Lydia Brawner
Ph.D. '16
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