Sara Woodbury
Ph.D.
Email:
[[e|scwoodbury]]
Equality Lab Affiliation:
Graduate Assistant (2020-2021)
Research Interests:
Federal Community Art Centers; travel infrastructures and their influence on arts access; 19th-20th-century American art; New Deal arts initiatives; digital humanities
Biography
Sara Woodbury's current research focuses on the Community Art Center project, a Federal Art Project initiative, and the significance of travel infrastructures to its operations. Her digital work focuses on the historical archives of the Roswell Museum, a former community art center still in operation. Prior to coming to William and Mary, Sara worked as a museum curator, holding positions at the Roswell Museum and Art Center, Shelburne Museum, and the Dallas Museum of Art. She has organized or co-organized more than thirty exhibitions on American art and material culture, including the major retrospective, Magical and Real: Henriette Wyeth and Peter Hurd, co-curated with the Michener Art Museum. Find her at here.
Education
B.A., Art History, Lake Forest CollegeM.A., History of Art, Williams College
Selected Professional Experiences
Curatorial Fellow, Shelburne Museum, 2011-2013
McDermott Curatorial Fellow, Dallas Museum of Art, 2010-2011
