Museum of the Old Colony

Stephanie Heydt joined the NBMAA in late 2023 from the High Museum of Art, where she served as the Curator of American Art and lead the museum’s two cross-institutional grants supporting the curatorial scholarship and the diversification of the curatorial field. As a seasoned curator and scholar, Heydt contributes her experience in managing a multi-year initiative and expertise in historical research. A graduate of Cornell University, she earned her MA in art history from the University of Chicago and a PhD from Boston University. Laura Bravo López is Professor of Art History at the University of Puerto Rico, Río Piedras Campus. She holds a Ph.D. from the Universidad Autónoma de Madrid and specializes in photography, visual culture, and migration. She is the founder and editor of Visión Doble, has curated exhibitions in Puerto Rico and Spain, and was a Summer Visiting Scholar at Princeton University’s Program in Latin American Studies. Amanda J. Guzmán is an anthropological archaeologist with a Ph.D. from the University of California, Berkeley. Her work centers on museum anthropology, particularly the history of collecting and exhibiting Puerto Rico in relation to intercultural representation and national identity. She co-directs Trinity’s Center for Caribbean Studies and is co-curator with Delano on the project, contributing essential expertise in Puerto Rican cultural history. Elena Marie Rosario is a public historian from Hartford and a Ph.D. candidate in History at the University of Michigan, as well as a Visiting Fellow at Harvard University. Her research focuses on labor, education, urban development, social movements, and identity. Her current project, Puerto Rican Hartford: A Public History, documents Puerto Rican migration and community formation in twentieth-century Hartford. Rosario contributes expertise on the social and material history of Puerto Rico and its Connecticut diaspora. Lisa Hayes Williams has been a curator at the NBMAA since 2015, developing exhibitions, programs, and partnerships. She brings expertise in collaborating with living artists and advancing diverse voices. She previously worked at the Rauschenberg Foundation and the Guggenheim and holds an MA from Columbia University.