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Academy Art Museum director reflects on community before leaving for New York
EASTON — Academy Art Museum Director Sarah Jesse is moving on to the University of Rochester in March after a three-year stint in Talbot County. Although this institute is orders of magnitude bigger, she will continue her focus on community engagement with the arts. Feb. 23 is her last day before she moves on to be director of the Memorial Art Gallery. She said she has enjoyed living and working in Easton. There is a search committee for the next candidate. “I love this place. I love the people. I love the staff and the people who support this place. I love how important this place is to the area and how beloved it is,” Jesse said. “That has made this job feel very rewarding. This has been a total professional highlight for me coming here. I have learned so much, and it has been excellent training for my next step. It has been so fun. I will miss it a lot.” She feels she is leaving the Academy in excellent hands, and it is in excellent shape. Looking forward, her next post is in a larger city and connected to a university. “It is a bigger institution.
Culture Secretary Lisa Nandy is set to make the announcement on Thursday, including a 5% budget increase for all national museums and art galleries.
She is expected to use a speech in Stratford-upon-Avon, birthplace of William Shakespeare, to announce a new £270 million Arts Everywhere Fund to help organisations in urgent need of financial support.
Five museums in Yorkshire have been awarded funding as part of a £270m investment in arts and culture in the UK.
The Museum of North Craven Life, in Settle, will receive almost £800,000, while the Land of Iron, in Skinningrove, will be given almost £656,000.
Millennium Gallery, in Sheffield, will be awarded £315,000, the Bankfield Museum in Halifax, is to receive £442,000 and the Beck Isle Museum, in Pickering, will receive almost £400,000.
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brand-new private museum to its ranks – PoMo, short for Post Office Modern. Its mission is to make art more accessible, challenge gender inequality in collections, and boost the region’s cultural scene.
Set in an Art Nouveau building that used to serve as the city’s post office, PoMo spans five floors and 4,000 square metres. The space is a product of the vision and personal art collection of Monica Reitan and Ole Robert Reitan, who’ve spent over two decades collecting works from artists like Simone Leigh, Louise Bourgeois, Anne Imhof, and Franz West. Ole Robert, who’s also a co-owner of the Norwegian retail and finance giant Reitan AS, believes art should be for everyone
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