Portfolio
velazquezalyssa@gmail.com
Pittsburgh, PA

Publications
2022
Dr. James Stewart, Rachel Delpia, Sharif Bey, and Alyssa Velazquez, Sharif Bey: Excavations (Pittsburgh: Carnegie Museum of Art), 2022.
2019
Dr. Will South, Steve Naifeh, and Alyssa Velazquez, Van Gogh and His Inspirations (South Carolina: Columbia Museum of Art), 2019.
“Cheese Dreams” in Issue Four: Dreams, GLRSQUASH, Winter 2019.
2018
“Pink as FXck: The History of a Colorful Sex Symbol,” The Establishment, October 2018.
https://medium.com/the-establishment/pink-as-f-ck-the-colorful-history-of-a-sex-symbol-f72426f87ea4
Anne Hilker and Alyssa Velazquez co-authored essay, “The Vietnam Memorial” in Ex Voto: Agents of Faith (New Haven: Yale University Press), 2018.
2017
“Dressing Rooms: Spaces of Magical Reality,” Material Religions: Exploring the Material Basis of Religious Traditions, December 2017.
https://materialreligions.blogspot.com/2017/12/dressing-rooms-spaces-of-magical-reality.html
2016
“Dressed Up in Paper: What Will I Be?,” Fashion Studies Journal, December 2016.
https://www.fashionstudiesjournal.org/longform/2016/12/11/dressed-up-in-paper-what-will-i-be-wkehn
“35 Millimeters of Love and Faith,” Votive Offering Project, November 2016.
https://thevotivesproject.org/2016/12/01/velazquez/
2015
“The Adventures of Ringo and Sobek,” University of Penn Museum blog, June 2014 - August 2015.
https://www.penn.museum/blog/author/avelazquez/
2014
“Tupperware: An Open Container During a Decade of Containment,” Women’s History Magazine, March 2014.
2013
Men and Manolos: Love and Relationships in the Heels of a Hopeless Romantic, 2013.
https://www.amazon.com/Men-Manolos-Relationships-Hopeless-Romantic-ebook/dp/B00GNRURI4/ref=sr_1_1?crid=1P9078R9KRMVI&keywords=men+and+manolos+hopeless+romantic&qid=1649706132&sprefix=men+and+manolos+hopeless+romantic%2Caps%2C59&sr=8-1
Exhibitions
October 2021 - March 2022
Sharif Bey: Excavations
Carnegie Museum of Art, Pittsburgh, PA
July 2021
Extraordinary Ordinary Things
Carnegie Museum of Art, Pittsburgh, PA
November 2020 - July 2022
Locally Sourced
Carnegie Museum of Art, Pittsburgh, PA
October 2019 - January 2020
Van Gogh and His Inspirations
Columbia Museum of Art, Columbia, SC
October 2018
Ex Voto: Agents of Faith
Bard Graduate Center, New York, NYC
Design
2019
“The World is Calling,” Digital Gallery Interactive, Columbia Museum of Art (Columbia, SC)
https://digitalmedia45.wixsite.com/worldiscalling
2012
Fall 2012 Season Fellow, Arden Theater Company (Phildelphia, PA)
Stop Kiss, Phildelphia Fringe Festival (Phildelphia, PA)
Public Programming
2022
“Story Sundays” at Carnegie Museum of Art (Pittsburgh, PA)
2021
“In Conversations” with artists, makers, designers, scholars, and activists at Carnegie Museum of Art (Pittsburgh, PA)
2019
“Dinner and a Movie” with Pulp Fiction at Nickelodeon Theater (Columbia, SC) 25th Anniversary with a special screening, complete with “Big Kahuna” burgers and “Five Dollar” milkshakes.
Content Contributor
2020
Columnist, “One Day a Week” for GoColumbia (Columbia, SC), 2018-2020
Conferences/Lectures
2019
“Getting to Know Van Gogh: The Secret Lives of Great Artists,” Columbia Museum of Art, Columbia, SC.
https://youtu.be/dxyrDG1-960
2017
“Bury Your Gays: Shooting Down Same-Sex Relationships on Television and Film” for Midwest Modern Language Association Conference: “Identifying Areas of Resistance - Women in Literature,” Cincinnati, OH.
Residencies
Kelly Strayhorn Theater, 2022 Fall Freshworks Artist, October 7 & 8, 2022.
City Books, Writers-in-Residence, February 1-June 30, 2022.