"Quaker Sisters," unidentified photographer, 1853,
daguerreotype with applied color, George Eastman
House collection
Art department hosts March 26 lecture by photography curator
(March 25, 2003)--The UTSA Department of Art and Art History presents Therese Mulligan, photography curator at George Eastman House International Museum of Photography and Film, Rochester, New York, speaking on "The Pursuits of Collecting Photography: The George Eastman House Collection" at 3 p.m. Wednesday, March 26 in Arts Building Room 3.01.30G at the 1604 Campus. The lecture is free and open to the public.
Mulligan is an internationally known curator of photography and has written books and essays including "The Mediated Image: American Photography in the Age of Information," "Modotti and Weston: Mexicanidad," "The Mia Album: Julia Margaret Cameron and Her Circle" and "The Photography of Edward Steiglitz: Georgia O'Keeffe's Enduring Legacy to George Eastman House."
Her exhibitions include "Robert Parke Harrison: The Architect's Brother," "Telling Stories: The Narrative Impulse in Contemporary American Photography," and the upcoming "Young America: The Daguerreotypes of Southworth and Hawes" and "Site Seeing: Photographic Excursions into Tourism."
Mulligan has been the curator of photography at George Eastman House since 1995. For the past three years, she has served as adjunct faculty at Rochester Institute of Technology, teaching graduate core, history and aesthetic courses, as well as serving on graduate thesis committees.
She received her B.A. in art history from the University of Missouri-Kansas City, an M.A. from Michigan State University and a Ph.D. in the history of photography from the University of New Mexico.
She took advanced photography courses at the Kansas City Art Institute and Southwest Missouri State University in Springfield, Mo. She taught undergraduate and graduate courses at several institutions including Michigan State University, Grand Valley State University and Northern Illinois University.
Mulligan is active in the Society of Photographic Education, serving as a board member since 1999. In 2002, she joined the society's executive committee as treasurer.
For more information, e-mail Kellen Kee McIntyre, Department of Art and Art History.
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