Kanitra Fletcher | |
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Education | Rutgers University–New Brunswick (BA); University of Texas at Austin (MA); Cornell University (PhD) |
Occupation(s) | Curator, Art Historian |
Years active | 2013-Present |
Employer | National Gallery of Art |
Title | Associate Curator of African American and Afro-Diasporic Art |
Kanitra Fletcher is an American curator and art historian currently working as associate curator of African American and Afro-Diasporic art at the National Gallery of Art in Washington, D.C. Named to her role in January 2021 after serving as an associate curator at the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, Fletcher is the National Gallery's first curator dedicated to acquiring, stewarding, and exhibiting work by African American artists. Fletcher's academic specializations include the art of Brazil and Latin America and the Black avant-garde.[1][2][3]
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