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June 21, 2024

CCL's 2025 Fellowship Program will be Tuition Free

The Center for Curatorial Leadership (CCL) is proud to announce that, with the support of our Board of Trustees, the 2025 Fellowship will be tuition free. This decision is guided by CCL’s core value of ...

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May 28, 2024

Announcing CCL’s Tenth Annual Seminar in Curatorial Practice Cohort

The Center for Curatorial Leadership (CCL) is pleased to announce the tenth anniversary of the CCL/Mellon Foundation Seminar in Curatorial Practice by introducing the 2024 cohort of selected doctoral students. With the support of the ...

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Oct. 30, 2023

Center for Curatorial Leadership Announces 2024 Fellows

The Center for Curatorial Leadership (CCL) is delighted to announce the incoming cohort of 2024 Fellows. Twelve outstanding curators have been selected by a group of leading museum professionals for their distinguished record of achievement ...

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Nov. 17, 2022

Center for Curatorial Leadership Announces 2023 Fellows

Twelve Curators Announced for Sixteenth Annual Intensive Training Program The Center for Curatorial Leadership (CCL) is excited to introduce its 2023 cohort of Fellows. Now in its sixteenth year, the CCL Fellowship is the preeminent ...

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Nov. 9, 2021

Center for Curatorial Leadership Announces 2022 Fellows

The Center for Curatorial Leadership (CCL) is pleased to announce the milestone fifteenth cohort of curators participating in its annual Fellowship. Following a competitive review process, twelve Fellows were selected for their exceptional curatorial and ...

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July 13, 2021

Announcing CCL’s Eighth Annual Seminar in Curatorial Practice Cohort

The Center for Curatorial Leadership (CCL) is pleased to announce the 2021 cohort of doctoral students selected for the annual CCL/Mellon Foundation Seminar in Curatorial Practice. With the support of The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, ...

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Nov. 24, 2020

Center for Curatorial Leadership Announces 2021 Fellows

The Center for Curatorial Leadership (CCL) is pleased to announce the fourteenth cohort of curators participating in its annual Fellowship. Following a record number of applications, the review process continued to prove highly competitive. Twelve ...

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Nov. 7, 2019

Center for Curatorial Leadership Announces 2020 Fellows

The Center for Curatorial Leadership (CCL) is pleased to announce the thirteenth cohort of curators participating in its annual Fellowship. Following a rigorous and competitive review process, twelve curators were selected based on their demonstrated curatorial ...

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Oct. 17, 2018

Elizabeth W. Easton Awarded the Wilbur Cross Medal

Elizabeth (Buffy) Easton, Director and Co-founder of the Center for Curatorial Leadership (CCL), has been awarded the Wilbur Cross Medal—the highest honor accorded to alumni of Yale University's Graduate School. The award recognizes Easton's contributions as an art ...

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2016-06-13

Olivier Meslay (CCL 2011) Selected as the Dena and Felda Hardymon Director at the The Clark Art Institute

Olivier Meslay (CCL 2011) has been selected as the Dena and Felda Hardymon Director at the The Clark Art Institute. Since 2009, Meslay has contributed to the exhibition program at the Dallas Museum of Art, serving most recently at the Associate Director of Curatorial Affairs and Senior Curator for European and American Art ... Read More >

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2016-06-03

Program Highlights | CCL 2016 Draws To A Close in NYC

Highlights from the Final Week of CCL 2016 The conclusion of the 2016 CCL program took place in New York during the final week of May. Twelve curators—some local, others from as far as Hong Kong, London, and Honolulu—joined CCL in the city for six days of business coursework, meetings ... Read More >

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2016-03-09

Martha Tedeschi (CCL Class of 2012) Appointed Elizabeth and John Moors Cabot Director of Harvard Art Museums

Congratulations to Martha Tedeschi (CCL Class of 2012) on being appointed Elizabeth and John Moors Cabot Director of the recently reinvented Harvard Art Museums. A distinguished curator and a visionary leader, Martha has piloted major initiatives at The Art Institute of Chicago, where she serves as Deputy Director for Art and Research. Committed ... Read More >

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2016-02-10

Jessica Todd Smith (CCL Class of 2013) Named Curator of American Art and Manager of the Center for American Art at the Philadelphia Museum of Art

We are delighted to welcome Jessica Todd Smith (CCL Class of 2013) to the East Coast this July, when she assumes her new post as Curator of American Art and Manager of the Center for American Art at the Philadelphia Museum of Art. Todd Smith has overseen the growing collection of ... Read More >

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2016-02-09

Birmingham Museum of Art Names Graham Boettcher (CCL Class of 2014) Deputy Director

Graham Boettcher (CCL Class of 2014) has been promoted to Deputy Director of the Birmingham Museum of Art. Since joining the museum ten years ago, Graham has stewarded its impressive collection of American art and overseen the curatorial affairs of the museum as Chief Curator. Birmingham Museum of Art’s director Gail ... Read More >

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2016-01-08

CCL in the News | Young Moviemakers Meet Old Masters at the Frick

Committed to addressing the lack of diversity within art museums’ curatorial and leadership ranks, the Center for Curatorial Leadership (CCL) launched a mentoring initiative in 2012 that asks each CCL Fellow to mentor students from underrepresented backgrounds and introduce them to the inner workings of a museum. Exceptional opportunities emerge ... Read More >

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2015-11-06

The Barnes Foundation Names Sylvie Patry (CCL class of 2014) Chief Curator and Deputy Director for Collections and Exhibitions

We're thrilled that Sylvie Patry (CCL class of 2014) will be taking the reins at The Barnes Foundation as the Chief Curator and Deputy Director for collections and exhibitions. Patry was previously Chief Curator of Impressionist and Post-Impressionist Paintings at the Musée d'Orsay, Paris, where she produced significant exhibitions of Impressionist and ... Read More >

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2015-11-03

Center for Curatorial Leadership Announces 2016 Fellows

​ Center for Curatorial Leadership Announces Selection of Ninth Class of Curatorial Fellows Twelve Curators to Convene in 2016 for Five Months of Intensive Training   The Center for Curatorial Leadership (CCL) has announced its ninth class of curatorial fellows, which includes twelve outstanding individuals from arts organizations in the ... Read More >

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2015-11-02

Curatorial Chat | Alisa LaGamma on curating ‘Kongo’ and running the Met’s Rockefeller Wing

Curatorial Chat | Alisa LaGamma on curating ‘Kongo’ and running the Met’s Rockefeller Wing A 19-year veteran at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, Alisa LaGamma has devoted herself to projects that are instrumental in rethinking the history of sub-Saharan African art and culture. Her most recent exhibition is Kongo: Power ... Read More >

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2015-08-11

Program Highlights | 2015 CCL/Mellon Foundation Seminar

Program Highlights | Second Annual CCL/Mellon Seminar Foundation in Curatorial Practice In June, fifteen art history Ph.D. students from around the country gathered in New York for the second iteration of the CCL/Mellon Seminar in Curatorial Practice. Over the course of two weeks, the students met with curators and art ... Read More >