Ellie Canning

Ellie Canning is a doctoral student studying colonial New Spain and 19th century Mexico with Dr. Derek Burdette. She received her B.A. in Art History and Latin and Iberian Studies from the University of Delaware in 2020, and her M.A. in Art History from George Mason University in 2022. She previously worked at the Dallas Museum of Art on the exhibitions “Abraham Angel: Between Wonder and Seduction” and curated textile rotations for the Indigenous American Arts gallery in the museum. Ellie is drawn to geopolitical and ecological impacts on material production and art in colonial and independent Mexico.