Lauren Schell Dickens promoted to Senior Curator at the San José Museum of Art
(Artdaily.org)

Susan Sayre Batton, Oshman Executive Director of the San José Museum of Art, announces that Lauren Schell Dickens has been promoted to Senior Curator of SJMA’s dynamic exhibition program. On staff since joining the Museum as curator in 2016, Dickens most recently co-organized the first major mid-career survey of Rina Banerjee with Jodi Throckmorton of Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, a ground-breaking exhibition accompanied by a full catalogue that will travel to three additional venues after it closes October 6 at SJMA. Dickens has also spearheaded several major solo exhibitions of note, including Undersoul: Jay DeFeo and Diana Al-Hadid: Liquid City, both of which featured accompanying publications. Upcoming exhibitions include With Drawn Arms: Glenn Kaino and Tommie Smith, and the first museum exhibition of Bay-Area ceramicist Woody de Othello, opening simultaneously at SJMA on November 1, 2019. In addition,