{"id":821,"date":"2026-03-20T02:47:57","date_gmt":"2026-03-20T10:47:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.blackportraitures.info\/bp-la\/?page_id=821"},"modified":"2026-03-23T04:46:06","modified_gmt":"2026-03-23T12:46:06","slug":"amy-m-mooney","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.blackportraitures.info\/bp-la\/amy-m-mooney\/","title":{"rendered":"Amy M. Mooney"},"content":{"rendered":"\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-28f84493 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\">Amy M. Mooney<\/h5>\n\n\n\n<p>She\/Her<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Professor of Art History and Visual Culture, Columbia College Chicago<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Amy M. Mooney has published widely including&nbsp;a monograph on&nbsp;<em>Archibald J. Motley, Jr.<\/em>, as well as contributions to&nbsp;<em>Alma Thomas: Everything is Beautiful,&nbsp;Roots of the Black Chicago Renaissance<\/em>,&nbsp;and&nbsp;<em>Beyond Face: New Perspectives in Portraiture<\/em>. A recipient of numerous fellowships, she was the 2019-2020 Terra Foundation Visiting Professor of American Art at Oxford University and delivered&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=hmjOgXIxZ-Q\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=hmjOgXIxZ-Q\">Regarding the Portrait<\/a>, a lecture series that draws from her forthcoming book,&nbsp;<em>Visions of Progress: Portraiture in the United States<\/em>.&nbsp;(Duke University Press).&nbsp;Currently, Dr. Mooney is curating a Newberry Library exhibition that readdresses the contributions of Chicago\u2019s African American studio photographers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Photo credit: S.M. Smith<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-getwid-advanced-spacer\" style=\"height:10px\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-button is-style-outline is-style-outline--1\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link has-text-color wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/www.blackportraitures.info\/bp-la\/presenters\/\" style=\"color:#000000\">BACK<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-vertically-aligned-center is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-full size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1304\" height=\"1853\" src=\"https:\/\/www.blackportraitures.info\/bp-la\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/19\/2026\/01\/SznYMBJFkYhclAuJPkAzsGLBhx_QR72G2QiSuo1IHoU.jpeg\" alt=\"Amy M. 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