BIOGRAPHY
Amy Fagin (b. 1959, USA)
email contact: info@beyondgenocide.net
EDUCATION
1977 – 1981 University of Massachusetts, Amherst Bachelor of Arts: Spanish Linguistics
1982 – 1984 University of California, Davis Master’s Degree Studies: International Ag. Development
2109 – (2021) Stockton University Master’s Program in Holocaust and Genocide Studies
SOLO EXHIBITION HISTORY
2019: Keene State College, Keene NH (series on permanent display)
2017: Athol Public Library, Athol, MA
2017: Bierne School of Law, University of Queensland, Brisbane, AU
2016: Michelson’s Gallery, Northampton, MA
2016: Raritan Community College, Raritan Valley, NJ
2016: Grenwich High School, Greenwich, CT
2015: Clark University, Worcester, MA
2015: University of Massachusetts, Amherst, MA
2013: Old Academy Building, New Salem, MA
2011: Monroe Community College, Rochester, NY
2011: Wilfrid Laurier University, Waterloo, Ontario
2010: Bronx Community College, Bronx, NY
2010: Raritan Community College, Raritan Valley, NJ
2009: Bronx Community College, Bronx, NY
2008: Smith College, Northampton, MA
2007: Williams Collect, Williamstown, MA
2007: Greenfield Community College, Greenfield, MA
2006: Elms College, Chicopee, MA
2005: Ha-Tikvah Holocaust Education Center, Springfield, MA
2005: Congregation Bnai Israel, North Adams, MA
GROUP EXHIBITION HISTORY
2019: Fruitlands Museum, Juried Exhibition, Harvard, MA
2018: Melrose Arts Festival, Juried Exhibition, Melrose, MA
2017: Zullo Gallery, Annual Juried Exhibition, Medford, MA
2017: Melrose Arts Festival, Juried Exhibition, Melrose, MA
2016: “Art Speaks Truth to Power”, Cambridge College, Cambridge, MA
2015: “Pursuing Justice Through Art”, Whisler House Museum, Lowell, MA
2014: Lowell Folk Festival, Lowell, MA
2009: Lowell Folk Festival, Lowell, MA
2008: “Keepers of Tradition” National Heritage Museum, Lexington, MA
2007: International Association of Genocide Scholars Conference, Saravejo, Bosnia Herzegovina
BIBLIOGRAPHY
Holtzberg, Maggie “Keepers of Tradition:, 2008
Diamant, Anita “The New Jewish Wedding” 1998
PUBLICATIONS
Fagin, Amy “Native America and the Question of Genocide” Book Review: Genocide Studies and Prevention fall 2015
Fagin, Amy “War, Genocide, Justice and Cambodian American Memory Work” Book Review: Genocide Studies and Prevention spring 2014
Fagin, Amy “Beyond Genocide: An Ounce of Prevention” Genocide Prevention Now Issue #1 2010
Fagin, Ami: One Hundred and One Visual Haiku Volume One: Haley’s Published 2017
Fagin, Ami: One Hundred and One Visual Haiku Volume Two: Haley’s Published 2018
REGISTRATIONS
Certificate of Registration VA-1-790-426
Register of Copyrights, United States of America
Title of Work: 20th Century Illuminations Ketubah Collection
Effective Date of Registration: September 20, 2011
Certificate of Registration VA 1-795-642
Register of Copyrights, United States of America
Title of Work: Beyond Genocide
Effective Date of Registration: September 19, 2011
Certificate of Registration VA Au 1-302-249
Register of Copyrights, United States of America
Title of Work: One Hundred and One visual Haiku
Effective date of Registration October 21, 2016
TEACHING
2019: Travel Seminar: “Post Conflict Strategies in Collective Memory and Reconciliation: Case Study Sri Lanka”
2018: Introduction to Watercolor: New Salem Summer Arts Intensive
2017: Jewish Community of Amherst: The Art of Shabbat a 10 week course
2017: Keene State College: Community Conversations Global Perspectives Beyond Genocide
2017: Museum of Russian Icons: Manuscript Illumination Traditional Art Form Modern Techniques and Applications
2016: Raritan Valley Community College: Community Conversations Global Perspectives Beyond Genocide / Educators Training Workshop
2016: Resident Mentor 3rd Winter School in Genocide and Justice, Dhaka, Bangladesh
2016: “Chronology and Geography of Genocide. Genocide”; “Definitions, Detection Deterrence and Prevention”, BMICH, Colombo, Sri Lanka
2016: “History of Hebrew Manuscript Illumination”, lecture: Kolbo, Brookline MA
2016: Emerging Scholars Travel Seminar, Argentina: Mass Atrocity, Memory and Memorialization
2016: American University: Panelist “Art in Response to Genocide” Emerging Arts Leadership Symposium: Washington D.C.
2016: “Beyond Genocide Community Conversations Global Perspectives”: Greenwich High School Greenwich CT
2015: Mass Atrocity, Memory and Memorialization: Dhaka Bangladesh
2015 “Beyond Genocide Community Conversations Global Perspectives”: Dhaka Bangladesh
2015 “Introduction to Manuscript Illumination Technical Workshop for Artists Museum of Russian Icons, Clinton MA
2015 “Thinking Through Art: Pedagogy in Genocide Studies and an Introduction to Visual Thinking Strategies” lecture Keene State University
2015 “Genocide: Chronology and Geography, a Global Perspective” Whistler House Museum, Lowell MA
2015 “Abyssinian Illuminations: Art, Religion, Empire” lecture Museum of Russian Icons
2015 “Introduction to Basic Drawing” workshop New Salem Public Library, New Salem MA
2015 “Genocide Memorialization and the Pursuit of Justice: 3 Case Studies” lecture Liberation War Museum, Dhaka, Bangladesh
2015 “Geography of Genocide: Thinking Through Art” lecture University of Dhaka, Dhaka Bangladesh
2015 “Introduction to Manuscript Illumination Technical Workshop for Artists” workshop University of Dhaka, Dhaka Bangladesh
2015 “Composition in Compassion and the Question of Dark Tourism: Ethiopia and Rwanda Transposed” performance University of Massachusetts, Amherst MA
2014 “Introduction to Manuscript Illumination Technical Workshop for Artists” workshop Buffalo State School of Arts and Humanities
2014 Emerging Scholars Travel Seminar (organizer) Rwanda and Ethiopia Sites of Conscience organizer and facilitator several cities in Rwanda and Ethiopia
2014 “Cultures Under Glass: The Evolution of “The Modern Museum and the Representation of Indigenous Peoples of the Northeast US. Four Case Studies lecture Rutgers University Newark, NJ
2014 “The Modern Museum and Representation of Indigenous Peoples of the Northeast US> University of Manitoba, Winnipeg Canada
2013 “3 Atrocities,3 Museums, 3 Countries” lecture University of Siena, Italy 2013
2012 “Beyond Genocide: Power Point Introduction” San Francisco State University, San Francisco CA
2011 “Beyond Genocide: Power Point Introduction” Universidad Tres de Febrero, Buenos Aires, Argentina
AWARDS / FELLOWSHIPS
2020: Koopman-van de Kar Award for Graduate Students
2020: Wroxton College Stephen S. Weinstein Holocaust Symposium
2019: International Association of Genocide Scholars Service Award
2018: Wroxton College Stephen S. Weinstein Holocaust Symposium
2017: Jewish Holocaust Center of Melbourne, AU Scholarship
2017: International Association of Genocide Scholars Service Award
2016: Keene State College Summer Institute on Genocide Studies and Prevention Fellowship
2007: Harold Grinspoon Foundation: Arts and Culture Initiative
2006: Massachusetts Cultural Council Artists Finalist Traditional Arts Award
2006: Harold Grinspoon Foundation: Arts and Culture Initiative
2005: Harold Grinspoon Foundation: Arts and Culture Initiative
ADVISORY / EXECUTIVE BOARDS
2011 – 2013: International Association of Genocide Scholars Advisory Board member
2013: African Union Human Rights Memorial Project Consultative Session 3, Addis Ababa Ethiopia
2014 -2018: Center for the Study of Genocide and Justice, Dhaka Bangladesh, International Advisory Board member
2015- 2017: International Association of Genocide Scholars Advisory Board member
2016 – present Massachusetts Arts Leadership Council: Steering Committee
2107 – present: International Association of Genocide Scholars Executive Board / Secretary Treasurer
2017 – present: New Salem Academy for the Arts Steering Committee
2018 – present: Fine Art Center UMASS Amherst, Board of Directors