SERVICES
- Writing: books, essays, exhibition catalogues, reviews, content for the web, educational content, ghostwriting
- Copyediting, developmental editing, exhibit labels, bibliographic editing, proofreading
- Research, interviews
- Adapting manuscripts for audio production
TESTIMONIALS
“I want to thank Ellen Hurst for the thoughtful, smart and scrupulous edits. I love the consistency and smoothness, and some of the questions made me rethink formulations in ways that will make for a better book. My trust grew with every page–what a gift!”
–April Flakne, author of The Affection in Between from the Ohio University Press
“At every stage I found Ellen to be very focused, responsible in meeting our many intermediate deadlines, clear and prompt in communication, and able to quickly absorb and apply absolutely every problem that I threw her way. Her acclimation to an extremely difficult job was rapid, and she has always been an entire pleasure to work with.”
–Penny Jones, bibliographer, the Metropolitan Museum of Art
“Ellen was key in making sure the art history facts developed in my non-fiction children’s book were accurate and appropriate within the context. She commented on specific points, but also took into account the consistency of the whole project. The comments were clear and easy to follow. Ellen’s work ensured the educational value of the content, that a regular children’s editor would not have been able to offer. I would definitely recommend her services and I look forward to working with her again in the future.”
–Draw a Blank (Eva Palacios), author/illustrator of Modern Art Unfolded
CLIENTS
(Past and current)
Amazon Publishing
Art in Embassies
Art Story Foundation
Bridgehead Media
Duke University Press
Getty Publications
Kirkus Editorial
Lund Humphries
Met Publications, The Metropolitan Museum of Art
Ohio University Press
Penn State University Press
Princeton University Press
Smarthistory
Snite Museum of Art, University of Notre Dame
University of Arkansas Press
University of Illinois Press
University of Nebraska Press
University of Pennsylvania Press
SELECTED PROJECTS
Editing
Bryant, George B. Henry Holiday: His Stained Glass Windows for Gilded Age New York. London: Lund Humphries, 2023.
Snay, Cheryl, Sara L. Maurer, and Brian Mulholland. In Dialogue: Walter Osborne, At the Breakfast Table. Snite Museum of Art, 2022.
Hooper, Jane. Yankees in the Indian Ocean: American Commerce and Whaling, 1786–1860. Athens: Ohio University Press, 2022.
Awkward-Rich, Cameron. The Terrible We: Thinking with Trans Maladjustment. Durham, NC and London: Duke University Press, 2022.
Bennett, Swannee. Arkansas Made: A Survey of the Decorative, Mechanical, and Fine Arts Produced in Arkansas, 1819–1950. 2 vols. 2nd ed. Fayetteville: University of Arkansas, Press, 2021.
Bushnell, Rebecca, ed. The Marvels of the World: An Anthology of Nature Writing Before 1700. Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvania Press, 2021.
Benedetti, Alejo. Men of Steel, Women of Wonder: Modern American Heroes in Contemporary Times. Exh. cat., Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art, Bentonville, AR. Fayetteville: University of Arkansas Press, 2019.
Phillips, Jared M. Hipbillies: Deep Revolution in the Arkansas Ozarks. Fayetteville: University of Arkansas Press, 2019.
Snay, Cheryl, ed. The Donald and Marilyn Keough Collection of Irish Art. Exh. cat., Snite Museum of Art. Notre Dame, IN: Snite Museum, University of Notre Dame, 2019.
Snay, Cheryl, and Erika Doss, eds. Monumental Troubles: Rethinking What Monuments Mean Today. Notre Dame, IN: Snite Museum of Art, University of Notre Dame, 2018.
Stillion Southard, Belinda A. How to Belong: Women’s Agency in a Transnational World. University Park: Pennsylvania State University Press, 2018.
“Alphonse Mucha.” The Art Story Foundation; http://www.theartstory.org/artist-mucha-alphonse.htm.
Proofreading
Seven Circles. Empowering Women Through Cooking: Lebanon. Amman, Jordan: Dergham and Jabal Amman, 2021.
Writing
BOOKS
Creativity and Persistence: Inspirational Art that Fueled the Fight for Women’s Suffrage. Washington, DC: National Endowment for the Arts, 2020. (Ghostwritten. Commissioned by the NEA via Bridgehead Media. Download PDF here.)
“Italians and the New Byzantium: Lombard and Venetian Architects in Muscovy, 1472–1539.” PhD diss., The Graduate Center, The City University of New York, 2014.
EXHIBITION CATALOGUES
“Chelsea Borgman” in A Celebration of Fifty Years of Women Artists at Kenyon College, 1969–2019, edited by Marcella Hackbardt and Claudia Esslinger, 12. Gambier, OH: In the Moment Press, 2019.
Art Collection of the US Embassy–Tokyo, Japan. Arlington, VA: Art in Embassies, US Department of State, forthcoming.
Art Collection of the US Embassy–Paramaribo, Suriname. Arlington, VA: Art in Embassies, US Department of State, 2020.
US Embassy, Paris, France. Arlington, VA: Art in Embassies, US Department of State, 2016.
Madrid: United States Embassy [Art Collection]. Arlington, VA: Art in Embassies, US Department of State, 2015.
Art Collection of the US Consulate General, Monterrey, Mexico. Arlington, VA: Art in Embassies, US Department of State, 2015.
Art Collection of the United States Embassy–Belgrade, Serbia. Arlington, VA: Art in Embassies, US Department of State, 2013.
REVIEWS
“Ornat Lev-er, Still-Life as Portrait in Early Modern Italy: Baschenis, Bettera and the Painting of cultural Identity,” Sixteenth-Century Journal 52, no. 3 (Fall 2021), in press.
EDUCATIONAL ESSAYS
“A beginner’s guide to Byzantine Art,” Smarthistory, 2015
“Ca d’Oro,” Smarthistory, 2015
“Palazzo Ducale,” Smarthistory, 2015
“Dura Europos and the Early Christian ‘House Church,'” Saylor Academy, 2011
“Mosaic Decoration in Byzantine Ravenna,” Saylor Academy, 2011
Research and Consulting
Draw a Blank: Modern Art Unfolded by Eva Palacios
PROFESSIONAL ASSOCIATIONS
ACES: The Society for Editing (Profile)
National Association of Independent Writers and Editors (Profile)
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