Destinee Filmore
High Museum of Art
Destinee Filmore (she/her/hers) has curated a gallery installation titled “Spiritually Grounded: Religious Iconography in Folk and Self-Taught Art”, contributed an essay to the exhibition catalogue Really Free! The Radical Art of Nellie Mae Rowe and presented academic research at several national conferences and convenings, during her time as a Mellon Undergraduate Curatorial Fellow. She has also developed a thesis project that critically investigates the history of race at the High Museum of Art and will present her findings to the museum's staff and Board of Directors. Additionally, Destinee has supported the development of curatorial and academic projects spearheaded by her curatorial mentor, Dr. Katherine Jentleson, the Merrie and Dan Boone Curator of Folk and Self-Taught Art.
Destinee is a recent graduate of Spelman College and holds a B.A. in Art History. After completing her fellowship at the High, she will begin her three-year term as a Mellon Curatorial Fellows at the Williams College Museum of Art and her graduate studies in Art History at Williams College. She has previously held internships at the Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art, the Cleveland Museum of Art, and Sotheby’s.
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