Experience

Northwestern University

• Evanston, IL

• Ellen Philips Katz Director, The Block Museum of Art

  • 2012 - Present

  The Block is a dynamic, imaginative, and innovative teaching and learning resource for Northwestern and its surrounding communities, featuring a global exhibition program that crosses time periods and cultures and serves as a springboard for thought-provoking discussions relevant to our lives today. https://www.blockmuseum.northwestern.edu/ The Block is a dynamic, imaginative, and innovative teaching and learning resource for Northwestern and its surrounding communities, featuring a global exhibition program that crosses time periods and cultures and serves as a springboard for thought-provoking discussions relevant to our lives today. https://www.blockmuseum.northwestern.edu/



Williams College

• Williamstown, MA

• Director, Williams College Museum of Art

  • 2005 - 2011

  The Williams College Museum of Art is a vibrant center for the arts at Williams that embodies the potential for the liberal arts to catalyze our ability to think creatively and critically. It is a vital hub for deep student learning and participation; for taking risks and testing creative, future forms of scholarship and teaching; and for boldly affirming the relevance of the history of art and the arts broadly. The Williams College Museum of Art is a vibrant center for the arts at Williams that embodies the potential for the liberal arts to catalyze our ability to think creatively and critically. It is a vital hub for deep student learning and participation; for taking risks and testing creative, future forms of scholarship and teaching; and for boldly affirming the relevance of the history of art and the arts broadly.



Seattle Art Museum

• United States
• Museums, Historical Sites, and Zoos
• 100 - 200 Employee

• Deputy Director of Art / Jon and Mary Shirley Curator of Modern and Contemporary Art

  • 2001 - 2005

  SAM connects art to life. Through art, the Seattle Art Museum fosters creativity and builds community. As a leading visual art institution in three unique locations, SAM shares its global collections, powerful exhibitions, and dynamic programs to engage, educate, and inspire.

• Artistic Lead, Olympic Sculpture Park

  • 2001 - 2005



Serpentine Galleries

• London

• Chief Curator

  • Jun 1997 - Aug 2001

  Championing the possibilities of new ideas in contemporary art since opening in 1970, the Serpentine has presented pioneering exhibitions for almost half a century, showing a wide range of work from emerging practitioners to the most internationally recognised artists of our time, providing a place for them to experiment and an open platform for them to be seen and heard. Championing the possibilities of new ideas in contemporary art since opening in 1970, the Serpentine has presented pioneering exhibitions for almost half a century, showing a wide range of work from emerging practitioners to the most internationally recognised artists of our time, providing a place for them to experiment and an open platform for them to be seen and heard.



The Contemporary (Museum)

• Baltimore

• Assistant Director / Curator

  • 1989 - 1997

  The Contemporary was a nomadic, non-collecting art museum in Baltimore, Maryland. Its mission expanded the idea of a museum as an incubator that commissions site-specific and subject-oriented projects. The Contemporary engaged diverse audiences and advanced contemporary art through projects and educational programming. Its work was inspired by three guiding principles: artists matter, collaboration is key, and audience is everywhere The Contemporary was a nomadic, non-collecting art museum in Baltimore, Maryland. Its mission expanded the idea of a museum as an incubator that commissions site-specific and subject-oriented projects. The Contemporary engaged diverse audiences and advanced contemporary art through projects and educational programming. Its work was inspired by three guiding principles: artists matter, collaboration is key, and audience is everywhere