Allison Minto MFA '20

Allison Minto MFA '20

Connecticut-based artist and educator

Allison Minto is a Connecticut-based artist and educator. She holds an MFA in Photography from the Yale School of Art, where she received the John Ferguson Weir Award and a BA in Journalism from SUNY-Buffalo State College. 

Allison's practice is rooted in community, collaboration, and field research. Her photography takes on themes around African American archives, family, history, memory, preservation, and maintenance. Her decision to use archival elements come out of a personal experience. "Not just by digging through my family archives," Allison explains, "but by also recognizing the traditional position many Black women in America have played as carriers of generational narratives."

Allison is a 2021-2022 Happy and Bob Doran Connecticut Artist in Residence, 2021-2022 DocX Archive Lab Fellow at Duke University, and member of Diversify Photo.