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Olivia Young

  • Graduate Student, Art History

Education

  • MA in Art History from UWM (in progress)
  • MA in Library and Information Science, archival emphasis from UWM (in progress)
  • BA in Art History with a minor in English from California State University, Sacramento (2021-2023)

Research Interests

  • Pre-Raphaelite muses/female artists
  • Contemporary LGBT art, specifically coming out of the AIDS epidemic
  • Process of Archiving and how pieces of history may get left behind

Work History

  • Worked for California State University, Sacramento Galleries (2021-2023)
  • Sacramento State Art History Department TA (2022-2023)

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