Megan Metcalf

Biography

About

Megan Metcalf received her PhD in contemporary art history in 2018 from the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) and taught at ArtCenter College of Art and Design (Pasadena, CA), Otis College of Art and Design (Los Angeles), and UCLA before joining NMSU’s Department of Art in 2023. She was a fellow at the Metropolitan Museum of Art from 2021-2023 and an affiliated researcher with the Performance: Conservation Materiality Knowledge research group in object and materials conservation at the Höchschule der Kunst in Bern, Switzerland (HKB) from 2021-2024.

Dr. Metcalf’s scholarship is informed by her work in museums as well as with major figures in American dance, including Anna Halprin, Simone Forti, and Yvonne Rainer. Her research and writing have been published by Artforum, SFMOMA, Routledge, and the Bard Graduate Center (among others), and supported by institutions such as the New York Public Library, the Robert Rauschenberg Foundation, and the Getty Research Institute.

Selected courses: Contemporary Art Survey I: 1950s-70s, Contemporary Art Survey II: 1980s-00s, Global Contemporary Art, Museum & Curatorial Studies, Art & Property (seminar), Performance in Museums (seminar)