Jamse Voorhies Application PackageVoorhies Jamse
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221 Jefferson Avenue, #1 Miami Beach
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Top Skills
Arts Administration
Leadership
Strategic Visionary
Publications
Beyond Objecthood: The Exhibitions
as a Critical Form since 1968
What Ever Happened to New
Institutionalism?
Postsensual Aesthetics: On the
Logic of the Curatorial
Martin Beck: An Organized System
of Instructions
A Manual for the Immaterial Worker
James Voorhies
Curator of The Bass Museum of Art
Miami Beach, Florida, United States
Summary
James Voorhies is Curator of The Bass Museum of Art in Miami
Beach where he is responsible for curating long-term and temporary
exhibitions, overseeing design and production of publications,
organizing artist commissions and public programs, and managing
the permanent collection.
Previously, Voorhies was Executive Director of the Tony Smith
Foundation where he initiated research programs dedicated
to placing the legacy of the modernist artist in dialogue with
contemporary art and design, including the Tony Smith Catalogue
Raisonné Project—a multi-publication project to be published by MIT
Press.
He served in academic leadership positions at California College of
the Arts in San Francisco from 2016 to 2021. Before those posts, he
held the endowed directorship of the Carpenter Center for the Visual
Arts at Harvard University from 2013 to 2016 where he curated
20 exhibitions, organized over 50 public programs, and edited two
books. He also lectured for Harvard’s Department of Art, Film, and
Visual Studies and Graduate School of Design.
From 2010 to 2013, he taught art history and critical theory at
Bennington College in Vermont. He served as Director of Exhibitions
at Columbus College of Art and Design in Ohio from 2006 to 2011.
Among his writings and books, Voorhies is the author of Postsensual
Aesthetics: On the Logic of the Curatorial, which will be published
by MIT Press in February 2023. His book Beyond Objecthood: The
Exhibition as a Critical Form since 1968 was published by MIT Press
in 2017.
Voorhies holds a PhD in modern and contemporary art history from
the Ohio State University. He has curated more than 75 exhibitions
and site-specific commissions and organized 150 public programs.
He is based in Miami and New York City.
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Experience
The Bass
Curator
January 2023 - Present (2 months)
Miami Beach, Florida, United States
Advancing the The Bass’s long commitment to contemporary artistic innovation
by working with the collection and contemporary artists to curate exhibitions
and commissioned projects that strengthen the museum’s engagement with
audiences in the region and internationally.
Curate long-term and temporary exhibitions.
Work with artists, and their studios and galleries on exhibitions; negotiate
loans, communicate with lenders and participants.
Contribute to envisioning new museum facilities, planned updates to Pritzker
Prize-winning architect Arata Isozaki’s original 1995 building concept by
adding a new exhibition wing.
Manage and execute research and writing; oversee design and production of
publications.
Oversee permanent collection, including offsite and outdoor projects and
installations.
Work with Education to development programming; provide talks and tours for
museum programs.
Develop, track, and implement annual exhibitions and collections budget,
working with Deputy Director to manage grants reporting.
Manage Curatorial & Exhibitions team.
Tony Smith Foundation
Executive Director
May 2021 - December 2022 (1 year 8 months)
New York, New York, United States
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Forged effective relationships with trustees and board members to define
and support the governance, programmatic, and fiduciary responsibilities and
mission of the foundation, including partnering with them to outline a strategic
vision.
Executed foundation’s artistic and financial strategic plans.
Managed financial resources and art collection.
Initiated and managed multi-publication project with MIT Press consisting of
the catalogue raisonnés and companion books of commissioned essays and
projects.
Curated research and public programs to advance knowledge about the art
and legacy of American artist Tony Smith.
Organized programs with contemporary artists in collaboration with institutions.
Initiated and managed fellowship program to support artists and scholars.
Managed a team of designers, researchers, photographers, archivists, and
financial advisors to make Smith’s archive accessible.
Initiated plans for fundraising from private and public resources.
Contributed to discussions about preserving the Tony Smith Papers.
Developed and managed annual budgets.
Managed a team of 10, including authors, researchers, and designers.
California College of the Arts
5 years 1 month
Chair
February 2017 - August 2021 (4 years 7 months)
San Francisco, California, United States
Advanced the academic excellence and profile of CCA’s Graduate Program
in Curatorial Practice through strategic planning, collaborative partnerships,
ethical governance, and financial resource management.
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Served as director of the Curatorial Research Bureau, a two-year partnership
between California College of the Arts and Yerba Buena Center for the Arts, to
host public and academic programs integrating students into the working life of
the contemporary arts organization.
Enriched and diversified course offerings.
Initiated collaborations with arts institutions and foundations to provide
pedagogical and financial resources to students.
Increased program enrollment by more than 100% each year of tenure with
enriched global course offerings and resources.
Diversified faculty by fostering stronger relationships with curatorial
professionals regionally and outside of the Bay Area.
Cultivated donors to support scholarships and hire faculty.
Organized academic and public programs with visiting curators and designers
such as Ute Meta Bauer, Julia Born, Yann Chateigné, Elena Filipovic, Shoghig
Halajian, Amanda Hunt, Na Kim, Maria Lind, and Sarah Rifky, among others.
Initiated and managed academic partnership with Wattis Institute for
Contemporary Arts to advance capstone projects and fellowships for students.
Collaborated with KADIST Foundation to provide post-graduate training.
Recruited, hired and managed faculty and visiting curators.
Managed 14 staff, including faculty and administrators.
Dean of Fine Arts
August 2016 - August 2018 (2 years 1 month)
San Francisco, California, United States
Offered vision and direction to four graduate and eleven undergraduate
academic programs in the Fine Arts Division. Provided stewardship and
support to ensure excellence across a range of activities prioritizing inclusive
communities and environments for students and faculty.
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Partnered with college leadership—president, provost, deans—to envision
curricular opportunities reflective of advanced art and design education
models.
Cultivated donors to fund new buildings, faculty enrichments, technologies,
scholarships, faculty hires, and diversity initiatives.
Worked with college leadership to commission Studio Gang to design new
college facilities for a unified CCA campus.
Spearheaded partnerships with Bay Area organizations to foster strong
alliances among the college and local institutions.
Launched and curated pubic programs and visiting artists series—with artists
Simon Fujiwara, Sharon Hayes, Shahryar Nashat, Martine Syms, Jon Rafman
—to provide students exposure to leading voices in contemporary art.
Facilitated and organized public events to introduce new global models in arts
education.
Participated in college governance and collaborated with chairs and deans in
the Design and Architecture divisions to organize workshops and programs
with visiting practitioners.
Managed more than 200 full- and part-time faculty and staff.
Harvard University
Director and Curator
December 2013 - August 2016 (2 years 9 months)
Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States
Originated, curated and managed exhibitions, academic and public programs,
and publications of contemporary art.
Organized group exhibitions and new commissions with artists such as
Martin Beck, Phil Collins, Margaret Lee, Josiah McElheny, Lorraine O’Grady,
Elizabeth Price, R.H. Quaytman, Martha Rosler, Kerry Tribe, and Cerith Wyn
Evans, among others.
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Collaborated with Harvard faculty and administrators to connect exhibitions
and programs with the academic goals of the Department of Art, Film, and
Visual Studies and Harvard’s Graduate School of Design.
Launched and managed a communication, graphic design, branding, website,
and social media strategy by hiring designer James Goggin of Practise to
strengthen the international and regional visibility of the institution.
Initiated and fostered collaborations with university departments and Boston-
area institutions to present programs with visitors such as Nina Beier, Silvia
Benedito, Ulla von Brandenburg, Natalie Czech, Paul Ha, Henriette Huldisch,
Karel Martens, Simon Dybbroe Møller, Eva Respini, and Krzysztof Wodiczko.
Managed annual budget.
Partnered with Harvard’s advancement team to cultivate donor engagement
opportunities, fundraising from foundations and private sources for artist
commissions, lecture series, and publication program.
Launched and served as chief editor of an annual reader published by
Sternberg Press.
Managed team of 7, including administrators, fellows, and contractors.
Lectured for the Department of Art, Film, and Visual Studies and Harvard’s
Graduate School of Design.
Bennington College
Professor
August 2010 - January 2014 (3 years 6 months)
Bennington, Vermont, United States
Taught undergraduate courses in art history, critical theory, and public space.
Served as advisor to students enrolled in the Visual and Performing Arts
program.
Participated in college governance and other responsibilities as part being at
an academy; contributed to faculty meetings and attended academic events.
Columbus College of Art & Design
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Director and Curator
October 2006 - April 2011 (4 years 7 months)
Columbus, Ohio, United States
Initiated and provided intellectual and programmatic leadership for exhibitions
of international contemporary art.
Collaborated with regional community and college faculty and administration
to introduce current topics in contemporary art and curatorial practices,
organizing exhibitions, events and publications corresponding to the mission of
the college.
Commissioned site-specific projects and lectures by artists and curators
Claire Fontaine, Matthew Higgs, Learning Site, Laura Lisbon, Dennis McNulty,
Michael Mercil, Morgan Puett, Red76, Jon Rubin, Tercerunquinto, and
Christian Tomaszewski, among others to provide students and faculty access
to innovative arts practitioners.
Wrote texts for exhibition catalogs, gallery didactics and online communication
platforms.
Integrated program into regional and international communities to build
partnerships and alliances with artists and institutions.
Collaborated with development office to secure funding from international and
local resources, as well as corporate and individual gifts.
Coordinated and produced print and digital communications material.
Managed team of 10, including exhibitions staff; managed annual budget.
The Metropolitan Museum of Art
Administrator and Collections Manager
April 2001 - July 2005 (4 years 4 months)
New York, New York, United States
Organized, managed, and couriered loans of art objects in the collections
of the European Paintings, Nineteenth-Century, Modern and Contemporary
Art departments while administering departmental activities and contributing
research to the museum’s online education initiatives.
Managed loans of works of art to national and international exhibition venues.
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Served as courier accompanying loans to museums and institutions
worldwide.
Liaised with museum curators in three departments and conservators to
evaluate viability of loan requests and conditions of artworks.
Worked with curators, conservators, trustees, administrators, and gallerists to
manage the acquisition of gifts and purchases.
Coordinated with museum curators and counsel on collection deaccessions.
Worked with registrar, curators, and counsel’s office to acquire loans
from private collectors and public institutions around the world, including
coordinating the annual loans of the Annenberg Collection of Impressionist and
Post-Impressionist Masterworks.
Managed departmental activities including budgets and supervision of
technicians, assistants, and interns.
Oversaw renovations of the European Paintings galleries.
Routinely contributed scholarly essays to the museum’s Heilbrunn Timeline of
Art History.
Brooklyn Museum
Curatorial Assistant to Chief Curator
December 1999 - April 2001 (1 year 5 months)
Served as primary point of contact between the offices of the Director and the
Chief Curator, supporting the advancement of research and exhibition-making
priorities of the museum’s curatorial departments.
Worked with eleven curatorial department heads and their curators to
assist with exhibitions, permanent collection installations, acquisitions, and
deaccessions.
Managed communication and meetings between the museum’s director Arnold
Lehman and the Chief Curator.
Coordinated and managed installations of recent gifts from donors and
trustees.
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Worked with curatorial departments and conservators on traveling exhibitions,
loan agreements, and conservation reports.
Managed and circulated exhibition didactic and communication materials and
texts among curatorial, editorial, design, and education departments.
Served as courier accompanying loans of artworks to national and
international exhibition venues.
Education
The Ohio State University
Doctor of Philosophy - PhD, Art History, Criticism and
Conservation · (September 2007 - May 2012)
The Ohio State University
Master of Arts - MA, Art History, Criticism and Conservation · (September
1992 - May 1995)
The Ohio State University
Bachelor's degree, Art History, Criticism and Conservation · (September
1988 - May 1992)
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