BURLINGTON, VT.- Following a comprehensive national search, Andrea Rosen has joined the University of Vermont’s Fleming Museum of Art as the new Curator. Rosen will be responsible for overseeing and curating from the Museum’s collection of over 25,000 objects of art and anthropology from around the globe, as well as bringing national and international traveling exhibitions to the Fleming’s galleries. In addition to her curating duties, Rosen will help in coordinating academic outreach with the University’s faculty and student population.

Most recently, Rosen served as the curatorial assistant and manager of student programs at the Bowdoin College Museum of Art in Brunswick, Maine, where she developed experience in both curating exhibitions and successfully integrating those exhibitions into faculty curricula and the student experience.

Rosen earned her Master’s in Art History and Museum Studies at Tufts University, following undergraduate studies in Studio Art at Smith College. She interned at several institutions including the Whitney Museum of American Art and the Toledo Museum of Art. “We’re thrilled to have Andrea join us,” says Fleming Director Janie Cohen. “She’'s coming from a firstclass college museum, so she understands both the issues and opportunities that academic museums face.”

Cohen said she was impressed with Rosen’s work at Bowdoin, including the exhibition she curated last year titled Under the Surface: Surrealist Photography. Rosen explored the subject matter utilizing the College’s rich permanent collection of photographs while at the same time securing many outside loans to complement and broaden the scope of the exhibition.

Although her focus has been predominately on modern and contemporary art—like the photographs featured in Under the Surface—Rosen says she is looking forward to being “a generalist and working with an encyclopedic collection,” such as the one housed at the Fleming.

Cohen said one of Rosen’s first tasks will be to “familiarize herself with the Fleming’s permanent collection” and related issues, which include everything from storage to acquisitions. This aspect of curating, notes Cohen, is one rarely considered by the public but is the “heart and soul of museums.”

Arriving at the Fleming this past summer, Rosen was excited to explore the Museum’s rich collection of non-Western material and to work with art from a wide variety of cultures —a particular strength of the Fleming’s permanent collection. In addition, Rosen is looking forward to meeting and engaging with faculty members and students. “For me, one of the joys of working in an academic museum is the opportunity to cover a wide variety of subjects, while enjoying access to a wealth of knowledge in terms of faculty expertise,” said Rosen.