faculty
and staff
and staff
paul d'ambrosio
President and CEO, New York State Historical Association and The Farmers' Museum
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
museum experience
- 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
major publications
- 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