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Mary Anne Redding is visual arts curator and writer. Currently she is the senior curator of the Turchin Center for the Visual Arts at Appalachian State University in Boone, North Carolina. She holds a B.A. in English Literature from Ohio University, an M.A. in Arts Administration from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago, an M.L.S. from the University of Illinois, Champaign Urbana, as well as an advanced certificate in Museum Studies from Arizona State University. Most recently Redding completed a Master’s in Creative Leadership from the Minneapolis College of Art and Design (August 2024). She has written and published numerous essays on photography and contemporary art. Before taking her post as Curator at the Turchin Center, Redding was the Curator of the Marion Center for Photographic Arts and the Chair of the Photography Department at Santa Fe University of Art & Design. Previously, she was the Curator of Photography for the Palace of the Governors New Mexico History Museum. Redding has more than 40 years’ experience working as a curator, archivist, librarian, educator and arts administrator.