Evelyn Carmen Ramos
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Evelyn Carmen Ramos (also referred to as E. Carmen Ramos) is the first woman and the first person of color to be the chief curatorial and conservation officer at the National Gallery of Art.[1][2]

Education

Ramos received a bachelor's degree in Art History and Psychology from New York University in 1988.[3][4] In 1995, she went on to earn a Master's in art history from the University of Chicago.[3][5] In 2011, she earned her PhD in art history also from the University of Chicago.[3][5]

Career

Internships

Ramos held internships at Art Institute of Chicago, Brooklyn Museum, Metropolitan Museum of Art, and was a fellow in the Smithsonian Latino Museum Studies Program.[4] Ramos was a public programs educator at the Brooklyn Museum.[4] She later worked at the Newark Museum of Art in New Jersey as an assistant curator.[4]

Smithsonian

Ramos joined the Smithsonian American Art Museum (SAAM) as the acting chief curator and curator of Latinx art in 2010 until her departure in 2021.[1][6][4] At SAAM, she organized several different exhibits, including “Our America: The Latino Presence in American Art” in 2013, “Down These Mean Streets: Community and Place in Urban Photography” in 2017, “Tamayo: The New York Years" in 2017-18, and “¡Printing the Revolution! The Rise and Impact of Chicano Graphics, 1965 to Now” in 2021.[4][2][5][7][8] During her time at SAAM, Ramos has doubled the Latinx collections.[7][8]

The National Gallery of Art

Ramos was appointed as chief curatorial and conservation officer at the National Gallery of Art on May 13, 2021.[1][2] Ramos is the first woman and the first person of color to be the chief curatorial and conservation officer at the National Gallery of Art.[1][2] She will begin her role in August 2021.[1][9]

Resources

  1. ^ a b c d e "National Gallery of Art Announces Appointment of New Chief Curatorial and Conservation Officer E. Carmen Ramos". www.nga.gov. Retrieved 2021-08-02.
  2. ^ a b c d Greenberger, Alex (2021-05-13). "Latinx Art Expert E. Carmen Ramos Named Chief Curator of National Gallery of Art". ARTnews.com. Retrieved 2021-08-02.
  3. ^ a b c "E. Carmen Ramos, Acting Chief Curator and Curator of Latinx Art | Smithsonian American Art Museum". americanart.si.edu. Retrieved 2021-08-02.
  4. ^ a b c d e f "E. Carmen Ramos Departs Smithsonian to Join National Gallery of Art as Chief Curatorial and Conservation Officer". 14 May 2021. Retrieved 2021-08-02.
  5. ^ a b c "Carmen Ramos Appointed Chief Curator of National Gallery of Art". www.artforum.com. 14 May 2021. Retrieved 2021-08-02.
  6. ^ "Column: Here's what Sen. Mike Lee got wrong about a Smithsonian Latino museum". Los Angeles Times. 2020-12-17. Retrieved 2021-08-03.
  7. ^ a b "Smithsonian American Art Museum's laudatory shows of Chicanx art and naturalist Alexander von Humboldt's legacy". Artblog. 2021-07-21. Retrieved 2021-08-02.
  8. ^ a b "Perspective | The Mall may get a Latino museum — someday. These Latina curators aren't waiting on it". Washington Post. ISSN 0190-8286. Retrieved 2021-08-03.
  9. ^ "Exclusive survey: what progress have US museums made on diversity, after a year of racial reckoning?". www.theartnewspaper.com. 25 May 2021. Retrieved 2021-08-03.
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