Walker Art Center Builds Curatorial Team to Enhance Cross-Disciplinary Programming and Scholarship

Fionn Meade Named Senior Curator of Cross-Disciplinary Platforms and Isla Leaver-Yap Named Bentson Visiting Film Scholar

MINNEAPOLIS, MN February 6, 2014The Walker Art Center is embracing its mission as a multidisciplinary art center with a commitment to research and scholarship through a number of new appointments that diversify the talents and expertise of its curatorial team. Fionn Meade will join the Walker as Senior Curator of Cross-Disciplinary Platforms, effective May 5, 2014, and Isla Leaver-Yap will become the Bentson Visiting Film Scholar effective March 3, 2014. Together, these positions complement the Walkers strategic vision as a platform for contemporary art and research that moves between artistic disciplines.