Dr. Hill-Edgar is an Artist and Independent Scholar and a Lecturer at the Fenimore Art Museum, Cooperstown, NY and a 2020 NLM Michael E. DeBakey Fellow in the History of Medicine. Circulating Now interviewed her about her research and upcoming talk.

Painter Allison Hill-Edgar has several advanced degrees, including an MFA and an MD. She is one of those increasingly rare people who is equally dedicated to a life of science and of art, something an American education system struggles to encourage. 

The New York Academy of Art’s MFA Thesis Exhibition features artwork by 56 graduating students who explore the art of “urgent, personal necessity and unique vision” (in the words of the academy’s president, David Kratz). Their works range from sculptures and paintings to graphite sketches.

As Trump takes office, feminist art shows like “Uprise/Angry Women” in New York City and “Nasty Women” are leading the cultural resistance.

 The exhibition gave space to women of all ages and backgrounds to express their anger and gather in a show of solidarity as we reach the inauguration of misogynist Donald Trump.

Rose McGowan and Parker Day among those responding to the rolling back of women's rights as part of a radical new feminist group show.

First-year student Allison Hill-Edgar recreated the face of a member of the first African American civil war regiment.

Iggy Pop posing nude for a drawing class at The New York Academy of Art recently caused quite a stir and raised a few eyebrows in the art world and beyond. However, there's another art class at the academy that is even more of a "mystery." NY1's Stephanie Simon explains in this Arts and Culture report.