Graduate Student Leadership Award

Award for excellence in leadership and community building both within the art history program and in the wider community.

Adriana Baker 

Adriana Baker is a second-year student in George Mason’s Art History MA program and current president of the Art History Graduate Association. Originally from Bel Air, Maryland, she received her BA in Art History in 2017 from George Mason University, where she graduated Cum Laude. Adriana is interested in the impact that trade routes have on cross-cultural exchange, the production of material culture and art in the Baroque period. Adriana currently works as a teacher’s assistant at George Mason and volunteers as a Gallery Guide at the Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden. After graduation Adriana’s main focus will be a career in the museum field, which will eventually include the pursuit of a Doctorate in Art History.