Caitlin Curtis (she/they)
Academic Program Administrator, Studio Art Manager
Contact Information
- [email protected]
- Centre Theater, 10 E North Ave, RM 319
- 9:00 am - 4:30 pm
- 410-383-3412
- Personal Website
Research Interests: Photography, Electronic Media, Fiber Arts, Video Art, Performance, Mixed Media, Feminism, Social Justice, Gender-Based Violence, and Intimate Partner Violence
Education: MFA
Caitie (Caitlin) Curtis is a Baltimore-based artist whose practice responds to pressing political issues surrounding trauma, sexual violence, and equity. As a victim-survivor of intimate partner violence and sexual assault, Curtis dissects the systems that perpetuate and normalize sexual violence. Her work explores the intersections of interpersonal relationships and institutional power structures, questioning how these dynamics shape lived experience.
As both an educator and artist, Curtis employs visual art and writing to spark dialogue, encouraging viewers to reflect on how frameworks such as state legislation and individualistic ideologies sustain a culture of bodily harm. Curtis maintains an active studio practice and exhibits regularly in local and national museums and galleries, continuing to advocate for victim-survivors through research, education, and creative work.
Curtis is an alumnus of Towson University, B.F.A. Photography and B.S. Art Education, and the Maryland Institute College of Art, M.F.A. Photographic & Electronic Media.
As an Art Educator, teaching visual art, foundations, photography, and yearbook, Curtis worked full-time for five years, with grades 1-12, and was an Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion Coordinator/Facilitator at Baltimore Lab School in Baltimore, Maryland. Additionally, Curtis was a member for two years and the coordinator for the Maryland Art Education Association's Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion Committee.
At Hopkins, Curtis served on the KSAS Staff Council for two years and is currently the Chair of the KSAS Staff Council Training and Development Committee. Curtis has completed the Leading Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Strategy in Higher Education Program and is a Safe Zone member. Last summer, Curtis gave a presentation on Visual Arts’ Positive Impact on Health & Wellbeing at Johns Hopkins University’s Student Health & Wellbeing Staff Event. This Spring, Curtis will represent the Visual Arts program at Blue Jay for a Day.