Lisa Corrin Leaving SAM
Lisa Corrin, curator of modern and contemporary art at the Seattle Art Museum, is leaving this fall to become director of the Williams College Art Museum in the Berkshires in northwestern Massachusetts. Corrin's been at SAM since 2001 and a significant force in the development of the Olympic Sculpture Park.
Among her exhibitions at SAM are "Baja to Vancouver: The West Coast and Contemporary Art" and "Do-Ho Suh," a stellar contemporary artist from New York. She was instrumental in getting "Between Past and Future: New Photography and Video from China," which closed May 1."
Corrin's departure signals another sea change at SAM. She joins Trevor Fairbrother and Patterson Sims as ex-SAM Curators of Contemporary Art.

EMP seeks CEO
Have you ever noticed that when a non-profit starts to fail, the architecture usually is cited as the cause? Buildings cannot talk back so it is easy to blame them, [like the Bellevue Art Museum]. Well the Experience Music Project needs a new CEO, they are currently getting by with a loaner executive from Vulcan.
Some details include:
Salary: open. Experience: management (preferably a turn around artist in the business field). Non-profit experience: not necessary. Education: a four-year degree, at minimum. They are looking for someone who excels at "image building" and helping the place while it's "transitioning from start-up and entrepreneurial development to the life cycle of institution building."
The CEO search is being carried out by California-based executive search firm Morris & Berger. What the fees are for such a service is anyone's guess.

MFA Exhibition at the Henry
From May 28 through June 12, The Henry Art Gallery presents the annual University of Washington School of Art Master of Fine Arts [MFA] exhibition. Throughout their graduate program students have worked with faculty advisors and other artists to expand concepts, develop advanced techniques, discuss critical issues, and emerge with a vision and direction for their own work. Pieces in the exhibition were selected by the students and their thesis committee with curatorial assistance from Jim Rittimann, Henry Art Gallery Head Preparator and Exhibition Designer, and represent the culmination of this process as each artist completes his or her graduate study.
The MFA exhibition has been an important part of the Henry’s exhibition calendar for over twenty years. It gives students the chance to work with museum staff members, and offers the public an opportunity to see new work by emerging artists. The show will open with a free, public reception on Friday, May 27. Continuing through June 12, this year's exhibition features a full range of media including ceramics, fibers, metalsmithing and jewelry, painting, photography and visual design. As always, museum visitors can expect the unexpected at this show, in which emerging artists demonstrate their talent, imagination and fresh ideas in a variety of traditional and nontraditional media.
MFA 2005 Artists: Metals: Sean Johnson Fibers: Jessica Drummond, Rachel Meginnes, Camille Slack Printmaking: John Disco, Emily Mannion Photography: Frank Burton, Zachary Crumbo, Ariana Russell Visual Communications Design: David Peacock, Carolina Mello-e-Souza, Jennifer Moore, Maurice Woods Painting: Kevin Bernstein, Bradley Biancardi, Michelle Bolinger, Yi Liang, Matthew Murphy Ceramics: Katherine Cox, Eric Eley, Satomi Jin Sculpture: Alyson Piskorowski, Larissa Wilson

CHAD STATES at 1506 Projects
1506 Projects presents an exhibition of Chad States' recent photographs entitled "Of Course We Know No Bounds." Working with a variety of photographic styles, including landscapes, portraiture and staged narratives, States' richly colored, large scale photographs explore the idea of expansion and its direct relationship to boundaries. With an emphasis on framing and cropping, States looks at the possibilities that lie beyond created perimeters.
Chad States has recently been accepted at Tyler; this will be his last show in Seattle.
Show Dates are May 7-May 29, 2005
1506 East Olive Way
Seattle, Wa 98122
Open Sat and Sun 11-4
(206) 920-8618