CORNING MUSEUM OF GLASS
Kathy Fredrickson appointed Director of Collections and Curatorial Affairs
Kathy Fredrickson, who will serve as CMoG’s Director of Collections and Curatorial Affairs, comes to the Museum from the Peabody Essex Museum (PEM) in Salem, MA, where she served as Chief of Curatorial Affairs and Director of Exhibition Research and Publishing. In those roles, she supported the creation of ambitious exhibitions and oversaw PEM’s publications program.
In addition to her background in curatorial affairs, Fredrickson’s professional experience includes communications, strategic planning, and publishing in both print and digital forms. Formerly Fredrickson was a partner at Studio Blue, a design firm based in Chicago where her clients included the Driehaus Museum (Chicago) and The School of the Art Institute of Chicago. As an independent consultant, her clients included the the Cantor Art Center at Stanford University and Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art.
As Director of Collections and Curatorial Affairs for CMoG, Fredrickson will oversee the Museum’s collections directorate, including Collections Management (registrars, preparators, photographers), Conservation, Curatorial and Publications, working with the entire team on collections stewardship, exhibition, and research.
“I’m excited to join the extraordinarily talented team at The Corning Museum of Glass,” Fredrickson said. “The Museum's tremendous scope of experiences—35 centuries of glass history, contemporary glass art, groundbreaking industrial innovation, alongside the creativity happening every day in the hot glass studios—make this an absolute dream job for me.”
Fredrickson started at the Museum on September 12, 2022.