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Petra Richterova

Art history professor

Education

  • Ph.D., history of art, Yale University
  • M.Phil., history of art, Yale University
  • M.A., history of art, Yale University
  • B.A., special honors, Hunter College

Credentials

Teaching

  • Professor, African and African American art, 2015–present, Savannah College of Art and Design, Savannah, GA
  • Lecturer, African and African American art, 2013–14, Wayne State University, Detroit
  • Guest lecturer, 2008–12, Yale University, New Haven, CT
    Taught a unit on the dance traditions of Cuba and healing traditions of Morocco's Gnawa for the Africana courses of professor Robert Farris Thompson, in collaboration with master dancer Félix Insua Brindis and Maâlam Hassan Hakmoun.
  • Teaching fellow, 2006–09, Yale University, New Haven, CT
    Prepared a weekly lecture on course topics for small group discussion. Counseled students on course requirements with close advisement through the research, writing, and editing process of written assignments. Evaluated student work and discussed individual progress with faculty.

Professional

  • Independent photographer, 1995–present
    Commissioned for fine art and reportage photography projects including Jazz at Lincoln Center, Princeton University, Wynton Marsalis, The Black Rock Coalition, Chucho Valdés, Living Colour, Alvin Ailey American Dance Theatre, Issac Delgado, Angelo Moore/Fishbone, The Juilliard School, Los Muñequitos de Matanzas, Marcus Strickland, Social Science Research Council, Yoruba Andabo, Hassan Hakmoun, Blue Note Records, Les Twins, and Youssou N'Dour.
  • Curator, Arthur Ashe: Out of the Shadow, 2011, U.S. Open, Arthur Ashe Stadium, New York
    Curated Jeanne Moutoussamy-Ashe's photographic exhibition Arthur Ashe: Out of the Shadow, an educational and artistic effort highlighting the life of tennis legend Arthur Ashe. Sponsored by The Arthur Ashe Learning Center and Nestle. Contributed catalogue preface.
  • Curator, A Flower Is a Lovesome Thing and Notables of Note, 2011, Leica Gallery, New York
    Curated the dual exhibition featuring works by Jeanne Moutoussamy-Ashe.
  • Featured photographer and artistic collaborator, 2005–10, Artificial Africa, New York
    For a multimedia work probing Western notions of "authentic Africa" through visuals and sound in collaboration with Vernon Reid, Grammy Award-winning guitarist and composer.

Awards, recognitions, and honors

  • Sylvan C. and Pamela Coleman Memorial Fund Postdoctoral Fellowship, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, 2011–12
  • Award for research and photography in Cuba, Jamaica, Morocco, Senegal, and Mali, Black Light Productions, Inc., New York, 2002–11
  • Sylvia Ardyn Boone Prize, Yale University, New Haven, Conn., 2010
  • Ardon L. Judd Fellow, Yale University, New Haven, Conn., 2009–10
  • MacMillan Center Dissertation Grant, Yale University, New Haven, Conn., 2008–09
  • Council on Latin American and Iberian Studies Travel Grant, Yale University, New Haven, Conn., 2008
  • Lindsay Fellowship for Research in Africa, Yale University, New Haven, Conn., 2005

Publications and presentations

Panels and lectures

  • Rumba: Writings and Sculpting in Air, presented at the 12th SCAD Symposium, Savannah College of Art and Design, Savannah, Ga., 2017.
  • Cultural Studies and Caribbean Dance, presented at University of West Indies, Cave Hill, Barbados, West Indies, 2014.
  • Work as a Visual Ethnographer in the African Diaspora, presented at New York University Gallatin School of Individualized Study, New York, 2013.
  • Rumba: A Philosophy of Motion, presented at The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, 2012.
  • Context and Meaning in Central African Sculpture: The Allan Stone Collection, presented at The Bruce Museum, Greenwich, Conn., 2011.
  • The Dynamic Image: Jazz Photography Comes of Age, panelist at Jazz at Lincoln Center, New York, 2011.
  • Everyday Sunshine: The Story of Fishbone, panelist at College Music Journal – Music Marathon and Film Festival, New York, 2010.
  • Featured photographer and guest lecturer, The Brooklyn Photo Salon, New York, 2009.
  • Paper presented at Caribbean Cultural Center African Diaspora Institute, New York, 2009.

Publications

  • "Les Twins: Duality of Intention in Freedom and Freestyling," Black Renaissance Magazine, New York University, in progress.
  • "Rumba: A Philosophy of Motion," Duke University Press, in progress.
  • "Rumba: Writing and Sculpting in Air," African Arts Magazine, African Studies Center, UCLA, in revision.
  • "Gangá: Rumba’s Missing Link," Arts of the Black Atlantic, David Doris and Theresa Leininger Miller, eds., forthcoming.
  • "George Nelson Preston/Profile," The Global Online Magazine of Arts, Information & Entertainment, Vol. 10, No. 6, November–December 2014.
  • "George Nelson Preston: A Critical Interview," Black Renaissance Magazine, New York University: Vol. 12, Issue 1, Fall 2012, pp. 102-109.
  • "Arthur Ashe: Out of the Shadow," Arthur Ashe: Out of the Shadow by Jeanne Moutoussamy Ashe, Arthur Ashe Learning Center, New York, 2011.
  • "A Flower Is a Lovesome Thing," A Flower is a Lovesome Thing exhibition catalogue featuring the photography of Jeanne Moutoussamy-Ashe, Leica Gallery, New York, 2011.

Photographic publications/exhibitions

  • Sound of Light, 20 years of music photography with essays and interviews, book in progress.
  • Clock of the Earth, in editing.
  • Black Rock Coalition photo exhibit, New York Public Library for the Performing Arts, New York, 2016.
  • Sound of Light, solo music photography exhibition, Fábrica de Arte Cubano, Havana, Cuba, June–December 2015.
  • Sound of Light: The Music Photography of Petra Richterova, Renate Albertsen-Marton Gallery, Brooklyn, N.Y., September–December 2011.
  • Album cover image, Havana-Paris-Dakar, Alune Wade and Harold Lopez-Nussa, Caramba, 2015.