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Steel girders are flocked with globs of fire- resistant insulation. The constant screech of saws cuts the air. Much of what visitors will see when the expansion adds 70 percent more exhibition space to SAM in is still left to the imagination. But having a docent with a vision helps immensely. She clearly has a vision, and is passionate in describing it.

Clad in a hard hat and yellow raincoat, the energetic curator winds through the new space, painting a verbal portrait of the galleries.

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Here, she points out, will be a high-ceilinged gallery for art from the s. There, a room filled floor-to-ceiling with 18th-century porcelain. Over there, an African coffin in the shape of a car, suspended from the ceiling. What will fill the sleek, no-frills expansion is largely her responsibility. Born in Wisconsin, Ishikawa is the second generation in her family to pursue a museum career—her father was with the Des Moines Art Center in Iowa.

A family trip to Europe when she was 12 inspired a lifelong fascination with art. Her specialty she earned her Ph. That means involving people like education directors in curating decisions, or even—as in the case of the Spain show—conducting focus groups. She once led me through the Spain exhibit and was a mobile encyclopedia, describing the nuances of Spanish and Flemish art.

She has a passion for the details.