Alison Rivett is Associate Director of the Arts Initiative at the University of Michigan and a practicing visual artist. She received her MFA in art and design from the Stamps School at the University of Michigan in 2007 after studying both classics and art at the University of Wisconsin–Madison. She worked in exhibition design and visitor services at the Getty Museum, Los Angeles; American Museum of Magic, Marshall MI; and U-M Museum of Natural History. She taught painting at the University of Michigan before moving to Bangalore, India to teach and develop new programs at the Srishti Institute of Art, Design & Technology for seven years. Her current creative practice involves interpreting PhD dissertations through image-making. At the Arts Initiative, she manages Culture Corps, an internship program that matches undergraduate students to arts and culture organizations in Michigan.