Rebecca Norris
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- Curator and Manager of UNO Art Gallery & Collections
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Bio
Rebecca Norris, Ph.D., is a museum professional whose work in art history and collections management is focused on enhancing and implementing best practices in curatorial, exhibition development and audience engagement.
She has held positions with the J. Paul Getty Museum in Los Angeles and abroad in the United Kingdom with the Fitzwilliam Museum in Cambridge and the Victoria and Albert Museum in London.
She obtained a Ph.D. from Cambridge University specializing in Northern Italian Art.
Among her publications are the co-edited Grotesque and Caricature: Leonardo to Bernini (Brill, 2023) and Lomazzo’s Aesthetic Principles Reflected in the Art of his Time (Brill, 2020), as well as essays in Masterpieces from the Clowes Collection (Indianapolis Museum of Art at Newfields, online).
Rebecca remains engaged with academia as an instructor of art history and collections management courses. Her experience in working with encyclopedic collections and knowledge of art history enables her to participate in the research and documentation of diverse art collections.
A personal goal is to expand art appreciation through accessible and meaningful intersections. This mission has led her to UNO’s School of the Arts as its Gallery Curator and Manager.
What are you looking forward to most as UNO’s School of Art Gallery Curator and Manager?
"I very much look forward to joining Omaha's academic community in support of its students and faculty and strengthening connections throughout Omaha."
Additional Information
Bio
Rebecca Norris, Ph.D., is a museum professional whose work in art history and collections management is focused on enhancing and implementing best practices in curatorial, exhibition development and audience engagement.
She has held positions with the J. Paul Getty Museum in Los Angeles and abroad in the United Kingdom with the Fitzwilliam Museum in Cambridge and the Victoria and Albert Museum in London.
She obtained a Ph.D. from Cambridge University specializing in Northern Italian Art.
Among her publications are the co-edited Grotesque and Caricature: Leonardo to Bernini (Brill, 2023) and Lomazzo’s Aesthetic Principles Reflected in the Art of his Time (Brill, 2020), as well as essays in Masterpieces from the Clowes Collection (Indianapolis Museum of Art at Newfields, online).
Rebecca remains engaged with academia as an instructor of art history and collections management courses. Her experience in working with encyclopedic collections and knowledge of art history enables her to participate in the research and documentation of diverse art collections.
A personal goal is to expand art appreciation through accessible and meaningful intersections. This mission has led her to UNO’s School of the Arts as its Gallery Curator and Manager.
What are you looking forward to most as UNO’s School of Art Gallery Curator and Manager?
"I very much look forward to joining Omaha's academic community in support of its students and faculty and strengthening connections throughout Omaha."