WHITNEY LORENZE WILLIS
Ridgewood, New York

Education:


Graduate School of Arts & Science, New York University, New York
Master of Arts in Museum Studies (candidate), August 2023-December 2026
Activities and societies: Museum Studies Student Organization, Academic Lead
Thesis: Stewarding Contemporary Marginalia: Considerations for Analog and Born-Digital Assets

Palmer School, Long Island University, New York (ALA accredited)
Master of Library and Information Science, August 2023-August 2026
Activities and societies: Honor Society of Phi Kappa Phi

Lyme Academy College of Fine Arts, University of New Haven, Old Lyme, CT
Bachelor of Fine Arts, August 2015-May 2019
Honors: cum laude, Distinction in Major

Employment:


Center for Book Arts, New York, NY
Library Collections Intern, June 2026-Present

School of Arts & Science, Dept. of Art History, New York University, New York, NY
Graduate Assistant, Visual Resources Cataloger, August 2023-Present

The Morgan Library & Museum, New York, NY
Ambassador, September 2024-May 2025

The Lesbian Herstory Archives, Brooklyn, NY
Metadata & Archival Processing Intern, February 2025-April 2025

Long Island University, Greenvale, NY
Gardiner Foundation Fellow, September 2024-December 2024

Amy P. Lincoln Studio, Queens, NY
Studio Assistant, October 2021-August 2023

Shoreline Arts Alliance, Madison, CT
Programs & Marketing Director, July 2021-April 2022
Programs & Marketing Associate, November 2019-June 2021
Program Development Intern, September 2017-December 2020

Lyme Academy College of Fine Arts, Old Lyme, CT
Anatomy Tutor, September 2018-May 2019
Printmaking Technician, August 2017-May 2019
Assistant to the BFA Chair, October 2016-May 2019 

Language Skills:

Native English speaker, proficient in reading and writing in French

Information Science Skills:

MARC 21; MODS; Dublin Core; CDWA; VRA Core; RDA; RDF; DACS; EAD; Epson Expression 11000XL & 12000XL; DT-Atom; SilverFast 9; Capture One; Alma; JSTOR Forum/JSTOR Stewardship; TMS; Preservica; Omeka Classic; Zotero; LibGuides

Other Computer Skills:

Adobe Creative Cloud; Microsoft 365; Google Workspace

Honors & Awards:


The Palmer School at Long Island University
Outstanding Scholarship and Service Award, May 2026

New York University
Program in Museum Studies Thesis Travel Award, December 2025
Wasserman Center Internship Grant, March 2025

Art Libraries Society of North America
Gerd Muehsam Award, January 2025

New York University, Long Island University, and New York University Libraries
Dual Degree Program Scholars Award, September 2023

Lyme Academy College of Fine Arts, University of New Haven
Award for Distinction in Major, Drawing, May 2019
Chandler Portfolio Award, August 2015
Lyme Academic Award, August 2015

Publications:


“Critical Ekphrasis: Applying a Critical Framework to Unstructured Metadata in Online Collections Catalogs.” Art Documentation: Journal of the Art Libraries Society of North America, 44, no. 2 (2025): 153–71. https://doi.org/10.1086/740635.

“Exhibition Review: “Love Rules: The Harm Reduction Archives of Heather Edney and Richard Berkowitz” at MoMA PS1. The Metropolitan Archivist, January 13, 2026. https://medium.com/metropolitan-archivist/exhibition-review-love-rules-at-moma-ps1-4b0e839de6f0

“Exhibition Review: “Jeanne Moutoussamy-Ashe and the Last Gullah Islands” at the Whitney Museum of American Art.” The Metropolitan Archivist, July 14, 2025. https://medium.com/metropolitan-archivist/exhibition-review-jeanne-moutoussamy-ashe-and-the-last-gullah-islands-at-the-whitney-museum-d8a7cdd90a32

Conferences & Symposia:


Society of American Archivists, ARCHIVES*RECORDS 2026, Virtual Poster, “Enduring/Decaying: Affective Authenticity in Early MMORPGs and the Defunct Web,” July 2026

ARLIS/NA New England Chapter Spring Meeting, Lightning Talk, “The Decay-Life of Digital Things,” May 2026

University of Delaware Center for Material Culture Studies, 2026 Emerging Scholars Symposium: Dynamic Objects: Material Collections Across the Globe, Presentation, “Museum Limitations and the Case for Library Stewardship of Memetic Cultures,” April 2026

Art Libraries Society of North America, 53rd Annual Conference, New Voices in the Profession, Presentation, “Critical Ekphrasis: Applying a Critical Framework to Open-Text Metadata in Digital Fine Art Collections,” May 2025

Professional Organizations:


American Alliance of Museums, Member
Archivists Round Table of Metropolitan New York, Member
Art Libraries Society of North America, NY Chapter, Executive Board Member
The Association for Computers and the Humanities, Member
Society of American Archivists, Member
Visual Resources Association, Member

Volunteer Experience:


News Editor & Programming Committee Member, ARLIS/NY, New York, NY, January 2026-Present
Awards Committee Member, Visual Resources Association, USA, January 2026-Present
Archives Volunteer, The Country School Archives, Madison, CT, June 2025-September 2025
Cataloging Volunteer, Vander Ende-Onderdonk House, Greater Ridgewood Historical Society, Queens, NY, August 2021-July 2023