Cece Hinton, curator of education, received her B.A. from Mississippi State University, her M.F.A. with distinction from the University of Georgia and completed all but dissertation for the Ph.D. at UGA. As curator of education, she develops and implements academic and outreach programs for audiences of all ages.
She serves on the Fine Arts Advisory Board of the Clarke County School District. Recent publications include Elixers, Myth and Memory, an exhibition catalogue on the works of Linda Trappey Dautreuil, for the Brunner Gallery, Shaw Center for the Arts, Baton Rouge, La.; essays for Coming Home: American Paintings, 1930-1950, from the Schoen Collection, and an article on Family Day for Southern Distinction magazine.
Her teaching experience includes both high school and college levels. At the Lamar Dodd School of Art, she taught Introduction to the History of Ancient and Medieval Art, a survey of art from prehistoric times through Gothic, and Monuments of World Art, a survey of western and non-western art from prehistoric times to the present.
She was an owner and artist of Old Quarter Gallery in the New Orleans French Quarter and has been represented by several galleries in the southeast, including Fay Gold Gallery in Atlanta. She is a member of the American Association of Museums and EdCom, College Art Association, National Art Education Association; Georgia Art Education Association; and Southeastern Museums Conference.
Hinton was the winner of the inaugural Museum Educator of the Year award of the Georgia Museum Educators in 2006.
Email him at chinton@uga.edu.