Executive Director

Executive Director, Eskenazi Museum of Art

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.

Town Halls

Town halls have been scheduled with the finalists April 29 and May 1, 2025. See below for more information.

Candidate A

2:00 - 3:20 pm

Townhall will be in-person in Eskenazi Museum Room 256 (Martin Commons) and online.
Zoom information will be released 24 hours prior to the town hall. 

Candidate B

2:00 - 3:20 pm

Townhall will be in-person in Eskenazi Museum Room 256 (Martin Commons) and online.
Zoom information will be released 24 hours prior to the town hall. 

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