Montclair Art Museum Chief Curator Gail Stavitsky Named 2015 John Cotton Dana Award Winner

Prestigious Award from New Jersey Association of Museums Honors NJ Museum Leaders
 
May 20, 2015 - PRLog -- Gail Stavitsky, chief curator of the Montclair Art Museum (MAM), has been selected to receive the 2015 John Cotton Dana Award from the New Jersey Association of Museums (NJAM). Dr. Stavitsky is being honored for advancing the service of museums to the region, for demonstrating visionary and innovative leadership, and for epitomizing the highest standards of professional commitment as exemplified by museum pioneer John Cotton Dana (1856–1929). The award will be presented at the NJAM Annual Meeting at Grounds for Sculpture on June 1.

Dr. Stavitsky has served as curator for the Montclair Art Museum for the past 21 years, setting the course of MAM's curatorial vision for one fifth of the Museum's 101-year history. She has organized many outstanding exhibitions, including Precisionism in America 1915-1941: Reordering Reality (1994), Waxing Poetic: Encaustic Art in America (1999), Cézanne and American Modernism (2009), and The New Spirit: American Art in the Armory Show, 1913 (2013). She has also served as primary author on numerous scholarly catalogs including Will Barnet: A Timeless World (2000) and Warhol and Cars: American Icons (2011), contributed to many additional publications such as Robert Smithson's New Jersey (2014), and is a respected lecturer. Recognized as a scholar of American modernism, Dr. Stavitsky has made major cultural contributions to the state of New Jersey.

About the New Jersey Association of Museums
The New Jersey Association of Museums is a non-profit membership organization that has been serving museum professionals, and arts, history, and science institutions in the state of New Jersey since 1973. NJAM strives to benefit members by: facilitating the exchange of information through educational and networking opportunities; increasing and enhancing knowledge of best practices in museums; and, advocating on behalf of the New Jersey museum sector. (njmuseums.org)

About the John Cotton Dana Award

The John Cotton Dana Award, bestowed by the New Jersey Association of Museums, recognizes outstanding contributions to the museum profession. It is named for John Cotton Dana, founder of the Newark Museum and regarded by many across the world as the father of the modern museum. Dana proposed that museums should strive to become a stronger and more enriching presence in people’s lives and his progressive philosophy regarding the dual role of museums, both as educational entities and in service to the community, still holds true today.

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