Dr. Lucy Curzon won the Morris L. Mayer Award in 2019.
Dr. Lucy Curzon has turned service to UA into an art form – one that inspires her students and contributes to the community. Curzon, associate professor of art history and director of education and outreach for the Paul R. Jones Collection of American Art, strives to show how much the visual arts affects the everyday lives of adults and children.
Curzon joined the department in 2007. She teaches graduate and undergraduate courses on modern and contemporary art as well as contemporary practice and community engagement. She has forged links with the community through her work with the Jones Collection, particularly through the K-12 Fellows Program.
In addition, Curzon, author of the book “Mass-Observation and Visual Culture: Depicting Everyday Lives in Britain” (Routledge, 2017), serves as a volunteer with the Safe Harbor Program at UA’s Women and Gender Resource Center; a faculty volunteer for UA’s Safe Zone Program; and she was named to a three-year term as a UA College of Arts and Sciences Leadership Board Faculty Fellow (2018-2020).
Curzon holds a Bachelor of Arts in British history from the University of Kings College (Halifax) and a doctorate in visual and cultural studies from the University of Rochester. She also holds a graduate certificate in women’s and gender studies.