Grant funds MoNA curator

The Museum of Northwest Art was awarded a major capacity building grant from the M.J. Murdock Charitable Trust of Vancouver, Washington in September to fund the new position of director of curatorial affairs and curator of Northwest art .

The new director will provide strategic vision and managerial oversight for the museum’s exhibition program and collection, a position essential to advancing and fulfilling the museum’s mission. This transformational investment in MoNA’s growth lays the foundations for the museum to develop a comprehensive, sustainable and well-articulated vision for the future.

As curator of Northwest art, the director will develop and oversee exhibitions dedicated to advancing the scholarship vis-à-vis modern and contemporary art in the Northwest, as well as steward MoNA’s permanent collection of Northwest art in the galleries and in publications through original research.

The director will ensure that the cultural and social aspects embodied by the exhibitions are reflected in how the museum’s collection is developed over time by diversifying acquisitions, research, scholarship, representation and interpretation. By joining these two mission-critical positions, the Museum of Northwest Art will be able to strengthen its agency and impact through exhibitions, accompanying educational and cultural programs and the renewed role of the permanent collection in preserving for future generations significant artworks and art objects.

Source: MoNA