Indiana University (IU), a world-class public research University in Bloomington, Indiana. seeks the Wilma E. Kelley Director of the Sidney and Lois Eskenazi Museum of Art. Following a $30-million renovation in its landmark I.M. Pei building, the Eskenazi Museum of Art, a crown jewel on the IU campus, has completed a period of significant growth and transformation. The next Director will further leverage the Museum’s expansive, encyclopedic collection, progressive educational initiatives, and state-of-the-art facilities to activate enhanced programming and engagement in a dynamic learning environment for IU students and faculty, scholars and researchers, the community-at-large, and visitors from across the nation and world.
Executive Director, Eskenazi Museum of Art
Town Halls
Town halls were held with the finalists April 29 and May 1, 2025.
Search Committee
- Peg Faimon (Chair): Founding Dean and Professor Eskenazi School of Art, Architecture + Design
- Christine Baldwin, Senior Director of Development, Eskenazi Museum of Art
- Carey Champion, Associate Librarian and Director of Wylie House Museum
- Ed Dallis-Comentale, Assistant Vice President for Arts and Humanities
- Caleigh Law, Graduate assistant to the curator of European and American Art MA student in Art History
- Jon Kay, Associate Professor, Folklore and Ethnomusicology, and Interim Executive Director, Arts & Humanities
- Brandie Macdonald, Executive Director & Chief Curator, IU Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology
- Jennifer McComas, PhD Curator of European and American Art, Eskenazi Museum of Art
- Osamu James Nakagawa, Ruth N. Halls Distinguished Professor, Photography
- Julie Ribits, Beverly and Gayl W. Doster Paintings Conservator, Eskenazi Museum of Art
- Diane Reilly, Provost Professor, Art History
- Judy Summerville, Co-chair of National Advisory Board at Eskenazi Museum of Art