Appalachian Art: Presence and Absence in American Museum Collections
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Terra Foundation Curatorial Fellow Ali Printz will talk about the presence and absence of Appalachian Art in museum collections. Printz will explain why it is important, both historically and in the present, to address the story of the Appalachian region in museum collections as well as how she approached the process through her exhibition, Layers of Liberty: Philadelphia and the Appalachian Environment, currently on view at PAFA.
The Art At Noon lectures are supported by the Behrend Family in memory of Rose Susan Hirschhorn Behrend, a former docent at the Academy and great supporter of its education programs.
Image: Henry McCarter (1866-1942), Morgantown (Attic window), ca. 1941, Pastel on tan laid paper, Gift of the Fellowship of the Pennsylvania Academy
Ali Printz is the Terra Foundation curatorial fellow at PAFA, a PhD candidate in art history at the Tyler School of Art & Architecture at Temple University, and a practicing artist based between Philadelphia and Appalachia. Her research investigates Appalachian regionalism in modern and contemporary American art, ecocriticism, and the intersections of fine art and craft. She received a BFA in Painting and a BA in Art History from West Virginia University and an MA in Contemporary Art at Sotheby’s Institute of Art, New York. Her research has been supported by Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art, The Smithsonian American Art Museum, The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, and The Center for Curatorial Leadership.