La Tanya Autry
#MuseumsAreNotNeutral
Cultural organizer
As a cultural organizer in the visual arts, LaTanya S. Autry centers collective care in her decolonial, abolitionist curatorial praxis. In addition to co-creating The Art of Black Dissent, she co-produced #MuseumsAreNotNeutral, and the Social Justice and Museums Resource List. LaTanya has curated exhibitions and programming at moCa Cleveland, Yale University Art Gallery, Artspace New Haven, and other institutions. Her graduate studies at the University of Delaware, where she is completing her Ph.D. in art history, LaTanya center on the art of the United States, photography, and museums. Her dissertation The Crossroads of Commemoration: Lynching Landscapes in America considers the interplay of race, representation, memory, and public space.