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Launched in 2022, MoPOP’s Guest Curator program highlights emerging curatorial voices. Guest curators receive hands-on experience working with MoPOP’s Curatorial, Collections, and Exhibits teams while sharing valuable new perspectives and interpretations of MoPOP’s pop culture collection.
Guest Curator Edition – 03: Olivia Ross
ABOUT THE CURATOR
Olivia Ross is a graduate student in the Master of Arts in Museology program at the University of Washington. After completing her bachelor’s in art history at Florida State University, where she helped curate the exhibition The Shape of Care, Olivia served as the Curatorial Assistant Intern at the Museum of Northwest Art in La Conner, Washington. Her previous internships include London’s Old Operating Theatre Museum & Herb Garett and Dallas Heritage Village in Dallas, Texas. Olivia has played guitar for over ten years and was drawn to create an exhibition honoring the women guitarists who inspired her along the way.
ABOUT THE CURATOR
Olivia Ross is a graduate student in the Master of Arts in Museology program at the University of Washington. After completing her bachelor’s in art history at Florida State University, where she helped curate the exhibition The Shape of Care, Olivia served as the Curatorial Assistant Intern at the Museum of Northwest Art in La Conner, Washington. Her previous internships include London’s Old Operating Theatre Museum & Herb Garett and Dallas Heritage Village in Dallas, Texas. Olivia has played guitar for over ten years and was drawn to create an exhibition honoring the women guitarists who inspired her along the way.
EXHIBITION DETAILS
Queens of the Guitar
The years between 1970 – 2000 were transformative for women guitarists. Previously seen as a primarily masculine instrument, the rise of women guitarists during this period would forever change the way the instrument was perceived in popular culture.
This pop-up exhibition focuses on seven groundbreaking women, highlighting the instruments, costumes, and records these phenomenal artists contributed to late 20th-century music and their lasting impact on the art and culture of today.
EXHIBITION DETAILS
Queens of the Guitar
The years between 1970 – 2000 were transformative for women guitarists. Previously seen as a primarily masculine instrument, the rise of women guitarists during this period would forever change the way the instrument was perceived in popular culture.
This pop-up exhibition focuses on seven groundbreaking women, highlighting the instruments, costumes, and records these phenomenal artists contributed to late 20th-century music and their lasting impact on the art and culture of today.
ON DISPLAY
ABOUT THE CURATOR
Adeerya Johnson is MoPOP’s Associate Curator and Hip-Hop feminist scholar from Atlanta, Georgia. Her scholarly work, which she refers to as "Dirty South Feminism," gives modern insights on Black women's identity, Hip-Hop dance, and contemporary representations of Black womanhood within Southern Hip-Hop cultures through a Hip-Hop Feminist lens.
ABOUT THE CURATOR
Adeerya Johnson is MoPOP’s Associate Curator and Hip-Hop feminist scholar from Atlanta, Georgia. Her scholarly work, which she refers to as "Dirty South Feminism," gives modern insights on Black women's identity, Hip-Hop dance, and contemporary representations of Black womanhood within Southern Hip-Hop cultures through a Hip-Hop Feminist lens.
EXHIBITION DETAILS
Open now at MoPOP, the selection of artifacts on display provides a historical and nuanced portrayal of how Black women tell their stories, express their style, show off their lyrical skill and sexuality, as they navigate Black womanhood, and name their artistry as founders of Hip-Hop music and culture.
As you journey through the pop-up exhibition, you'll witness a chronological history of how Black women shape their image, sound, and fashion, while navigating sexist challenges posed by societal norms and expectations that exist in Hip-Hop culture.
EXHIBITION DETAILS
Open now at MoPOP, the selection of artifacts on display provides a historical and nuanced portrayal of how Black women tell their stories, express their style, show off their lyrical skill and sexuality, as they navigate Black womanhood, and name their artistry as founders of Hip-Hop music and culture.
As you journey through the pop-up exhibition, you'll witness a chronological history of how Black women shape their image, sound, and fashion, while navigating sexist challenges posed by societal norms and expectations that exist in Hip-Hop culture.