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Aubrey Hobart

Art history professor

Education

  • Ph.D., visual studies, University of California, Santa Cruz
  • M.A., visual studies, University of California, Santa Cruz
  • M.A., art history, University of Colorado Boulder
  • B.A., anthropology, New College of Florida

Credentials

  • Professor of art history, 2021–present, Savannah College of Art and Design, Savannah, GA
  • Curator of collections and exhibitions, 2018–21, Roswell Museum and Art Center, Roswell, NM
  • Instructor of record, The Maya, 2015
    Teaching assistant, 2012–18, University of California, Santa Cruz, CA
  • Educator, 2012, Four Mile Historic House Museum, Denver, CO
  • Adjunct professor, 2010–12, University of Colorado, Boulder/Denver and Colorado State University Fort Collins, CO
  • Assistant curator, 2009–10, CU Art Museum, Boulder, CO
  • Teaching assistant, 2008–10 University of Colorado, Boulder, CO
  • Educator, 2007–08, Kidspace Children's Museum, Pasadena, CA
  • Project and production associate, 2001–16, Gail Anderson, San Francisco, CA
  • Educator, 2001–02, San Pablo Historical Society, San Pablo, CA

Awards, recognitions, and honors

  • Four Pillars Award, City of Roswell, New Mexico, 2019

Organizations

  • College Art Association (CAA)
  • Association of Latin American Art (ALAA)
  • Latin American Studies Association (LASA)
  • American Alliance of Museums (AAM)

Publications and presentations

Selected presentations

  • "They Became Green: Preciousness and Materiality in the Feather Paintings of Mexico.," presented at Hemisphere Symposium, University of New Mexico Albuquerque, 2015.
  • "The Queen of Heaven and the Prince of Angels: Saintly Rivalry in Colonial Mexico," presented at College Art Association, New York City, NY, 2015.
  • "Cross-Currents of Devotion in Colonial Tiaxcala," presented at Rocky Mountain Council on Latin American Studies, Denver, CO, 2010.

Publications

  • They Became Green: Preciousness and Materiality in the Feather Paintings of Mexico, Hemisphere: Visual Cultures of the Americas, vol. VIII, Albuquerque, NM: University of New Mexico, 2015.
  • Locating Latin America in the East-West Paradigm, Consortium 2010, Boulder, CO: University of Colorado at Boulder, 2010.