Wednesday, April 5, 2023

VPA 144, 12:30 p.m.

Amber Scoon makes art, books, and events. Assistant Professor of Art and Borgia Gallery Director at Elms College in Chicopee, MA, she also teaches Graduate Studies in Art History at WCSU. She is the John Berger Fellow at the European Graduate School, where she received her Ph.D. in Philosophy, Art, and Critical Thought. She received her MFA from American University’s two-year program in Italy and her Bachelor of Science from New York University.

During the pandemic, Amber studied Sustainable Cultural Heritage at American University in Rome. On a project, “Revive the Spirit of Mosul,” she worked with the International Center for the Study of Preservation and Restoration of Cultural Property in Rome, Italy.

Amber Scoon and artist Glenn Goldberg collaborate under the name Snow Drift. They received a 2022-2023 Faculty Fellowship through Social Practice CUNY in Queens, NY. Amber was the Goetemann Distinguished Artist at the Rocky Neck Artist Colony in Gloucester, MA, in 2022, where she also lectured at the Cape Ann Museum. In the summer of 2023, she will be a Visiting Artist Lecturer at the Mount Gretna School of Art in Pennsylvania.

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