Julia Wintner, director of Eastern Connecticut State University’s (ECSU) Art Gallery, was recently awarded a Fulbright-Nehru Academic and Professional Fellowship to teach in India.
In December, Winter will teach a course at the Srishti Manipal Institute of Arts, Design and Technology (SMI) in Bangalore, South India, on “Responsible Curating: Contemporary Approaches.” She will instruct students in the SMI Curatorial Master’s program regarding contemporary curatorial practices within U.S. cultural institutions and the multiple roles curators must play to successfully fulfill their responsibilities to artists, audiences and institutions.
Wintner lived in India from 1992 to 2000, where she worked with artisans and helped with the export of goods to Russia, where she was born.
“I have a deep knowledge of contemporary art movements acquired in Russia, New Zealand and America as well as India, and a cherished cultural empathy that I am eager to share with my colleagues and students,” Wintner said. “The ability to celebrate cultural difference and facilitate intercultural exchange is a unique contribution of the global curator.”
Wintner added that after returning from India, she will plan for exhibition of contemporary Indian artists, adding that a “research symposium and an illustrated catalog will accompany this exhibition.”
