Lauren Haynes is the Director of Curatorial Affairs and Programs at the Queens Museum, New York. Previously, she was Curator, Contemporary Art, at the Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art in Bentonville, Arkansas, since 2016, and had spent nearly a decade at The Studio Museum in Harlem where she was the Associate Curator for the permanent collection. As a specialist in African-American modern and contemporary art, Haynes curated dozens of exhibitions at the Studio Museum and contemporary art institutions in New York. At the Studio Museum, Haynes oversaw the care and collection of the permanent collection as well as acquisitions and exhibitions. She is a member of the Association of Art Museum Curators and serves on the Nomination and Governance Committee. Haynes is a recipient of a 2016 Gold Rush Award from Rush Philanthropic Arts Foundation.
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