Lisa Crossman

As Director of Curatorial Affairs at the Mead Art Museum at Amherst College (MA, US), Lisa Crossman’s work centers exhibition making as a transformative process with the potential to be part of institutional change. Her curatorial practice foregrounds collaboration with artists, students, faculty, and guest curators, among others. Prior to this position, she was Curator at the Fitchburg Art Museum and worked with the Cultural Agents Initiative at Harvard University. Lisa holds a PhD from Tulane University, specializing in the history of modern and contemporary art of Latin America, with a focus on themes relating to nature and ecology. Her curatorial projects explore the visual arts as part of interdisciplinary conversations, with current projects focused on decentering national and colonial narratives through work with a range of collections and artists.