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<p class="elementToProof" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;"><span style="font-family: "Calibri Light", "Helvetica Light", sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">In the middle of drafting this message, I see that the College has sent something
out about candidate lectures for the MoFA Director search. Again, this is all happening this week. </span></p>
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<p class="elementToProof" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;"><span style="font-family: "Calibri Light", "Helvetica Light", sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">I'm attaching cv's for each and strongly support the suggestion to attend
as you are able. While I know adding yet another thing directly before Spring Break and in the midst of our own candidate visits for the Photo + Moving Image and Foundations searches is tough, the MoFA Director is an incredibly important position. </span></p>
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<p class="elementToProof" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;"><span style="font-family: "Calibri Light", "Helvetica Light", sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">MoFA is the venue for our MFA exhibitions, one of the only places locally
our students can see contemporary art in person, our faculty frequently make use of it for their teaching and creative research, and their sponsorship and co-sponsorship of visiting artists and scholars has been one of our principal tools for connecting us
with larger art worlds and its discourses. These meetings are our opportunity to hear from and ask questions of those being considered for this very important role. Again, cv's are attached, and here's the schedule:</span></p>
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<span style="font-family: "Calibri Light", "Helvetica Light", sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Thursday, March 7: Kaylee Spencer</span></p>
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<span style="font-family: "Calibri Light", "Helvetica Light", sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Friday, March 8: John Fields</span></p>
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<span style="font-family: "Calibri Light", "Helvetica Light", sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;">Their presentations will all be from 3:00 - 4:00 pm in MoFA, with informal conversation with audience members scheduled until 4:30. </span></div>
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Jeff</span></div>
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<div><span style="font-family: Tahoma; font-size: 13px;">Jeff Beekman</span></div>
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<div><span style="font-family: Tahoma; font-size: 13px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">Associate Professor, Department Chair</span></div>
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