Bard CCS Alumna Kelly Taxter MA ’03 Appointed Director of Parrish Art Museum
Kelly Taxter, curator of contemporary art at The Jewish Museum in New York City, has been appointed director of the Parrish Art Museum in Water Mill, New York. Taxter studied fine art before shifting her focus from art making to art show making in the early 2000s, when she enrolled in the master’s program at Bard’s Center for Curatorial Studies. “At the time, it was one of two masters programs in the world,” she says. “I got my MA there and it was an incredible school. The network and support you get is tremendous.” When asked to offer her vision of what she sees in terms of moving the Parrish forward as a cultural institution, Taxter responds: “I’m committed to not making it a strictly white space, and the Hamptons reads that way from the outside. I’d like to understand who’s here and what their needs are.” Her tenure at the Parrish begins March 22.
Post Date: 02-23-2021
Post Date: 02-23-2021