Join us every second Friday of the month for Gallery Perspectives! Every second Friday of each month, we invite special guests to offer unique takes on a current exhibition at the Museum, as interpreted through their individual lenses and disciplines.

Join us Friday, April 11th at 12 PM as Dr. Kristen Carter provides an in depth discussion on our current exhibition American Art Since the 1960s. 

Bio:

Kristen Carter is an assistant professor of art history at Florida Southern College. She holds a PhD in modern and contemporary art from the University of British Columbia and a BA in art history from DePaul University. Her research concerns different modes of relationality, care, and institutional critique with an emphasis on artistic praxis and pedagogy in the 1960s and 1970s. She has presented and published on a range of topics, including performance, body art, and dance, histories of art and pedagogy in the U.S., Europe, and Latin America, and the changing relationship between art and politics. Her most recent article, published inArt Journal, explored Lygia Clark’s participation in a so-called touch symposium in Los Angeles (c. 1969) and the relational dimensions of her featured propositions. Kristen’s research has been supported by fellowships from the University of British Columbia and the Getty Research Institute. Committed to collaborative and inclusive pedagogy, Kristen serves on the College Art Association’s national Education Committee, advocating for undergraduate research and innovative teaching.