
paul d'ambrosio
Vice President and Chief Curator, Fenimore Art Museum and The Farmers' Museum
Email: paul@nysha.org
Ph.D. Boston University
M.A. State University College at Oneonta, Cooperstown Graduate Program, History Museum Studies
B.A. State University College at Cortland
Director of Exhibitions & Folk Art; Editor, Heritage Magazine; & Coordinator, Seminars on American Culture, NYSHA, 1994–1997
Curator; Editor, Heritage Magazine; & Coordinator, Seminars on American Culture, NYSHA, 1993–
Associate Curator, & Editor, Heritage Magazine, NYSHA, 1992–1993
Associate Curator, NYSHA, 1991–1992 & 1987–1989
Consultant, NYSHA, 1990–1991
NEA Painting Collection Consultant, Society for the Preservation of New England Antiquities, 1990
Assistant Curator, NYSHA, 1984–1987
NEA Folk Art Research Intern, NYSHA, 1983–1984
Guest Curator, NYSHA, 1983
Author of Ralph Fasanella's America
Project Director and co-author, Folk Art's Many Faces: Portraits in the New York State Historical Association
Author of exhibition catalogs and articles on folk art
Courses: Survey of American Art; Survey of American Folk Art; Topics in Art