Rick Kinsel Author & Editor

Rick Kinsel is President of the Vilcek Foundation, where he oversees the curation, stewardship and exhibition of the foundation's art collections. These collections include significant and comprehensive holdings in American modernism, Native American pottery, pre-Columbian objects, and more. He previously served as the Cataloguer in charge of acquisitions at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York, and as Director of Cultural Affairs at Coty, Inc. He has advised on collections and curated exhibitions for both private and public organizations, among them the Philbrook Museum of Art in Tulsa, the Museum of Modern Art in New York, Pen + Brush, and the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA). He holds a bachelor's degree from Ohio State University and a master's degree in the history of decorative arts from Bard Graduate Center, New York. In addition to his work in the visual arts, he has produced films and plays, edited a cookbook and judged design contests. He contributed to Ralston Crawford: Torn Signs, published by Merrell in 2019. William Low has served as Curator at the Bates College Museum of Art in Lewiston, Maine, since 2009. He has produced a range of exhibitions, from contemporary Chinese work in Xu Bing: Calligraphy for the People to American art in Andrew and Jamie Wyeth: Selections from the Private Collection of Victoria Browning Wyeth, and has contributed essays to a number of publications. He has also been instrumental in developing and providing stewardship for the museum's collection. He received a bachelor's degree in English from the University of Rhode Island and a master's degree from the Center for Museum Studies at John F. Kennedy University, California. Active in the community, he serves on the boards of a number of arts and cultural organizations. Emily Schuchardt Navratil is Curator at the Vilcek Foundation. She has worked with the Vilcek Collection since 2009, previously serving as Associate Curator, Assistant Curator and Curatorial Assistant. She earned a PhD in art history from the Graduate Center, City University of New York (CUNY), and a master's degree from Hunter College, CUNY. Her interests are expansive, ranging from Native American art and its impact on interior design and women's fashion between the world wars, to Piet Mondrian and Willem de Kooning. For the Vilcek Foundation, she has curated the exhibitions With Color (2013, to coincide with the publication by Merrell of Masterpieces of American Modernism from the Vilcek Collection) and Ralston Crawford: Torn Signs (2019; catalogue published by Merrell). She has worked in major institutions, notably the Metropolitan Museum of Art and the Museum of Modern Art in New York, and Montclair Art Museum in New Jersey, and has contributed to numerous exhibitions and catalogues, including Ce zanne and American Modernism (2009), Picasso in The Metropolitan Museum of Art (2010) and American Vanguards: Graham, Davis, Gorky, De Kooning, and Their Circle, 1927-1942 (2012). Dan Mills is Director of the Museum of Art and Lecturer in the Humanities at Bates College in Lewiston, Maine. He is known for leading an adventuresome curatorial programme that brings a world of ideas to his institution, and integrating it into the academic, cultural and social life of campus and the surrounding communities. His curatorial projects have travelled to more than three dozen museums and academic institutions throughout the United States. He is a frequent lecturer, panellist and catalogue contributor. He received a bachelor of fine arts degree from Rochester Institute of Technology in New York and a master of fine arts degree from Northern Illinois University, and maintains an active studio practice.