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CAPE MUSEUM OF FINE ARTS SEEKING NEW DIRECTOR
by Burt Albert
"It's a logical progression of focus in my career," Gregory F. Harper said recently when he announced to the Board of Trustees at the Cape Museum of Fine Arts that he was stepping down as Executive Director/ Curator to take a position with the international, nonprofit organization, Visual Understanding in Education.
His resignation, effective September 30, comes nine years after Harper assumed the CMFA post, a tenure that saw the Dennis-based institution expand not only its collection but also its facilities and funding, programming and membership.
Hailed a "star museum" last year by The New York Times, the CMFA recently completed a $1.5 million addition and expects to begin constructing an educational wing in the fall.
Joseph A. Signore, CMFA Board president, said Harper's announcement represents "a great opportunity for Greg, one that takes advantage of a number of his interests."
"He's done a good job," Signore added, "and we wish him the very best."
Harper's new role as VUEšs executive director will be to expand the decade-old organization through a multi-year curriculum in schools and museums that helps students learn to think by engaging them with artworks.
"The job is a natural outgrowth of my experiences at the CMFA with 20th century American art," said Harper, age 47. "It also builds on the programming and docent-training I've done here and on what I did earlier in my career with art and education."
"Now everything's coming together for me in the challenges of the new position," Harper told the CMFA Board, to whom he also expressed mixed emotions about "leaving this place and the people who have enriched my life in so many ways."
Signore said the Board will take as long as needed to find "just the right person" for the CMFA directorship.
To that end Signore has already formed a Search Committee. It consists of five CMFA Board members: Robert Douglas Hunter, Susan Priem, R. Bruce Hammatt, Jr., Tony Guthrie, and Barbara M. Rockefeller.
The committee represents a cross-section of people who "bring varied and important perspectives to the task."
Signore said input from others will also be sought to establish search procedures and criteria for selection.
The winning candidate, he added, must meet the approval of the Search Committee, the Boardšs Executive Committee and the complete Board in that order.
According to Signore, the Board will soon determine plans for the interim period, "drawing upon a strong, committed staff" and on those Board members "with degrees in fine arts and a depth of experience in museum administration."
The mission of the CMFA is to "illustrate the role of Cape Cod and the Islands in the history of American art since 1899."
In July the CMFA celebrated its 20th anniversary and new addition with the 12th National Exhibition of the American Society of Marine Artists, topped off by the "Setting Sail" fund-raiser.CONTACT:
Joseph A. Signore
508-945-0486
This article is co-sponsored by the Cape Museum of Fine Arts. Be sure to view and participate in all the exciting upcoming events and art shows to take place at the Cape Museum of Fine Arts in 1999. For further information please visit their web site at: http://www.cmfa.org
Cape Museum of Fine Arts
P.O. Box 2034
Route 6A
Dennis, MA 02638
508.385.4477
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