News: María C. Gaztambide Named ICAA (MFAH) Research Coordinator

María C. Gaztambide recently joined the International Center for the Arts of the Americas (ICAA), at the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, as Research Coordinator. In this newly-created position, she works to establish and implement research priorities and standards for the center’s multi-year projects and publication series. These include the Documents of 20th Century Latin American and Latino Art: A Digital Archive and Publications Project and Hélio Oiticica at the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston.

Originally from San Juan, Puerto Rico, María previously worked as Visual Resources Curator at Tulane University’s Woldenberg Art Center. There she spearheaded the Center’s efforts to digitize its image-based collections and worked in tandem with other campus-wide digital initiatives. She holds an MA in Arts Administration (University of New Orleans) and an MA in Art History from Tulane, where she is also a candidate for a Ph.D. in Latin American Studies with a concentration in Latin American art.