{"id":2001,"date":"2026-08-11T20:33:44","date_gmt":"2026-08-12T04:33:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.blackportraitures.info\/bp-la\/?page_id=2001"},"modified":"2026-08-11T20:33:45","modified_gmt":"2026-08-12T04:33:45","slug":"cheryl-finley","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.blackportraitures.info\/bp-la\/cheryl-finley\/","title":{"rendered":"Cheryl Finley"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-getwid-section alignfull alignfull getwid-section-content-custom-width\"><div class=\"wp-block-getwid-section__wrapper getwid-padding-left-medium getwid-padding-right-medium\"><div class=\"wp-block-getwid-section__inner-wrapper\" style=\"max-width:1140px\"><div class=\"wp-block-getwid-section__background-holder\"><div class=\"wp-block-getwid-section__background\"><\/div><div class=\"wp-block-getwid-section__foreground\"><\/div><\/div><div class=\"wp-block-getwid-section__content\"><div class=\"wp-block-getwid-section__inner-content\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns has-2-columns are-vertically-aligned-center is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-995f960e wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-vertically-aligned-center is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<h5 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Cheryl Finley<\/h5>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-getwid-advanced-heading\" style=\"margin-bottom:0px;margin-top:0px\"><span class=\"wp-block-getwid-advanced-heading__content\">Author and Director, Atlanta University Center Collective for the Study of Art History and Curatorial Studies<\/span><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:25px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Cheryl Finley holds a Ph.D. in History of Art and African American Studies from Yale University. 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