An artist, art historian, curator, writer, and art/film reviewer, Amalia Amaki’s training includes bachelor degrees from Georgia State University (Journalism and Psychology) and the University of New Mexico (photography), and a Master’s degree and doctorate from Emory University (art history and American culture), where she was a Foreign Study Fellow in France during Master’s study.
Amalia taught art history, visual studies, and women in film for 30 years at Spelman College, University of North Georgia, University of Delaware, and the University of Alabama, and taught photography at the Student Art Centers International (SACI) in Florence, Italy. Her more than 30 solo shows include a retrospective at the National Museum for Women in the Arts in Washington, DC, and the Spelman College Museum of Fine Art.
Awards include a National Endowment for the Arts fellowship in photography, an artist grant from the Georgia Council for the Arts, and art commissions from the 1996 Olympics, and the High Museum’s Creative Hearts Youth Art Community Quilt Project.
Amalia has organized numerous exhibitions as curator of the Paul R. Jones Art Collection and as an independent scholar. She has written/ contributed to 10 books and several art-related blogs.
Here are her thoughts about participating in COVID-19 PAGES:
“This was an exhilarating project – something to direct positive energy towards during such stressful times. I was delighted to pause and consider the commitment, diligence, and bravery of women on the front line.
Women make so much of our nurse force and represent a sizable number of doctors across specialties. In a small way, I chose to highlight them; honor them; and say thank you to them, especially in the face of this pandemic. I feel grateful for this opportunity to salute them.”
To visit COVID-19 PAGES: The Influence & Inspiration of Women, click on the following link: https://wellsinternationalfoundation.org/covid-19-pages-exhibit/
