Four candidates have been selected finalists for the University of New Mexico Art Museum director position. Candidates will meet with deans, department chairs and UNM Art Museum and Jonson Gallery staff, in addition to attending other meetings and events with UNM faculty, staff and students.
The public is invited to attend open forums for the candidates set for the day of their campus visits from 3-3:45 p.m. at various locations indicated below with the candidates names and dates for scheduled visits:
* Linda W. Bahm, interim director, University of New Mexico Art Museum, Monday, April 5. Bahm's public forum will be held in the Roberts Room, Scholes Hall.
* Kathleen Stewart Howe, interim associate director, University of New Mexico Art Museum, Thursday, April 8. Howe's public forum will be in Fiesta Rooms A&B, Student Union Building.
* Marianne Lorenz, executive director, Las Vegas (Nevada) Art Museum, Monday, April 12. Lorenz's public forum will be in Fiesta Rooms A&B.
* Peter S. Briggs, chief curator, University of Arizona Museum of Art, April 14. The public forum for Briggs will be in the Bobo Room, Hodgin Hall.
The UNM Art Museum has more than 30,000 works representing some 500 years of artistic and cultural history. The museum holds paintings, photographs, sculptures, prints and drawings. Jonson Gallery was established in 1950 by pioneering modernist painter Raymond Jonson. Today, scholars from around the world visit the gallery.
The finalist selected for the position will replace longtime director Peter Walch who retired in 2001.
Contact: Laurie Mellas-Ramirez (505) 277-5915
Posted by kwentworth at March 31, 2004 01:11 PM