Aspen Scott (They/Them)
Art Historian, Interdisciplinary Researcher, Writer
As a recent MA graduate, I am interested in environmental installations, Third Spaces and Borderlands, identity politics, post-structuralist theory, decolonial public pedagogy, Queer Xicanx cultural production and representation, language politics, and decolonial identity practices.
Education
2023
MA Art History
Savannah College of Art and Design, Savannah, GA
Art History Thesis: “Translations of Impossibility: Deconstructing Outsiderism in the Environments of Nellie Mae Rowe and Annie Sturghill”
2021
BA Fine Arts Illustration, Minor in Graphic Design
Walla Walla University, Walla Walla, WA
Research & Experience
“Translations of Impossibility: Deconstructing Outsiderism in the Environments of Nellie Mae Rowe and Annie Sturghill.”
Rutgers Art Review. (Forthcoming, Vol. 41)
2024–, Visitor Experience Associate
Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco, San Francisco, CA
2022–2023, Volunteer Interpreter
Savannah African Art Museum, Savannah, GA
Winter, 2023, Curatorial Intern
SCAD Museum of Art, Savannah, GA
Fall, 2022, Independent Curator
King-Tisdell Cottage Foundation, Savannah, GA
Summer, 2022, Curatorial Intern
Savannah African Art Museum, Savannah, GA
Exhibitions
2023
deFine Art 2023 at the SCAD Museum of Art, Savannah, GA
Group Exhibition Protégé
Josh Sperling’s What a Relief
Hassan Hajjaj’s 1444
Rachel Feinstein’s Façade
Ana Bel Lee Washington’s Rejoice!
Gyun Hur’s There is peace like a river 저기에 강같은 평화가
Chase Hall’s The Close of Day
Jorge Pardo’s JP@SCAD.
2022
King-Tisdell Cottage Foundation: The Beach Institute African American Cultural Center, Savannah, GA
Ben Tucker (1930–2013)
2022
Savannah African Art Museum, Savannah, GA (forthcoming)
Renegotiated Self: Secret Societies of West and Central Africa
2021
Walla Walla University, Walla Walla, WA
WWU 20/21 Design Exhibition
Lectures & Symposia
2022
Savannah College of Art and Design Larry W. Forrest Art History Symposium, Savannah, GA
Paper: “An Interactive World: Nellie Mae Rowe’s Afterlives”
2021
Walla Walla University, Walla Walla, WA
Lecture: “Swiss Punk, New Wave, and Postmodern Typography”
Awards
2022–2023
Student Incentive Scholarship Graduate
Savannah College of Art and Design
2022–2023
Achievement Honor Scholarship Graduate
Savannah College of Art and Design
2022
Larry W. Forest Art History Symposium Honorable Mention
“An Interactive World: Nellie Mae Rowe’s Afterlives”
Savannah College of Art and Design
2020–2021
Transfer Scholarship
Walla Walla University
2015–2019
Dean’s List Academic Scholarship
Southern Adventist University
2015–2019
Student Association Leadership Scholarship
Southern Adventist University