural Danish art museum acquires a painting by Artemisia Gentileschi, and how the mystery behind the small dog featured in Rembrandt's famous,  The Night Wa...

Join Alex Pavljuk, Digital Content Strategist at the Montclair Art Museum, as he speaks with Blood and Ink author Joe Pompeo about an upcoming book talk he’ll be moderating with fellow narrative nonfiction writer Michelle Young. They discuss her recent book The Art Spy, the intersection of fine art and literature, and how researchers and historical novelists draw on libraries, museums, and cultura...