Monroe is the as Krieble Curator

HARTFORD, CT (PNAN) – Erin Monroe has been selected as Krieble Curator of American Paintings and Sculpture for the Wadsworth Atheneum Museum of Art. Since 2007, Monroe has served in the Museum’s American art department in various capacities.

     “It is beyond exciting to me to be an ambassador to this astounding collection of American art,” said Monroe. “At a time when there are incredible changes underway in the field of American art, I look forward to collaborating with my colleagues at the Wadsworth to propel a more inclusive, more diverse view of history through art.”

Curatorial practices by Erin include exploring the artistic process and displaying fine art with examples of material culture to contextualize and enrich historic objects. Her efforts are currently focused on rethinking the museum’s American galleries. Through cross-departmental collaborations, partnerships, and collections development she is leading the exploration of ways to develop narratives that expand the stories told by and about American art and culture.

“In Erin’s 15 years with the Wadsworth she has developed a deep understanding of our renowned American collection, and the stories they tell,” said Jeffrey Brown, CEO and Interim Director at the Wadsworth. “She has a masterful way of translating her scholarship in humanistic terms and insightfully putting it into a broader context.”

Monroe is responsible for an extensive collection that encompasses colonial portraiture, Hudson River School landscapes, neoclassical sculpture, American modernism and works on paper.

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Founded in 1842 with a vision for infusing art into the American experience, the Wadsworth Atheneum Museum of Art is home to a collection of nearly 50,000 works of art spanning 5,000 years and encompassing European art from antiquity through contemporary as well as American art from the 1600s to today. More at www.thewadsworth.org.