Meg Linton is an American curator of contemporary art and a writer. Her curatorial efforts have ranged from historical investigations such as "Doin’ It in Public: Feminism and Art at the Woman’s Building" (part of the Getty’s initiative Pacific Standard Time: Art in L.A. 1945-1980), "The Los Angeles School: Karl Benjamin, Lorser Feitelson, Frederick Hammersley, June Harwood, Helen Lundeberg, John McLaughlin", and "In the Land of Retinal Delights: The Juxtapoz Factor" to showcasing the work of single artists who are stylistically different such as "Alison Saar: STILL. . .", "Robert Williams: Through Prehensile Eye," and "Joan Tanner: On Tenderhook" to group exhibitions such as " Mexicali Biennial 2010," "Do It Now: Live Green!" and "Tapping the Third Realm."

Biography

Linton received a

B.A. Bachelor of arts (BA or AB; from the Latin ', ', or ') is a bachelor's degree awarded for an undergraduate program in the arts, or, in some cases, other disciplines. A Bachelor of Arts degree course is generally completed in three or four years ...

in English from the

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in 1989, and a M.F.A. in

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from

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in 1995. In 2007 she completed the Museum Leadership Program at the

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. In 2012, she completed the Leadership Academy, Association of Academic Museums and Galleries (AAMG),

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Career

Starting in 1999, Linton was the executive director of the Santa Barbara Contemporary Arts Forum for five years and has held many other curatorial and teaching positions in California and New York City. She was the curator and the "Director of Galleries and Exhibitions" at the

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from September 2003 to May 2014. She served as head of Santa Fe’s Center for Contemporary Arts in 2016. Linton was a co-founder and curator of the ''Griffin Linton Contemporary Exhibitions'' in

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and

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. She has served on the executive committee for the Southern California Chapter of Art Table and was a

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of the LAX Coastal Area Chamber of Commerce. Many of her essays are available on Academia.edu.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Linton, Meg American art curators Living people Year of birth missing (living people) American women curators