Stacy C. Hollander is a scholar of American

self-taught art Autodidacticism (also autodidactism) or self-education (also self-learning and self-teaching) is education without the guidance of masters (such as teachers and professors) or institutions (such as schools). Generally, autodidacts are individua ...

and former American museum curator. She was the deputy director of curatorial affairs, chief curator, and director of exhibitions of the American Folk Art Museum. She also served as an interim director of the museum in 2018.

Biography

Hollander received her B.A. from

Barnard College Barnard College of Columbia University is a private women's liberal arts college in the borough of Manhattan in New York City. It was founded in 1889 by a group of women led by young student activist Annie Nathan Meyer, who petitioned Columbia ...

, and her MA in American Folk Art Studies from

New York University New York University (NYU) is a private research university in New York City. Chartered in 1831 by the New York State Legislature, NYU was founded by a group of New Yorkers led by then-Secretary of the Treasury Albert Gallatin. In 1832, the ...

. Hollander began working at the American Folk Art Museum (AFAM) in 1985 as graduate student and over her tenure at the AFAM, she organized nearly fifty original exhibitions for the museum, including ''Harry Lieberman: A Journey of Remembrance'' (1991), ''The Seduction of Light: Ammi Phillips/Mark Rothko Compositions in Pink, Green, and Red'' (2008), ''Compass: Folk Art in Four Directions'' (2012), and ''War and Pieced: The Annette Gero Collection of Quilts from Military Fabrics'' (2017). As director of exhibitions, she also helped acquire pieces by

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, and John Hewson. In April 2019, Hollander stepped down from her post as chief curator of the AFAM after dedicating 34 years at the museum.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Hollander, Stacy C. Living people Year of birth missing (living people) American art curators Barnard College alumni New York University alumni