AppointmentMarch 24, 2020
The Mississippi Museum of Art Hires Ryan N. Dennis and Holly R. Harrison
The Mississippi Museum of Art (MMA) announced two new appointments, Ryan N. Dennis named chief curator and artistic director of its Center for Art and Public Exchange (CAPE) and Holly R. Harrison its new deputy director for art and programs.
Dennis will lead the museum’s curatorial team, organizing exhibitions and related public programming and overseeing acquisitions. She comes to the MMA from the Project Row Houses in Houston, where she served as curator and program director since 2017.
Harrison most recently served for five years as a program associate on the Arts and Cultural team at The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation in New York.
The museum’s director Betsy Bradley expressed on the new appointments: “Together with our colleagues, the museum will continue to reveal and illuminate new narratives about Mississippi.”
Dennis will lead the museum’s curatorial team, organizing exhibitions and related public programming and overseeing acquisitions. She comes to the MMA from the Project Row Houses in Houston, where she served as curator and program director since 2017.
Harrison most recently served for five years as a program associate on the Arts and Cultural team at The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation in New York.
The museum’s director Betsy Bradley expressed on the new appointments: “Together with our colleagues, the museum will continue to reveal and illuminate new narratives about Mississippi.”
