Graham Boettcher
Graham C. Boettcher is the William Cary Hulsey Curator of American Art at the Birmingham Museum of Art, a title he has held since July 2008. From September 2006 until July 2008, Boettcher served as Luce Foundation Curatorial Fellow of American Art at the Birmingham Museum of Art.
Boettcher completed his bachelor of arts in German Studies at Yale University in 1995, where he also received his Ph.D. in the History of Art in 2006. His doctoral dissertation was entitled "Domestic Violence: The Politics of Family and Nation in Antebellum American Art." In 1998, Boettcher was a Davidson Family Fellow at the Amon Carter Museum in Fort Worth, Texas; and in 2001, was a fellow of the Terra Foundation Summer Residency in Giverny, France.
His first curated exhibit of works from the Museum's permanent collection was "Sea Fever: American Art and the Aquatic Imagination," (May - July 2007) which also featured privately-owned works. Each piece was complemented by a quotation from literature and the exhibit was accompanied by an oceanic soundscape. Boettcher also wrote the exhibit brochure for "Prague Nights", an exhibit of Czech modernist works from the Hascoe Collection that was part of the Birmingham International Festival's Salute to the Czech Republic.
References
- Strickland, Susan (June 12, 2007) "BMA brings ocean's majesty to Birmingham." Birmingham News.
- Strickland, Susan (August 10, 2008) "Birmingham Museum of Art." Birmingham News.