Rachel C. Allen Email & Phone Number

Rachel Allen, a member of the Nez Perce Tribe (Nimiipuu), is a curator and Ph.D. candidate. As a curator, Allen is collaborating with heather ahtone on Joe Feddersen's (Confederated Tribes of the Colville Reservation) retrospective for the Northwest Museum of Arts and Culture in Spokane, Washington, slated to open in September 2024.Allen's research focuses on cross-cultural understandings of atmosphere and sky in Native American and American Art. Her dissertation consists of three case studies featuring living artists that visually represent creation stories relating to the sky. ​These skyworld arts embody ​a holistic understanding of Indigenous homeland ecologies by providing examples of collaborative efforts between humans and nonhumans. Before pursuing a Ph.D., Allen was an Assistant Curator at the Peabody Essex Museum (PEM) where she started as a curatorial fellow. Allen worked on several exhibitions at PEM, including "T.C. Cannon: At the Edge of America" and "Nature’s Nation: American Art and Environment." Prior to PEM, she held positions as Assistant Professor at Michigan State University and Assistant Preparator at the Eli and Edythe Broad Art Museum. While there, she co-founded the Emerging Museum Professionals Chapter of Michigan and earned a certificate in Collections Care at the International Preservation Studies Center. Allen earned her M.F.A. and M.A. from Michigan State University, and her B.F.A. from the Cleveland Institute of Art.

Listed skills include Drawing, Museum Collections, Art Exhibitions, Art, and 13 others.