Peter Louis Bonfitto is the Director of Art Galleries and Exhibition Programming at ACC. Since 2020, he has overseen the Art Department’s gallery spaces at Highland Campus, as well as online programming and events related to gallery initiatives. Before coming to ACC, Peter worked in the Curatorial and Scholars Program departments at the Getty Research Institute (GRI) in Los Angeles, CA, where he co-curated the gallery exhibition, Connecting Seas: A Visual History of Discoveries and Encounters (2013-2014), and the online exhibition, The Legacy of Ancient Palmyra (2017). At the GRI, he also played a pivotal role assisting and collaborating with scholars and artists on projects related to annual research themes. Peter’s collaboration with resident artist Richard Tuttle resulted in the artist’s book You Never See The Same Color Twice (GRI, 2017), for which he served as managing editor and contributor. He has taught Art History and Art Appreciation at ACC since Spring 2018 and has lectured at The University of Texas at Austin. Peter is lead author and editor of the forthcoming publication, World Architecture and Society: From Stonehenge to One World Trade Center (ABC/CLIO, 2021).

Current Courses 2021-2022
ARTS 2389-Academic Cooperative

Director of Art Galleries and Exhibition Programming

Building 4000
Office: HLC 4.2110.10

Phone: 512-223-7174
Email: [email protected]
Website: austincc.academia.edu/PeterLouisBonfitto