Abby Pietrantonio appointed education manager.
Marieke Van Damme appointed executive director.
Michael Conforti, the Felda and Dena Hardymon Director, has announced that he will retire on August 31, 2015 after more than twenty years in the position. Conforti, who has served as director since November 1994, has been widely credited for his transformational leadership of the Institute and is recognized as a leading innovator and advocate in the museum community. Under Conforti’s direction, the Clark has grown in both size and stature and has established an international reputation as a leader in the generation of new ideas and critical thinking in the field.
Elizabeth Ackerson appointed collections specialist.
Samantha Cataldo appointed assistant curator.
Heather Leavell appointed director and curator.
Debra Petke appointed executive director.
Andrea Rosen appointed curator.
Janet Coombs appointed curator. We regret to report the passing of longtime curator Pat Ross.
Louise Van Tartwijk appointed museum director.
Cynthia Wojcicki appointed director.
Edouard Kopp appointed the Maida and George Abrams Associate Curator of Drawings in the museums’ Division of European and American Art.
Peter D Wild appointed executive director.
Brian Thomas appointed executive director.
Jane Seney Oneail appointed executive director.
Drew Russo appointed executive director.
Ann Neumann appointed director of galleries and exhibitions.
Leah Fox appointed the director of the Vance Wall Art Education Center starting August 3.
Marcos Stafne appointed executive director.
Matthew Teitelbaum appointed Ann and Graham Gund Director starting August 3.
George King appointed executive director.
Amy Mincher appointed museum director.
Michael Creasey appointed superintendent. He will oversee the national park collaborative that includes Boston National Historical Park, Boston African American National Historic Site and the Boston Harbor Islands National Recreation Area.
Norah Diedrich appointed executive director.
Victoria Glazomitsky appointed executive director.
Rich Bradway appointed director of digital learning and engagement and Jesse Kowalski appointed curator of exhibitions.
Louisa S. Donelson appointed associate educator for youth learning and Marcia “Marcie” P. Griswold appointed public programs coordinator in the learning and interpretation department.
Adrienne Adeyemi appointed Grants to Organizations Program Director and Grants Manager.
Elizabeth A. Williams appointed David and Peggy Rockefeller Curator of Decorative Art and Design.
Abby Battis appointed executive director.
Krista Rupe appointed executive director.
Elizabeth Wood appointed executive director.
Brian Wallace appointed director. He takes over for Maureen Ahern, who is retiring from the position after 34 years.
Patrick Donovan appointed curator.
Eileen Corcoran appointed Community Outreach Coordinator.
Jessica Vogelgang appointed executive director.
Ryan Hill appointed Nolen Curator of Education and Academic Affairs.
Former director of MIT’s List Visual Arts Center (1999-2011), Jane Farver, passed away on April 29, 2015. Through the course of her distinguished 12-year tenure, Jane contributed greatly to the vibrant life of MIT’s arts community on campus, in Boston and internationally. She collaborated with a wide-range of artists to create groundbreaking contemporary art exhibitions at the List and commissioned major works of public art throughout the MIT campus. Under her leadership, the List organized presentations for two international art biennials, including artist Paul Pfeiffer’s project as the U.S. representative for the 9th Cairo Biennial in 2003; and artist Fred Wilson’s exhibition at the U.S. Pavilion of the 50th Venice Biennale in 2003. Most recently, Jane was invited to be the editor for the catalogue for artist Joan Jonas’s upcoming exhibition for the U.S. Pavilion at the 56th Venice Biennale and provided invaluable guidance and support.
Curator, writer, and actor Michael Rush, who was serving as director of Brandeis University’s Rose Art Museum in Waltham, Massachusetts, when, in 2009, the university attempted to deaccession the museum’s entire collection to bolster the university’s financial stability, died on March 27 of pancreatic cancer. He was 65. Rush was the founding director of Michigan State University’s Eli and Edythe Broad Art Museum since 2010.