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Raya Bryant-Young is the Weisman Art Museum’s current Lisa & E. Gerald O’Brien curatorial fellow for the 2025-26 cycle. As a recent graduate from Northwestern University, Raya earned her B.A. in art history and anthropology, focusing her studies on art of the Harlem renaissance in major museum spaces. A local of Santa Fe, New Mexico, her interests include Southwestern visual culture, museum ethics, art of the Black diaspora, and the intersections of all of these areas. At the Weisman, Raya is currently curating her first exhibition on New Deal-era art from the museum’s collection.