Theodore E. Stebbins Jr. Associate Curator of American Art
Horace D. Ballard (Ph.D. Brown) investigates the art, ideas, and visual cultures of the United States and the Americas. His research interests include the legibilities of gender and race in 18th- and 19th-century portraiture; colonial men’s fashion; and the visual and material cultures of religion. Before arriving at the Harvard Art Museums, Ballard held positions in the curatorial, education, and interpretation departments of the Williams College Museum of Art (WCMA); Yale University Art Gallery; the Museum of Art, Rhode Island School of Design (RISD); Monticello, the home of Thomas Jefferson; and the Birmingham Museum of Art.
CCL/Studio Museum in Harlem Curators' Forum With generous support from the Ford and Mellon Foundations, the Center for Curatorial Leadership and the Studio Museum in Harlem partnered in 2021-2023 to establish the CCL/Studio Museum in Harlem Curators’ Forum, a pilot program founded in recognition of the profound contributions that curators of ... Read More >