Background
Robinson, Bonnell Dobie was born on May 8, 1947 in New York City. Daughter of Henry Bonnell and Emily Magruder (Dobie) Robinson.
curator art history and photography educator
Robinson, Bonnell Dobie was born on May 8, 1947 in New York City. Daughter of Henry Bonnell and Emily Magruder (Dobie) Robinson.
Bachelor in English Literature cum laude, Columbia University, 1971. Postgraduate, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1973. Master of Fine Arts in Photography, Rhode Island School of Design, 1979.
Postgraduate, Harvard University, 1991.
Assistant to the curator of photographs, Fogg Art Museum, Harvard University, Cambridge, 1973-1975;
cataloguer Widener portrait collection, Widener Library., Harvard University, Cambridge, 1975-1976;
instructor photography, Milton (Massachusetts) Academy, 1976-1977;
instructor photography and visual studies, Phillips Academy, Andover, Massachusetts, 1977-1978, 89;
associate professor photography and art history, The Art Institute of Chicago Boston, Massachusetts, since 1981;
curator, director exhns., The Art Institute of Chicago Boston, since 1991. Guest lecturer art history Milton (Massachusetts) Academy, 1984-1985. Historical consultant Peabody Museum, Harvard University, Cambridge, 1986, historical consultant, co-curator, co-author, 1987-1989.
Visiting assistant professor art history Boston (Massachusetts) U., 1987. Lecturer in fine arts Brandeis U., Waltham, Massachusetts, 1987-1990. Visiting lecturer Massachusetts College Art, Boston, since 1994.
Secretary-treasurer, co-founder Amnesty International Group 100, Cambridge, 1974-1975. Northeast regional coordinator, Andean coordinator Amnesty International, Cambridge, 1987-1990. Honorary board member of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome Action Committee, since 1992.
Member Harvard Faculty Club, Cambridge Tennis Club.
