Ohio and Washington, D.C. art museum curator and art critic Carolyn Kinder Carr spent her early career in Akron, Ohio as an art critic for the Akron Beacon Journal and as curator of the Akron Art Institute. She wrote extensively on the art scene in Northeast Ohio, including Akron, Kent, and Cleveland before moving to Washington, D.C. to become curator at the National Portrait Gallery. In 2008, she was named Deputy Director and Chief Curator of the Smithsonian's National Portrait Gallery.