Contributors

Christa Cesario is an anthropologist and Program Director at Mills College Art Museum. With a primary interest in the intersection of art and community, Cesario is animated by the belief that culture and the arts are indispensable tools in building resilient communities and creating lasting change. She served as Program Production and Outreach Coordinator for Future IDs at Alcatraz, a social practice project focused on social justice and second chances after incarceration. She was also a Mellon/ACLS Public Fellow and Community Organizing Manager at Yerba Buena Center for the Arts in San Francisco. Cesario holds a Ph.D. in anthropology from the University of Pennsylvania, where her work centered on indigenous cultural production and state recognition.

Stephanie Hanor is Director of Mills College Art Museum at Northeastern University. With over 20 years of curatorial and art museum leadership experience, she oversees an active exhibition and collection program that emphasizes interdisciplinary site-specific commissions and showcases traditionally underrepresented artistic voices. Her curatorial work at MCAM has promoted the work of women artists, including exhibitions with Sarah Oppenheimer, Maria Elena Gonzales, Catherine Wagner, Hung Liu, Frances Stark, and Jay DeFeo. Prior to joining MCAM, she was the Senior Curator and Curatorial Department Head at the Museum of Contemporary Art San Diego. She received her Ph.D. in Art History from the University of Texas at Austin, with an emphasis on art and technology in post-war and contemporary art.