Press & Recognition

Selected Press

Selected coverage and recognition — from The New York Times and Hyperallergic to museum-field press — for work across culture, media, and technology.

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In the Press

2024
TikTok Backlash Over a “Plantation-Style” Cottage ↗ Daily Mail · Quoted as a cultural commentator (@artlust)
2024
Why Discontinued Beauty Products Go Viral on TikTok so Often ↗ WWD · Quoted as art historian & cultural commentator (@artlust)
2023
Picasso’s “Guernica” Can Finally Be Photographed by Visitors ↗ The Seattle Times · Quoted on meeting the demands of visitors — also in The New York Times
2023
Is It a Meal? A Snack? No, It’s “Girl Dinner” ↗ The New York Times · Quoted on the girl-dinner trend — also in People, Parade, NextTribe & The New Daily
2021
Through Augmented Reality, This Artist’s Poster Comes to Life ↗ Hyperallergic · On the Interplay augmented-reality project
2021
Named a Top-5 Museum TikTok Account Hyperallergic · 11M views · 675K likes in a year
2021
“We’d Be Silly Not to Connect There”: Why the Akron Art Museum Launched on TikTok ↗ Jing Daily · Interview on building a museum’s social presence
2020
Museum Influencer List ↗ blooloop · Recognized for digital art & audience outreach
2020
The Met Extends Pay to Its Workers ↗ The New York Times · On museums and the COVID-19 shutdown
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Museum chatbot launch coverage The New York Times · Accessible, tour-based museum chatbot content strategy
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Making Art More Accessible with Seema Rao of @ArtLust ↗ Not Sorry Art (podcast) · Guest conversation on art and access
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Meet the Board: Seema Rao ↗ Ohio Museums Association · Board member profile

Recognition & Awards

2020
Visual Communications Silver AwardOhio Museums Association
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Webby-nominated AR gameInteractive, arts-based collaboration
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Top-5 Museum TikTokHyperallergic

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Host of the ArtLust Podcast; 1M+ followers across TikTok and Instagram as @artlust; contributing author for the American Alliance of Museums and a guest voice in the museum-field press.