The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences has appointed Bridgette Wilder as its inaugural Chief People and Culture Officer (CPCO), announced on March 27, by Academy CEO Bill Kramer and Academy Museum Director and President Jacqueline Stewart.
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On July 6, the Board of Trustees of the Academy Museum of Motion Pictures announced the appointment of Jacqueline Stewart as the institution’s director and president. Ms. Stewart is one of the world’s leading scholars, curators, and public educators on cinema.
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The Academy Museum of Motion Pictures announced that scholar, programmer, and educator Jacqueline Stewart has been named Chief Artistic and Programming Officer. In this new executive position, Stewart will lead strategy and planning for the Academy Museum’s curatorial, educational, and public programming initiatives, including exhibitions, screenings, symposia, publications, workshops, and K-12 programs.
The Lucas Museum of Narrative Art, currently under construction in Los Angeles’s Exposition Park, is thrilled to announce its recent acquisition of the Separate Cinema Archive, which documents African American cinema history from 1904 to 2019. Encompassing more than 37,000 rare items, the archive includes a major selection of original film posters, lobby cards, film stills, publicity material, scripts, an extensive reference library, and more.