Introducing...
A bit of background info on the editors and co-founders
Welcome to the Poltern newsletter, where we’ll be addressing issues in art history through creative writing, features, reviews, and interviews. An interdisciplinary approach to pertinent issues in the arts is our main objective. Below you’ll find brief introductions to our four co-founders.
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Sincerely,
The Poltern Team
Victoria Horrocks | Creative Writing Editor
Victoria is a writer and art historian currently undertaking a Master of Studies in the History of Art and Visual Culture at the University of Oxford. Before she came to Oxford, she completed her Bachelor of Arts in English at Cornell University, where she began researching the relationships between modern art and literature. Her work addresses modern and contemporary theories of display, narratology, and museology. With a focus on the Bloomsbury Group, her current research addresses gender and sexuality in the Vanessa Bell and Virginia Woolf family photograph albums. She has further professional experience in museum work, publishing, writing, and education.
You can find Victoria on Instagram and Twitter
Sarah Jackman | Features Editor
Sarah is a Cumbrian artist and art historian, currently studying for a Master of Studies (MSt) in History of Art and Visual Cultures at Christ Church, Oxford. This year, she has focused on relations between China, India and Britain in the Early Modern period. Her work revolves around sites, objects and artworks of cultural exchange. Previously, Sarah graduated in Art History from The Courtauld Institute of Art, London. Between degrees she worked as a Curatorial and Collections trainee for The Wordsworth Trust, a leading centre for the study of the Romantics, and as a fine artist, producing a large-scale installation for The National Trust.
You can find Sarah on Instagram and Twitter
Hannah Kressel | Forum Editor
Hannah is a New York-based and Oxford-based writer and creator. She is currently a Master’s candidate at the University of Oxford, where her research centers on performances of domestic practice and the history of photography.
Her practice lies at the intersection of art and food. She is interested in the way food is used in modern and contemporary art to consider issues of religion, gender, migration, and ecology among other things.
Prior to beginning her studies at Oxford, Hannah worked at various museums in the Boston and New York areas. She graduated from Brandeis University in the spring of 2020 with majors in art history and studio art and a minor in Near Eastern and Judaic Studies.
You can find Hannah at her website and on Instagram
Anna Ghadar | Interviews Editor
Anna is currently pursuing her Master of Studies in the History of Art and Visual Culture at the University of Oxford. Prior to Oxford, she was based in New York City, where she worked in the contemporary art space in gallery, auction house, and non-profit capacities. She received her Bachelor of Arts in Economics and Art History from Scripps College, where she wrote her undergraduate thesis: a comparative analysis of returns to fine art and stock. Currently, her work explores themes of representation and identity in exhibitionary practices and applications of art theory to contemporary methods of display.
You can find Anna on Instagram and Twitter
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