Amy Halliday – DCF and HCF Fellow

Amy Halliday qualified with a BA in English, Classics, and Art History in 2006, followed by an Honours in Visual and Art History at UCT in 2007. She has gone on to teach art history in the town squares and churches of Tuscany, to graduate school in London (MA in History of Art at UCL) and the USA (MA in Teaching at Smith College), and to work in inquiry-based education in university art museums. Passionate about the role of the arts in education, civic engagement, and social change, she is currently Director of the Hampshire College Art Gallery in Massachusetts, where she curates exhibitions, teaches with collections, and mentors students in curation, installation and research. Throughout her career she has continued to research, write, and present on contemporary South African art and photography, including at the Venice Biennale and other international venues.