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slug: Cleveland Museum Of Art Appoints New Associate Curator Of American Art

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CLEVELAND, OHIO —Cleveland Museum of Art Director Katharine Lee Reid announced the appointment of Dr Mark Cole, curator of American art at the Columbus Museum of Art, as new associate curator of American painting and sculpture, effective February 7.

“Dr Cole’s depth of knowledge, along with his diverse range of interests and his scholarship in American art make him a very suitable addition to our curatorial staff,” Reid said. “We are impressed with his energy, experience and demonstrated ability to connect diverse segments of the population with art.”

Cole, who earned the bachelor’s degree in chemistry from John Carroll University in 1984, also earned an MA in art history and museum studies from Case Western Reserve University in 1989. In 1999, he earned a PhD from the University of Delaware where he specialized in early Twentieth Century American painting.

Cole has lectured and published on a variety of topics in Nineteenth and Twentieth Century American art.  While a research assistant at CMA, Cole published “‘I, Too, Am America’: Karamu House and African American Artists in Cleveland,” an essay in the exhibition catalog Transformations in Cleveland Art, 1796–1946, as well as “Community and Diversity in Early Modern America,” Ohio University Press, 1996.

For information about the Cleveland Museum of Art, www.ClevelandArt.org or 888-CMA-0033.