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Stephanie Stebich
Stephanie Antoinette Franziska Stebich (born January 26, 1966 in Mülheim) is a German-born American art historian and curator. Stebich is currently the Margaret and Terry Stent Director of the Smithsonian American Art Museum. Career Born in Germany to Gehard and Ute, Stebich's family immigrated to Scarsdale, New York, when she was three years old. She graduated from Phillips Exeter Academy in 1984. Stebich then continued on to receive degrees in art history: a Bachelor of Arts from Columbia University in 1988 and a Master of Arts from New York University Institute of Fine Arts. Stebich began her career in museum directorship in Assistant Director positions: the Brooklyn Museum from 1992 to 1995, the Cleveland Museum of Art from 1995 to 2001, and the Minneapolis Institute of Art from 2001 to 2004. In the following year, she became Executive Director of the Tacoma Art Museum. In 2017, Stebich was named the Margaret and Terry Stent Director of the Smithsonian American Art Museum, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mülheim
Mülheim, officially Mülheim an der Ruhr () and also described as ''"City on the River"'', is a city in North Rhine-Westphalia in Germany. It is located in the Ruhr Area between Duisburg, Essen, Oberhausen and Ratingen. It is home to many companies, especially in the food industry, such as the Aldi Süd Company, the Harke Group and the Tengelmann Group. Mülheim received its town charter in 1808, and 100 years later the population exceeded 100,000, making Mülheim officially a city. At the time of the city's 200th anniversary with approximately 170,000 residents, it was counted among the smaller cities of Germany. Geography Geographical location Mülheim an der Ruhr is located to the southwest of Essen in the Ruhr valley. Geology The northern foothills of the Rhenish Massif are characterised by the distinctive rock formation of the bare mountain slopes through which run coal-bearing layers which formed during the carboniferous period. Here the Ruhr cuts more than 50 meter ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of Phillips Exeter Academy People
The following is a list of notable faculty, trustees, and alumni of Phillips Exeter Academy, a preparatory school in Exeter, New Hampshire, founded in 1781. Notable faculty members and trustees of Phillips Exeter Academy * John Phillips – founder of Phillips Exeter; president of board of trustees 1781–1795 *John Pickering – federal judge, impeached for drunkenness; trustee 1781–1782 *Paine Wingate – New Hampshire delegate to the Continental Congress; U.S. representative from New Hampshire; U.S. senator from New Hampshire; trustee 1787–1809 * Benjamin Abbot – principal 1788–1838 * Nicholas Emery – judge on the Maine Supreme Judicial Court; assistant teacher 1797 *Gideon Lane Soule – principal 1838–1873 * Daniel Dana – president of Dartmouth College; instructor 1789–91; board of trustees 1809–1843 *John Taylor Gilman – delegate to the Continental Congress; Governor of New Hampshire; president of board of trustees 1795–1827 * Ashur Ware – fede ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of New York University Alumni
This list of New York University alumni includes notable graduates and non-graduate former students of New York University. Legend The following abbreviations and notes are used to represent NYU schools and colleges: In 1973, the New York University School of Engineering and Science merged into Polytechnic Institute of Brooklyn, which in turn merged into NYU to form New York University Polytechnic School of Engineering in 2014. In 2015, the school changed its name to NYU Tandon School of Engineering. Academia and research Educators * Haim Ben-Shahar, Israeli economist and President of Tel Aviv University * J. David Bleich (born 1936), rabbi and authority on Jewish law and ethics * Francis Kilcoyne (died 1985), President of Brooklyn College *Howard Lesnick (1931-2020), Jefferson B. Fordham Professor of Law, University of Pennsylvania Law School * Josef Singer (1923-2009), Israeli aeronautical engineer and President of Technion – Israel Institute of Technology Professors ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of Female Art Museum Directors
This is a list of notable female art museum directors. List References {{DEFAULTSORT:Female art museum directors *Female art museum directors Art museum directors Lists of art museums and galleries Lists of female office-holders *Female art museum directors ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of Columbia College People
The following list contains only notable graduates and former students of Columbia College, the undergraduate liberal arts division of Columbia University, and its predecessor, from 1754 to 1776, King's College. For a full list of individuals associated with the university as a whole, see the List of Columbia University people. An asterisk (*) indicates a former student who did not graduate. Founding fathers of the United States * John Jay (King's 1764), President of the Continental Congress; first Chief Justice of the United States; author of five of ''The Federalist'' papers; first Secretary of Foreign Affairs under the Articles of Confederation; architect of Jay Treaty with Great Britain * Robert Livingston (King's 1764), a writer of the Declaration of Independence as part of the Committee of Five; first United States Secretary of Foreign Affairs; negotiator of the Louisiana Purchase * Egbert Benson (King's 1765), delegate to the Continental Congress, U.S. Representatives ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
American Women's History Initiative
The American Women's History Initiative (AWHI) was launched by the Smithsonian Institution in Washington D.C. in 2018. The initiative aims to collect, research, educate, and disseminate compelling historical record of the accomplishment of American women. History In 2016, the American Museum of Women's History Congressional Commission submitted a report to Congress, addressing the need for a museum to be dedicated to women's history in the United States, the content and location of the museum, and how it will be funded. Acknowledging that U.S. history is incomplete without women's history, the Commission recommended that a Women's History Initiative be established within the Smithsonian Institution, as the first step toward a permanent museum. The report also set out a concrete path for the museum to be built within the Smithsonian museum district. In 2020, Congress established the Smithsonian American Women's History Museum. Development and Exhibitions The initiative has ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Elizabeth Broun
Elizabeth "Betsy" Broun (born December 15, 1946 in Kansas City) is an American art historian and curator. Broun served as the Margaret and Terry Stent Director of the Smithsonian American Art Museum from 1989 to 2016, and is the longest-serving female director in the history of the Smithsonian Institution. Career Born in Kansas City, but raised in Independence, Kansas, Broun completed all of her degrees from the University of Kansas: a Bachelor of Arts in French and Art History in 1968, a Master of Arts in Art History in 1969, and a Doctor of Philosophy in Art History in 1976. Her doctoral dissertation was on American art at the World's Columbian Exposition in 1893. In the early 1970s, Broun began her career in museums as a Ford Foundation Curatorial Fellow at the Walters Art Museum. Upon completing her doctorate, she remained at the University of Kansas as Assistant Professor of Art History, as well as the Curator of Prints and Drawings at the Spencer Museum of Art until 1983. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
New York University Institute Of Fine Arts
The Institute of Fine Arts (IFA) of New York University is dedicated to graduate teaching and advanced research in the history of art, archaeology and the conservation and technology of works of art. It offers Master of Arts and Doctor of Philosophy degrees in Art History and Archeology, the Advanced Certificate in Conservation of Works of Art, and the Certificate in Curatorial Studies (issued jointly with the Metropolitan Museum of Art). Since the school awarded its first PhD in 1933, more than 2000 degrees have been conferred and a high proportion of its alumni hold international leadership roles as professors, curators, museum directors, archaeologists, conservators, critics, and institutional administrators. The IFA's doctoral program was ranked among the best in the United States by the National Research Council’s 2011 study. History Art history became a dedicated field of study at New York University in 1922, when the young scholar-architect Fiske Kimball was appointed ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Master Of Arts
A Master of Arts ( la, Magister Artium or ''Artium Magister''; abbreviated MA, M.A., AM, or A.M.) is the holder of a master's degree awarded by universities in many countries. The degree is usually contrasted with that of Master of Science. Those admitted to the degree have typically studied subjects within the scope of the humanities and social sciences, such as history, literature, languages, linguistics, public administration, political science, communication studies, law or diplomacy; however, different universities have different conventions and may also offer the degree for fields typically considered within the natural sciences and mathematics. The degree can be conferred in respect of completing courses and passing examinations, research, or a combination of the two. The degree of Master of Arts traces its origins to the teaching license or of the University of Paris, designed to produce "masters" who were graduate teachers of their subjects. Europe Czech Republic a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bachelor Of Arts
Bachelor of arts (BA or AB; from the Latin ', ', or ') is a bachelor's degree awarded for an undergraduate program in the arts, or, in some cases, other disciplines. A Bachelor of Arts degree course is generally completed in three or four years, depending on the country and institution. * Degree attainment typically takes four years in Afghanistan, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Bangladesh, Brazil, Brunei, China, Egypt, Ghana, Greece, Georgia, Hong Kong, Indonesia, Iran, Iraq, Ireland, Japan, Kazakhstan, Kenya, Kuwait, Latvia, Lebanon, Lithuania, Mexico, Malaysia, Mongolia, Myanmar, Nepal, Netherlands, Nigeria, Pakistan, the Philippines, Qatar, Russia, Saudi Arabia, Scotland, Serbia, South Korea, Spain, Sri Lanka, Taiwan, Thailand, Turkey, Ukraine, the United States and Zambia. * Degree attainment typically takes three years in Albania, Australia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, the Caribbean, Iceland, India, Israel, Italy, New Zealand, Norway, South Africa, Switzerland, the Canadian province of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
