Experience

Art Gallery of York University

• Canada
• Museums, Historical Sites, and Zoos
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Curator

  • Apr 2021 - Present



Art Institute of Chicago

• United States
• Museums, Historical Sites, and Zoos
• 700 & Above Employee

• Academic Curator

  • Mar 2017 - Mar 2021

  Felicia Mings is the Academic Curator in the Department of Academic Engagement andResearch at the Art Institute of Chicago. In this role she leads the Andrew W. Mellon Summer Academy and Undergraduate Curatorial Fellowship Program and coordinates other museum initiatives that foster artist, faculty and student engagement with the museum collection. At the core of Mings’ practice is a focus on the intersections between curatorship, community-based arts education, and contemporary art of the African diaspora. As a Canadian-born and US-based curator and educator Mings earned her MA in Visual and Critical Studies from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago in 2014 and her Honors BA in Art and Art History from the University of Toronto and Sheridan College in 2008.

• Assistant Curator, Andrew W. Mellon Academic Programs

  • Mar 2016 - Feb 2017

• Coordinator, Andrew W. Mellon Academic Programs

  • Feb 2014 - Feb 2016



Museum of Science and Industry, Chicago

• United States
• Museums, Historical Sites, and Zoos
• 200 - 300 Employee

• Project Manager, Black Creativity Juried Art Exhibition

  • Sep 2014 - Mar 2015

  Coordinated outreach, organized artwork submissions for jurors review, and oversaw the administration of the 2014 Black Creativity Juried Art Exhibition Coordinated outreach, organized artwork submissions for jurors review, and oversaw the administration of the 2014 Black Creativity Juried Art Exhibition



Council of Educators of Toronto

• Canada
• E-Learning Providers
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Project Coordinator

  • 2011 - 2012

  Coordinated representatives from each college, university and school board in Toronto to improve communication across institutions and effectiveness in supporting marginalized youth access post-secondary education. Facilitated in person meetings and managed the build of the CET website. Coordinated representatives from each college, university and school board in Toronto to improve communication across institutions and effectiveness in supporting marginalized youth access post-secondary education. Facilitated in person meetings and managed the build of the CET website.



Nia Center for the Arts

• Canada
• Museums, Historical Sites, and Zoos
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Program and Partnership Manager

  • 2009 - 2011

  Developed and facilitated multi-disciplinary Afro-diasporic arts programs for youth ages 12 to 25, and contributed to the development of a new organization through drafting organizational policies, creating program curriculum, evaluation and reporting frameworks. Developed and facilitated multi-disciplinary Afro-diasporic arts programs for youth ages 12 to 25, and contributed to the development of a new organization through drafting organizational policies, creating program curriculum, evaluation and reporting frameworks.