Faculty

Carlo M. Lamagna

Clinical Associate Professor of Art and Art Education

Phone: 212 998 9011
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Coordinating Director, Visual Culture: Theory and Visual Culture: Costume Studies M.A. Programs, Visual Arts Administration faculty. Former Chair, Department of Art and Art Professions, and Director, Visual Arts Administration M.A. Program. Art and architectural historian, modern and contemporary art and material culture.  Former art museum curator (DeCordova Museum), gallerist (Carlo Lamagna Gallery), independent curator, non-profit management consultant (Landmark West!). Current board member of Committee on Museum Professional Training, a standing committee of the American Association of Museums, Vice President of Landmark West!, an historic preservation advocacy organization.


Presentations

  • Basic Instinct: Advocacy Training as Essential Survival Skill
    Organizer, moderator, presenter, American Association of Museums annual meeting, 2006
  • The Public Value of the Arts: Engaging the Debate
    Presenter, Association of Arts Administration Educators annual meeting, 2006
  • What To Expect When You Are Expecting…Museum Training.
    Presenter, Mid-Atlantic Association of Museums annual meeting, 2005
  • Competencies and Standards
    Presenter, The Wingspread Conference on Competencies and Credentials in the Training of History Professionals, 2005
  • Museum and History Professional Training Standards: Reflections on Future Directions
    Presenter, American Association of Museums annual meeting, 2004
  • Museums: Talk to Them, Dialogues on Management, Publics and Spaces
    Presenter, symposium at the National Museum of Anthropology and History, Mexico City, 2003
  • Academic Museum Training for a Brave New World
    Presented. Association of College and University Museums and Galleries annual conference, 2003
  • Shared Competencies: Who Needs Them Who Can Use Them
    Organized, moderated, presented, American Association of Museums annual meeting, 2002
  • Ethics Roundtable for Professional Education and Training
    Co-organized and moderated, American Association of Museums annual meeting, 2002
  • Leadership Skills Students Should Learn
    Presented, University Council on Art Education Leadership for Student Learning in the Visual Arts Symposium, 2002
  • Myth and Reality in the International Contemporary Art Scene
    Organized, moderated, presented, New York University, 2001
  • What Do First-Year College Students Know About Art, Anyway?
    Presented, College Art Association annual meeting, 2001
  • Community Building Through Visual Literacy
    Organized, moderated, presented, Cooper-Hewitt National Design Museum’s annual City of Neighborhoods program, 2001
  • Professionalizing the Museum Community: Changing the Compensation / Commitment Ratio
    Organized, moderated, presented, American Association of Museums annual meeting, 2001
  • Teaching New York City History in K-12 Schools
    Presented, Gotham Center for New York City History conference, 2001

Degrees Held

  • M.A. University of Massachusetts, Amherst
    Art History
  • B.A. College of the Holy Cross
    English

Courses

  • E90.2299 Research in Visual Arts Administration
  • E90.2301.04 Final Project
  • E90.2141 History of Taste II
  • E90.2060 The Artist's Career

Research Interests

  • Arts Advocacy
  • Standards and Best Practices for Museum Professional Training
  • Shared Competencies for Visual Arts Professionals
  • Cultural Policy and the Visual Arts
  • Globalization Issues in the Visual Arts
  • Historic Preservation
  • Visual and Material Culture