Lynne Williamson (B.A. SUNY Binghamton; M.Litt. University of Edinburgh) is a cultural heritage professional, receiving her training and the Museums Association Diploma of Great Britain at the Pitt Rivers Museum, University of Oxford.  In the United States she has held two curatorial positions, at the Native American Center for the Living Arts in Niagara Falls, and the American Indian Archaeological Institute in Washington, Connecticut, where she served as Project Coordinator for the National Endowment for the Humanities-funded exhibition As We Tell Our Stories.  Based at the Institute for Community Research in Hartford since 1993, Williamson directs the Connecticut Cultural Heritage Arts Program, a statewide folk arts initiative. Her work continues to involve professional museum practice, community-based oral history and technical assistance programs, arts administration, teaching, and cultural conservation. She has Mohawk-Mississauga descent through her father, an enrolled member of the Lower Mohawk Band on Six Nations Reserve, Ontario. She serves as Adjunct Faculty at the University of Hartford, teaching a longstanding course on Native American Cultures, and has received Connecticut Education Department certification to teach English to Speakers of Other Languages.

2010 “Weaving a New Life: A Somali Family’s Resettlement in Urban America” in Early Childhoods in a Changing World, ed. Clark, M. and Tucker, S. Stoke on Trent UK: Trentham Books.

2010    Ambassadors of Folk: Connecticut Traditional Arts Masters. Installation in ICR Gallery.

2009     Weaving a New Life: The Sewing Circle Project. Clare Gallery, Hartford CT.

2008    “Haudenosaunee Traditional Arts: A Glimpse Into Our House” in North by Northeast: Akwesasne Mohawk, Tuscarora, and Wabanaki Traditional Arts. Camden ME: Cultural Resources Inc.

2006-2007  Weavings of War: Fabrics of Memory. Installation of touring exhibit, and organization of associated programming. Hartford: Institute for Community Research.

2003  Que Bonita Bandera: The Puerto Rican Flag as Folk Art. Installation of touring exhibit, and organization of associated programming. Hartford: Institute for Community Research.

2001   Polonia w Connecticut: Polish American Traditional Arts. Exhibit and Catalogue. Hartford: Institute for Community Research.

2000   Using Ethnographic Data in Public Programming. In Ethnographer's Toolkit, ed. Jean Schensul and Margaret Le Compte. Chicago: Altamira.

1999  Mano a Mano: Puerto Rican Traditional Arts From Island To City. Curator of this exhibition and workshop series. Hartford:  Institute for Community Research.

 –      Cape Verdeans in Connecticut: A Community History. Hartford: Institute for Community Research.

1998  Sounds Like Home: Connecticut Traditional Musicians. Co-Producer, Compact Disc. Hartford: Institute for Community Research/CT Public Radio.

1997  Herencia Taína: Legacy and Life. Exhibit, brochure, programming. Hartford:  Institute for Community Research.

1996  Auspicious Signs: Tibetan Arts in New England. Exhibit and catalogue. Hartford: ICR.

1994  Living Legends:  Connecticut Master Traditional Artists.  Exhibition, catalogue, and video.  Hartford: Institute for Community Research.

1990  The Exhibit As We Tell Our Stories: Living Traditions and the Algonkian Peoples of Indian New England.  Northeast Indian Quarterly VII(4):17-25.           

1990  As We Tell Our Stories:  Living Traditions and the Algonkian Peoples of Indian New England.  Project coordinator/writer for permanent exhibition and brochure series. Washington CT: American Indian Archaeological Institute.