Craft/Material Studies presents a visiting scholar lecture by
Michelle Millar Fisher
Tuesday, December 2 at 12 PM
VCU Student Commons Theater
907 Floyd Ave, Richmond, VA 23284
Michelle Millar Fisher is the Ronald C. and Anita L. Wornick Curator of Contemporary Decorative Arts at the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston. Previously, she worked at The Museum of Modern Art, the Philadelphia Museum of Art, and the Guggenheim Museum. Her work focuses on the intersections of people, power, and the material world. At the MFA, she is working on “Craft Schools: Where We Make What We Inherit,” which took her on a train journey across all 48 contiguous US states in search of craft education. She also leads an independent team on a book, touring exhibition, and program series called “Designing Motherhood: Things That Make and Break Our Births.” She holds an MA and an M.Phil in Art History from the University of Glasgow, Scotland, and received an M.Phil and a PhD from The Graduate Center at the City University of New York (CUNY). She publishes widely on art, design, and architecture.
