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Since becoming a member of Miami Dade Faculty Museum of Artwork and Design (MOAD) in February 2024 as government director and chief curator, Dr. Amy Galpin has been working in direction of elevating the profile of the establishment and enhancing the accessibility of its packages and collections.
Dr. Galpin oversees all museum operations and actions whereas nurturing relationships with established and rising neighborhood members, sponsors, donors, and the Larger Miami visible arts neighborhood. She may even oversee the MDC Particular Collections and the Kislak Heart contained in the Historic Landmark the Freedom Tower, which is ready to reopen in September and rejoice its centennial.
With over 20 years of expertise, Dr. Galpin was the chief curator of the Frost Artwork Museum at Florida Worldwide College, a curator at Rollins Museum of Artwork, and an affiliate curator of Artwork of the Americas on the San Diego Museum of Artwork.
On the Frost Artwork Museum, she curated group exhibitions, resembling Within the Thoughts’s Eye: Landscapes of Cuba and Reduce: Abstraction within the US from the Nineteen Seventies to the Current, and solo tasks with artists Rafael Soldi, Liu Shiyuan, and Peggy Levison Nolan.
At Rollins Museum, she organized solo exhibitions with Patrick Martínez, Jamilah Sabur, and Jess Dugan and curated the group exhibition “Displacement: Symbols and Journeys.” At each establishments, she enthusiastically engaged with college students and college on diverse initiatives, together with curating exhibitions, and taught programs on trendy and up to date artwork and museum research.
Dr. Galpin has a observe document of neighborhood engagement in Miami, having collaborated with companions such because the Miami-Dade Public Libraries and Oolite Arts, the place she guest-curated exhibitions. Ms. Galpin says she stays dedicated to researching the artists who dwell and work on this area.
“One factor I’m actually excited for us is to welcome folks again to the Freedom Tower, for them to expertise these new exhibitions, and for all of our neighborhood to replicate on the historical past of the Freedom Tower. For some, that historical past is so private, and for some, it’ll be new,” she added. “That is a unprecedented yr, with the centennial, with the reopening of the Freedom Tower, which is an area that may symbolize hope, alternative, and it’s a solution to honor private histories and elevating the expertise of many Miamians by artwork, dialog and design.”
Dr. Galpin spoke with Miami Right this moment reporter Abraham Galvan.
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