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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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2019-08-23

Rochelle Steiner (CCL 2009) Named Chief Curator and Director of Curatorial Affairs and Programs at Palm Springs Art Museum

Rochelle Steiner (CCL 2009) has been named Chief Curator & Director of Curatorial Affairs and Programs at the Palm Springs Art Museum!  Rochelle comes to the Palm Springs Art Museum from the Vancouver Art Gallery, where she serves as the associate director and chief curator. Rochelle has also held posts at the Roski ... Read More >

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2019-08-20

Amy Landau Named Director of Education and Interpretation at the Fowler Museum at UCLA

Amy Landau (CCL 2017) has been named the Director of Education and Interpretation at the Fowler Museum at UCLA! Landau has served as Director of Curatorial Affairs and Curator of Islamic and South & Southeast Asian Art at the Walters Art Museum since 2009. While at the Walters, Landau curated Pearls on a ... Read More >

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2019-08-20

Nora Burnett Abrams (CCL 2018) Named Director of the MCA Denver

Congratulations to Nora Burnett Abrams (CCL 2018) on her appointment to the Mark G. Falcone Director of the Museum of Contemporary Art Denver! Most recently the Ellen Bruss Curator and Director of Planning, Abrams has been at the MCA Denver since 2010. She has curated 0ver 30 exhibitions while at the museum, including Tara ... Read More >

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2019-07-31

The Whitney Appoints David Breslin (CCL 2019) Director of Curatorial Initiatives

Congratulations to David Breslin (CCL 2019) on his appointment to Director of Curatorial Initiatives at the Whitney! Previously, Breslin served as the DeMartini Family Curator and Director of the Collection at the Whitney. He has curated or co-curated Where We Are: Selections from the Whitney’s Collection, 1900-1960; An Incomplete History of Protest: Selections from ... Read More >

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2019-07-30

Christian Rattemeyer (MoMA International Curatorial Institute 2014) Appointed Director of SculptureCenter

SculptureCenter has appointed Christian Rattemeyer (MoMA International Curatorial Institute 2014) as its new director! Since 2007, Rattemeyer has served as the Harvey S. Shipley Miller Associate Curator in the Department of Drawings and Prints at the Museum of Modern Art. At MoMA, Rattemeyer has curated many exhibitions, including Transmissions: Art in Eastern Europe and Latin ... Read More >

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2019-06-24

Alumni Advancement: Ethan Lasser (CCL 2017) and Layla Bermeo (Seminar 2016) at the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston

Exciting news from Boston! The Museum of Fine Arts, Boston has named Ethan Lasser (CCL 2018) chair of the department for Art of the Americas and promoted Layla Bermeo (Seminar 2016) to Associate Curator of Paintings.  Ethan will begin his post at the MFA Boston in September after serving as Head, Division of European ... Read More >

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2019-06-10

CCL Announces 2019 CCL/Mellon Foundation Seminar Students

The Center for Curatorial Leadership (CCL) is pleased to announce the sixteen art history doctoral students selected for the sixth annual CCL/Mellon Foundation Seminar in Curatorial Practice.  Joining from fifteen universities—six of which are sending a student to the program for the first time—this year’s cohort addresses a wide range ... Read More >

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2019-05-08

Mia Locks (CCL 2018) Named Senior Curator and Head of New Initiatives at LA MoCA

LA MoCA has appointed Mia Locks (CCL 2018) to Senior Curator and Head of New Initiatives. Previously an independent curator, Locks served as cocurator of the Whitney Biennial in 2017. From 2013 to 2017, Locks was an assistant curator at MoMA PS1 where she contributed to organizing its quinquennial Greater New York in 2015. Locks will be returning to ... Read More >

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2019-04-10

Courtney J. Martin (CCL 2019) named Director of Yale Center for British Art

The Yale Center for British Art has named Courtney J. Martin (CCL 2019) its Director. Previously the deputy director and chief curator of the Dia Art Foundation, Martin will begin her position in June. Martin earned her doctorate from Yale, writing her dissertation on British art and artists in the 1970s. As a graduate ... Read More >

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2019-04-01

National Gallery London promotes Caroline Campbell (CCL 2016) to Director of Collections and Research

The National Gallery London has promoted Caroline Campbell (CCL 2016) to Director of Collections and Research. Previously Head of the Curatorial Department and Curator of Italian Paintings before 1500 at the National Gallery, London, Campbell has also held positions at The Courtauld Gallery, London (where she was Curator of Paintings from 2005-12), ... Read More >