Resume

LANIER GRAHAM

Historian, Educator, and Cultural Resource Manager

Management Positions:

1965-1970

ASSOCIATE CURATOR, MUSEUM OF MODERN ART, New York. Department of Architecture & Design (19th-20th century & Contemporary). Supervisor of the Architecture & Design division of the International Study Center (after being part of the planning & development team). Catalogue Editor. In charge of Library & Internships. Member of Computer Committee.

1970-1976

CHIEF CURATOR & VICE-DIRECTOR FOR COLLECTIONS & EXHIBITIONS FINE ARTS MUSEUMS OF SAN FRANCISCO (de Young & Legion of Honor). Curator in Charge, Painting & Sculpture (Western Art, Renaissance to Modern). With the Director, designed & developed the Masterplan for the merged museums and the related funding for building plans & program requirements). Director of Publications. Part-time consultant, 1976-79. In charge of Library & Internships. Computer Committee.

1976-1982

DIRECTOR/CURATOR, INSTITUTE FOR AESTHETIC DEVELOPMENT San Francisco - a center for the advanced study of art education & cultural resource management providing planning & development services for cultural organizations; training seminars for administrators; & teacher training in World Art, World Religions, & World Mythology, with UC, Berkeley, California Institute of Asian Studies, USF, etc. Education Director, Editor & Librarian. Focus of collection & exhibition program: Tribal Art, Sacred Art, & Modern Art. Focus of research program: Symbol systems & Distance Learning systems.

1983-1987

CURATOR, AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL GALLERY, Canberra. Department of Prints & Illustrated Books (3 days a week). Managing Editor of Department. Museum Studies program director (2 days a week). Focus of collection & exhibition program: 19th & 20th century graphic art. Also in charge of graduate seminars in 19th & 20th century graphic art. Computer Committee (R&D; subcommittee and Purchasing subcommittee). Internet trainer.

1987- 1991

CURATOR, NORTON SIMON MUSEUM OF ART, Pasadena, & CONSULTANT TO THE NORTON SIMON FOUNDATION for planning educational systems for Distance Learning (Film, TV, Video, CD-ROMs, Internet). Focus of collection & exhibition program: Western Art (Renaissance to Modern) & Eastern Art (South Asia). Curated exhibitions & wrote catalogues for Painting, Sculpture, Prints, & Photographs. Also responsible for docent training & relations with TV & radio, including the creation of PSAs.

1991-

EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR, CULTURAL RESOURCE MANAGEMENT CENTER & CURATOR-LIBRARIAN, ART INFORMATION CENTER, Arcata & Antioch. Providing planning/development services, R&D;, and information services for artists, teachers, museums & universities, including academic publications on topics not published before, using both traditional & electronic media; and the designing & teaching of innovative courses on World Mythology, World Religions, & World Art, as well as Modern Art & Ethnic Art, including ten prototype Internet courses. Focus of Research Program: The World Wide Web for local & distance learning, and Electronic Publishing.

RESEARCH: Symbolism of the transcendent in World Religions, World Mythology, & World Art, tribal to modern, particularly the iconography of light. [For a descriptive overview, CLICK HERE ]

PUBLICATIONS: Articles, books, & catalogues on the above topics published in six languages. The most widely read publications are on sacred art & world mythology. [For a selected list, CLICK HERE ]

BIOGRAPHICAL PROFILES: WHO'S WHO IN AMERICA, 1980 -
WHO'S WHO IN THE WORLD, 1990 -

EDUCATION:

B.A., International Political & Cultural Affairs (primarily cultural history),
School of International Service, American University, Washington, D.C., 1963.
M.A., Art History & Archeology, Columbia University, New York, 1966.

(1st Advisor: Meyer Schapiro. 2nd Advisor: Rudolf Wittkower.
Thesis committee: Wittkower, Held & Davis).
Museum Studies, Institute of Fine Arts, New York University, 1967-68
(Robert Goldwater & Hyatt Mayor).
Back to the IAD home page

LANIER GRAHAM

Historian, Educator, and Cultural Resource Manager

Student Evaluations

Distance-Learning Experience

Research Fields

Management Positions:

1965-1970	ASSOCIATE CURATOR, MUSEUM OF MODERN ART, New York. Department of Architecture & Design (19th-20th century & Contemporary). Supervisor of the Architecture & Design division of the International Study Center (after being part of the planning & development team). Catalogue Editor. In charge of Library & Internships. Member of Computer Committee.
1970-1976	CHIEF CURATOR & VICE-DIRECTOR FOR COLLECTIONS & EXHIBITIONS FINE ARTS MUSEUMS OF SAN FRANCISCO (de Young & Legion of Honor). Curator in Charge, Painting & Sculpture (Western Art, Renaissance to Modern). With the Director, designed & developed the Masterplan for the merged museums and the related funding for building plans & program requirements). Director of Publications. Part-time consultant, 1976-79. In charge of Library & Internships. Computer Committee.
1976-1982	DIRECTOR/CURATOR, INSTITUTE FOR AESTHETIC DEVELOPMENT San Francisco - a center for the advanced study of art education & cultural resource management providing planning & development services for cultural organizations; training seminars for administrators; & teacher training in World Art, World Religions, & World Mythology, with UC, Berkeley, California Institute of Asian Studies, USF, etc. Education Director, Editor & Librarian. Focus of collection & exhibition program: Tribal Art, Sacred Art, & Modern Art. Focus of research program: Symbol systems & Distance Learning systems.
1983-1987	CURATOR, AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL GALLERY, Canberra. Department of Prints & Illustrated Books (3 days a week). Managing Editor of Department. Museum Studies program director (2 days a week). Focus of collection & exhibition program: 19th & 20th century graphic art. Also in charge of graduate seminars in 19th & 20th century graphic art. Computer Committee (R&D; subcommittee and Purchasing subcommittee). Internet trainer.
1987- 1991	CURATOR, NORTON SIMON MUSEUM OF ART, Pasadena, & CONSULTANT TO THE NORTON SIMON FOUNDATION for planning educational systems for Distance Learning (Film, TV, Video, CD-ROMs, Internet). Focus of collection & exhibition program: Western Art (Renaissance to Modern) & Eastern Art (South Asia). Curated exhibitions & wrote catalogues for Painting, Sculpture, Prints, & Photographs. Also responsible for docent training & relations with TV & radio, including the creation of PSAs.
1991-	EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR, CULTURAL RESOURCE MANAGEMENT CENTER & CURATOR-LIBRARIAN, ART INFORMATION CENTER, Arcata & Antioch. Providing planning/development services, R&D;, and information services for artists, teachers, museums & universities, including academic publications on topics not published before, using both traditional & electronic media; and the designing & teaching of innovative courses on World Mythology, World Religions, & World Art, as well as Modern Art & Ethnic Art, including ten prototype Internet courses. Focus of Research Program: The World Wide Web for local & distance learning, and Electronic Publishing.