Cris Scorza
[Image description: A photographic portrait of Cris, looking at the camera with a warm smile. A Latina woman, she has brown skin, short dark hair and wears a white blouse with a black and white patterned scarf.]
Cris Scorza is the Helena Rubinstein Chair of Education at the Whitney Museum of American Art. Scorza previously served as Senior Director of Education and Engagement at the Museum of Contemporary Art San Diego, where she oversaw the development of public programs and creation of interpretive materials. During her time at MCASD, she also inaugurated thoughLAB— a new space for personal reflection and public dialogue surrounding the museum’s exhibitions.
Prior to her arrival at MCASD, Scorza was the Manager of Tours and Family Programs at the New Museum in New York, where she developed the museum’s first docent program, as well as its first family event, which later became the New Museum Block Party. She participated in the publication Rethinking Contemporary Art and Multicultural Education (New Museum, 2011). Scorza has also worked for and collaborated with institutions such as The Museum of Modern Art, the Museum of Arts and Design, the Brooklyn Children’s Museum, and Art in General.
In 2006, she was awarded a Diversity Fellowship by the Diversity Committee of the American Association Museums. She has a BFA from the National School of Visual Arts in Mexico; a BA in Arts Administration and Art History from Baruch College, CUNY; and a Masters in Leadership in Museum Education from Bank Street College of Education.
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