Lauren O’Neal joins the BU Arts Administration Full-Time Faculty

The Boston University Arts Administration Program is delighted to announce that Lauren O’Neal will be joining the program’s full-time faculty with the temporary title of Senior Lecturer.  She has a long association with the program, having taught several courses in the program since 2011.  She is currently completing a Doctorate of Fine Arts at the University of the Arts Helsinki, and has been awarded a visiting fellowship at Harvard University for the upcoming academic year.  During this period, she will hold a half-time appointment with BU, and will assume the title of Assistant Professor of the Practice upon completion of her doctorate.

Prior to joining us at BU, O’Neal has served as the director and curator of the Lamont Gallery at Phillips Exeter Academy.  Previously, she directed and taught in the arts management program at the Massachusetts College of Liberal Arts, and taught at the Massachusetts College of Art & Design. O’Neal has curated exhibits for the Federal Reserve Bank, the Somerville Museum, the Sarah Doyle Women’s Center Gallery at Brown University, and the Nave Gallery, among others, and written for publications including Art New England. She was on the Massachusetts Cultural Council’s Creative Teaching Roster and has developed educational programs for organizations including the School of the Museum of Fine Arts, the deCordova Museum and Sculpture Park, the Art Institute of Boston, and Young Audiences. As a nonprofit administrator, O’Neal has worked in the areas of management, fundraising, curation, education, marketing, and program development for organizations including the Computer Museum and the Cambridge Center for Adult Education.

O’Neal has exhibited her artwork at the Portland Museum of Art, the Housatonic Museum of Art, the Theater Academy of Finland, the Lexington Art League, and Purdue University. She has been the recipient of grants, residencies, and fellowships from the Somerville Arts Council, The Nelimarkka Museum, the Vermont Studio Center, and Artscape Gibraltar Point, and has presented at the College Art Association Annual Conference, the European Artistic Network Conference, the Annual Women & Society Conference, and the Nordic Forum for Dance Research. O’Neal received her MFA from Maine College of Art, an Ed.M. from Harvard University, and her A.B. from Wellesley College.