Jonathan Frederick Walz, Ph.D
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Every day, Dr. Walz gets to bring American art and people together in meaningful ways. He also has the privilege of advocating for diversity, multiculturalism, and inclusion — sometimes at the same time! That’s the part of his job that he loves the most.
Title: Director of Curatorial Affairs & Curator of American Art
Year Hired: 2016
Previous Experience: Curator of American Art – Sheldon Museum of Art, University of Nebraska–Lincoln; Curator – Cornell Fine Arts Museum, Rollins College; Senior Graduate Student Curatorial Assistant – David C. Driskell Center for the Study of the Visual Arts and Culture of African Americans and the African Diaspora, University of Maryland, College Park
Education: Ph.D., University of Maryland, College Park, dissertation topic: “Performing the New Face of Modernism: Anti-Mimetic Portraiture and the American Avant-Garde, 1912-1927; M.A., University of Maryland, College Park; B.A., Asbury College, French language and culture, studio art