Damon Reaves

Damon Reaves is the Head of Education at the National Gallery of Art. Prior to his current role he was the Interim Senior Curator of Education and Public Programs at the Philadelphia Museum of Art. He has a background in visual art working in drawing, painting, and installation. He earned a Master of Fine Arts degree from the University of Pennsylvania. In 2008, he was awarded the Lock’s postgraduate fellowship.

From 2014-2019 he was the PMA’s Associate Curator of Education for Community Engagement and Access and focused on building relationships between the museum and its surrounding communities. Reaves has also served as the Director of Community Engagement at the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum in Boston and has worked as a teaching artist for the City of Philadelphia’s Mural Art Program.

In 2019 he was guest faculty at the Banff Centre Training’s for the Not-yet artist’s residency and participated in The Tate Intensive: A Case for Action at Tate Modern. Damon has presented on several panels including Striving Towards An Equitable Future: Addressing Systemic Injustice As A Cultural Organization institutions and Who Is We? Intersection, Engagement & Equity Efforts in Philadelphia Art institutions. He was a collaborator on Philadelphia Assembled a large -scale social-practice work that sought to highlight moments of resilience in a rapidly changing city.