LORI HALL-ARAUJO, PhD
Curriculum vitae
info [at] lorihallaraujo.com
www.lorihallaraujo.com
EDUCATION & PROFESSIONAL HISTORY
PhD, Communication and Culture, Indiana University-Bloomington
MA, History of Religions, The University of Chicago
BA, Philosophy, Michigan State University
RESEARCH SPECIALTIES
Cultures of Collecting, Display, and Exhibition
Dress and Performance Studies
Film and Costume
Material Culture
PROFESSIONAL APPOINTMENTS
2021-present
Curatorial and Collections Consultant, clients include the Obama Presidential Center Museum at The Barack Obama Foundation, Chicago, IL
2016-2020
Assistant Professor and Curator, Fashion Program, School of Arts and Humanities and the Costume Museum and Research Library, Stephens College, Columbia, MO
2015-2016
Anawalt Postdoctoral Fellow, Center for the Study of Regional Dress, Fowler Museum, University of California, Los Angeles, CA
2014-2015
Consultant, Hollywood Costume traveling exhibition organized by the Victoria and Albert Museum in London and hosted by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, Los Angeles, CA
2013-2014
Project Specialist, Textile Arts Conservation Studio, Los Angeles, CA
2012-2013
Curator of Collections, Temple Israel Synagogue and Museum (restored 1884 synagogue), Leadville, CO
2009-2010
Archival Specialist, The Roy and Sophia Sieber African Art Collection, Bloomington, IN
2006-2010
Associate Instructor, Communication and Culture, Indiana University, Bloomington, IN
2007
Catalogue Data Specialist for Costumes, Chicago History Museum (formerly the Chicago Historical Society), Chicago, IL
2004-2006
Collection Manager, Costumes and Textiles, Chicago Historical Society, Chicago, IL
2002-2004
Collection Technician, Chicago Historical Society, Chicago, IL
2001
Exhibition Assistant, "Fashion, Flappers 'n All That Jazz,” Chicago Historical Society, Chicago, IL
OTHER PROFESSIONAL AND RESEARCH EXPERIENCE
2020-present
Copyeditor/Proofreader, academic publications and marketing copy for the tech industry
2020
Visiting Scholar, Museum and Exhibition Studies Program, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, IL
2015
Postdoctoral Researcher for Deborah Nadoolman Landis, Director of the David C. Copley Center for Costume Design and Professor in the School of Theater, Film and Television, University of California, Los Angeles, CA
2014-2015
Postdoctoral Researcher for Ilana Gershon, Fellow at the Center for Advanced Study in the Behavioral Sciences at Stanford University, Palo Alto, CA and Associate Professor at Indiana University, Bloomington, IN
2013
Volunteer Cataloguer for the Siegfried S. Strauss Collection (textile component), Magnes Collection of Jewish Art and Life, University of California, Berkeley, CA
2010-2013
Tour Docent, Paramount Theatre of the Arts (National Historic Landmark), Oakland, CA
2009
Curator, “Clothes, Collections, and Culture . . . What is a Curator?” (Exhibition dates: April 2009-May 2010), The Mathers Museum of World Cultures, Indiana University, Bloomington, IN
2008
Cataloguer for the Royce Collection of Isthmus Zapotec Textiles and Clothing, The Mathers Museum of World Cultures, Indiana University, Bloomington, IN
2000-2001
Volunteer, Costume Collection, Chicago Historical Society, Chicago, IL
PUBLICATIONS
Peer-reviewed Articles and Chapters
Reviews
2017
Book review. Muslim Fashion: Contemporary Style Cultures by Reina Lewis for Museum Anthropology Review vol. 11, no. 1
2015
Book review. Costume: Performing Identities through Dress by Pravina Shukla. Newsletter for the Western Region of the Costume Society of America, fall
2012
Book review. River of Tears: Country Music, Memory, and Modernity in Brazil by Alexander Sebastian Dent. e-mesférica 9, no.1
2011
Exhibition catalog review. “Mestre Vitalino e artistas pernambucanos” for Museum Anthropology Review vol. 5, no. 1-2
2010
Journal review. “Fashion Practice” for Museum Anthropology Review vol. 4, no. 2
Other Publications
2023
Essay. “Party Stick: An Essay” in Fashion, Style & Popular Culture 10.1/10.2
2023
Stop-motion film for online edition; stills for print edition. Party Stick (creator/filmmaker, 2 minutes 8 seconds) in Fashion, Style & Popular Culture 10.1/10.2
Forthcoming
Entries for “Divine in Hairspray,” “Key Film: Cabaret,” “Carmen Miranda in The Gang’s All Here,” “John Belushi’s College sweatshirt in National Lampoon’s Animal House,” and “Key Film: Frida” for Bloomsbury Encyclopedia of Film Costume. Editor-in-chief Deborah Nadoolman Landis. Bloomsbury Publishing, London, UK
In preparation
Monograph. Ripe for Imitation, or Where in the World is Carmen Miranda?
In preparation
Article. “Pioneer Days and Purim: Costume at the High Rockies’ Best Party, 1879-1898”
2008
Photographs. “Email My Heart: Remediation and Romantic Break-ups” by Ilana Gershon. Anthropology Today 24, no. 6 (December)
Non-academic Writing
2012-2020
The Culture Hustler—essays on popular culture, dress, and museums www.lorihallaraujo.com
2017-2020
Brochure and promotional materials for twice yearly exhibitions, Costume Museum and Research Library, Stephens College, Columbia, MO
2017
Día de Muertos information sheet for Student Programming Council event, Stephens College, Columbia, MO
2016
“Leadville Purim, 1879-1898” for Temple Israel Foundation website, www.jewishleadville.org
2012-2013
Brochure on Jewish history in Leadville, biographies, Temple Israel Synagogue and Museum, Leadville, CO
2012-2013
Technical writer and editor for in-house instructional documents pertaining to sewing and sewing machine use, TechShop, San Francisco, CA
MUSEUM EXHIBITIONS
2019-2020
Curator, Suffrage: What’s fashion got to do with it?, organized by the Costume Museum and Research Library, Stephens College, Columbia, MO, August 24, 2019 to May 6, 2020
2019
Curator, 75 Years of the Stephens Fashion Program, organized by the Costume Museum and Research Library, Stephens College, Columbia, MO, February 23, 2019 to May 12, 2019
2018
Curator, Teaching from the Collections, organized by the Costume Museum and Research Library, Stephens College, Columbia, MO, October 6, 2018 to December 16, 2018
2017
Curator, The Joan Crawford Effect, organized by the Costume Museum and Research Library, Stephens College, Columbia, MO, October 6, 2017 to December 17, 2017
2017
Curator, Head Over Heels, organized by the Costume Museum and Research Library, Stephens College, Columbia, MO, February 17, 2017 to May 7, 2017
2014
Consultant, Hollywood Costume, organized by the Victoria and Albert Museum, hosted by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, Los Angeles, CA, October 2, 2014 to March 2, 2015
2013
Curator, Minette Miller: A Portrait, organized by Temple Israel Synagogue and Museum, hosted by the Lake County Public Library, Leadville, CO, October 2013
2012
Curator, Frontier Jewish Leadville, Temple Israel Synagogue and Museum, Leadville, CO, permanent exhibition opened September 2012
2009
Curator, Clothes, Collections, and Culture . . . What is a Curator?, The Mathers Museum of World Cultures, Indiana University, Bloomington, IN, April 2009 to May 2010
2004
Costume Mount Maker and Installation Specialist, Coming of Age, Chicago Historical Society, Chicago, IL
2003
Researcher, Mount Maker, and Installation Specialist ¡Flamenco!, Chicago Historical Society (re-named Chicago History Museum), Chicago, IL
PROFESSIONAL COSTUME DESIGN AND ARTISTIC EXPERIENCE
2023
Costume designer, Christmas with Elvis, written by Terry Spencer Hesser, directed by Dexter Bullard, Chopin Theatre, Chicago, IL, November-January 2024
2023
Artist residency for organic painting, Arquetopia, Puebla, México
2021
Creator/filmmaker, Party Stick (stop-motion film, 2 minutes 8 seconds), A Culture Hustler Production
2021
Contributing artist/production designer/costume designer, The Greeting (short film), Pulp and Paper Productions, Chicago, IL. Screenings: Windycon 47, Chicago, IL, November 2021; Emanation, Chicago, IL, May 2022; Festival du Cinema, Chicago, IL, September 2023
2020
Creator/filmmaker, GI Joe: Morning Scout (stop-motion film, 31 seconds), A Culture Hustler Production. Included in Art in Isolation, North Dakota Museum of Art, Grand Forks, ND, April 2020 to when we can gather in groups again
2015
Contributing artist, “The Bad Seed” (mixed media), “A Horror Story Art Show,” The Last Bookstore, Los Angeles, CA, October
2001-2012
Costume Designer and Ensemble Member (annual performances), Plasticene Physical Theater Company under artistic direction of Dexter Bullard, Chicago, IL
2009
Contributing Artist (egg tempera painting), Boxcar Books and Community Center Staff Art Show, Bloomington, IN, May
2007
Performance Artist, Plasticene’s “Clearly,” a sonic/video/live performance installation for John Cage’s Musicircus, Chicago, IL, October
2005
Contributing Artist (textile-based work), Madhatter’s Ball Benefit for Lookingglass Theatre Company, Chicago, IL, April
2005
Installation Artist (textile-based work), 3rd Annual PAC/edge Festival, Chicago, IL, April
2004
Curator and Contributing Artist (textile-based), “33 1/3” art exhibition, Chicago, IL, May
PRESENTATIONS
Invited Presentations
2020, December
“The Missing Body from the Carmen Miranda Museum: A Work in Progress,” for the graduate Museum and Exhibition Studies Program at the University of Illinois, Chicago, IL
2017, May
“Foundations for the Future at the Fashion Resource Center,” for the Fashion Design Program at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL
2017, April
“Post-World War II Cocktail Culture in America,” for The Forum Group, Unitarian-Universalist Church, Columbia, MO
2016, May
“Collecting Indigenous Mesoamerican Dress at the Fowler Museum,” for the Fowler Textile Council Roundtable, Los Angeles, CA
2016, April
“Seventies Fashion, Dress, and Style: Music and Culture Inform the Look,” for the Fashion Program at Stephens College, Columbia, MO
2015, March
“At Home with the Cocktail Dress, 1947-1967,” for the Board of Directors of Connecting Cultures Mobile Museum, Los Angeles, CA
2014, April
“Imagining Carmen Miranda, the Lady in the Tutti-Frutti Hat,” for the Department of Performing Arts and Visual Culture, Rochester Institute of Technology, Rochester, NY
2011, April
“Carmen Miranda and the Carnivalesque in the Hollywood Musical,” for the “Carmen Miranda: uma latina em Hollywood?” Conference at Universidad de Puerto Rico
2007, July
“Performing Hillbilly Woman: Why White Trash is Bad for People of Color,” CIC-SROP Conference, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN
2006, June
“George Washington’s Corset: From Candy Man’s Curio to Museum Artifact,” Annual Meeting of the Costume Committee of the Chicago History Museum, Chicago, IL
2004, October
“Crafting a Design Career,” for “Advanced Theater Design” course, Columbia College Chicago, Chicago, IL
Professional Presentations
2019, May
“‘Susie Stephens Knows What She Wants and Does Something About It’: The 1950s Collaboration Between Butterick Patterns and a Midwest Women’s College” presenter at “Fashion, Style & Global Culture” organized by Drexel University, Philadelphia, PA
2018, July
“Towards an Ethnography of Mediated Celebrity Glamour” presenter at “Bridging Gaps: Where is Ethical Glamour in Celebrity Culture?” organized by the Centre for Celebrity and Media Studies, Lisbon, Portugal (awarded conference honors)
2016, November
“The Lady in the Tutti-Frutti Hat Behind Glass: Explaining Excess at the Carmen Miranda Museum” presenter at “Costume Colloquium V: Restraint and Excess in Fashion and Dress,” Florence, Italy
2016, October
“Cultures of Collecting Indigenous Mesoamerican Dress” presenter at TEXTIM, organized by the Textile Museum of Oaxaca, Oaxaca City, Oaxaca, Mexico
2014, April
“Cocktail Culture, Idealized Femininity, and the Postwar Cocktail Dress” presenter at “Cocktail Culture: A Conference,” sponsored by University of Louisville and Drake University, Louisville, KY
2013, March
“Ripe for Imitation” presenter on “Hispanic and Latina/o Performance in US Film and Television: Ethnicity, Gender, and Sexuality” panel, Society for Cinema and Media Studies Conference, Chicago, IL
2009, October
“Writing a Museum Narrative with Women’s Zapotec Dress,” American Folklore Society Annual Conference, Boise, ID
2008, October
“Imagining Carmen Miranda, Imagining Brazil,” American Folklore Society Annual Conference, Louisville, KY
2008, April
“The Carmen Miranda Look,” Symposium on Dress and Adornment, Indiana University, Bloomington, IN
2006, June
“George Washington’s Corset: From Candy Man’s Curio to Museum Artifact,” Annual Symposium for the Costume Society of America, Hartford, CT
RECENT GRANTS, FELLOWSHIPS, AND AWARDS
2023
Artist residency for organic painting, Arquetopia, Puebla, México
2019
Firestone-Baars Grant for Professional Development (participation in “El Museo Reimaginado,” organized by Fundación Teoría y Práctica de las Artes, Argentina and the American Alliance of Museums, Oaxaca, México), Stephens College, Columbia, MO
2019
Vollrath Grant for Professional Development (conference presentation), Stephens College, Columbia, MO
2018
Firestone-Baars Grant for Professional Development (international conference presentation), Stephens College, Columbia, MO
2018
Davis Summer Grant for Professional Development (international conference presentation), Stephens College, Columbia, Mo
2016
Firestone-Baars Grant for Professional Development (international conference presentation), Stephens College, Columbia, MO
2016
Professional Development Grant, Office of the Vice President of Academic Affairs (international conference presentation), Stephens College, Columbia, MO
2015-2016
Patricia R. Anawalt Postdoctoral Fellowship, Center for the Study of Regional Dress, Fowler Museum, University of California, Los Angeles, CA
TEACHING EXPERIENCE
Stephens College, Columbia, MO, School of Arts and Humanities (2016-2019)
· Introduction to Fashion Museum Studies (independent study)
· Advanced Fashion Museum Studies (independent study)
· Ethnographic Methods for Fashion Studies (independent study)
· Dress and Fashion: 1900 to Present
· History and Culture of Dress and Fashion
· Film, Fashion, and Costume Design
· Fashion Workroom Techniques
· Basics of Apparel Construction
· Art Direction and Photo Styling (museum photography component; team taught course)
University of California, Los Angeles, CA, Fowler Museum and the Department of World Arts and Culture (2016)
Collecting Indigenous Mesoamerican Dress (graduate/undergraduate seminar)
Indiana University, Bloomington, IN, Department of Communication and Culture (2006-2010)
· Communicating through Clothes
· Interpersonal Communication
· Public Speaking
Miami University-Ohio, Miami, OH, Theater Department (2008 workshop)
Resource Development and Design for Plasticene Physical Theater Company
Illinois Wesleyan University, Bloomington, IL, Theater Department (2005 workshop)
Resource Development and Design for Plasticene Physical Theater Company
International Academy of Design and Technology-Chicago, Chicago, IL, Design Department (2004-2005)
· Film and Fashion
· History of 20th Century American Dress
Non-academic Teaching Experience
2011-2012
The Dress Doctor, Oakland, CA
Private adult and children’s sewing instruction
2011
Wee Scotty, San Francisco, CA
Adult and children’s sewing instruction
2004
Estrojam Music and Culture Festival, Chicago, IL
D-I-Y Grassroots Political Activism Workshop
RELATED TRAINING AND LANGUAGES
Training
2022
“Representing Your Professional Self” taught by Tracey Lovejoy, EPIC
2011
“Art and Resistance” (Latin American political art history) taught by Diana Taylor and Jesusa Rodríguez, Hemispheric Institute, San Cristóbal de las Casas, Chiapas, México. Institutional scholarship recipient
2004
“Textiles Care for Museum Standards” taught by textile conservator Harold Mailand, Campbell Center for Historic Preservation Studies, Mount Carroll, IL. National Endowment for the Humanities scholarship recipient
2003
Artist’s Apprentice to Tony Fitzpatrick, Big Cat Press, Chicago, IL
1999-2000
Coursework in Costume Design, Film Studies, and Theater, Columbia College Chicago, IL
Languages
Brazilian Portuguese (reading/writing/speaking proficiency)
Spanish (reading/writing/speaking proficiency)
French (reading)
SERVICE
University and College Service
2017-2019
Elected Member and Secretary, Professional Development Committee, Stephens College, Columbia, MO
2017-2019
Academic Advisor, School of Design, Stephens College, Columbia, MO
2019
Freshman Student Mentor, MentHER Mentorship Pilot Program, Stephens College, Columbia, MO
2019
Hiring Search Committee for Clinical Mental Health Counseling Program, Stephens College, Columbia, MO
2016
Member, University Council-American Federation of Teachers, AFL-CIO Local 1990, University of California, Los Angeles, CA
2015-2016
Steward, UAW Local 5810, University of California, Los Angeles, CA
2015-2016
Member, UAW Local 5810 (postdoctoral researchers in the University of California system), University of California, Los Angeles, CA
Professional Service
2022
Reviewer for grant applications, Costume Society of America
2019
Reviewer for 2020 Graduate Student Fellows Program, American Association of Hispanics in Higher Education (AAHHE), Tempe, AZ
2017
Peer reviewer for 2018 conference submissions, Costume Society of America, Columbus, GA
Community Service
2023-present
Volunteer, Nourishing Hope, Chicago, IL
2022-present
Volunteer, Greater Chicago Food Depository, Chicago, IL
2020
Volunteer, Lakeview Pantry, Chicago, IL
2017-2019
Volunteer, The Food Bank for Central & Northeast Missouri, Columbia, MO
2018-2019
Volunteer, True/False Film Fest, Columbia, MO
2017-2018
Volunteer, The Peace Nook Community Resource Center, Columbia, MO
2013
Volunteer Cataloguer for the Siegfried Strauss Collection (textile component), Magnes Collection of Jewish Art and Life, University of California, Berkeley, CA
2010-2013
Tour Docent, Paramount Theatre of the Arts (National Historic Landmark), Oakland, CA
2008-2010
Volunteer Collective Member and Bookseller, Boxcar Books and Community Center, Bloomington, IN
PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS
American Alliance of Museums
Costume Society of America
EPIC: Advancing the Value of Ethnography in Industry
