CURRENT
Independent Art Consultant & Curator (2009-present)
Director of Programs, Qatar America Institute for Culture (2022-present)
PAST
Managing Director, Washington Studio School (2018-2022)
Communications Manager, Fabric Workshop and Museum (2017-2018)
Director of Special Projects, Art Fraud Insights, LLC (2014-2017)
Senior Exhibitions Manager & Coordinator, Exhibition Development, International Arts and Artists (2008-2009; 2012-2016)
EDUCATION
Georgetown University Edmund A. Walsh School of Foreign Service // M.A. Arab Studies (cultural production, heritage and diplomacy), 2020 – 2023
Harvard Business School Online // Credential of Readiness (CORe) Certificate, 2019
SPEOS Photographic Institute Paris // Certificate in Photography, 2010
George Mason University School of Integrative Studies // B.A Integrative Studies (Arts & Culture and Photography) 2003 – 2007
ACADEMIC EXPERIENCE
Taught a workshop on pinhole photography at IA&A at Hillyer (2016); co-taught freshman-level course, “Visual Culture and Identity” at George Mason University (2012); volunteer co-taught photography and film at Al-Rowwad Center, Aida Refugee Camp, Bethlehem as part of the“Images for Life'' project (2009); co-led workshops as outreach coordinator for D.C. Dabkeh Dance Troupe at universities and K-12 schools around the United States on the history of traditional Palestinian dance (2007-2009); acted as lead researcher on a project to record the history of the Women’s Center at George Mason University (2005).
SELECT PUBLICATIONS
Our Living Archives, Our Elders, CCAS Newsmagazine, Fall/Winter 2022 https://issuu.com/georgetownsfs/docs/ccas_news_fw22_issuu
Farhat, Maymanah, “Concentric Circles: In Search of Arab American Art," 2022. (Chapter contributor)
Beiruti Artists Rebuild & Reimagine Their Communities, CCAS Newsmagazine, Summer 2021 https://ccas.georgetown.edu/2021/06/08/lebanese-artists-rebuild-reimagine-the-arts-in-beirut/
Eaton, Linda and Colette Loll, “Treasures on Trial: The Art and Science of Detecting Fakes,” http://treasuresontrial.winterthur.org/, 2017. (Exhibition manager and curatorial assistant)
Loll, Colette, and International Arts & Artists, “Intent to Deceive: Fakes and Forgeries in the Art World,” http://www.intenttodeceive.org/, 2014. (Exhibition manager, editor, and curatorial assistant)
AWARDS, MEMBERSHIPS, FELLOWSHIPS & GRANTS
Middle East Policy Council 2024 40 Under 40 Awardee (2023)
Association of Art Museum Curators (2023-present)
George Mason University College of Visual and Performing Arts, Board of Directors (2023-present)
Tanous Family Endowed Scholarship (2022-2023)
A.J. Howar Arab American Fund Scholarship (2021-2022)
Graduate Student Fellow The Lab for Global Performance and Politics, Georgetown University School of Foreign Service (2020-2021)
Museum HUE (2020-2023)
Arts Administrators of Color (2020-present)
Brokering Intercultural Exchange Network (2019-present)
ArtTable, In.c, Washington, DC Chapter, Executive Committee Member-at-Large and 2019 Co-Chair, State of Art/DC: A Conversation (2018-2020)
DC Commission on the Arts & Humanities Artist Fellow (2019)
ArtTable, Inc., Washington DC Chapter (2017-present)
DC Commission on the Arts & Humanities Artist Fellow (2017)
George Mason University School of Art Alumni Group (2016-2017)
Washington Studio School, Board of Directors (2016-17)
LANGUAGES
Arabic
English