| Summary: | Museum director and curator Thelma Golden was born on September 22, 1965, and raised in Queens, New York. She received her B.A. degree in art history and African American studies from Smith College in 1987. Golden was appointed branch director of the Whitney Museum of American Art's Philip Morris branch in 1991, associate curator and director of Whitney's branch museums in 1993, and curator of the Whitney Museum of American Art in 1996. At the Whitney, she organized groundbreaking exhibitions, including 1994's "Black Male: Representations of Masculinity in Contemporary American Art." In 2000, Golden was named deputy director for exhibitions and programs at the Studio Museum in Harlem; and in 2005, was appointed director and chief curator. She lectured at many institutions, including Columbia University, Yale University and the Royal College of Art in London. She was named an Art of Change Fellow by the Ford Foundation in 2015.
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