Joanna Gardner-Huggett, PhD

Joanna Gardner-Huggett is a feminist art historian and Associate Professor of History of Art and Architecture at DePaul University. Gardner-Huggett teaches courses on twentieth-century art and feminist theory, while her research focuses on the intersection between feminist collaboration and arts activism. Gardner-Huggett’s most recent scholarship explores the history of the of Chicago based women artists’ collectives Artemisia Gallery in Chicago (1973-2003), ARC Gallery (1973-present), and Sapphire and Crystals (1987-present). This research has been published in numerous academic journals, such as Art Journal, Artl@s Bulletin, Frontiers: A Journal of Women’s Studies, Historical Geography, Panorama, Journal of Historians of American Art, and Woman’s Art Journal, and several anthologies.