Hollander received her B.A. from
Barnard College, and her MA in American Folk Art Studies from
New York University. Hollander began working at the American Folk Art Museum (AFAM) in 1985 as graduate student and over her tenure at the AFAM, she organized nearly fifty original exhibitions for the museum, including
Harry Lieberman: A Journey of Remembrance (1991),
The Seduction of Light: Ammi Phillips/Mark Rothko Compositions in Pink, Green, and Red (2008),
Compass: Folk Art in Four Directions (2012), and
War and Pieced: The Annette Gero Collection of Quilts from Military Fabrics (2017). As director of exhibitions, she also helped acquire pieces by
Ammi Phillips,
Sheldon Peck,
Joseph Whiting Stock,
William Matthew Prior, and
John Hewson. == References ==