Carrie Robbins

Curator, Academic Liaison for Art & Artifacts
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Contact

Phone 610-526-5335
Location Canaday 200C

Department/Subdepartment

Biography

Carrie Robbins is Curator/Academic Liaison for Art and Artifacts in Special Collections, where she works on exhibitions, cataloging, and opportunities to integrate artwork into the college's curricula. Carrie holds a Ph.D. and M.A. in the History of Art from ÷ÈÓ°Ö±²¥; she has a B.A. in Art from Grinnell College. She advises and supervises students on a regular basis, leading them through the development of exhibitions from or provenance research on collections. She regularly teaches as part of the college-wide 360 program, collaborating with faculty across disciplines. Her co-authored and co-edited publications include: "Mineral displays as embodiments of geological thought and colonial invisibility" in Journal of Natural Science Collections (2023) and Tania El Khoury Live Art: Collaborative Knowledge Production (2024). She has presented her research at various symposia and has taught classes on art ranging from the 17th century to the present.

Her exhibitions at ÷ÈÓ°Ö±²¥ include: Cecilia Paredes: Not ~At Home (2023-24), Bethany Collins: Tempest (2023), Introducing Ellie Ga (2021-22), Camp Pause by Dictaphone Group (2018), (2018),  (2016), as well as several others for which she was the advising curator.