NEMA acknowledges the hard-work and dedication of every museum worker in our field, whether it be part-time, full-time, contract, or businesses working with museums. We recognize the work being done by Museum Workers Speak to create The Museum Workers Relief Fund, a mutual aid fund by and for museum workers. And as they say, "Small acts of solidarity add up to a movement!"
We know the global pandemic has caused much uncertainty and the coming months will be challenging for museum workers, but NEMA will continue to be here to support you and the museum field of our future. That is why NEMA is offering our individual members the option of a 3-month membership deferment period to any individual member for whom membership is a hardship right now. If you are recently laid off, furloughed, or an Independent Museum Consultant then you can apply for the reduced membership. If you have any questions please contact our Manager of Membership and Development, Scarlett Hoey (scarlett.hoey@nemanet.org).
Monique Deforge appointed development manager.
Jacqueline Terrassa appointed the Carolyn Muzzy Director. Terrassa will assume her role in October.
Jennifer L. Carlson appointed executive director.
Vin Cipolla appointed President and CEO.
Rebecca Ehrhardt appointed chief development officer.
Phil Wallis has resigned as executive director. Heather Seger has been appointed interim director.
Anita Walker retired on June 30, 2020 after more than 13 year as executive director.
Leon E. Wilson appointed president & CEO.
Dr. Lana Sloutsky appointed curator of collections and exhibitions.
One of the museum’s longest-serving employees will retire after more than 40 years on the job. Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer Susan Funk retired effective July 1.
Nikki Stewart appointed executive director.
Alessandra Towne appointed administrative assistant.
Jessica May, the deputy director and chief curator since 2017, is leaving the museum to spend more time with her family and pursue personal interests. She will be replaced by current European art curator and director of academic engagement Shalini Le Gall.
After nearly 10 years of leading the RISD Museum, Director John W. Smith has announced they will retire in spring of 2021.
Esabel S. De Sousa appointed functions and sales coordinator.
Juliette Bianco, deputy director of Hood Museum of Art at Dartmouth, appointed director.
Sebastian Belfanti appointed director.
Constance (Cecie) Clement, the Center’s longtime deputy director, will be retiring at the end of July. Clement started her distinguished career at Yale when she joined the American Arts department at the Yale University Art Gallery as a curatorial assistant in 1971. Following a three-year assignment in the Museums and Historical Organizations Program at the National Endowment for the Humanities, Clement began her tenure at the Yale Center for British Art in 1979. She was hired by Director Edmund P. Pillsbury and has worked for every director of the Center since it opened to the public.
In 1975, Paul Marks, 90, with the help of his wife Elaine, founded the Danforth Art Museum in Framingham. What started as a community-powered project housed in a vacated school evolved into a cultural landmark of MetroWest with over 3,500 pieces of art 45 years later. On April 20, died from COVID-19.
