NANCY WELLINGTON BOOKHART, PhD

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• FOUNDER, DIRECTOR, The Museum Initiative, 2008-01-01, 2015-01-01, The Museum Initiative was founded in 2008 to usher in an art presence at Paine College in Augusta, Georgia for artistic intellectual examination of cultures and perspectives.
• CURATOR, Responsible for all curatorial duties for The Museum Initiative, curating dozens of local and regional exhibitions.
• EDUCATION DIRECTOR, Designed educational programs and activities for The Museum Initiative.
• GRAPHICS AND MARKETING DIRECTOR, Created and disseminated marketing and communications for exhibitions and programming.

• 2019, Dr. David Driskell, Conference on the Harlem Renaissance, Keynote Speaker
• 2016, Dr. Norman Lewis, University of Georgia, Art Exhibition, Conference on the Harlem Renaissance
• 2011, 40-Year Retrospective for Malaika Favorite, Retrospective of a Hardback Woman
• 2010, Andy Warhol Hand-Flowers Exhibition
• 2010, Nina Simone National Traveling Exhibition
• 2010, Dr. Richard J. Powell, Duke University, Critique of Collection and Lecture

• Paine College, Augusta, GA, 2007-01-01, 2023-01-01, Art Appreciation, Art Education for Teachers, Studio Art-Drawing, Painting, Design, Philosophy: Values and Society, Online: Art Appreciation, Philosophy Values, and Society, Problems of Philosophy
• Augusta University, Augusta, GA, 2022-01-01
• Augusta University, Augusta, GA, 2007-01-01, 2008-01-01, Drawing 101, Painting 101, Humanities Collaborative Teaching
• Ashford University Online, 2015-01-01, 2020-01-01, Art Appreciation

• University of South Carolina, Aiken, SC, 2011-01-01, Art Appreciation
• Limestone College, Aiken, SC, 2010-01-01, Art Appreciation
• University of Georgia, Athens, GA, 2003-01-01, 2004-01-01, Teacher’s Assistant

• Administrative/Office Management
• Corporate Management/General Manager

• Internet for All (Federal Grant), 2025-01-01, $12,000,000, Delaware State University
• Congressionally Directed Funding, 2024-01-01, $8,000,000, Delaware State University
• Paine College FSRP (Faculty/Student Research Project), 2015-01-01, $5,000.00, The Congo Treasures Inventory and Preservation Efforts in archives at Paine College
• Porter Fleming Foundation, 2010-01-01, $12,000, To support programs for the Westobou Festival
• FSRP (Faculty/Student Research Project), 2009-01-01, $10,000.00, Professional evaluation of the Paine College art collection
• Acquisition, Brandywine Workshop of Philadelphia, 2010-01-01, To expand the art collection at Paine College of well-known African American artists in print

• The Conference on the Harlem Renaissance 2019-2022
• The Museum Initiative 2008-2015
• Painefest 2010

• The Conference on the Harlem Renaissance 2018-2022
• Selection Committee Chair for Dean/VPSA Paine College 2019
• Curatorial Exhibitions 2008-2015
• Nina Simone National Traveling Exhibition 2010
• Educational Directives for The Museum Initiative 2008-2015
• Selection Committee Chair for Associate VPAA Paine College 2011
• 40-Year Retrospective 2010
• Dr. Richard Powel, Duke University, Collection Assessment and Lecture/ Report (Booklet) 2010
• Negotiated and secured Brandywine Workshop Deed of Gift for 30 Prints of renowned African American Artists, 2009

• 2022, The Conference on the Harlem Renaissance (Strategic Plan available for review)
• 2019, The Humanities Department (Strategic Plan available for review)
• 2010, Painefest
• 2008, The Museum Initiative (Strategic Plan available for review)

• Developed Departmental Assessment Team
• Member of College-wide CSPE (Committee on Strategic Planning and Evaluation)
• Member of College-wide Assessment Team
• Led Five-Year Departmental Assessment Report with Departmental Assessment Team

• Developed the Peters Erskine Gallery Interdisciplinary Lecture Series
• Developed Interdisciplinary art educational directives central to exhibitions and collections

• Departmental Professional Development Opportunities
• Richardson-Etheridge Conference on the Harlem Renaissance
• Departmental faculty presentations of research (monthly forum)
• Presentation of colleague-to-colleague classroom management (monthly forum)
• Workshops on grant-writing (Sponsor Programs)
• Presentations on technological software and programs, Blackboard, etc. (IT Department)

• 2025-04-01, Institute for Doctoral Studies in the Visual Arts Alumni Association, The Artist-Philosopher in Practice Symposium, Aesthetic Repair, Manhattan, NY
• 2024-10-01, SECAC (Southeastern College Art Conference), Session Chair. Session Title: Lost: The New Museum, Atlanta, Virginia
• 2023-10-01, SECAC (Southeastern College Art Conference), Session Chair. Session Title: Diversity, Access and Inclusion in Photography, Richmond, Virginia
• 2023-10-01, SECAC (Southeastern College Art Conference), Session presenter. Session Title: Making Museums Matter to Students., Museums Rewriting History Reclaiming Communities, Richmond, Virginia
• 2023-05-01, Common Ground Thirteenth International Conference on The Constructed Environment, Presentation, Conference Theme, Human/Nature: Towards Reconciliation, Construction as Subjectivity
• 2022-11-01, Monserrat School of Art and Design, School-wide lecture, “Simone Leigh: Tracing the Signifier.” }, {

• The Aestheticization of History and the Butterfly Effect: Visual Arts Series, Vernon Press, 2023-10-01, Editor
• The Color, Shape, and Tone of Diversity, Equity, and Race in Twenty-first Century America, Rowman & Littlefield Publishing Group, Inc. Lexington Books imprint, 2021-01-01, Contributing Essay, Black Lives Matter: Dismantling Racism and Rewriting History in the Confederate Monuments.
• Book Review/Art Inquiries, 2021-2022, Vol. XVIII, Rebecca Peabody’s Consuming Stories: Kara Walker and the Imagining of American Race.
• Newsletter, IDSVA, 2021-01-01, The Aestheticization of History, recap of CAA session, The Aestheticization of History and the Butterfly Effect.
• Higher Education, 2022-01-01, Black Lives Matter Movement: Impact on the Monuments of the Confederacy and Beyond.