Glenstone Museum

We are excited to announce three upcoming presentations by Cady Noland, Melvin Edwards, and Lorraine O’Grady, opening in the Pavilions on October 17. This will be the first time each artist has exhibited at Glenstone. The exhibitions, which will remain on view through February 23, 2025, mark the first phase of reopening the renovated Pavilions building. Visits for October 17 and later are now available on our website. Images: Cady Noland, “Tower of Terror”, 1993 – 1994 © Cady Noland Melvin Edwards Gulf of Mexico, 1990 Courtesy Alexander Gray Associates, New York; Stephen Friedman Gallery, London © 2024 Melvin Edwards / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York Lorraine O’Grady “Cutting Out CO-NYT", 1977/2017 © 2024 Lorraine O’Grady/Artist Rights Society (ARS), New York

📣 We are excited to announce that on October 17, the Pavilions building will begin a phased reopening while renovation work continues. Visitors can enjoy: ✅ The Pavilions: Five rooms will be available for visitors, featuring special presentations by three new artists. Stay tuned next month for more details! ✅ The Gallery building featuring "Iconoclasts: Selections from Glenstone’s Collection" ✅ The Arrival Hall and Bookstore ✅ Outdoor Sculpture Program (including newly installed works by Simone Leigh, Alex Da Corte and Charles Ray) ✅ Dining at the Café and Patio In the next few weeks, we'll share more about the artists on view and when to book a visit! 📷: Iwan Baan

📣 We are excited to announce that on October 17, the Pavilions building will begin a phased reopening while renovation work continues. Visitors can enjoy: ✅ The Pavilions: Five rooms will be available for visitors, featuring special presentations by three new artists. Stay tuned next month for more details! ✅ The Gallery building featuring "Iconoclasts: Selections from Glenstone’s Collection" ✅ The Arrival Hall and Bookstore ✅ Outdoor Sculpture Program (including newly installed works by Simone Leigh, Alex Da Corte and Charles Ray) ✅ Dining at the Café and Patio In the next few weeks, we'll share more about the artists on view and when to book a visit! 📷: Iwan Baan

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We're #hiring! Join our creative and collaborative team of talented associates to help us make a difference by create meaningful encounters with art, architecture and nature for visitors. 🔍 Current Openings: 📌 Community Engagement Coordinator: build and foster relationships with our community partners. 📌 Security Officer: ensure a safe and secure environment for our staff, visitors and art collection. 📌 HVAC Tech: ensure optimal performance of our state of the art HVAC systems to maintain a comfortable environment for people and preserve the art collection. 📌 Visitor Experience Supervisor: ensure smooth daily visitor operations and support the guide team thrive to deliver a one-of-a-kind experience for visitors. 🔗 Learn more and apply on our website: https://glst.one/3WkbGjo

Congratulations to members of our Collections team for a successful (and busy!) visit to the recent American Institute for Conservation & Foundation for Advancement in Conservation conference in Salt Lake City.  Glenstone’s Associate Conservator  Sam Owens and Assistant Curator Daniel Mauro discussed their work on artist Gary Hill’s interactive 1992 video installation, “Tall Ships”. They were joined by Cass Fino-Radin, founder of Small Data Industries, who was an instrumental collaborator and leader in the project. Together, the group presented on the conservation process for “Tall Ships”, which included maintaining the custom projectors used in the work while migrating the original LaserDiscs to a Raspberry Pi-based backend solution. Our Conservation Fellow, Kaela Nurmi, also participated in two presentations and gave a presentation and poster (co-authored with our Electrician and Trades Supervisor, Nick Ecker and 2022 Graduate Conservation Intern Elisse Brautigam) on the conservation of Sol Lewitt’s “Wall Structure in Nine Parts, Each Containing a Work of Art by Other Artists”, 1963, as well as a presentation on the conservation of works by artist Thornton Dial. 

Our associates had a blast (and learned a lot!) while visiting the annual American Alliance of Museums conference this weekend in Baltimore. ⁣ ⁣ Glenstone associates Tan Tran and Andrea Desjardins presented a poster on Glenstone’s school visit programs, and Ariana Kaye and Chris Ryan presented on what it takes to care for Jeff Koons’ “Split-Rocker”, 2000. Other associates attended talks, panels, workshops, and spent some time exploring Baltimore. Our Learning and Development Specialist, Emily, reflected "AAM 2024 was an expansive weekend filled to the brim with opportunity to consider aspects of museums and cultural institutions that may not be part of my everyday workflow. Connecting with current Glenstonians, former Glenstonians, and colleagues from other institutions was the most meaningful aspect of the weekend for me - it felt like a mini reunion."

We are proud to share that Glenstone will be represented at the American Alliance of Museums (AAM) 2024 Annual Meeting & MuseumExpo in Baltimore this weekend! Saturday, 5/18 at 12:40 pm, Andrea DesJardins, Community Engagement Assistant, and Tan Tran, Guide will present “Self-Led Experiences: The Museum as a Resource for the Classroom and Beyond.” This is a poster and will be on view in the Poster Pavilion throughout the conference. Sunday, 5/19 at 10:20 am, Ariana Kaye, Curatorial Assistant and Chris Ryan, Split-Rocket Technician, will present “A Plant Parent Approach to Projects” in Room 345/346.

Now on view: Simone Leigh’s “Satellite”, 2022 #SimoneLeigh © Simone Leigh, Courtesy Matthew Marks Gallery

We’re #hiring! Glenstone is looking for an IT Manager to provide leadership, oversight, and strategic direction to Glenstone’s IT department. For more information about the position and how to apply, visit our careers page at lnkd.in/e_9GACGv