Kerry Mills
BS, BFA, MA, Virginia Commonwealth University
Kerry Mills is an Assistant Professor of Art History and Chair of Mary Baldwin’s Art Department. Kerry received her Masters of Arts in Art History from Virginia Commonwealth University with a focus in American Art and Modernism. While writing her Master’s thesis, “Reconsidering Barret Newman,” Kerry was awarded a Fellowship from the National Museum of American Art at the Smithsonian. Her research includes interviews with Clement Greenberg, Irving Sandler, Jules Olitski, Richard Carylon, Annalee Newman and Helen Frankenthaler. She has presented at The South Eastern College Art Conference three times, was a Graduate Lecturer at the National Gallery of Art, co-curated numerous shows in Richmond and New York, and continues to work with galleries in Richmond on exhibitions and projects. She has published numerous critical essays in art publications including聽New Art Examiner听补苍诲听Art Papers. Currently, she is working with the archives of Davi Det Hompson鈥檚 estate and Virginia Commonwealth University to create a monograph on the artist, in addition to writing an article on his relationship with Fluxus Mail Art practices.
Kerry has received an 香蜜影视 Excellence in Undergraduate Teaching Award and has been nominated for a Virginia Foundation of Independent Colleges’ Excellence in Undergraduate Teaching Award. In addition to leading and teaching in the Art Department, Kerry is a Faculty Adviser for 香蜜影视 Online. She resides in Richmond, Va.