Gloretta Baynes

Gloretta Baynes is a Cambridge native and alumna of Massachusetts College of Art and Design whose practice spans curatorial leadership, exhibition design, and community engagement. She is the former Chair and Director of the African American Master Artists-in-Residency Program (AAMARP) at Northeastern University and currently serves as an artist-in-residence and curator. Her professional background includes roles as Assistant Director and Registrar at the Museum of the National Center of Afro-American Artists and service on the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston Diversity Council.

Gloretta has curated and designed numerous exhibitions, including Sequential Art: The Next Step, (associate curator with Rob Stull, creator); Community Creations; and Violence Transformed, collaborating with museums, cultural institutions, and youth partnerships. Her community service includes board membership with the Cambridge Program and the Institute for Health and Recovery. Her honors include the Polly Thayer Starr Visiting Studio Artist award; a Creative Entrepreneur Fellowship(Arts and Business Council of Greater Boston); Practitioner Scholars Program Fellow (UMASS Boston); the Virginia Kiah Honor Certificate of Service Award (National Conference of Artists); City of Boston and Commonwealth of Massachusetts citations; and recognition as a Mellon Foundation grant finalist. Her work is featured in the Saint James Guide to Black Artists and the International Review of African American Art, with commissioned projects for hospitals, cultural organizations, and Harvard/Radcliffe student groups. Her work is in private collections and in the Museum of the National Center of Afro-American Artists.

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