Grace Chuang, Phd Email & Phone Number

New York, New York, United States

Managing an international online seminar series with over 300 subscribers, including academics, researchers, curators, art dealers, and collectors. The fortnightly seminars are focused on the empirical examination of works of art that emerged from the encounter of East and West in the early modern period.Responsibilities include:* Networking and recruiting speakers* Scheduling speakers for each semester* Editing and formatting speaker-generated abstracts and biographies* Disseminating information to the subscribers about upcoming seminars* Managing technical rehearsals; providing technical support for the Webex platform* Moderating sessions* Writing and circulating a newsletter

London, England, United Kingdom

Georeferencing piecework for the overlay of “Furniture Makers, 1640–1871” in Layers of London, https://www.layersoflondon.org for the British and Irish Furniture Makers Online (BIFMO) project, https://bifmo.history.ac.uk, a partnership between the Institute of Historical Research and the Furniture History Society

Washington D.C. Metro Area

Research and writing of the dissertation "Bernard (II) Vanrisamburgh, Master Cabinetmaker in Eighteenth-Century Paris"

Paris, France

Research and writing of the dissertation "Bernard (II) Vanrisamburgh, Master Cabinetmaker in Eighteenth-Century Paris"

Kansas City, Missouri, United States

Archival research in Paris for Aimee Marcereau DeGalan, ed., French Paintings, 1600–1945: The Collections of the Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art (Kansas City: The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, 2021), https://doi.org/10.37764/78973

Paris, France

Research and writing of the dissertation "Bernard (II) Vanrisamburgh, Master Cabinetmaker in Eighteenth-Century Paris"

New York, New York

Research for the exhibition “Pierre Gouthière: Virtuoso Gilder at the French Court,” The Frick Collection, New York, 16 November 2016–19 February 2017 / “Or virtuose à la cour de France. Pierre Gouthière (1732–1813),” Musée des Arts décoratifs, Paris, 16 March–25 June 2017 and its accompanying catalogue

New York, New York

Curator of the exhibition “Italian Renaissance and Baroque Bronze Sculpture from the Robert Lehman Collection,” The Metropolitan Museum of Art, 21 May 2013–2 January 2014Preliminary research for the exhibition “Visiteurs de Versailles, 1682–1789,” Château de Versailles, 22 October 2017–25 February 2018 / “Visitors to Versailles, 1682–1789,” The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, 16 April–29 July 2018 and its accompanying catalogueResearch and administrative assistance for curators in the department re: potential acquisitions, outside inquiries, updating object files, etc.Residency departments: European Sculpture and Decorative Arts and The Robert Lehman Collection

New York, New York, United States

Performed research in the archives of Carlhian & Cie at the Getty Research Institute and Duveen Bros. at the Metropolitan Museum of Art on the original interior decoration of The James B. Duke House.

New York, New York

Research for the exhibition “Pierre Gouthière: Virtuoso Gilder at the French Court,” The Frick Collection, New York, 16 November 2016–19 February 2017 / “Or virtuose à la cour de France. Pierre Gouthière (1732–1813),” Musée des Arts décoratifs, Paris, 16 March–25 June 2017 and its accompanying catalogue

New York, New York

Research for the exhibition “Pierre Gouthière: Virtuoso Gilder at the French Court,” The Frick Collection, New York, 16 November 2016–19 February 2017 / “Or virtuose à la cour de France. Pierre Gouthière (1732–1813),” Musée des Arts décoratifs, Paris, 16 March–25 June 2017 and its accompanying catalogue

New York, New York, United States

Organized and went on a three-week "Grand Tour" of Italy

Los Angeles, California, Usa

Los Angeles, California

Research for gallery didactics, drafting of object labels, assistance in editing wall texts, and contributions to the publication accompanying the exhibition “Paris: Life & Luxury,” The J. Paul Getty Museum, 26 April–7 August 2011 / “Life & Luxury: The Art of Living in Eighteenth-Century Paris,” Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, 18 September–10 December 2011

New York, New York, United States

For research abroad for the master’s thesis “The Role of the Savant and the Académie Royale des Sciences in Porcelain Research and Development in France, 1715 to 1772”

New York, New York

Research and assistance in catalogue production for the exhibition “Watteau to Degas: French Drawings from the Frits Lugt Collection,” The Frick Collection, 6 October 2009–10 January 2010 / Fondation Custodia, Paris, 2010

New York, New York

Research assistance for Colin B. Bailey, Fragonard's Progress of Love at the Frick Collection (New York: The Frick Collection in association with D. Giles Limited, London, 2011)

New York, New York

Assistance in catalogue production for the exhibition “Andrea Riccio: Renaissance Master of Bronze,” The Frick Collection, 2008–2009

New York, New York

Preparation of research materials for Professor François Louis

New York, New York

Gave tours of the temporary exhibitions in the Gallery of the Bard Graduate Center to various audiences

New York, New York

Staffing the front desk of the Gallery of the Bard Graduate Center during weekend opening hours, welcoming visitors to the Gallery, selling admission tickets, selling exhibition catalogues for present and past exhibitions, managing the cash till and credit card reader, counting cash proceeds and placing daily profits in a safe, answering visitor questions, giving visitors directions

New York, New York

For lectures and other programs accompanying the temporary exhibition in the Gallery of the Bard Graduate Center: Welcoming and checking in attendees, coat check, seating, setting up the reception, drink service at receptions, cleaning up after the reception, answering questions and giving directions to attendees

Milwaukee, Wisconsin

Research on potential acquisitions and objects in the collectionAdministrative support for exhibitions and the Fine Arts Society donor group

Pasadena, California

Research assistance for Professor John Brewer, The American Leonardo: A 20th-Century Tale of Obsession, Art and Money (Oxford; New York: Oxford University Press, 2009)

San Marino, California

Organized and catalogued a collection of ephemera relating to the formation of the Bodman Print Collection

Non-Degree, 71St Attingham Summer School

Non-Degree, Mandarin Training Center, Practical Chinese Reading And Writing I, 92.4/100 (80-100 = A)

Doctor Of Philosophy - Phd, History Of Art And Archaeology, 4.0 Gpa

Dissertation: “Bernard (II) Vanrisamburgh, Master Cabinetmaker in Eighteenth-Century Paris”

Master Of Philosophy - Mphil, History Of Art And Archaeology, 4.0 Gpa

Certificate, Curatorial Studies, 4.0 Gpa

Curatorial Residency: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, European Sculpture and Decorative Arts and The Robert Lehman Collection

Master Of Arts (M.A.), History Of The Decorative Arts, 3.95 Gpa

Master’s thesis: “The Role of the Savant and the Académie Royale des Sciences in Porcelain Research and Development in France, 1715.

Non-Degree Enrollment, Art History, 3.922 Gpa

Bachelor Of Science (B.S.) With Honor, Biology, 3.6 Gpa

High School Diploma, 4.0 Gpa

Activities and Societies: Quiz Bowl, Cross Country, Symphony Orchestra, Literary Magazine, Track, French Club, Key Club