News

News Slider

Screen%20Shot%202023 10 30%20At%205.37.16%20Pm (PNG)

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 ...

News Slider

Seminar%202023%20Composite%20Image2 (JPG)

May 16, 2023

Announcing CCL’s Ninth Annual Seminar in Curatorial Practice Cohort

The Center for Curatorial Leadership (CCL) is pleased to announce the 2023 cohort of doctoral students selected for the annual CCL/Mellon Foundation Seminar in Curatorial Practice. With the support of The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, ...

News Slider

Screen%20Shot%202022 11 17%20At%204.10.05%20Pm (PNG)

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 ...

News Slider

Ccl%202022%20Composite%20Image Web%20Only (JPG)

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 ...

News Slider

2021 Seminar_Composite Image

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, ...

News Slider

2021 Fellowship_Composite Image (JPG)

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 ...

News Slider

2020 Fellowship_Composite Image (JPG)

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 ...

News Slider

2018 10 08 Wilburcross 091 2 (JPG)

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 ...

Core Advancement

2018-08-23

Christina Nielsen (CCL 2017) named Hannah and Russel Kully Director of the Art Collections at The Huntington Library, Art Collections, and Botanical Gardens

The Huntington Library, Art Collections, and Botanical Gardens has named Christina Nielsen (CCL 2017) the Hannah and Russel Kully Director of the Art Collections. Most recently the William and Lia Poorvu Curator of the Collection and Exhibition Program at the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, Christina completed the CCL Fellowship last year, completing ... Read More >

Seminar Advancement

2018-08-20

Akili Tommasino (CCL/Mellon Seminar 2014) named Associate Curator, Modern and Contemporary Art at the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston

Akili Tomassino (CCL/Mellon Seminar 2014) has been named the new Associate Curator, Modern and Contemporary Art at the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston. Most recently, Akili served as Curatorial Assistant in the Department of Painting and Sculpture at MoMA The Museum of Modern Art, where he organized the exhibition "Projects 101: Lone ... Read More >

Core Advancement

2018-08-13

Naomi Beckwith (CCL 2017) promoted to Manilow Senior Curator at the Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago

We're thrilled for Naomi Beckwith (CCL 2017), who has been promoted to Manilow Senior Curator at the Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago. Naomi completed the CCL Fellowship last year, where she participated in CCL's signature curriculum and received mentorship from Adam Weinberg at the Whitney Museum of American Art. Most recently, she ... Read More >

Core Advancement

2018-08-03

White Cube names Toby Kamps (CCL 2015) as Director of External Projects

 Toby Kamps (CCL 2015) has been named Director of External Projects at White Cube, London.  Of his hire, White Cube notes, "Toby joins White Cube from the Blaffer Art Museum, University of Houston, where he held the position of Jane Dale Owen Director and Chief Curator. Since 2016, he has ... Read More >

Core Advancement

2018-08-03

University of Michigan Museum of Art names Vera Grant (CCL 2016) Deputy Director of Curatorial Affairs and Curator of Modern and Contemporary Art

Vera Grant (CCL 2016) has been named Deputy Director of Curatorial Affairs and Curator of Modern and Contemporary Art at the UMMA: University of Michigan Museum of Art. Most recently Director of the The Cooper Gallery at the Hutchins Center for African & African American Research at Harvard University, Vera has organized a number of exhibitions and ... Read More >

2018 Seminar_Group Photo (JPG)

2018-08-01

Program Highlights | 2018 CCL/Mellon Foundation Seminar

Highlights from the Fifth Annual CCL/Mellon Foundation Seminar in Curatorial Practice This July, the Center for Curatorial Leadership (CCL) convened its fifth annual CCL/Mellon Foundation Seminar in Curatorial Practice. The program assembled 15 art history doctoral students from a dozen universities specializing in areas ranging from Roman glass portraits through to modern ... Read More >

Seminar Advancement

2018-07-12

The Clark Art Institute names Robert Wiesenberger (CCL/Mellon Seminar 2014) Associate Curator of Contemporary Projects

The Clark Art Institute announced that Robert Wiesenberger (CCL/Mellon Seminar 2014) has been named the museum's new Associate Curator of Contemporary Projects. Robert participated in the annual CCL/Mellon Foundation Seminar in Curatorial Practice in 2014, and completed his doctoral work this year at Columbia University in the City of New York. Over ... Read More >

Seminar Advancement

2018-06-21

Julia McHugh (CCL/Mellon Seminar 2014) named the Trent A. Carmichael Curator of Academic Initiatives at the Nasher Museum of Art at Duke University

Julia McHugh (CCL/Mellon Seminar 2014) has been named the Trent A. Carmichael Curator of Academic Initiatives at the Nasher Museum of Art at Duke University. Julia participated in the inaugural CCL/Mellon Foundation Seminar in Curatorial Practice, and was mentored by Ronda Kasl, Curator of Latin American Art at The Metropolitan Museum of ... Read More >

Core Advancement

2018-06-19

Bronx Museum of the Arts names Deborah Cullen (CCL 2010) as next Director

Bronx Museum of the Arts has named Deborah Cullen (CCL 2010) as their next Director. Deborah participated in the CCL Fellowship in 2010 as Director of Curatorial Programs at El Museo del Barrio, and in 2012 was appointed Director and Chief Curator at the Wallach Art Gallery at Columbia University in the City of New ... Read More >

Core Advancement

2018-06-14

Soyoung Lee (CCL 2018) appointed Chief Curator at the Harvard Art Museums

Soyoung Lee (CCL 2018) has been appointed Chief Curator at the Harvard Art Museums. Soyoung was a member of this year's CCL cohort as a Curator in the Department of Asian Art at The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, where she has overseen the Korean art collection since 2003. Her exhibitions include "Silla: ... Read More >