Laura Burns

Assistant Professor, Art and Art History
Van Meter 227
410-337-6016
lburns@goucher.edu

Education

B.A. (French Literature), University of Maryland, College Park, 1983
M.F.A. (Photography), Yale School of Art, 1997

Areas of Scholarly Expertise and Interest

Photography, Curating

Recent Publications/Presentations/Performances

Homenaje, Creative Alliance, Baltimore, MD, 2008.

7th Art on the Gwynns Falls Trail, Baltimore, MD, 2008.

Looking Now: BMA Digital Photography Project, Baltimore Museum of Art, Baltimore, MD, 2008.

Photographs from the Permanent Collection, Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY, 2007
Out of Place, Gallery, University of Maryland, College Park, MD, 2007.

Funded Research

Fulbright Lecture/Research, Ciudad Juárez, Chihuahua, Mexico, 2006
United States Consulate, Ciudad Juárez, Grant for 1er Festival Internacional Chihuahua, 2005
United States Consulate, Ciudad Juárez, Grant to support Homenaje, 2004
Puffin Foundation, Individual Artist Grant for documentary work in photography, 2003

Awards/Significant Accomplishments

Maryland State Arts Council Individual Artist Award, 2009
Sugar and Snails, City Paper pick for Top Ten Exhibitions of 2004
Matthew McConville and Brian McCutcheon, City Paper pick for Top Ten Exhibitions of 2003
Maryland State Arts Council Individual Artist Award, 2001
“Best Curator of 2001” by PeekReview