BUFFALO, N.Y. (WKBW) \u2014 The Buffalo AKG Art Museum has appointed co-directors for the first time in its 164-year history.<\/p>\n
Chief Curator Cathleen Chaffee was named artistic director, and Deputy Director Jillian Jones was named executive director. <\/p>\n
Starting November 1, Chaffee will oversee art and education initiatives, and Jones will focus on strategy, operations and financial management.<\/p>\n
“Just an honor beyond belief,” Chaffee said on Friday. <\/p>\n
“We understand the responsibility that comes with these roles,” Jones added.<\/p>\n
Chaffee and Jone will succeed outgoing Director Janne Siren, who steps down on October 31. The museum’s board created the new leadership and chose to promote from within.<\/p>\n
“The Board saw an opportunity to embrace a leadership model as ambitious as the museum itself, and as forward-looking as the moment demands,” Board Chair Alice Jacobs said in a statement. “Jillian Jones and Cathleen Chaffee have had a transformative impact on this institution. The talent we needed was already here.”<\/p>\n
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Buffalo AKG Art Museum names co-directors for the first time in its 164-year history<\/p>\n
Jones said the overlap between their roles is by design.<\/p>\n
“There is inherently an overlap there; that overlap is intentional,” Jones said. “There’s sort of a productive tension where each of us might look at the question of the day, or the question at hand, through different lenses, and that is ultimately going to give us a better answer in the end.” <\/p>\n
Jones said the new leadership is focused on continuity.<\/p>\n
“Our leadership is about stability and building on the momentum that has been established over the past few years,” she said. <\/p>\n
Chaffee said the goal is to build on what has already been accomplished.<\/p>\n
“We really want to build on, continue building on, the work that we’ve already done, but actually taking that to another level of strength, stability and bravery,” Chaffee said.<\/p>\n
The co-directors’ priorities include a community listening tour, activating a new strategic plan, building financial resilience and maintaining the institution infused with excellence and fun.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"BUFFALO, N.Y. (WKBW) \u2014 The Buffalo AKG Art Museum has appointed co-directors for the first time in its…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":604069,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[267],"tags":[255184,365,362,363,364,15940,366,18,117,19,17],"class_list":["post-604068","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-arts-and-design","tag-akg-art-museum","tag-arts","tag-arts-and-design","tag-artsanddesign","tag-artsdesign","tag-buffalo","tag-design","tag-eire","tag-entertainment","tag-ie","tag-ireland"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@ie\/116982440493429034","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/604068","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=604068"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/604068\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/604069"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=604068"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=604068"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=604068"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}