Katherine D. Alcauskas named as Chazen Museum of Art Chief Curator
(Artdaily.org)

Katherine D. Alcauskas has been named to a new position, Chief Curator, at the Chazen Museum of Art at the University of Wisconsin–Madison. She will begin her tenure on Sept. 23, and will be tasked with shaping the research, acquisition, management, display and interpretation of the museum’s unique permanent collection. She will also oversee an active exhibitions program that includes both traveling and in-house curated projects of all sizes. “We are thrilled that Ms. Alcauskas is joining the Chazen curatorial team,” said Amy Gilman, director of the Chazen. “Her experience as a curator and leader in both large collecting institutions and academic galleries positions her perfectly to help develop our curatorial strategy. As we explore what it means to be a university museum in the 21st century, searching for new and innovative ways to showcase