MUSEUM notes
2024 TYSON THINK TANK FELLOWSHIP TO FOCUS ON EDMONIA LEWIS AND AMERICAN SCULPTURE
The Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art and the Tyson Scholars Program announced the continuation of the Tyson Think Tank, a short-term fellowship opportunity for scholars of American art. This year’s focus will be on 19th-century sculptor Edmonia Lewis (ca. 1844 – 1907) and the expanding field of American sculpture. The fellowship program will take place August 5 – 23, 2024, and will be led by Dr. Shawnya L. Harris (the Georgia Museum of Art’s deputy director of curatorial and academic affairs and Larry D. and Brenda A. Thompson curator of African American and African Diasporic Art) and Dr. Jeffrey Richmond-Moll (George Putnam Curator of American Art at the Peabody Essex Museum and former curator of American art at the Georgia Museum of Art). Harris and Richmond-Moll will serve as curators for an upcoming traveling exhibition focused on Lewis.
Kendall Rogers, museum programs assistant.
NEW MUSEUM PROGRAMS ASSISTANT POSITION
Kendall Rogers joined our team this spring. In the newly created position of museum programs assistant, she supports the education team with scheduling tours and class visits and provides program support as needed for on-site education programs and community events. She also serves as the point of contact for incoming requests for the education and curatorial departments; assists with the coordination of public programs; and provides general administrative support for calendar maintenance, budget records, program atten- dance and exhibition-related documents for the division of curatorial and academic affairs.
TITLE CHANGES
A recent reorganization of museum divisions has resulted in several title changes for staff in the division of collections and exhibitions. The division, recently formed by combining the registrars’ depart- ment and the department of design and preparation, now includes the following changes to staff titles:
• Todd Rivers: director of exhibitions • Elizabeth Marable: museum exhibition designer • Robert Russell: art handler II • Larry Forte: art handler I
Edmonia Lewis (American, c. 1844 – 1907), “Minnehaha”, 1868. Marble, 12 × 7 1/2 × 4 1/4 inches. Georgia Museum of Art, University of Georgia; Museum purchase with funds provided by the Collectors of the Georgia Museum of Art. GMOA 2016.251.
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