The Arts Administration program at Boston University's Metropolitan College (MET) is proud to announce that Jill Medvedow, the Ellen Matilda Poss Director, Institute of Contemporary Art/Boston, will deliver the third annual Daniel Ranalli Lecture.
The Daniel Ranalli Lecture is complimentary, but seating is limited. The event will be followed by a reception in the School of Law Auditorium Lobby. The reception is limited to the first 80 people who respond. Please indicate your interest to attend the reception.
About Jill Medvedow:
Jill Medvedow is recognized across the United States as a national leader in the field of contemporary art and civic life. She dramatically altered the landscape for contemporary art in Boston when, in 2006, she opened the city’s first new art museum in a century. During her over 25 year tenure, Medvedow began the museum’s permanent collection; developed a national model for teen arts education; and opened the ICA Watershed, transforming a condemned former factory into a free space for immersive works of art. Under her leadership, the ICA has produced influential exhibitions such as Leap Before You Look: Black Mountain College 1933–1957 and Fiber: Sculpture 1960–present, and commissioned works by artists such as John Akomfrah and Firelei Báez, generating new scholarship and directions in the arts as well as supporting women artists and artists underrepresented in the art-historical canon. In 2022, Medvedow served as co-commissioner for the U.S. Pavilion at the Venice Biennale, presenting the work of Simone Leigh.
Medvedow began her career championing artists’ books and working in artist-run spaces in New York and Seattle before founding Vita Brevis in Boston, producing groundbreaking temporary projects in public art. Medvedow sits on the Boston Public School Arts Advisory Board, serves on the Boston After School and Beyond board, and is a member of the Association of Art Museum Directors. She was elected to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences in 2022 and is the subject of an MIT Sloan School of Management Case Study on Leadership.
