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Samuel Gerace

Art history professor

Education

  • Ph.D., history of art, The University of Edinburgh
  • M.S., art history, The University of Edinburgh
  • M.A., Celtic studies, University of Wales
  • B.F.A., art, Shorter University

Credentials

  • Professor of art history, 2020–present, Savannah College of Art and Design, SCADnow
  • Content analyst, 2021–23, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
  • Teacher, 2013–17, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, United Kingdom
  • Curator and project manager, 2018–22, Booth Western Art Museum, Cartersville, GA
  • Curatorial assistant, 2018–22, Georgia Museums, Inc., Cartersville, GA
  • Freelance content creator and media specialist, 2015–17, Society of Antiquaries of Scotland, Edinburgh, United Kingdom

Awards, recognitions, and honors

  • Distinction (summa cum laude), University of Wales, 2017
  • Commendation for Dig It! TV, Scottish Heritage Angel Award, 2016
  • Distinction (summa cum laude), University of Edinburgh, 2012
  • Summa cum laude, Shorter University, 2011

Organizations

  • Association of Art Historians
  • Association of Historians of American Art
  • Association of Art Museum Curators
  • Southeastern Museums Conference
  • Georgia Association of Museums and Galleries
  • Fellow of the Society of Antiquaries of Scotland

Publications and presentations

Publications

  • Wandering Churches: Insular House-Shaped Shrines and the Temple of Jerusalem, Islands in a Global Context, edited by Conor Newman, Mags Mannion, and Fiona Gavin. Dublin, Ireland: Four Courts Press: Dublin, 2017.
  • Bound by Words, Wrapped in Silk, and Placed in a Box: Cultural Memory and Medieval Reliquaries. Social Death: Conference 2014 Centre for Death & Society, University of Bath, Bath, UK

Conferences

  • Late Antique and Medieval Postgraduate and Early Careers Conference, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, UK, in cooperation with the Society of Antiquaries of Scotland, April 2015.
  • History of Art Postgraduate Conference, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, UK, May 25, 2013.

Talks

  • "Different Visions: Navigating the Genres of Photography and Alternative Processes," presented at Bartow History Museum, Cartersville, USA, May 1, 2019.
  • "The Memory of Light: Historical Photography in Cartersville," presented at Bartow History Museum, Cartersville, USA, April 25, 2019.
  • "Untangling the Knot: Understanding Celtic Art from the Ancient to the Modern," presented at Bartow History Museum, Cartersville, USA, March 17, 2018.
  • "Of Chrismals and Reliquaries: Sacral Matter and Insular House-Shaped Shrines," presented at Institute of Archaeology/British Museum Medieval Seminar Series, University College London, London, UK, Feb. 11, 2015.
  • "Moving Heaven on Earth: Material, Form, and Function of Insular House-Shaped Shrine," presented at Pictish Art Society, Brechin, UK, Sept. 19, 2014.
  • "Religious Objects and Sacred Space: Constructing Medieval Christianity," presented at Centre for Medieval and Renaissance Studies, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, UK, March 8, 2016.

Exhibitions

  • Robert Glenn Ketchum and Eliot Porter: On Seeing Color, Booth Western Art Museum, March 7, 2020–July 26, 2020
  • The Warhol Refresh: Celebrity, Pop Art & Coca-Cola, in partnership with The Coca-Cola Company, Booth Western Art Museum, Aug. 23, 2019–Jan. 12, 2020
  • Scene: Photographs From the 80s by Jeannette Montgomery Barron, in partnership with Jackson Fine Art, Atlanta, Booth Western Art Museum, June 20, 2019–Aug. 25, 2019
  • Bob Kolbrener: 50 Years in the West, Booth Western Art Museum, Dec. 1, 2018–June 2, 2019