Lydia Brawner

Ph.D. '16

Lydia Brawner

Lydia Brawner received her PhD and MA from NYU Performance Studies. She is currently the Associate Curator of Public Programs at New York’s Museum of Arts and Design. Previous to MAD, she spent two years as the Andrew W. Mellon Postdoctoral Curatorial Fellow at Performa. She has taught a variety of courses in Art History, Performance Studies, and every so often, Religious Studies at the San Francisco Art Institute and NYU. 

Education

New York University

Ph.D. - Performance Studies

New York, New York

New York University

M.A. - Performance Studies

New York, New York

Macalester College

Bachelor of Arts - Religious Studies

Saint Paul, Minnesota 

 

Awards & Distinctions

• 2017 Visiting Scholar, TBA Festival, Portland Institute of Contemporary Art

• 2012 Dean’s Dissertation Fellowship, New York University

• 2010 Paulette Goddard Award, Graduate School of Arts and Sciences, NYU

• 2009 Patricia Dunn Lehrman Fellowship for Art in American Society

• Leigh George Odom Award for Distinguished Master’s Student