EDUCATION
Ph.D., The University of Iowa, Art History, 2010
Dissertation: “Edgar Degas and the Ottocento”
Major Examination Field: Nineteenth-Century French Art
Minor Examination Fields: Italian Renaissance Art; Ancient Roman Art
M.A., Case Western Reserve University, Art History, 2005
B.A., Case Western Reserve University, Art History, 2003
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
Binghamton University, Binghamton, NY
2019-Present. Curator of Collections and Exhibitions – Binghamton University Art Museum
Augustana College, Rock Island, IL
2015-2019. Director – Augustana Teaching Museum of Art
2014-2015. Assistant Director – Augustana Teaching Museum of Art
Canisius College, Buffalo, NY
2012-2015. Assistant Professor/Program Director – Art History, Fine Arts Department. On partial leave: 2014-15
Coe College, Cedar Rapids, IA
2010-2012. ACM/Andrew W. Mellon Postdoctoral Fellow in Modern and Contemporary Art/Visiting Assistant Professor
School of Art and Art History, The University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA
Spring 2010 (April-May). Visiting Assistant Professor
Spring 2007; Fall 2008. Instructor of Record
SELECTED CURATORIAL PROJECTS
2022. Joy, Play and Resistance in the Work of Miguel Luciano and Hiram Maristany. Binghamton University Art Museum. 24 March – 14 May 2022.
2022. The World After Us: Imaging techno-aesthetic futures (the work of Nathaniel Stern). Binghamton University Art Museum 27 January – 10 March 2022.
2021. “Now form a band.” A punk exhibition in 3 chords. Co-curated with Tom McDonough. Binghamton University Art Museum. 10 September – 10 December 2021
2021. 1960s / 1970s / Now. Binghamton University Art Museum. 12 February – 28 May 2021
2020. Snowflakes Between Gauze: Rubbings from Han Dynasty Tombs. Binghamton University Art Museum. 24 January – 4 March 2020
2018. Interlay. An artist project by Marcos Valella. Augustana Teaching Museum of Art. 15-30 March 2019.
2018. Världen är Liten: the World is Small. Modern Swedish and Swedish American Works. Augustana Teaching Museum of Art. 16 November 2018 - 30 March 2019.
2018. Tengo Puerto Rico en mi corazón. DePaul University. A pop-up exhibition that is part of the 50th anniversary symposium for the Young Lords in Chicago. 22 September 2018.
2017. Witness. Augustana Teaching Museum of Art. 17 November 2017 – 10 February 2018.
2017. #YarnBombQC: Carol Hummel @ Augustana. Locations around the Quad Cities. August 2017 – Present.
2017. Organize Your Own: the Politics and Poetics of Self-Determination Movements. (programming and additional materials for ATMA iteration only; travelling exhibition curated by Daniel Tucker) 25 August – 28 October 2017.
2016. Art above 66° 33'. Augustana Teaching Museum of Art. 18 November 2016 - 10 February 2017.
2016. A Different Way of Seeing. Works from the Sam and Ann Charters Collection. ATMA travelling exhibition. American Swedish Institute, 27 August – 30 October 2018.
2016. A Woman's Place is in the Gallery: Guerrilla Girls, 1985-2015. Augustana Teaching Museum of Art. 26 August - 28 October, 2016.
2016. Battle/Dress. Camouflage as a Metaphor for Passing and Other Works by Kiam Marcelo Junio. Augustana Teaching Museum of Art. 26 August - 28 October 2016.
2016. PlantBot Genetics Presents: the Moth Project. Works by Wendy DesChene and Jeff Schmuki. Augustana Teaching Museum of Art. 9 March – 2 April 2016.
2015. Wit and Whimsy: Photographs by Kenneth Josephson. Figge Art Museum. 17 October 2015 – 7 February 2016.
2015. What a Relief! Variations in Printmaking. Works from the Augustana Teaching Museum of Art Collections, Joseph Lappie & Janet Taylor. Augustana Teaching Museum of Art. 26 August – 30 October 2015.
2015. Juvenile in Justice. Photography by Richard Ross. Augustana Teaching Museum of Art in cooperation with the Figge Art Museum. 19 March – 18 April 2015.
2012. Inside Out: Cedar Rapids Action. A site-specific installation in Cedar Rapids, IA. 21 April 2012 – 21 July 2012.
2011. Shaping Space: Installations by Liz Miller and Rachel Hayes. Guest curator. Coe College, Cedar Rapids, IA. 29 October –19 November 2011.
2011. Posters, Fans and Songbooks: Nineteenth-Century Prints by Toulouse-Lautrec and his Contemporaries. An exhibition of nineteenth-century prints from the Grand Valley State University Art Gallery collections. Guest curator. Krasl Art Center, St. Joseph, MI. 16 September – 30 October 2011.
SELECTED PUBLICATIONS
Exhibition Catalogue
Joy, Play and Resistance in the Work of Miguel Luciano and Hiram Maristany. Binghamton University Art Museum.
Book Chapters
“Rattling Your Rage: Anger, Provocation, and the SisterSerpents.” in Representing Abortion, ed., Rachel Hurst, Routledge (2020), pp. 142-155.
Articles
2016. “Mapping Paris: Social and Artistic Networks, 1855-1889” LEONARDO, v. 49, no. 5, p. 446.
2015. “Degas and Manzi’s Vingt dessins: an Experimental Collaboration in Print.” SECAC Review, vol. xvi, no. 5. (2015), pp. 607-621.
2013. “Pompeii and its Material Reproductions: The Rise of a Tourist Site in the Nineteenth Century.” Journal of Tourism History, vol. 5, no. 1. (January 2013).
Conference Proceedings
2013. “Degas’ Vingt dessins as Object and Means of Dissemination.” The Challenge of the Object/Die Herausforderung des Objekts, Congress Proceedings. Edited by G. Ulrich Großmann and Petra Krutisch. Nuremberg, 2013.
Art Reviews
2013. “Momento, by Susannah Biondo-Gemmell and Jennifer Rogers: a review.” Ceramics: Art and Perception (No. 91, March-May 2013).
Book Reviews
2018. Review of The Care of Prints and Drawings (2nd ed.), Ellis, Margaret Holben. Collections: A Journal for Museum and Archives Professionals. v.14, no. 1 (Winter 2018), pp. 112-114.
2010. Review of Victims and Villains in Vasari’s Lives, Ladis, Andrew. H-Net Reviews. April 2010.
Exhibition Catalogue Entries
2015. “Marvin Cone, Green Ghost”, “Hendrick ter Brugghen, Singing Lute Player”, “Sol LeWitt, Wall Drawing”, “Andrew Wyeth, Clam Digger” in Figge Art Museum 10th Anniversary Exhibition Catalogue. 2015.
Encyclopedia Entries
2013. “Delfico, Melchiorre”, “Dupre, Giovanni”, “Gemito, Vincenzo”, “Hayez, Francesco”, “Luccardi, Vincenzo”, “Magnani, Girolamo”, “Morelli, Domenico” and “Palizzi, Filippo” in The Cambridge Verdi Encyclopedia, edited by Roberta Montemorra Marvin. Cambridge University Press, 2013.
Podcast
2016-2017. The Gallery Gap. Co-host with Melissa Mohr. Produced by Lacy Scarmana for WVIK.
DIGITAL HUMANITIES PROJECTS
2022-present. DIY Bing Punk Rock Archive. (under construction)
2013-2017. Mapping Paris: Social & Artistic Networks, 1855-1889.
PROJECTS IN PROCESS
Curatorial Projects
Michal Heiman: Chronically Linked. Binghamton University Art Museum. Fall 2022.
Emerging Haudenosaunee artists. An as-yet-untitled exhibition to be co-curated with Luanne Redeye. Fall 2025.
The Visual Culture of the Chicago Young Lords. An as-yet-untitled exhibition that charts the visual culture of the Young Lords Organization in Chicago.
Digital Project
The Young Lords, Buckminster Fuller, and Howard Alan. An as-yet untitled digital project in collaboration with Antonio Reyes López.
Book Chapter
“Hiss on Passivity, Hiss on Patriarchy: The Curatorial Praxis of the SisterSerpents” on Feminist Solidarities and Kinships (The Feminist Art Project), edited by Erina Duganne and Susan E Richmond. Under consideration at Rutgers University Press.
Article
“SisterSerpents’ Rage + Bodily Autonomy”
SELECTED CONFERENCES AND PRESENTATIONS
International
2021. “Rattling Your Rage: Anger, Provocation, and the SisterSerpents.” Women and Gender Studies et Recherches Féministes (online)
2016 (invited). "Telemaco Signorini - a Parisian-Tuscan Conduit." Terms, 34th Congress of the International Committee of the History of Art, Peking University, Beijing, China
2013. “Mapping Paris: Social & Artistic Networks, 1855-1889.” (Digital) Humanities Revisited – Challenges and Opportunities in the Digital Age, Herrenhausen Conference, Herrenhausen Palace, Hanover, Germany
2012. “Degas’ Vingt dessins as Object and Means of Dissemination.” The Challenge of the Object, 33rd Congress of the International Committee of the History of Art, Germanisches Nationalmuseum, Nuremburg, Germany
2010. “Italian Artistic Histories and the Risorgimento: Hayez, Morelli and Toma.” Italy and its Pasts: an Interdisciplinary Conference, Association for the Study of Modern Italy, Institute of Germanic and Romance Studies, University of London, London, England
Domestic
2022. “Zoning and the Economization of Lincoln Park: The Young Lords, Howard Alan, and Buckminster Fuller.” Co-presented with Antonio Reyes López. Session: Public Accountability through Public Art, Public Art Dialogues Affiliate Session. Southeastern College Arts Conference.
2022. “SisterSerpents’ Curation as Feminist Practice.” Session: Exhibitions and Curatorial Spaces, Feminist Solidarities and Kinships. The Feminist Art Project at the College Art Association.
2021. “Rattling Your Rage: Anger, Provocation, and the SisterSerpents.” Cultural Studies Association (online)
2019. “Curatorial Practice as Labor in the Academy” co-presented with Meredith Lynn. Session: Academic Museums as Agents of Change. Association of Academic Museums and Galleries Annual Conference, Minneapolis, Minnesota.
2018. “Love and Fangs. SisterSerpents in Chicago (and beyond)." Feminist Art History Conference, American University, Washington DC
2018. “#YarnBombQC: Public Art as Community-Building.” Session: Dialogue, Response, and Service to Our Communities: Three Case Studies from Quad Cities Museums. Association of Midwest Museums Conference, Chicago, Illinois.
2017. “Art, Criticism, and Nationalism in Telemaco Signorini’s Italy” in the session Visualizing the Risorgimento: Art in Italy Before and After Unification at the annual conference of the College Art Association Annual Conference, New York, New York
2016. “Updates on Mapping Paris: Social & Artistic Networks, 1855-1889.” Session: Digital Art History: New Projects, New Questions. College Art Association Annual Conference, Washington DC
2015. “Mapping Paris: Considerations of a Digital Collaboration at the Trailhead.” Session: Traversing Borders: The Flâneur in Eastern Europe and Beyond. Southeastern College Arts Conference, Pittsburg, Pennsylvania
2015. “Mapping Paris: Social and Artistic Networks, 1855-1889.” Digitorium: University of Alabama Digital Humanities Conference. Tuscaloosa, Alabama
2014. “Una Macchiaiola, Giulia Bandini? A Feminist Look at the Macchiaioli.” Fifth Annual Feminist Art History Conference at American University, Washington, District of Columbia
2014. “Mapping Paris: Social and Artistic Networks, 1855-1889.” Arts, Humanities and Complex Networks, 5th Leonardo Satellite Symposium to NetSci2014 Conference, Berkeley, California
2014. “Telemaco Signorini—An Ottocento Catalyst.” Session: Risorgimento Urbanisms.Nineteenth-Century Studies Association Conference on Urbanism and Urbanity, Chicago, Illinois
2013. “Degas and the Ottocento: Re-centering (?) Nineteenth-Century Art.” Session Reciprocal Exchanges: Regionalisms and Modernisms in Dialogue. Southeastern College Arts Conference, Greensboro, North Carolina
2012. “Caricature, Degas and the Caffè Michelangiolo.” Session: The Importance of the Bar. Southeastern College Arts Conference, Durham, North Carolina
2012. “Edgar Degas and Italy: A Pictorial Exegesis.” Session: No Talking Allowed: Making a Visual Argument about Art History. College Art Association Annual Conference, Los Angeles, California
2010. “Degas and Manzi’s Vingt dessins: Strategies of Reproduction, Dialogues of Exchange.” Interdisciplinary Nineteenth-Century Studies Conference on Family/Resemblance, Austin, Texas
2010. “The Performative Aspect of Secular Veneration: Pompeii as a Tourist Site.” Nineteenth Century Studies Association Conference on Theatricality and the Performative in the Long 19th Century, Tampa, Florida
CONFERENCE SESSIONS CHAIRED
2021. Succeeding outside of the tenure system. Affinity Group conversation. Association of Academic Museums and Galleries (online). Co-facilitated with Meredith Lynn.
2020. Chirp COVID-19 response sessions for academic museum workers. Co-founder/co-organizer. https://www.chirpchirp.org/
2020. Advocacy Needs for Academic Curators. College Art Association. Chicago. Co-facilitated with Meredith Lynn.
2019. Academic Museums Are Not Neutral: Civic Responsibility and Institutional Politics. Southeastern College Arts Conference. Chattanooga, Tennessee. Co-chaired with Michael Dickins.
2018. Exhibitions as Sites of Activist Practice. Southeastern College Arts Conference. Birmingham, Alabama.
2014. Artworks + Networks: Materializing Connectivity in Art Historical Research. Southeastern College Arts Conference, Sarasota, Florida. Co-Chaired with Miriam Kienle Lauren Applebaum.
2013. Contemporary Art Practices and Audience Engagement: An Institutional Perspective. Southeastern College Arts Conference, Greensboro, North Carolina. Co-Chaired with Tami Miller.
INVITED LECTURES
2020. “SisterSerpents’ Rage + Bodily Autonomy” University of Northern Iowa.
2019. “Curatorial Practice as Labor in the Academy” College Art Association Resources for Academic Art Museum Professionals Coffee Gathering. Co-presented with Meredith Lynn.
2019. “Rattling Your Rage: Anger, Provocation, and the SisterSerpents,” TeaTalks – Women’s and Gender Studies Lecture Series, Augustana College, Rock Island, Illinois.
2018. “Världen är liten/The World is Small. Modern Swedish and Swedish American Works in the Augustana Teaching Museum of Art Collections, 1850-1950.” Frieze Lecture Series. Augustana College/Rock Island Public Library.
2018. “Paris Moderns, 1850-1950.” A four-part lecture to coincide with the exhibition French Moderns: Monet to Matisse, 1850-1950, Figge Art Museum. Repeated as part of CommUniversity 2019 at St. Ambrose University.
2016. “Una Macchiaiola, Giulia Bandini? A Feminist Look at the Macchiaioli,” TeaTalks – Women’s and Gender Studies Lecture Series, Augustana College, Rock Island, Illinois.
2014. “Telemaco Signorini, a Parisian-Tuscan Conduit,” ArtsCanisius Meet-the-Faculty Series, Canisius College, Buffalo, New York
2013. “Degas’ Vingt dessins: a Retrospective-Reproduction,” Sr. Jeanne File Memorial Lecture Series, Daemen College, Buffalo, New York
2011. “Miracle Whip, Purses and Human Rights: Contemporary Art and Advertising,” Krasl Art Center, St. Joseph, Michigan
2010. “Turkey Buzzards and Cotton: New Orleans, Degas and the Process of Art-Making,” Nicholls State University, Art Department, Thibodaux, Louisiana
SELECTED AWARDS AND GRANTS
2022. Binghamton University Material and Visual Worlds Transdisciplinary Area of Excellence Seed Grant (co-principal investigator with Jennifer L. Stoever). “DIY Bing Punk Rock Archive.”
2018. Participant, National Endowment for the Humanities/Newberry Library. 2018 Summer Institute, “Art and Public Culture in Chicago”
2018. Participant, NextGen 2018, Getty Leadership Institute, Claremont Graduate University
2017. Spring 2017 Art Works grant from the National Endowment for the Arts for Carol Hummel @ Augustana. Grant writer and principal investigator
2014. Participant, Rebuilding the Portfolio: DH for Art Historians, Roy Rosenzweig Center for History in New Media, George Mason University, supported by the Getty Foundation
2013. Participant, National Endowment for the Humanities/American Academy in Rome Summer Seminar, “Italy in the Age of the Risorgimento – New Perspectives”
2010-2012. Associated Colleges of the Midwest/Andrew W. Mellon Postdoctoral Fellow in Modern and Contemporary Art
SELECTED SERVICE
Profession
2021. Juror (with BUAM interns as co-jurors). 53rd Annual Juried Student Exhibition. The New Gallery, Austin Peay State University.
2019-2020. College Art Association Working Group Against Harassment and Assault
2018-2020. Southeastern College Arts Conference, Board of Directors, Member-at-Large and EDI Committee
2016-Present. Illinois Women’s Artists Project, Advisory Board Member
2016-19. Editorial Board Member of Collections: A Journal for Museum and Archives Professionals
2014. Editor-at-Large for Digital Humanities Now
University/College
2020-Present. United University Professionals Binghamton Chapter, Professional Staff State Delegate and Area Representative for Art + Design, Art History, BUAM
2019-Present. Binghamton University Research Days Planning Committee
2019-Present. Binghamton University Sustainable Communities Transdisciplinary Area of Excellence Steering Committee.
2015-2018. Augustana Women & Gender Studies Working Group
2015 – 2019. Augustana Women & Gender Studies Advisory Board
Spring 2014 (Canisius); Spring 2015 (Augustana/Figge). Organize and direct a production of Eve Ensler’s Any One of Us: Words from Prison
Community
2021. Juror. Broome County High School Emerging Artists Competition, Broome County Arts Council.
2021-Present. Sherman Street Community Garden Coordinator, Volunteers Improving Neighborhood Environments (VINES), Binghamton, NY.
2016-2019. Creative Arts Academy of the Quad Cities, Advisory Board
2015-2017. Quad Cities Museum Week, Planning Committee.
2014. Crisis Services of Erie County Hospital Advocate/NYS Certified Rape Crisis Counselor, Buffalo, New York
2014. Friends of Night People volunteer, Buffalo, New York
2011-12. AniMeals volunteer, Cedar Rapids, Iowa
PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS
American Alliance of Museums
College Art Association
Southeastern College Arts Conference
Association of Academic Museums and Galleries
Association of Art Museum Curators
LANGUAGES
French – Literate
German – Literate
Italian – Literate
PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT
2020. Curating Art after New Media, University of Sunderland, London
2018. NextGen, Getty Leadership Institute, Claremont Graduate University
2017. Constructing Affordable Storage Mounts and Supports, International Preservation Studies Center
2017. Emergency Preparedness, Response, and Recovery, International Preservation Studies Center
2017. Photographing Museum Collections, International Preservation Studies Center
CURRENT TEACHING
CDCI 395 – 4: Professional Internship Program. Established and oversee a formal museum internship program at BUAM in collaboration with the Binghamton Fleishman Center for Career and Professional Development and teach the course component.
PAST TEACHING
Art History Senior Seminar
Art, Beauty and Terror in the 20th Century
Contemporary Art
Early 20th-Century Art
History of Photography
Introduction to 19th-Century Art
Introduction to Art History II
Introduction to Renaissance Art
Late Modern/Contemporary Art
Paris and the Art of Urban Life
Topics in Art History: The Macchiaioli
Topics in Art History: Installations and Exhibitions in Contemporary Art
Topics in Art History: World Impressionism