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Dr. Rosamund Garrett, Chief Curator at the Memphis Brooks Museum of Art, will lead a guided close-look and discussion of 'Andrea Morales: Roll Down Like Water'. Showcasing a decade's work by the Memphis-based Peruvian-American photographer Andrea Morales, this exhibition features sixty-five captivating images of Memphis and the surrounding region that chart new, sustainable paths in photojournalism, while reflecting upon identity, community, and the power of storytelling. Dr. Garrett will take you behind the scenes, delving into the process of making this exciting new exhibition.
About the Curator
Dr. Rosamund Garrett is Chief Curator at the Memphis Brooks Museum of Art, where she stewards 10,000 objects spanning 5,000 years of global human history. Rosamund moved to Memphis from the United Kingdom in 2018 as Associate Curator of European & Decorative Arts, joined the Senior Team in 2019, and became Chief Curator in 2021. Since holding this position, Rosamund has built an award-winning curatorial team and has curated numerous exhibitions including Power & Absence: Women in Europe, 1500 – 1680, Mona Hatoum: Misbah, On Christopher Street: Transgender Portraits by Mark Seliger, and Andrea Morales: Roll Down Like Water. Prior to this appointment, Rosamund has worked in various museum positions in the UK including The National Trust and The Courtauld Gallery in London, working primarily with European Art and global contemporary art, with a specialty in the art of Northern Europe in the Late Medieval and Renaissance period. Rosamund gained her undergraduate at the University of Edinburgh and Edinburgh College of Art, before joining The Courtauld Institute of Art, London, for her MA (2011-12), and PhD (2012-2016). In 2021, Rosamund received her MBA from Quantic School of Business and Technology, Washington, D.C. She has written and contributed to numerous publications including Late Medieval and Renaissance Textiles, The Courtauld Gallery: A Vision For Impressionism, Harmonia Rosales: Master Narrative, and Andrea Morales: Roll Down Like Water.
Andrea Morales: Roll Down Like Water is supported by the Terra Foundation for American Art, the Henry Luce Foundation, the Arthur F. and Alice E. Adams Charitable Foundation, and Humanities Tennessee, an independent affiliate of the National Endowment for the Humanities with additional support provided by MLK50: Justice Through Journalism, Bill and Lisa Courtney, Underground Art, Inc. and Isabel González Whitaker.
All exhibitions at the Memphis Brooks Museum of Art are underwritten by the MBMA Exhibition Fund. Major annual support is provided by Kay Clark and Maggie and Milton Lovell, with generous annual funding from Anonymous, Gloria and Kenneth Boyland, Holly and Paul T. Combs, Deborah and Bob Craddock, Michael and Maria Douglass, Eleanor and William Halliday, Debi and Galen Havner, Buzzy Hussey and Hal Brunt, Jay and Kristen Keegan, the Doris S. and Hubert Kiersky Charitable Remainder Trust, Carl and Valerie Person, and Bill Townsend.