Curators Corner | In conversation with Cindi Strauss
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Cindi Strauss is the Sara and Bill Morgan Curator of Decorative Arts, Craft, and Design at The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston. At the MFAH, she is responsible for the acquisitions, research, publication, and exhibition of post-1890 material. Over the course of her career, Cindi has curated over 30 exhibitions including major exhibitions on design and craft topics such as Ornament as Art: Contemporary Jewelry from the Helen Williams Drutt Collection (2007); Shifting Paradigms in Contemporary Ceramics: The Garth Clark and Mark Del Vecchio Collection (2012); Radical: Italian Design 1965-1985, The Dennis Freedman Collection (2020); and Electrifying Design: A Century of Lighting (2021). In addition to her MFAH publications, she has contributed writing to design and craft catalogues and journals and has been a frequent lecturer.
Simone LeAmon is the inaugural Hugh D.T Williamson Curator of Contemporary Design and Architecture at the National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne (NGV). A curator, designer, artist, and educator for three decades, she is Adjunct Professor in the School of Design and Social Context, RMIT University, Melbourne and is the recipient of the 2021 Good Designs Australia, Women in Design Award. LeAmon’s contributions have significantly enhanced the understanding of contemporary design in Australia. Her curatorial endeavors at NGV include Melbourne Design Week (2017-23), Melbourne Design Fair (2022-23), NGV Triennial (2017, 2020 & 2023), Melbourne Now (2013 & 2023), MECCA X NGV Women in Design Commission (2022 & 2023), Rigg Design Prize (2015, 2018, 2022), Lucy McRae: Body Architect (2019), Black Bamboo (2019), and Designing Women (2018). Previously, she co-founded n+1 equals (1998-2003) and led Simone LeAmon Design and Creative Strategy (2003-2015), contributing to diverse commercial and cultural projects.
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Cindi Strauss is the Sara and Bill Morgan Curator of Decorative Arts, Craft, and Design at The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston. At the MFAH, she is responsible for the acquisitions, research, publication, and exhibition of post-1890 material. Over the course of her career, Cindi has curated over 30 exhibitions including major exhibitions on design and craft topics such as Ornament as Art: Contemporary Jewelry from the Helen Williams Drutt Collection (2007); Shifting Paradigms in Contemporary Ceramics: The Garth Clark and Mark Del Vecchio Collection (2012); Radical: Italian Design 1965-1985, The Dennis Freedman Collection (2020); and Electrifying Design: A Century of Lighting (2021). In addition to her MFAH publications, she has contributed writing to design and craft catalogues and journals and has been a frequent lecturer.
Simone LeAmon is the inaugural Hugh D.T Williamson Curator of Contemporary Design and Architecture at the National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne (NGV). A curator, designer, artist, and educator for three decades, she is Adjunct Professor in the School of Design and Social Context, RMIT University, Melbourne and is the recipient of the 2021 Good Designs Australia, Women in Design Award. LeAmon’s contributions have significantly enhanced the understanding of contemporary design in Australia. Her curatorial endeavors at NGV include Melbourne Design Week (2017-23), Melbourne Design Fair (2022-23), NGV Triennial (2017, 2020 & 2023), Melbourne Now (2013 & 2023), MECCA X NGV Women in Design Commission (2022 & 2023), Rigg Design Prize (2015, 2018, 2022), Lucy McRae: Body Architect (2019), Black Bamboo (2019), and Designing Women (2018). Previously, she co-founded n+1 equals (1998-2003) and led Simone LeAmon Design and Creative Strategy (2003-2015), contributing to diverse commercial and cultural projects.