Meagan Estep
Museum educator and marketer in St. Louis.
Jean-Baptiste Hüet, Flowering Plant with Grass (detail), mid 1760s, red chalk with wash, National Gallery of Art, Ailsa Mellon Bruce Fund. Open Access, public domain.
Meagan Estep is dedicated to making art accessible and engaging.
An experienced educator and technologist, she crafts inventive marketing and social media strategies for the Contemporary Art Museum St. Louis. Estep also serves as a lecturer in Museum Studies at the Johns Hopkins University and an adjunct professor in the department of Fine Arts at St. Louis Community College.
Estep has over 15 years of experience working in cultural institutions and has held positions at the National Gallery of Art, The Phillips Collection, the Corcoran Gallery of Art, and the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts. She received her MA in teaching from the Corcoran College of Art + Design, Washington, DC, and a BA in art history from the University of Richmond, Richmond, VA.
experience
2023–present
Marketing Manager
Contemporary Art Museum St. Louis
2020–2023
Consultant, social media
Hamiltonian Artists
2021–2023
Consultant, digital communications
Culture House
2019–2021
Consultant, museum project management
Museums for Digital Learning
2015–2019
Social Media Manager
National Gallery of Art
2012–2015
Manager of K-12 Digital & Educator Initiatives; Teacher Programs Coordinator
The Phillips Collection
teaching
Higher education
2023–present
Adjunct Professor
St. Louis Community College
Department of Fine Arts
2016–present
Lecturer
Johns Hopkins University, Advanced Academic Programs
MA in Museum Studies
2016–2017, 2019
Guest Lecturer
Georgetown University Graduate School
MA in Art & Museum Studies
2019
Guest Lecturer
University of Maryland
BA in Art History
2015
Lecturer
Corcoran College of Art + Design
BFA/MA in Art Education
2011–2012
Teaching Assistant
Corcoran College of Art + Design
BFA in Fine Arts
Museum education
2017–2025
Museum educator, Just Us at the National Gallery of Art
National Gallery of Art
For people with memory loss and their care partners
2018–2020
Museum educator, Art Around the Corner at the National Gallery of Art
National Gallery of Art
For K-5 students from DC-area Title I elementary schools
2012–2015
Gallery educator, Public Programs & In-Gallery Interpretation
The Phillips Collection
2011–2014
Aspiring Artists Coordinator & Lead Teacher
Corcoran Gallery of Art
talks and writing
2019
“Cultural Spaces After the Internet”
Humanizing the Digital: Unproceedings from the MCN 2018 Conference
Book chapter, edited by Ad Hoc Museum Collective
2017
Social Media Open Mic / Annual Meeting of the Social Media SIG
MCN Conference 2017, Pittsburgh, PA
2017
Working Groups that Work
Museums & the Web 2017, Cleveland, OH
2016
Social Media Managers Talk Participatory Campaigns
MCN Conference 2016, New Orleans, LA
2016
Putting People in the Picture: Learning from Museum Visitors Social Photographs
MCN Conference 2016, New Orleans, LA
2016
Social Media Open Mic / Annual Meeting of the Social Media SIG
MCN Conference 2016, New Orleans, LA
2016
Making the Most of NAEA16
National Art Education Association 2016, Chicago, IL
2016
Lightning Talk / Slow in the Age of Fast
Museums & the Web 2016, Los Angeles, CA
2015
How Did I Become the Ringmaster? The Art of Juggling Digital Projects
MCN Conference 2015, Minneapolis, MN
2015
Session Leader / Museum Education Pre-Conference
National Art Education Association 2015, San Diego, CA
2014
#MuseSocial
MCN Conference 2014, Dallas, TX
2014
Collaborative Strategies for Online Learning
Museums & the Web 2014, Baltimore, MD
education
2012
Master of Arts in Teaching, concentration in Art & Museum Education
Corcoran College of Art + Design, Washington DC
Thesis: “Contemplative Practices in the Museum Setting”
2009
Bachelor of Arts in Art History
University of Richmond, Richmond VA
Thesis: “The Reliquary of Saint Barbara: Female Corporeality & Medieval Piety in Fifteenth-Century Germany”
leadership
2019–present
Certified Interpretive Guide
National Association for Interpretation
2016–2018
Chair, Social Media Special Interest Group
MCN (Museum Computer Network)
2017
Training in museum-based experiences for people with dementia
Arts & Minds at the National Gallery of Art
2014–2016
Chair, Museum Education Division social media committee
NAEA (National Art Education Association)
contact
meagan.estep@gmail.comJean-Baptiste Hüet, Flowering Plant with Buds (detail), mid 1760s, red chalk, National Gallery of Art, Ailsa Mellon Bruce Fund. Open Access, public domain.