Karen Gonzalez Rice

Black and white photo showing several prints and books on a table. Images include a car near a geometric building, people in a park, and a harbor scene with ships. Some books are open, displaying patterned covers.

Teaching

Courses at Connecticut College

  • Seeing: Mona Lisa to Instagram (AHI 105CC)
  • Art in ASL (AHI 105F)
  • Radical Bodies: Contemporary Art & Action (AHI/AT/GWS 219)
  • Nineteenth-Century Art (AHI 246)
  • Perspectives on Photography (AHI 250)
  • Early Twentieth-Century Art (AHI 260)
  • Late Twentieth-Century Art (AHI 261)
  • Global Modernisms (AHI 262)
  • Museum Work (AHI/MSM 289)
  • Environmental Art & Its Ethics (AHI/ES 361)
  • Pop Art & Critical Visual Culture (AHI 365)
  • Curatorial Practicum:  Exhibiting Visual Art in the Digital Age (AHI 455)
  • Museum Projects (AHI 456)
  • Minimalism and the American West (AHI 493J)
  • Museum Studies Senior Project (AHI 496)
  • Everyone’s A Curator (FYS 109G)
  • The Art & Ethics of Garbage (FYS 173B)
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Student Exhibitions

Co-curator with Chris Steiner and AHI 250 student curators:  “Behind the Curtain: The Art and Photobooth Collection of Näkki Goranin,” Shain Library, Connecticut College, 2024

Facilitator for AHI 456 student curators:  “Unbeatable Women: Power and Innovation in the Work of Women Photographers,” Lyman Allyn Art Museum (New London, CT), 2022

Facilitator for AHI 456 student curators: “Reading the Image:  Text in American Art since 1969,” Lyman Allyn Art Museum (New London, CT), 2017

“How to Be A Camel: The First Year Experience at Connecticut College 1915-2019,” Shain Library Special Collections, Connecticut College

Students gathered around a wooden table examining black-and-white photographs and documents. Scissors, a phone, and a magnifying glass are visible, suggesting a focus on research or archival work.

Facilitator for FYS 109G student curators:  “Continuity and Constant Change:  Student Life at Connecticut College in Turbulent Times,” Shain Library Special Collections, Connecticut College

Karen Gonzalez Rice wearing a pink sweater stands against a white background, smiling with hands on hips. They are wearing a headband adorned with colorful butterflies resting on wires, creating a whimsical look.
Karen Gonzalez Rice
Photo by Brenda De Los Santos

Dr. Karen Gonzalez Rice

Associate Professor of Art History
Connecticut College

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