Laurel V. McLaughlin

Curator and Director of the Collective Futures Fund @Tufts University Art Galleries

Boston, MA, US

Collaborating with Director and Chief Curator Dina Deitsch and the Tufts University Art Galleries (TUAG) team on forthcoming traveling exhibitions co-organized with guest curators as well as original exhibitions, symposia, and programming at both TUAG campus gallery sites in downtown Boston and Medford; managing the Andy Warhol Foundation Collective Futures Fund regional regranting program; serving as a liaison to SMFA faculty, staff, students, and the Greater Boston arts community; assisting with the oversight of the University art collection; and producing new research and publications.Exhibitions—Christian Walker: The Profane and the Poignant (Noam Parness and Jackson Davidow)(Spring 2024)—As the World Burns: Queer Photography and Nightlife in Boston (Jackson Davidow)(Spring 2024) with design by Body & Forma—Ulises: Assembly (Fall 2024) with design by Kristian Henson—an archive and/or a repertoire (Spring 2025) featuring Mobius Artists Group, Takahiro Yamamoto, Aki Sakamoto with design by Marie Otsuka—How do you throw a brick through the window.(Fall 2025, co-curated with Tanya Gayer, and co-organized with the John Michael Kohler Arts Center) featuring Yani aviles, Chloe P. Crawford, Nat Decker, Jeff Kasper, Carly Mandel, Jeffrey Meris, and Libby Paloma with design by Emily Sara—Magical Thinking featuring manuel arturo abreu, DB Amorin, Jonathan González, fields harrington, sidony o\'neal, and Africanus Okokon with design by Jon Santos

Middlebury College

Summer Course, German Language and Literature

Wake Forest University

Bachelor's degree, English and Art History double major, Linguistics minor

Courtauld Institute of Art

Master of Arts - MA, Global Conceptualism

Bryn Mawr College

Doctor of Philosophy (PhD), History of Art

Bryn Mawr College

Master of Arts - MA, History of Art