Janet Dees
Program
Institution
Title
Steven and Lisa Munster Tananbaum Curator of Modern and Contemporary Art
Institution at time of Fellowship
Mentor
Sally Tallant
Janet Dees is the Steven and Lisa Munster Tananbaum Curator of Modern and Contemporary Art at The Block Museum of Art, Northwestern University, where she is also affiliated faculty in the Department of Art History and an affiliate of the Center for Native American and Indigenous Research. Trained as a historian of American art, her curatorial work focuses on the ways in which contemporary artists engage with history and archives; artists’ interest in transformational practices; and inclusive museum methodologies. Her work includes commitments to African American, African diasporan, and Indigenous artists. Prior to her appointment at the Block, Dees was curator at SITE Santa Fe, where she worked since 2008. In addition, her experience includes positions at the New York African Burial Ground Project, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, and the Paul R. Jones Collection at the University of Delaware. She earned a B.A. from Fordham University in Art History & African American Studies, and an M.A. in Art History from the University of Delaware. Dees is the recipient of a 2018 Curatorial Fellowship from the Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts for the development of A Site of Struggle: American Art against Anti-Black Violence (2022).
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