Alumni at Work

Alumni Mixer Gallery

Our alumni held the following positions, as of April 2019.

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Graduated 2020

Manager of Programs at the Lunder Institute for American Art, Colby College's Museum of Art.

Graduated 2015 - 2019

Art Program Officer, Driehaus Foundation
Curator of Contemporary Art, Eskenazi Museum of Art, Indiana University
Curator, 15 Salones Regionales de Artistas, Santander Colombia
Director, Drimart Gallery (Istanbul)
Director of Education, Evanston Art Center
Associate Director, Major Gifts for Art & Public Life, University of Chicago
Deputy Development Director, Southern California, the Obama Foundation
Chicago Program Director, ProjectArt, Inc.
Assistant Educator, Learning & Public Engagement, Art Institute of Chicago
Assistant Curator, Peabody-Essex Museum (Salem, Massachusetts)
Development Associate, Hyde Park Art Center (Chicago)
Director of Collections, Historic Bethlehem Museums & Sites (Bethlehem, Pennsylvania)
Curatorial & Exhibitions Manager, Kochi Muziris Biennale (Fort Kochi, India)
Associate Director of Programs, Asia Society India Center (Mumbai)
Director of Community Interaction, Experimental Sound Studio (Chicago)
Project Manager, Chicago Architecture Biennial
Assistant Director, Graduate Admissions, SAIC
Curatorial Fellow, Walker Art Center (Minneapolis)
Assistant Curator, DePaul Art Museum (Chicago)
Hilla Rebay Curatorial Intern, Guggenheim Museum (New York, Bilbao, Venice)
Operations Manager, Renegade Craft Fair (Chicago)
Legislative Aide/Arts Liaison, City of Chicago
Manager, Events & Gallery Operations, Neubauer Collegium, University of Chicago
Development & Marketing Manager, Video Data Bank (Chicago)
Gallery Manager, Pro Arts (San Francisco)
Assistant director of Exhibitions, SAIC
Curatorial Assistant, Indianapolis Museum of Art
Executive Director, YuHua Art Gallery
General Manager, RAWdance (San Francisco)
Exhibition & Program Coordinator, US Pavilion at 2018 Venice Architecture Biennale
Assistant Director, Office of Civic Engagement, University of Chicago
Editor, Artnet (Beijing); Senior Editor, The Art Newspaper China

Graduated 2010-2014

Cultural Affairs Coordinator for the Public Art Department, DCASE Chicago, IL
Director, Cultural and Social Entrepreneurship Undergraduate Program, Instituto Tecnológico de Estudios Superiores de Monterrey (Mexico City)
Director, Fashion Resource Center, SAIC
Development Director, ACRE (Chicago)
Jewish Currents, an award-winning magazine of politics, culture, and ideas that publishes quarterly in print and daily online. jewishcurrents.org
William S Arnett Curator, Souls Grown Deep Foundation (Athens, Georgia)
Senior Event Coordinator, Loyola Marymount University (Los Angeles)
Assistant Director, David Owsley Museum of Art, Ball State University (Muncie, Indiana)
Marketing & Communications Manager, New Jersey State Museum
Co-director, Events & Public Programs, Graduate School of Architecture, Planning & Preservation, Columbia University (New York)
Exhibit Manager, Garfield Park Conservatory Alliance (Chicago)
Curator of Education, Spelman College Museum of Fine Art (Atlanta)
Director of Education, Chicago Artists’ Coalition
Co-founder/director, The Storehouse (Galien MI)
Managing Editor, Contemporary Art Group (Chicago)
Arts Program Officer, Kenneth Rainin Foundation (Oakland, California)
Manager, Advancement Marketing, Dalhousie University (Halifax, Canada)
Director of Programs, Young Chicago Authors
Manager of Publications & Curatorial Associate, US Biennial/Prospect New Orleans
Curriculum & Community Development Manager, Chicago Architecture Foundation
Exhibitions Coordinator, Houston Museum of Fine Arts
Traveling Exhibitions Manager, the Field Museum (Chicago)
Curator, National Taiwan Museum of Fine Arts
Collections & Exhibitions Manager, DePaul Art Museum (Chicago)
Founder, Independent Curator & Project Consultant, MIXEDNUTS (Chicago)
Curatorial Manager, Hull House Museum (Chicago)
Managing Director, Andrew Kreps Gallery (Chicago)
Exhibitions Curator, NYU Abu Dhabi Art Gallery
Director of Development, Chicago Artists’ Coalition
Director of Public Events & Community Programs, Scripps College (Claremont, California)
Coordinator, Asian Art Museum & Gardner Center, Seattle Art Museum
Assistant Curator & Project Manager, HOW Art Museum (Shanghai)
Volunteer Coordinator, Families First (Indianapolis)
Assistant Curator of Public Programs, MCA Chicago
Fine Art Specialist, Haven Art Group (Chicago)
Managing Director, Fundación Cacao México (Mexico City)
Associate Director & Registrar, Richard Gray Gallery (Chicago)
Manager of Public Programs, Seattle Art Museum
Assistant Director, Gallery 400, University of Illinois at Chicago
Manager, Corporate Partnerships & Communications, San Francisco Symphony
PSFR Associate, UN High Commissioner for Refugees (Rome, Italy)
Curator, John Michael Kohler Arts Center (Sheboygan, Wisconsin)
Director, Susanne Vielmetter Los Angeles Projects
Director of Collections, University Club of Chicago
PhD candidate, Goldsmiths College (London)
Development Associate, Inner City Arts (Los Angeles)
Public Relations Assistant, Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco
Program Coordinator, Smithsonian Associates, Smithsonian Institution
Assistant Registrar, J Paul Getty Museum (Los Angeles)
Exhibitions Manager, Photography Department, Art Institute of Chicago
Program Officer, the Siragusa Family Foundation (Chicago)
Manager of Member Communications, Art Institute of Chicago
Senior Specialist, Exhibitions & Public Interpretation, the Pew Center for Arts & Heritage
Independent Consultant: Blueshift Project, PINTA Miami, Dialogues in Cuban Art, CIFO
Researcher, Slover Linett Audience Research (Chicago)
Production Director, Links Hall (Chicago)
Curator, Townhouse Gallery (Cairo, Egypt)
Curator, Shenzhen Biennial (Beijing)
Curatorial assistant, MCA Chicago
Academic Affairs Manager, California Institute of the Arts (Los Angeles)
Director of Operations, AIGA Chicago
Staff Writer, Art Practical (San Francisco); Contributing critic, Artforum magazine (New York); Contributing critic, SFAQ; Artist Liaison, Fraenkel Gallery (San Francisco)
Associate Curator, Jan Shrem & Maria Manetti Shrem Museum of Art, UC Davis
Marketing Coordinator, Walker Art Center (Minneapolis)

Graduated 2005-2009

Head of Global Events, AtScale/Make BI Work on Big Data (New York)
National Director of Foundation Relations at Boys and Girls Clubs of America
Visual Media Senior Specialist, Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory
Assistant Curator, Eli and Edythe Broad Art Museum at Michigan State University
Principal, THE MISSION (Chicago-Houston)
Assistant Director of Youth Programs, Art Institute of Chicago
Public Art Coordinator, Rose Fitzgerald Kennedy Greenway Conservancy (Boston)
Grants Manager, Barnes Foundation (Philadelphia)
Global Learning Manager & Operations, Science Gallery International (Dublin, Ireland)
Director, City Museum (St. Louis)
Chief of Staff, SAIC
Head of Exhibitions & Publications, The Fabric Workshop & Museum (Philadelphia)
Registrar, Cranbrook Art Museum (Bloomfield Hills, Michigan)
Vice President of Programming, Gathering Place for Tulsa & Guthrie Green (Tulsa, Oklahoma)
Art Advisor, Zlot Buell & Associates (San Francisco)
Director, Annual Giving, California College of the Arts (San Francisco)
Operations Manager, RxArt (New York)
Marketing Director, AIGA Seattle
Director, Seventeen Gallery (London)
Director & Curator, DeVos Art Museum at Northern Michigan University
Director, Claremorris Gallery (Ireland)
Director of Individual & Major Gifts, Chicago Public Library Foundation
Chief Strategist, MBMD Strategic Consultants (Chicago)
Account Manager, Christie’s (Chicago)
Public Affairs Specialist, Art in Embassies Program, US Department of State
Director of Public Engagement, Pioneer Works Center for Arts & Innovation (Brooklyn)
Assistant Curator of Photography, Art Institute of Chicago
Collections Manager, MacLean Collection (Lake Forest, Illinois)
Senior Research Analyst, Global Development, New York University
Program Director, Arts Midwest (Minneapolis)
Director, Individual Giving, New York Academy of Sciences
Development Officer, Peabody Essex Museum (Salem, Massachusetts)
Corporate & Foundation Relationship Manager, Greater Chicago Food Depository
Senior Development Officer, the Living City Foundation for Toronto & Region Conservation Authority
New Initiatives Manager, Peabody Essex Museum (Salem, Massachusetts)
Director of Corporate Development, Chicago Symphony Orchestra
PhD Candidate in Cultural Studies and Graduate Instructor, George Mason University
Assistant Director, University Development, UC San Francisco
Director of Development & Membership, Museum of Wisconsin Art (West Bend)

Graduated 2000-2004

Director, Carrie Secrist Gallery (Chicago)
Associate Director for Corporate & Foundation Relations, Nicholas Institute for Environmental Policy (Durham, North Carolina)
Studio Arts & Exhibition Director, Puerto Rican Arts Alliance (Chicago)
Chief of Staff, The Costume Institute, Metropolitan Museum of Art (New York)
Director of Philanthropy, Brain Research Foundation (Chicago)
Executive Director of Institutional Relations, Art Institute of Chicago
Director, Major gifts, Northwestern University
Principal, Strata Fine Art Service (Washington, DC)
Exhibitor Relations Manager, EXPO Chicago
Director, Reykjavik Art Museum
President, Josephinum Academy of the Sacred Heart (Chicago)

Graduated 1995-1999

Executive Director, James Lumber Center, College of Lake County
Director of Art & Conservation, Public Design Commission of the City of New York
Senior Consultant, Latz & Company (Chicago); Co-owner, Shane Campbell Gallery (Chicago)
Principal, Daniel Danzig & Associates (Pasadena, California); Member, The Museum Group
Vice President, Public Affairs, Country Music Television (Nashville)
Chief of Curatorial Affairs, Peabody Essex Museum (Salem, Massachusetts)
Managing Director, Blair Thomas & Co/Chicago International Puppet Theatre Festival, Links Hall Advisory Board
Finance Director, Community Foundation of Burke County (Morgantown, North Carolina)