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
Paul D'Ambrosio
Paul discusses a painting with Cameron Wood and Mehna Harders (both '06).