Emelie Gevalt

Curatorial Chair for Collections and Curator of Folk Art @American Folk Art Museum

New York, NY, US

My research and exhibition interests in early American material culture include especially the history of collecting; portraiture and other painted surfaces; needlework and quilts; the domestic interior; memory-making and conceptions of heritage in New England; the material culture of slavery; and African American material culture. See Education section below for more details on my dissertation in progress.

Yale University

BA, Art History, Theater Studies

Winterthur Program in American Material Culture

M.A.

University of Delaware

PhD Candidate, History of American Art

Université Paris-Sorbonne

French language & literature