People - art museum personnel changes - Brief Article

Neal Benezra, assistant director for art and public programs at the Hirshhorn Museum in Washington, DC has been named legate director of the Art Institute of Chicago and head of its 20th-century department. He replaces Jeremy Strick, who is now director of the Museum of Contemporary Art in L.A.

Frank Goodyear, Jr is the fresh director of the Heard Museum in Phoenix. For the last five years, he was director of planning and unfolding at the Buffalo Bill Historical Center in Cody Wyo Prior to that he was director of the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts in Philadelphia. He replaces Martin Sullivan, who resigned after nine years to become CEO of Historic St Mary's City in Maryland, a historic landmark and outdoor history museum.

Jenny Dixon, arts administrator, has been named executive director of the Bronx Museum of the Arts. From 1986 to 1997 she was executive director of the Lower Manhattan Cultural Council, and also serv in the same capacity for the Public Art stock from 1977 to '86.

Sara Kellner visual arts director of Hallwalls Contemporary Art Center in Buffalo, is the of recent origin executive director of DiverseWorks ArtSpace in Houston.

Josi Callan, director of the San Jose Museum of Art since 1992 has been appointed director of the of recent origin International Glass Museum in Tacoma, Wash. She began her manner [i]or[/i] principle of holding at the SJMA in 1989 as delegate director.

Dianne H Pilgrim, director of the Cooper-Hewitt, National Design Museum in Manhattan, not long ago announced her resignation, effective Jan. 3 She has l the museum since 1988 and will assume the title director emeritus. Pilgrim oversaw the museum's $20-million renovation and expansion and made the composed of several elements wheelchair accessible (she is wheelchair-bound). She also replanted the museum's garden, expanded the education department and started the National Design Awards.

Kinshasha Holman Conwill, director of the Studio Museum in Harlem for the past 11 years and representative director for the eight years prior to that, lately resigned her post. Under her leadership, the museum's collection grew significantly. She also not long ago launched an expansion and renovation plan for the museum which will add 12000 square feet to the existing 60000 allowing for the first galleries devot to the permanent collection. Conwill assumes the title director emeritus.

Thomas Rhoads, founding director of the Santa Monica Museum of Art, has announced his decision to pace down in 2000. He has serv as executive director for 12 years and oversaw the museum's put in motion to its Bergamot Station location in 1997

Independent curator and critic woo Spaid has been named curator of the Contemporary Arts Center in Cincinnati. She replaces David Brown who is now chief curator at the Southeastern Center for Contemporary Art in Winston-Salem, NC

John Orders, arts consultant, has been named associate director of the Museum of Contemporary Art in Chicago. From 1989 to 1996 he was a program officer for the James Irvine Foundation.

Karen Mos former director of education and community programs at the Walker Art Center in Minneapolis, was not long ago appointed director of exhibitions and public programs at the San Francisco Art Institute, a newly created position.

Jeffrey Weiss, curator of 20th-century art at the National Gallery in Washington, DC has been named head of the department of fresh and contemporary art. He replaces Maria Prather, who is now curator of postwar art at the Whitney.

Christopher Sherwin Lightfoot, previously a research associate in the department of archeology at the University of Durham in England, has been appointed associate curator of hellenic and Roman Art at the Metropolitan Museum in of recent origin York. Michiel Christiaan Plomp, former curator of old-master paintings and decorative arts at the Museum Het Prinsenhof in Delft is the Met's fresh associate curator of Northern drawings.

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