About me
Amber Kerr received her BA from Virginia Commonwealth University and her MS from the Winterthur/University of Delaware Program in Art Conservation. She is Head of Conservation and Senior Paintings Conservator for the Smithsonian American Art Museum at the Lunder Conservation Center, where she provides museum visitors the opportunity to view conservators at work and promotes outreach and education to the general public through lectures, tours, publications and social media platforms. She has co-authored numerous research publications, including a chapter in the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts publication, Henry Ossawa Tanner: Modern Spirit and Yale University Press publication, Alma W. Thomas: Everything Is Beautiful. In 2012 she was a recipient of the UD College of Arts & Sciences Alumni Achievement Award. She is dedicated to increasing public awareness for art conservation and promoting professional outreach in her field.
